Group Financial Statements
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
from 1 January until 31 December 2019
In € thousand |
Notes |
1–12/2019 |
1–12/2018 |
---|---|---|---|
Profit/(loss) for the period |
|
236,496 |
235,148 |
Impairment losses, amortisation of goodwill and other intangible assets, and depreciation of property, plant and equipment |
|
59,673 |
42,397 |
Impairment losses/reversal of impairment losses on other investments |
|
70,616 |
61,040 |
Gain/loss on the disposal of investments |
|
–74,458 |
–40,202 |
Change in deferred acquisition costs |
|
28,299 |
–18,939 |
Change in securities at fair value through profit or loss |
|
110,137 |
143,880 |
Change in direct insurance receivables |
|
–44,131 |
79,230 |
Change in other receivables |
|
51,724 |
–43,006 |
Change in direct insurance liabilities |
|
–2,603 |
–270,341 |
Change in other liabilities |
|
–11,103 |
56,505 |
Change in technical provisions |
|
10,731 |
–16,238 |
Change in defined benefit obligations |
|
–27,965 |
–111,585 |
Change in deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities |
|
13,921 |
25,795 |
Change in other statement of financial position items |
|
98,525 |
–148,439 |
Net cash flow from operating activities |
|
519,864 |
–4,755 |
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from disposal of intangible assets and property, plant and equipment |
|
4,615 |
8,170 |
Payments for acquisition of intangible assets and property, plant and equipment |
|
–165,074 |
–122,833 |
Proceeds from disposal of consolidated companies |
|
0 |
56,887 |
Payments for acquisition of consolidated companies |
|
–4,523 |
–7,971 |
Proceeds from disposal and maturity of other investments |
|
3,810,353 |
5,826,647 |
Payments for acquisition of other investments |
|
–4,243,088 |
–5,834,229 |
Change in unit-linked and index-linked life insurance investments |
|
70,779 |
283,310 |
Net cash flow from investing activities |
|
–526,938 |
209,981 |
|
|
|
|
Dividend payments |
–164,809 |
–158,143 |
|
Transactions between owners |
|
–54 |
–1,438 |
Proceeds from other financing activities |
|
0 |
772,196 |
Payments from other financing activities |
–794,017 |
–23,704 |
|
Net cash flow from financing activities |
|
–958,880 |
588,911 |
|
|
|
|
Change in cash and cash equivalents |
|
–965,954 |
794,137 |
of which due to acquisitions or disposals of consolidated subsidiaries |
|
58 |
1,894 |
Change in cash and cash equivalents due to movements in exchange rates |
|
1,185 |
–54 |
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year |
1,444,391 |
650,307 |
|
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period |
479,621 |
1,444,391 |
|
|
|
|
|
Income taxes paid (Net cash flow from operating activities) |
|
45,053 |
–31,229 |
Interest paid (Net cash flow from operating activities) |
|
–60,945 |
–58,876 |
Interest received (Net cash flow from operating activities) |
|
401,064 |
404,984 |
Dividends received (Net cash flow from operating activities) |
|
52,218 |
57,961 |