Translation of "Auszahlungen für investitionen" in English

The amount of loans paid for investments in coalmining was nevertheless very low.

After deducting cash funds for investing activities the free cash flow came to –€54.4m.

This result was positively influenced by substantially lower cash payments for capital expenditures.

The negative free cash flow resulted primarily from capital expenditures and interest payments.

Payments for investments in property, plant and equipment and intangible assets amounted to EUR 60.3 million.

Capital expenditure (CAPEX) amounted to EUR 6.1 million in the first quarter of 2019.

Cash payments for capital expenditure on non-current assets and property, plant and equipment came to a total of €125.8million (2012: €155.1million).

Expenditures for investments increased from EUR 7.5 million to EUR 15.5 million, as planned.

After deducting cash flows for investing activities the free cash flow came to €2.1m.

Cash outflow from investments amounted to EUR 78.3 million (previous year: EUR 75.7 million).

It included a one-time payment of EUR 11.1 million to the pension fund, a repayment of customer prepayments of EUR 20.5 million and capex-related payments of EUR 96.7 million.

After deducting payments for investments the free cash flow of €55.8m was significantly higher than in 2011 (€15.4m).

The pro rata cash payments for the Siltronic segment's capital expenditures in Q1 2017 amounted to €26.0 million .

In 2016, cash payments of €516.9 million for investments were substantially below the prior-year figure (2015: €815.6 million).

Expenditures for investments fell to EUR 10.6 million in the reporting period, down from EUR 15.5 million in the previous year.

Investing activities in 2007/2008 resulted in cash inflows of 3.8 million euros stemming from payments for investments in the portfolio and for property, plant and equipment netted against proceeds from disposals of investments.

Payments for purchases are due when billed and cannot be spread over several months or years.

Cash payments for capital expenditure on property, plant and equipment and on intangible assets and the rental business totalled €179.2million in the first six months of 2016, representing a year-on-year increase (H12015: €160.9million).

In addition to the cash payments of €100.9million for property, plant and equipment and for intangible assets, there were net cash payments of €148.3million in relation to the expansion of the rental business (Q1 – Q32015: €145.9million).

Cash payments for capital expenditure on property, plant and equipment and on intangible assets and the rental business totalled €66.2million in the first quarter of 2015, representing a small year-on-year increase (Q1 2014: €64.6million).

This development resulted from the EUR 16.9 million in higher payments for investments in property, plant and equipment with EUR 10.1 million higher investments in intangible assets as well as EUR 10.4 million higher payments from the acquisition of consolidated companies and business units.

This was sufficient to cover cash flows for investing activities and raise the free cash flow to €15.4m.

Cash flows from investing activities, or payments for portfolio investments netted again proceeds from disposals of investments, are the key source for the generation of cash from the operating business.

Cash outflow from investing activities (€ –164 million) was due principally to disbursements for capital expenditure in property, plant and equipment (€ –149 million) and cash investment (€ –24 million).

Cash flow from investment activity increased in the period under review by EUR 3.9 million to EUR -12.3 million (prior year: EUR -8.3 million), which is mainly due to the EUR 5.6 million higher payments for investments in property, plant and equipment, which totaled EUR 6.9 million (prior year: 1.2).