The amounts below include both continuing and discontinued operations.
In € million |
Notes |
2019 |
2018 |
Profit for the year |
|
157 |
917 |
Adjustments to profit for the year |
|
|
|
Depreciation, amortization and impairments |
1,906 |
944 |
|
Earnings from associates and joint ventures |
(95) |
(44) |
|
Other non operating and non cash items |
24 |
(12) |
|
Additions and reversals of provisions |
154 |
315 |
|
Net financial charges |
|
245 |
198 |
Income tax expense/income |
262 |
156 |
|
Changes in working capital |
(86) |
(148) |
|
Use of provisions |
(399) |
(395) |
|
Use of provisions for additional voluntary contributions (pension plans) |
(114) |
|
|
Dividends received from associates and joint ventures |
25 |
25 |
|
Income taxes paid (including income taxes paid on sale of investments) |
(263) |
(235) |
|
Cash flow from operating activities |
|
1,815 |
1,720 |
Acquisition (–) of subsidiaries |
(6) |
(12) |
|
Acquisition (–) of investments – Other |
(16) |
(4) |
|
Loans to associates and non-consolidated companies |
|
10 |
(3) |
Sale (+) of subsidiaries and investments |
(31) |
26 |
|
Acquisition (–) of property, plant and equipment |
(751) |
(691) |
|
of which capital expenditures required by share sale agreement and excluded from Free Cash Flow |
|
(59) |
(38) |
Acquisition (–) of intangible assets |
(106) |
(142) |
|
Sale (+) of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets |
18 |
42 |
|
of which cash flow related to the sale of real estate in the context of restructuring/dismantling/remediation |
|
|
9 |
Dividends from equity instruments measured at fair value through other comprehensive income |
|
4 |
|
Changes in non-current financial assets |
|
(1) |
|
Cash flow from investing activities |
|
(880) |
(784) |
Proceeds from perpetual hybrid bonds issuance |
|
298 |
|
Redemption of perpetual hybrid bonds |
(701) |
|
|
Acquisition (–)/sale (+) of treasury shares |
23 |
(22) |
|
Increase in borrowings |
3,044 |
2,444 |
|
Repayment of borrowings |
(2,776) |
(2,993) |
|
Changes in other current financial assets |
(32) |
(25) |
|
Payment of lease liabilities |
(110) |
|
|
Net interests paid |
|
(118) |
(114) |
Coupons paid on perpetual hybrid bonds |
(115) |
(111) |
|
Dividends paid |
|
(426) |
(411) |
Other |
(19) |
123 |
|
Cash flow from financing activities |
|
(1,230) |
(811) |
of which increase/decrease of borrowings related to environmental remediation |
|
8 |
|
Net change in cash and cash equivalents |
|
(295) |
126 |
Currency translation differences |
|
1 |
(14) |
Opening cash balance |
|
1,103 |
992 |
Closing cash balance |
809 |
1,103 |