Cash flow from operating activities is calculated using the indirect method. The indirect calculation adjusts the relevant changes in statement of financial position items to remove any exchange-rate effects and effects of changes in the scope of consolidation. This means that changes to the relevant statement of financial position items cannot be reconciled with the corresponding values based on the published consolidated statements of financial position.
Cash flow from investing activities shows the actual outflow of funds, so these figures also cannot be reconciled with the additions to investments in the consolidated statement of financial position. If subsidiaries or business activities are acquired or sold, the influences ensuing from these transactions are shown as separate items in the statement of cash flows. Financial investment in securities falling due in more than three months is reported separately under cash flow from investing activities, as these transactions must instead be attributed to liquidity in economic terms.
The Group is financed mainly by bank loans granted in the form of loan commitments. Within the defined approval limits for loan commitments, our utilization of credit may be subject to considerable fluctuations both within a year and over several years. The raising and repayment of loans in foreign currencies are translated at the exchange rate prevailing as of the time of transaction, with the result that here, too, a reconciliation of all the inflows and outflows resulting in changes to the financial liabilities in the statement of financial position is not possible.
For more details on the composition of funds made up of cash and cash equivalents, see Note 11
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2011 |
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Silicones |
-13.3 |
-7.3 | ||
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Polymers |
-0.3 |
-1.2 | ||
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Biosolutions |
-0.3 |
-1.1 | ||
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Polysilicon |
0.9 |
-2.1 | ||
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Siltronic |
3.3 |
-18.4 | ||
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Other |
-35.9 |
-28.6 | ||
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-45.6 |
-58.7 | ||