Group Cash Flow Statement1)

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        € k
    2004/2005   2003/2004
EBITA2)   136,601   116,303
Amortization of commercial patents and licenses plus depreciation
of tangible assets
  31,316   26,296
EBITDA   167,917   142,599
Interest expenses, less interest income, plus other financial expenses,
less other financial income
  –19,426   –23,049
Taxes on income and profit   –35,384   –21,540
Loss/Profit on disposal of fixed assets   –20   –135
Increase in accruals   35,542   36,810
Other non-cash expenses, less other non-cash income   –2,462   –738
Increase in working capital   –10,220   –14,656
Increase/Decrease in other items within net current assets   –3,310   2,981
Cash flow from operating activities   132,637   122,272
Payments received from the disposal of tangible fixed assets   1,064   933
Payments received from the disposal of financial fixed assets   90   4,982
Payments received from the disposal of consolidated affiliated companies   0   1,625
Payments made for investment in intangible assets   –5,683   –7,250
Payments made for investment in tangible fixed assets   –31,699   –27,283
Payments made for acquisition of consolidated affiliated companies
and other business units
  –18,667   –21,602
Payments made for investment in financial fixed assets   –5   –736
Cash flow from investment activities   –54,900   –49,331
Payments received from shareholders   0   101,736
Payments made to shareholders   –20,016   –160,000
Payments received from syndicated loan draw-downs   208,500   140,831
Payments received from minority shareholders   2,870   0
Payments made to minority shareholders and other distributions   –357   –269
Payments made for repayment of financial loans   –323,773   –117,388
Payments received due to special items   2,582   15,462
Cash flow from financing activities   –130,194   –19,628
Change in liquidity   –52,457   53,313
Change in cash and cash equivalents from exchange rate movements   192   –126
Change in cash and cash equivalents arising from changes
to consolidation group
  0   –4
Cash and cash equivalents as of October 1   51,080   –2,103
Cash and cash equivalents as of September 30   –1,185   51,080
  1) For further explanations see "Notes to the Cash Flow Statement".
  2) Following eliminanition of profit charges arising from the carve-out (see "Carve-out").