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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 />

→ p. 200<br />

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.

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