| in € million |
1st Quarter
2008 |
1st Quarter
2007 |
| Earnings before tax (EBT) |
291.9 |
325.4 |
| Deprecreciation, write-downs (+)/write-ups (-) on fixed assets |
60.8 |
50.1 |
| Income tax paid |
-93.0 |
-34.3 |
| Other non-payment-related expenses (+)/income (-) |
66.5 |
47.9 |
| Interest expenses |
29.9 |
23.4 |
| Profit (-)/loss (+) from the disposal of fixed assets |
0.2 |
0.2 |
| Increase (-)/decrease (+) in inventories |
-12.9 |
-34.6 |
| Increase (-)/decrease (+) in trade receivables
and other assets not attributable to investment
or financing activities |
-94.9 |
-362.3 |
| Use of provisions affecting payments, excluding income tax provisions |
-61.5 |
-85.6 |
| Increase (-)/decrease (+) in trade payables
and other liabilities not attributable to
investment or financing activities |
65.8 |
90.1 |
| |
|
|
| Cash flow from operating activities |
252.8 |
20.3 |
| |
|
|
| Cash inflow the disposal of tangible and intangible fixed assets |
0.3 |
1.1 |
| Cash outflow for investments in tangible and intangible fixed assets |
-134.6 |
-58.4 |
| Cash inflow (+)/outflow (-) for short-term loans against borrower´s notes/bonds |
-400.0 |
50.0 |
| Cash inflow from the disposal of financial assets |
1.0 |
15.0 |
| Cash outflow for investments in financial assets |
-17.4 |
-0.9 |
| |
|
|
| Cash flow from investment activities |
-550.7 |
6.8 |
| |
|
|
| Cash inflow (+)/outflow (-) as a result of sale and repurchase of treasury shares |
0.0 |
-8.1 |
| Cash inflow (+)/outflow (-) as a result of the issuing of bonds, borrowings and other
financial liabilites |
298.0 |
-0.8 |
| Interest paid |
-3.6 |
-2.5 |
| |
|
|
| Cash flow from financing activities |
294.4 |
-11.4 |
| |
|
|
| Cash and cash equivalents at the start of the period |
2,138.8 |
2,345.0 |
| Change in cash and cash equivalents |
-3.5 |
15.7 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period |
2,135.3 |
2,360.7 |