| in € million |
9 Months 2008 |
9 Months 2007 |
| Earnings before tax (EBT) |
1,013.9 |
980.4 |
| Deprecreciation, write-downs (+)/write-ups (-) on fixed assets |
184.5 |
159.7 |
| Income tax paid |
-142.0 |
-108.0 |
| Other non-payment-related expenses (+)/income (-) |
184.3 |
-10.4 |
| Interest expenses |
114.3 |
86.0 |
| Profit (-)/loss (+) from the disposal of fixed assets |
2.1 |
0.0 |
| Increase (-)/decrease (+) in inventories |
-419.1 |
-141.7 |
| Increase (-)/decrease (+) in trade receivables
and other assets not attributable to investment
or financing activities |
-677.8 |
-145.6 |
| Use of provisions affecting payments, excluding income tax provisions |
-183.5 |
-166.2 |
| Increase (-)/decrease (+) in trade payables
and other liabilities not attributable to
investment or financing activities |
312.4 |
20.3 |
| |
|
|
| Cash flow from operating activities |
389.1 |
674.5 |
| |
|
|
| Cash inflow from the disposal of fixed assets |
5.8 |
8.0 |
| Cash outflow for investments in intangible and tangible fixed assets |
-463.2 |
-229.7 |
| Cash inflow (+)/outflow (-) for short-term loans against borrower´s notes/bonds |
-425.0 |
-25.0 |
| Cash inflow from the disposal of financial assets |
1.2 |
20.7 |
| Cash outflow for investments in financial assets |
-454.9 |
-412.4 |
| |
|
|
| Cash flow from investment activities |
-1,336.0 |
-638.5 |
| |
|
|
| Cash inflow (+)/outflow (-) as a result of sale and repurchase of treasury shares |
-279.8 |
-85.7 |
| Cash outflow in payments to company owners |
-170.7 |
-114.2 |
| Cash inflow (+)/outflow (-) as a result of the issuing of bonds, borrowings and other financial
liabilites |
-9.5 |
-2.1 |
| Interest paid |
-26.6 |
-20.0 |
| |
|
|
| Cash flow from financing activities |
-486.6 |
-222.0 |
| |
|
|
| Cash and cash equivalents at the start of the period |
2,138.8 |
2,345.0 |
| Payment-related changes in cash and cash equalities |
-1,433.4 |
-186.0 |
| |
|
|
| Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period |
705.4 |
2,159.0 |