€ millions | See Note | 2018 | 2017 |
Net income | 2,958,3 | 3,048.3 | |
Income tax expense | 12 | 891.6 | 1,227.5 |
Financial result | 11 | 177.8 | 285.7 |
EBIT | 4,027.7 | 4,561.5 | |
Interest paid | -115.5 | -131.5 | |
Interest received | 36.7 | 26.1 | |
Income tax paid | 12, 28 | -860.8 | -1,122.1 |
Dividends received | 45.0 | 40.7 | |
Depreciation, amortization, impairment and reversal of impairment losses | 8, 13, 14, 15 | 2,208.0 | 2,117.4 |
Income from equity-accounted investees and other investments, incl. impairment and reversal of impairment losses | 10, 16 | -70.4 | -77.3 |
Gains/losses from the disposal of assets, companies and business operations | -176.0 | -34.6 | |
Changes in | |||
inventories | 21 | -358.4 | -484.3 |
trade accounts receivable | 22 | 38.3 | -737.1 |
trade accounts payable | 32 | 456.7 | 737.6 |
employee benefits and other provisions | 26 | -232.1 | 94.4 |
other assets and liabilities | -22.0 | 229.7 | |
Cash flow arising from operating activities | 4,977.2 | 5,220.5 | |
Cash flow from the disposal of property, plant and equipment, and intangible assets | 13, 14 | 64.0 | 59.3 |
Capital expenditure on property, plant and equipment, and software | 13, 14 | -3,124.4 | -2,849.7 |
Capital expenditure on intangible assets from development projects and miscellaneous | 13 | -161.0 | -101.4 |
Cash flow from the disposal of companies and business operations | 5 | 13.1 | 20.4 |
Acquisition of companies and business operations | 5 | -417.9 | -596.3 |
Cash flow arising from investing activities | -3,626.2 | -3,467.7 | |
Cash flow before financing activities (free cash flow) | 1,351.0 | 1,752.8 | |
Net cash change in short-term indebtedness | 29 | 453.7 | -879.0 |
Cash change in long-term indebtedness | 29 | 13.9 | -117.8 |
Other cash changes | 23.7 | 14.1 | |
Successive purchases | -19.2 | -0.7 | |
Dividends paid | -900.0 | -850.0 | |
Dividends paid to and cash changes from equity transactions with non-controlling interests | -45.4 | -46.5 | |
Cash and cash equivalents arising from the first-time consolidation of subsidiaries | 2.0 | 0.7 | |
Cash flow arising from financing activities | -471.3 | -1,879.2 | |
Change in cash and cash equivalents | 879.7 | -126.4 | |
Cash and cash equivalents as at January 1 | 1,881.5 | 2,107.0 | |
Effect of exchange-rate changes on cash and cash equivalents | 0.2 | -99.1 | |
Cash and cash equivalents as at December 31 | 23 | 2,761.4 | 1,881.5 |