€ million |
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Note |
|
2024 |
|
2023 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Profit after tax |
|
|
|
2,786 |
|
2,834 |
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Depreciation/amortization/impairment losses/reversals of impairment losses |
|
|
|
2,134 |
|
1,880 |
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Changes in inventories |
|
|
|
36 |
|
-89 |
||||
Changes in trade accounts receivable |
|
|
|
79 |
|
-8 |
||||
Changes in trade accounts payable/refund liabilities |
|
|
|
-178 |
|
-43 |
||||
Changes in provisions |
|
|
|
62 |
|
188 |
||||
Changes in other assets and liabilities |
|
|
|
-309 |
|
-755 |
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Neutralization of gains/losses on disposal of fixed assets and other disposals |
|
|
|
-2 |
|
-150 |
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Other non-cash income and expenses |
|
|
|
-22 |
|
-72 |
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Operating Cash Flow |
|
|
4,586 |
|
3,784 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Payments for investments in intangible assets |
|
|
|
-482 |
|
-216 |
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Proceeds from the disposal of intangible assets |
|
|
|
18 |
|
136 |
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Payments for investments in property, plant and equipment |
|
|
|
-1,702 |
|
-1,807 |
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Proceeds from the disposal of property, plant and equipment |
|
|
|
27 |
|
19 |
||||
Payments for investments in other assets1 |
|
|
|
-2,251 |
|
-3,031 |
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Proceeds from the disposal of other assets1 |
|
|
|
2,107 |
|
3,021 |
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Payments for acquisitions less acquired cash and cash equivalents (net) |
|
|
|
-774 |
|
-12 |
||||
Proceeds from divestments |
|
|
|
7 |
|
– |
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Investing Cash Flow |
|
|
-3,050 |
|
-1,892 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Dividend payments to shareholders of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany |
|
|
|
-284 |
|
-284 |
||||
Dividend payments to non-controlling interests |
|
|
|
-9 |
|
-12 |
||||
Profit withdrawal by E. Merck KG, Darmstadt, Germany |
|
|
|
-747 |
|
-868 |
||||
Proceeds from new borrowings of financial debt from E. Merck KG, Darmstadt, Germany and E. Merck Beteiligungen KG, Darmstadt, Germany |
|
|
|
683 |
|
697 |
||||
Repayment of financial debt to E. Merck KG, Darmstadt, Germany and E. Merck Beteiligungen KG, Darmstadt, Germany |
|
|
|
-453 |
|
-420 |
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Proceeds from new borrowings of other current and non-current financial debt |
|
|
|
2,113 |
|
519 |
||||
Repayment of other current and non-current financial debt |
|
|
|
-2,290 |
|
-1,364 |
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Financing Cash Flow |
|
|
-985 |
|
-1,732 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Changes in cash and cash equivalents |
|
|
|
551 |
|
160 |
||||
Changes in cash and cash equivalents due to currency translation |
|
|
|
-16 |
|
-31 |
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Cash and cash equivalents as of January 1 |
|
|
|
1,982 |
|
1,854 |
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Cash and cash equivalents as of December 31 |
|
|
2,517 |
|
1,982 |
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