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<strong>METRO</strong> GROUP : ANNUAL REPORT 2010 : BUSINESS<br />
→ NOTES : OThER NOTES<br />
Other notes<br />
40. Notes to the cash flow statement<br />
In accordance with IAS 7 (Statement of Cash flows), the consolidated<br />
statement of cash flows describes changes in the<br />
<strong>Group</strong>’s liquid funds through cash inflows and outflows<br />
during the reporting year.<br />
The item cash and cash equivalents includes cash and cash<br />
on hand as well as bank deposits with a remaining term of<br />
up to three months.<br />
The cash flow statement distinguishes between changes in<br />
cash levels from operating, investing and financing activities.<br />
Cash flows from discontinued operations are shown<br />
separately where they concern operations to be disposed of.<br />
following the divestment of the Adler fashion stores, the<br />
cash flows of these discontinued operations are listed separately<br />
for the previous year.<br />
during the financial year under review, the assets and liabilities<br />
of the french consumer electronics stores were<br />
shown under “assets held for sale” and “liabilities related<br />
to assets held for sale”. The reclassified assets include cash<br />
on hand totalling €29 million.<br />
during the reporting year, net cash provided by operating<br />
activities of continuing operations amounted to €2,514 million<br />
(previous year: €2,494 million). fixed assets include<br />
€1,232 million in write-downs (previous year: €1,177 million),<br />
€178 million (previous year: €212 million) in intangible<br />
assets and €17 million (previous year: €7 million) in investment<br />
properties. On the other hand, write-backs amount to<br />
€47 million (previous year: €9 million). The change in net<br />
working capital amounts to €–288 million (previous year:<br />
€62 million) and includes changes in inventories, trade<br />
receivables and receivables due from suppliers, credit card<br />
receivables and prepayments made on inventories in the<br />
item “other receivables and assets”. In addition, the item<br />
includes changes in trade payables and liabilities to customers<br />
and prepayments made on orders included in the<br />
item “other liabilities”. Aside from numerous individual<br />
items, “others” essentially include reclassifications of gains<br />
from asset disposals totalling €–215 million (previous year:<br />
€–51 million) as well as from company divestments amounting<br />
to €–68 million (previous year: €0 million) to cash flow<br />
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from investing activities. In addition, this item includes<br />
changes in payroll liabilities totalling €69 million (previous<br />
year: €–14 million).<br />
In the financial year 2010, the <strong>Group</strong> recorded cash outflows<br />
of €961 million (previous year: cash outflows of €1,162 million)<br />
from investing activities of continuing operations. The<br />
amount of investments in fixed assets shown as cash outflows<br />
differs from the inflows shown in the asset statement<br />
in the amount of non-cash transactions. These essentially<br />
concern currency effects and additions from finance leases.<br />
Other investments include investments in intangible assets<br />
totalling €137 million as well as financial assets amounting<br />
to €196 million. The divestment of the Metro Cash & Carry<br />
stores in Morocco and the disposal of a real estate company<br />
resulted in cash inflows of €121 million in the reporting year<br />
(previous year: cash outflow of €34 million from the divestment<br />
of the Adler fashion stores). Other asset disposals<br />
essentially comprise cash inflows from real estate divestments.<br />
In the financial year 2010, financing activities of continuing<br />
operations generated cash outflows of €734 million (previous<br />
year: cash outflows of €1,225 million).<br />
41. Segment reporting<br />
Segment reporting has been carried out in accordance with<br />
IfRS 8 (Operating Segments). The segmentation corresponds<br />
to the <strong>Group</strong>’s internal controlling and reporting<br />
structures and is generally based on the division of the business<br />
into individual branches.<br />
Self-service wholesale<br />
Metro Cash & Carry is now represented in 30 countries<br />
through its Metro and Makro brands. Its assortments, services<br />
and complete solutions are customised to the requirements<br />
of commercial customers, including hotel and restaurant<br />
owners, catering firms, independent retailers as<br />
well as service providers and public authorities.<br />
Food retail<br />
Real operates hypermarkets in Germany and Poland. In<br />
addition, the sales division has locations in Romania, Russia,<br />
ukraine and Turkey. All stores offer a wide range of food<br />
including a large share of fresh products, which is supplemented<br />
by a nonfood assortment.