Consolidated cash flow statement1
The cash flow statement serves to identify and display the cash flows that METRO GROUP generated or employed in the financial year from current operating, investing and financing activities. In addition, it shows the changes in cash and cash equivalents between the beginning and end of the financial year.
During the reporting year, total cash flows of €2,340 million (previous year: €2,092 million) were generated from current operating activities. Investing activities led to cash outflows of €626 million (previous year: €1,072 million). This results in a year-on-year increase in cash flow before financing activities of €694 million to €1,714 million in the financial year 2012. Cash flow from financing activities showed inflows of €279 million (previous year: outflows of €2,441 million).
Additional information is included in the notes to the consolidated financial statements in no. 40 “Notes to the cash flow statement”.
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Cash flow1 | ||||||||
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2011 |
2012 | ||||||
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Cash flow from operating activities2 |
2,092 |
2,340 | ||||||
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Cash flow from investing activities3 |
–1,072 |
–626 | ||||||
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Cash flow before financing activities |
1,020 |
1,714 | ||||||
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Cash flow from financing activities |
–2,441 |
279 | ||||||
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Total cash flows |
–1,421 |
1,993 | ||||||
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Currency effects on cash and cash equivalents |
–23 |
17 | ||||||
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Change in cash and cash equivalents |
–1,444 |
2,010 | ||||||