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Consolidated statement of cash flows

Consolidated statement of cash flows

millions of €

 

 

 

 

 

Note

2025

2024

2023

Profit (loss) before income taxes

37

19,499

22,958

24,957

Depreciation, amortization and impairment losses

 

24,009

24,027

23,975

(Profit) loss from financial activities

 

5,323

3,319

8,845

(Profit) loss on the disposal of fully consolidated subsidiaries

 

20

2

(12,927)

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

 

0

0

(235)

Other non-cash transactions

 

1,125

(1,457)

543

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

 

65

(189)

43

Change in assets carried as operating working capital

 

(1,245)

941

720

Change in other operating assets

 

(1,540)

(259)

(611)

Change in provisions

 

(306)

(760)

(821)

Change in liabilities carried as operating working capital

 

985

(1,612)

(500)

Change in other operating liabilities

 

(157)

(24)

212

Income taxes received (paid)

 

(1,652)

(1,504)

(1,312)

Dividends received

 

237

9

31

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

 

0

7

(94)

Cash generated from operations

 

46,363

45,460

42,826

Interest paid

 

(7,618)

(8,013)

(7,729)

Interest received

 

1,882

2,427

2,201

Net cash from operating activities

 

40,627

39,874

37,298

Of which: from discontinued operation

 

0

0

80

Cash outflows for investments in

 

 

 

 

Intangible assets

 

(6,942)

(7,973)

(5,560)

Property, plant and equipment

 

(12,314)

(11,198)

(12,306)

Non-current financial assets

 

(3,911)

(485)

(326)

Payments for publicly funded investments in the broadband build-out

 

(454)

(402)

(338)

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

 

428

469

444

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

 

(3,186)

(357)

(4)

Proceeds from disposal of

 

 

 

 

Intangible assets

 

1,891

46

95

Property, plant and equipment

 

184

143

110

Non-current financial assets

 

342

589

473

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

 

109

1

7,629

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

 

57

273

(430)

Other

 

4

(7)

(1)

Net cash (used in) from investing activities

 

(23,793)

(18,900)

(10,213)

Of which: from discontinued operation

 

0

0

(17)

Proceeds from issue of current financial liabilities

 

3,939

1,407

816

Repayment of current financial liabilities

 

(11,973)

(9,622)

(12,700)

Proceeds from issue of non-current financial liabilities

 

14,034

9,638

10,973

Repayment of non-current financial liabilities

 

0

0

(1,992)

Dividend payments (including to other shareholders of subsidiaries)

 

(6,438)

(5,592)

(4,027)

Principal portion of repayment of lease liabilities

 

(5,633)

(6,209)

(5,904)

Deutsche Telekom AG share buy-back

 

(2,000)

(1,974)

0

Cash inflows from transactions with non-controlling entities

 

1,327

3,600

30

Cash outflows from transactions with non-controlling entities

 

(9,548)

(11,530)

(12,730)

Net cash (used in) from financing activities

 

(16,293)

(20,282)

(25,534)

Of which: from discontinued operation

 

0

0

(74)

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

 

(1,196)

506

(68)

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

 

0

0

25

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

 

(654)

1,198

1,507

Cash and cash equivalents, at the beginning of the year

 

8,472

7,274

5,767

Cash and cash equivalents, at the end of the year

 

7,818

8,472

7,274

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. In the 2023 comparative period, the consolidated statement of cash flows included 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 in the 2023 comparative period included 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.

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