Interim Report 1st Quarter 2010

Cash Flow Statement

in € million	1st Quarter 2010	1st Quarter 2009
Earnings before tax (EBT)	-17.1	-98.3
Deprecreciation, write-downs (+)/write-ups (-) on fixed assets	67.1	93.5
Income tax refunded (+) / paid (-)	-10.4	-15.3
Other non-payment-related expenses (+)/income (-)	65.2	56.4
Interest expenses	28.2	28.0
Profit (-)/loss (+) from the disposal of fixed assets	0.7	1.0
Increase (-)/decrease (+) in inventories	-40.6	368.4
Increase (-)/decrease (+) in trade receivables and other assets not attributable to investment or financing activities	-257.9	278.1
Use of provisions affecting payments. excluding income tax provisions	-78.2	-73.9
Increase (+)/decrease (-) in trade payables and other liabilities not attributable to investment or financing activities	262.2	-259.2

Cash flow from operating activities	19.2	378.7

Cash inflow from the disposal of fixed assets	0.3	0.2
Cash outflow for investments in intangible and tangible fixed assets	-94.6	-158.3
Cash inflow (+)/outflow (-) for short-term loans against borrower's notes/bonds	0.0	400.0
Cash outflow for current financial investments	-150.0	0.0
Cash inflow from the disposal of financial assets	0.6	0.7
Cash outflow for investments in financial assets	-2.1	-22.8

Cash flow from investment activities	-245.7	219.8

Cash inflow (+)/outflow (-) as a result of the issuing of bonds, borrowings and other financial liabilites	-0.6	-1.0
Interest paid	-1.7	-3.9

Cash flow from financing activities	-2.3	-4.9

Cash and cash equivalents at the start of the period	1,793.0	592.1
Cash and cash equivalents referring to changes of the consolidated group	0.0	0.5
Gains and losses from changes in foreign exchange rates	2.0	0.7
Payment-related changes in cash and cash equalities	-228.9	593.6

Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period	1,566.1	1,187.0

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