| in € million |
1st Half
2009 |
1st Half
2008 |
| Earnings before tax (EBT) |
-195.2 |
646.4 |
| Deprecreciation, write-downs (+)/write-ups (-) on fixed assets |
159.1 |
123.8 |
| Income tax paid |
21.9 |
-121.6 |
| Other non-payment-related expenses (+)/income (-) |
124.5 |
203.7 |
| Interest expenses |
54.3 |
72.8 |
| Profit (-)/loss (+) from the disposal of fixed assets |
-0.4 |
1.8 |
| Increase (-)/decrease (+) in inventories |
794.5 |
-82.7 |
| Increase (-)/decrease (+) in trade receivables
and other assets not attributable to investment
or financing activities |
380.6 |
-510.8 |
| Use of provisions affecting payments, excluding income tax provisions |
-133.5 |
-121.4 |
| Increase (-)/decrease (+) in trade payables
and other liabilities not attributable to
investment or financing activities |
-394.3 |
247.3 |
| |
|
|
| Cash flow from operating activities |
811.6 |
459.2 |
| |
|
|
| Cash inflow from the disposal of fixed assets |
2.5 |
2.3 |
| Cash outflow for investments in intangible and tangible fixed assets |
-312.7 |
-284.3 |
| Cash inflow (+)/outflow (-) for short-term loans against borrower´s notes/bonds |
500.0 |
-325.0 |
| Cash inflow from the disposal of financial assets |
0.6 |
1.1 |
| Cash outflow for investments in financial assets |
-27.6 |
-161.3 |
| |
|
|
| Cash flow from investment activities |
162.9 |
-767.1 |
| |
|
|
| Cash outflow in payments to company owners |
-75.7 |
-170.7 |
| Cash inflow (+)/outflow (-) as a result of the issuing of bonds, borrowings and other financial
liabilites |
-2.4 |
-5.3 |
| Interest paid |
-7.2 |
-21.2 |
| |
|
|
| Cash flow from financing activities |
-85.3 |
-197.2 |
| |
|
|
| Cash and cash equivalents at the start of the period |
592.1 |
2,138.8 |
| |
0.5 |
0.9 |
| |
0.1 |
-0.8 |
| Payment-related changes in cash and cash equalities |
889.1 |
-505.2 |
| |
|
|
| Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period |
1,481.8 |
1,633.7 |