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Global
Investors
Statement of Cash Flows
Half-Year Financial Report 2024
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| Q2 | H1 | |||
| Million € | 2024 | 2023 | 2024 | 2023 |
| Net income | 430 | 499 | 1,797 | 2,061 |
| Depreciation and amortization of intangible assets and property, plant and equipment and intangible assetsa | 1,047 | 934 | 2,012 | 1,878 |
| Equity-accounted income | –83 | –118 | –350 | –377 |
| Other noncash items | 23 | 38 | 94 | –56 |
| Gains (–) / losses (+) from the disposal of noncurrent assets and securities | –8 | –74 | –35 | –88 |
| Dividends received from equity-accounted investments | 76 | 438 | 88 | 471 |
| Changes in inventories | –403 | 608 | –720 | 418 |
| Changes in accounts receivable, trade | 1,028 | 1,398 | –1,767 | –896 |
| Changes in accounts payable, trade | 86 | –1,178 | 0 | –2,302 |
| Changes in provisions | –203 | –433 | 949 | 288 |
| Changes in other operating assets | –283 | 291 | –403 | 519 |
| Changes in other operating liabilities and pension provisions | 241 | –225 | –230 | –754 |
| Cash flows from operating activities | 1,951 | 2,178 | 1,437 | 1,163 |
| Payments made for property, plant and equipment and intangible assets | –1,480 | –1,273 | –2,423 | –2,140 |
| Payments made for financial assets and securities | –804 | –207 | –969 | –366 |
| Payments made for acquisitions | –169 | – | –202 | – |
| Payments received for divestitures | 17 | – | 33 | 22 |
| Payments received from the disposal of noncurrent assets and securities | 288 | 206 | 552 | 506 |
| Cash flows from investing activities | –2,147 | –1,274 | –3,010 | –1,978 |
| Capital increases/repayments and other equity transactions | – | – | – | –70 |
| Additions to financial and similar liabilities | 3,066 | 3,779 | 5,482 | 7,459 |
| Repayment of financial and similar liabilities | –332 | –1,635 | –1,173 | –3,436 |
| Dividends paid | –3,088 | –3,078 | –3,125 | –3,078 |
| Cash flows from financing activities | –354 | –934 | 1,184 | 874 |
| Cash-effective changes in cash and cash equivalents | –551 | –30 | –388 | 59 |
| Changes in cash and cash equivalents from foreign exchange rates and changes in the scope of consolidation | –6 | –58 | –7 | –100 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period | 2,786 | 2,562 | 2,624 | 2,516 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period | 2,229 | 2,474 | 2,229 | 2,474 |
a This item includes depreciation and amortization, impairments and reversals of impairments.