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To our Shareholders Corporate Responsibility Management Report Risk Report Group Financial Statements Further Information 209 265<br />

258 202 Statement of comprehensive income<br />

260 204 Balance sheet<br />

262 206 Statement of changes in equity<br />

264 208 Cash flow statement<br />

266 210 Notes<br />

409 353 Auditors’ report<br />

The breakdown of cash and cash equivalents is as follows:<br />

€m 31.12.2011 31.12.2010 Change in %<br />

Cash on hand 1,572 1,388 13.3<br />

Balances with central banks<br />

Debt issued by public-sector borrowers and bills of exchange<br />

3,998 6,386 – 37.4<br />

rediscountable at central banks 505 279 81.0<br />

Cash and cash equivalents as at December 31, 2011 did not<br />

include any amounts from companies consolidated for the first<br />

time (previous year: nil). Deconsolidations gave rise to an effect<br />

of €– 2m in 2011.<br />

The cash flow statement shows the structure of and changes<br />

in cash and cash equivalents during the financial year. It is<br />

broken down into operating activities, investing activities and<br />

financing activities.<br />

Net cash from operating activities includes payments (inflows<br />

and outflows) relating to claims on banks and customers and<br />

also securities held for trading and other assets. Increases and<br />

decreases in liabilities to banks and customers, securitised<br />

liabilities and other liabilities also belong to operating activities.<br />

The interest and dividend payments resulting from operating<br />

activities are similarly reflected in net cash from operating<br />

activities.<br />

Changes in net cash from operating activities also result from<br />

disposals of consolidated companies. Other assets and liabilities<br />

from operating activities include disposals of companies that<br />

were classified as held for sale at December 31, 2010 and were<br />

sold during the reporting year. The following table provides an<br />

overview of the assets and liabilities at the time of disposal.<br />

Assets | €m 31.12.2011<br />

Claims on banks 28<br />

Claims on customers 1,189<br />

Trading assets 124<br />

Financial investments 144<br />

Fixed assets 1<br />

Other assets 531<br />

Liabilities | €m 31.12.2011<br />

Liabilities to banks 179<br />

Liabilities to customers 11<br />

Securitised liabilities 520<br />

Trading liabilities –<br />

Other liabilities 428<br />

Net cash from investing activities consists of payments for financial<br />

investments, intangible assets and fixed assets. The cash<br />

flows relating to the acquisition or disposal of subsidiaries are<br />

also shown here. Net cash from financing activities consists of<br />

the proceeds of capital increases as well as payments made or<br />

received on subordinated and hybrid capital. Dividends paid are<br />

also reported here.<br />

Cash and cash equivalents consists of items that can be<br />

rapidly converted into liquid funds and are subject to a<br />

negligible risk of changes in value. It consists of the cash<br />

reserve, containing cash on hand, balances held at central<br />

banks, debt issued by public-sector borrowers and bills of<br />

exchange eligible for rediscounting at central banks (see<br />

Note 45). Claims on banks which are due on demand are not<br />

included.<br />

The cash flow statement of Commerzbank Group is not very<br />

informative. For us the cash flow statement replaces neither<br />

liquidity planning nor financial planning, nor is it employed as a<br />

management tool.<br />

Group Financial Statements

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