Consolidated Cash Flow Statement
for the period from October 1 to September 30 (IFRS)
| in € thousand | 12 months 2020/21 | 12 months 2019/20 |
| Earnings before taxes | 825,295 | 367,323 |
| Depreciation and amortization of fixed assets (including impairment losses or their reversals) | 212,574 | 209,653 |
| Change in allowances on receivables and other assets | 646 | 1,261 |
| Change in non-current provisions | 8,432 | 1,200 |
| Net gains/losses on disposal of fixed assets | -700 | 2,230 |
| Measurement of derivatives | 49,762 | 15,967 |
| Other non-cash items | 2,082 | 6,314 |
| Expenses and income included in the financial result | 4,607 | 8,269 |
| Income taxes received/paid | -88,081 | -64,099 |
| Gross cash flow | 1,014,617 | 548,118 |
| Change in receivables and other assets | -90,764 | -49,149 |
| Change in inventories (including measurement effects) | -397,417 | -344,988 |
| Change in current provisions | -8,558 | 23,675 |
| Change in liabilities (excluding financial liabilities) | 294,206 | 281,283 |
| Cash inflow from operating activities (net cash flow) | 812,084 | 458,939 |
| Payments for investments in fixed assets | -252,444 | -229,955 |
| Payments for the acquisition of shares in affiliated companies less cash acquired | 0 | -332,213 |
| Payments from the granting of loans to related entities | -10,855 | -5,359 |
| Proceeds from the disposal of fixed assets | 1,845 | 328 |
| Proceeds from the disposal of business units | 12,329 | 0 |
| Proceeds from the redemption of loans granted to related entities | 8,200 | 0 |
| Interest received | 3,613 | 6,679 |
| Dividends received | 5,257 | 4,888 |
| Cash outflow from investing activities | -232,055 | -555,631 |
| Proceeds deriving from the take-up of financial liabilities | 26,275 | 411,124 |
| Payments for the redemption of bonds and financial liabilities | -30,524 | -162,953 |
| Acquisition of treasury shares | -18,944 | -39,288 |
| Interest paid | -15,812 | -15,996 |
| Dividends paid | -56,946 | -56,386 |
| Cash outflow (inflow in the previous year) from financing activities | -95,951 | 136,501 |
| Net change in cash and cash equivalents | 484,077 | 39,808 |
| Changes resulting from movements in exchange rates | 146 | -205 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period | 481,064 | 441,461 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | 965,287 | 481,064 |
| Less cash and cash equivalents of assets held for sale at end of period | -22,852 | 0 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at end of period (consolidated statement of financial position) | 942,435 | 481,064 |