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Consolidated statement of cash flows

millions of €

 

 

 

 

 

Note

2023

2022

2021

Profit (loss) before income taxes

37

24,957

11,703

7,918

Depreciation, amortization and impairment losses

 

23,975

27,827

27,482

(Profit) loss from financial activities

 

8,845

4,455

5,139

(Profit) loss on the disposal of fully consolidated subsidiaries

 

(12,927)

(2,661)

(130)

(Income) loss from the sale of stakes accounted for using the equity method

 

(235)

(71)

(13)

Other non-cash transactions

 

543

1,508

226

(Gains) losses from the disposal of intangible assets and property, plant and equipment

 

43

(76)

161

Change in assets carried as operating working capital

 

720

(600)

(1,475)

Change in other operating assets

 

(611)

(813)

(1,059)

Change in provisions

 

(821)

117

(152)

Change in liabilities carried as operating working capital

 

(500)

789

241

Change in other operating liabilities

 

212

(60)

(260)

Income taxes received (paid)

 

(1,312)

(902)

(893)

Dividends received

 

31

11

8

Net payments from entering into, canceling or changing the terms and conditions of interest rate derivatives

(94)

0

(1)

Cash generated from operations

 

42,826

41,228

37,191

Interest paid

 

(7,729)

(6,756)

(6,158)

Interest received

 

2,201

1,347

1,138

Net cash from operating activities

 

37,298

35,819

32,171

Of which: from discontinued operation

 

80

712

808

Cash outflows for investments in

 

 

 

 

Intangible assets

 

(5,560)

(7,551)

(12,749)

Property, plant and equipment

 

(12,306)

(16,563)

(13,616)

Non-current financial assets

 

(326)

(683)

(336)

Payments for publicly funded investments in the broadband build-out

 

(338)

(377)

(436)

Proceeds from public funds for investments in the broadband build-out

 

444

435

420

Changes in cash and cash equivalents in connection with the acquisition of control of subsidiaries and associates

 

(4)

(52)

(1,617)

Proceeds from disposal of

 

 

 

 

Intangible assets

 

95

3

2

Property, plant and equipment

 

110

436

137

Non-current financial assets

 

473

173

352

Changes in cash and cash equivalents in connection with the loss of control of subsidiaries and associates

 

7,629

4,208

352

Net change in short-term investments and marketable securities and receivables

 

(430)

(2,335)

89

Other

 

(1)

1

0

Net cash (used in) from investing activities

 

(10,213)

(22,306)

(27,403)

Of which: from discontinued operation

 

(17)

(277)

(296)

Proceeds from issue of current financial liabilities

 

816

9,686

4,431

Repayment of current financial liabilities

 

(12,700)

(15,528)

(18,040)

Proceeds from issue of non-current financial liabilities

 

10,973

4,534

12,925

Repayment of non-current financial liabilities

 

(1,992)

0

0

Dividend payments (including to other shareholders of subsidiaries)

(4,027)

(3,385)

(3,145)

Principal portion of repayment of lease liabilities

 

(5,904)

(4,951)

(6,458)

Cash inflows from transactions with non-controlling entities

 

30

29

14

Cash outflows from transactions with non-controlling entities

 

(12,730)

(5,823)

(506)

Other

 

0

0

0

Net cash (used in) from financing activities

 

(25,534)

(15,438)

(10,779)

Of which: from discontinued operation

 

(74)

(192)

(193)

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

 

(68)

93

620

Changes in cash and cash equivalents associated with non-current assets and disposal groups held for sale

 

25

(18)

68

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

 

1,507

(1,850)

(5,323)

Cash and cash equivalents, at the beginning of the year

 

5,767

7,617

12,939

Cash and cash equivalents, at the end of the year

 

7,274

5,767

7,617

The GD tower companies had been recognized in the interim consolidated financial statements as a discontinued operation from the third quarter of 2022 until their sale on February 1, 2023. The consolidated statement of cash flows includes the discontinued operation in the Group Development operating segment. The top line of the consolidated statement of cash flows is profit before income taxes, which includes the profit of both the continuing operations and the discontinued operation. In the consolidated statement of cash flows, the contributions by the GD tower companies are each stated in a separate “of which” line item.