7. Cash Flow Statement
7.1 General
A statement of cash flows is a financial statement which summarizes cash transactions of a business during a given accounting
period and classifies them under three categories, namely, cash flows from operating, investing and financing activities. It
shows how cash was used or generated during the period by indicating whether a particular line item is a cash in-flow or a
cash out-flow. The term cash as used in the statement of cash flows refers to both cash and cash equivalents. Cash flow
statement provides relevant information in assessing a company's liquidity, quality of earnings and solvency. Since 2015
Metrohm Group is obliged to report a consolidated cash flow statement, requiring cash flow statement from each subsidiary.
There is no need to report it on single-entity level for consolidated Metrohm Group companies like Metrohm Nordics,
Metrohm China or Metrohm Inula).
7.2 Cash Flows from Operating Activities
A The first section of a cash flow statement, known as cash flow from operating activities, can be prepared using two different
methods known as the direct method and the indirect method. Here we will study the indirect method to calculate cash flows
from operating activities.
At Metrohm Group we agreed to prepare this section of the cash flow statement using the indirect method. In this method,
the net income figure from the income statement is used to calculate the amount of net cash flow from operating activities.
Since the income statement is prepared on accrual basis in which revenue is recognized when earned and not when received
therefore net income does not represent the net cash flow from operating activities and it is necessary to adjust earnings
before interest and tax (EBIT) for those items which effect net income although no actual cash is paid or received against
them.
We provide a calculation scheme which allows getting this section calculated automatically based on your P&L and Balance
Sheet figures. The calculation is as follows:
Annual profit
+/– depreciation/write-up (revaluations resulting in profit) of tangible fixed assets
+/– decrease / increase of receivables from deliveries and services
+/– decrease / increase of inventories
+/– decrease / increase of other receivables and prepayments and accrued income
+/– increase / decrease of payables from goods and services
+/– increase / decrease of other short-term liabilities and accrued liabilities and deferred income, provisions
= cash inflow / outflow from operating activities (operating cash flow)
7.3 Cash Flows from Investing Activities
Cash flows from investing activities is the second section of a statement of cash flows which details cash flows related to
acquisition and disposal of a company's long-term investments such as property, plant and equipment, investment in
subsidiaries and associates, etc.