Half-Year Financial Report 2023

Covestro Group Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2nd quarter
2022

 

2nd quarter
2023

 

1st half
2022

 

1st half
2023

 

 

€ million

 

€ million

 

€ million

 

€ million

Income after income taxes

 

198

 

45

 

615

 

18

Income taxes

 

65

 

85

 

209

 

122

Financial result

 

44

 

36

 

72

 

65

Income taxes paid

 

(262)

 

(95)

 

(360)

 

(117)

Depreciation, amortization and impairment losses and impairment loss reversals

 

240

 

219

 

457

 

466

Change in pension provisions

 

10

 

(7)

 

12

 

(17)

(Gains)/losses on retirements of noncurrent assets

 

 

(34)

 

 

(34)

Decrease/(increase) in inventories

 

(341)

 

(38)

 

(651)

 

(119)

Decrease/(increase) in trade accounts receivable

 

(23)

 

47

 

(335)

 

(101)

(Decrease)/increase in trade accounts payable

 

296

 

(169)

 

291

 

(197)

Changes in other working capital, other noncash items

 

(499)

 

60

 

(425)

 

44

Cash flows from operating activities

 

(272)

 

149

 

(115)

 

130

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash outflows for additions to property, plant, equipment and intangible assets

 

(190)

 

(159)

 

(330)

 

(279)

Cash inflows from sales of property, plant, equipment and other assets

 

2

 

1

 

3

 

2

Cash inflows from divestments less divested cash

 

5

 

51

 

6

 

51

Cash outflows for noncurrent financial assets

 

(5)

 

(6)

 

(7)

 

(8)

Cash inflows from noncurrent financial assets

 

 

41

 

1

 

41

Interest and dividends received

 

19

 

16

 

33

 

34

Cash inflows from/(Cash outflows for) other current financial assets

 

402

 

(123)

 

448

 

(299)

Cash flows from investing activities

 

233

 

(179)

 

154

 

(458)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acquisition of treasury shares

 

(102)

 

(49)

 

(150)

 

(49)

Dividend payments

 

(653)

 

 

(653)

 

(2)

Issuances of debt

 

565

 

31

 

579

 

302

Retirements of debt

 

(52)

 

(121)

 

(90)

 

(309)

Interest paid

 

(34)

 

(34)

 

(63)

 

(68)

Cash outflows for the purchase of additional interests in subsidiaries

 

 

 

(4)

 

Cash flows from financing activities

 

(276)

 

(173)

 

(381)

 

(126)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in cash and cash equivalents due to business activities

 

(315)

 

(203)

 

(342)

 

(454)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

 

623

 

949

 

649

 

1,198

Change in cash and cash equivalents due to exchange rate movements

 

7

 

(5)

 

8

 

(3)

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

 

315

 

741

 

315

 

741