Cash flow before capital changes in the amount of EUR 299.4 million remained approximately constant compared to the first quarter of the business year 2012/13 (EUR 296.8 million). Taking the change in working capital into consideration, cash flows from operating activities amounted to EUR 149.4 million in comparison to EUR 297.8 million in the first quarter of the preceding year; this represents a significant decrease. After the deduction of EUR 123.9 million in cash flows from investing activities and taking into account cash flows from financing activities amounting to EUR –412.3 million (mainly the repayment of borrowed funds), the resulting change in cash and cash equivalents (without net exchange differences) amounts to EUR –386.8 million.
