Annual Report 2025

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Creating tomorrow’s solutions

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

January 1 to December 31

€ million

 

Notes

 

2025

 

2024

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income for the year

 

 

 

-804.9

 

260.7

Depreciation/amortization of fixed assets

 

05

 

606.4

 

472.7

Result from disposal of fixed assets

 

 

 

10.7

 

8.8

Other non-cash expenses and income

 

 

 

85.0

 

40.0

Result from equity accounting

 

08

 

334.7

 

-19.1

Net interest income

 

03

 

34.9

 

4.2

Interest paid

 

03

 

-63.2

 

-46.6

Interest received

 

03

 

27.4

 

43.7

Income tax expense

 

04

 

226.6

 

-2.3

Taxes paid

 

04

 

-45.0

 

-60.5

Change in inventories1

 

09

 

165.8

 

-350.4

Change in trade receivables

 

10

 

43.6

 

34.1

Change in trade payables

 

16

 

-74.5

 

-51.9

Change in non-financial assets

 

10

 

38.8

 

-25.0

Change in financial assets

 

10

 

-29.1

 

31.6

Change in provisions

 

14

 

108.0

 

-4.7

Change in non-financial liabilities

 

16

 

-89.0

 

22.6

Change in financial liabilities

 

16

 

-0.5

 

-4.9

Change in contract liabilities

 

16

 

-33.1

 

-16.4

Cash flow from operating activities (gross cash flow)2

 

21

 

542.6

 

336.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments in intangible assets, property, plant and equipment, and investment property1

 

05

 

-553.2

 

-695.0

Proceeds from investment grants

 

05

 

 

11.3

Investments in financial assets

 

05

 

-0.7

 

-0.5

Proceeds from the disposal of fixed assets/financial assets

 

 

 

4.4

 

2.6

Dividends received2

 

08

 

7.8

 

17.1

Proceeds from the disposal of equity-accounted investments

 

 

 

 

8.5

Proceeds from loans to equity companies

 

 

 

1.3

 

6.0

Cash payments for loans to equity companies

 

 

 

 

-1.1

Cash payments for acquisitions

 

 

 

-5.8

 

-11.6

Cash flow from long-term investing activities before securities2

 

 

 

-546.2

 

-662.7

Cash receipts from the disposal of securities and fixed-term deposits

 

11

 

152.1

 

259.7

Cash payments for the acquisition of securities and fixed-term deposits

 

11

 

-323.3

 

-58.6

Cash flow from investing activities

 

21

 

-717.4

 

-461.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends paid

 

19

 

-124.2

 

-149.0

Dividends paid to non-controlling interests

 

 

 

-12.5

 

-19.9

Additions to financing liabilities

 

15

 

611.6

 

623.1

Repayment of financing liabilities

 

15

 

-168.5

 

-272.4

Lease liabilities repaid

 

06

 

-34.5

 

-35.9

Cash flow from financing activities

 

21

 

271.9

 

145.9

Change due to exchange-rate fluctuations

 

 

 

-40.1

 

12.1

Change in cash and cash equivalents

 

11

 

57.0

 

33.0

At the beginning of the year

 

 

 

1,046.7

 

1,013.7

At the end of the year

 

 

 

1,103.7

 

1,046.7

1

Cash flow-relevant changes from carbon credits are included in the cash flow from investing activities (€11.5 million; prior year: €43.4 million). Previously, they had been reported in the cash flow from operating activities. Further details can be found in the section “Changes in accounting policies”.

2

Dividends received were reclassified from cash flow from operating activities to cash flow from long-term investing activities (€7.8 million; prior year: €17.1 million). Further details can be found in the section “Changes in accounting policies”.