Non-cash expenses and income include depreciation (including financial assets) in the amount of EUR 332.7 million. Taking the change in working capital into consideration, cash flows from operating activities amounted to EUR 450.3 million in comparison to EUR 547.7 million in the first half of the preceding year; this represents a decrease of about 18%. After the deduction of EUR 537.3 million in cash flows from investing activities and taking into account cash flows from financing activities amounting to EUR –200.3 million (mainly dividends), the resulting change in cash and cash equivalents (without net exchange differences) amounts to EUR –287.3 million.
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