The lower operating result led to a decrease in cash flow before capital changes from EUR 346.4 million to EUR 296.8 million. Taking the change in working capital into consideration, cash flows from operating activities amounted to EUR 297.8 million in comparison to the first quarter of the preceding year (EUR 57.5 million); this represents a significant increase. After the deduction of EUR 218.0 million in cash flows from investing activities and taking into account cash flows from financing activities amounting to EUR 43.3 million (mainly new loans), the resulting change in cash and cash equivalents (without net exchange differences) amounts to EUR 123.1 million.