| 3rd quarter 2024 | 3rd quarter 2025 | 1st nine months 2024 |
1st nine months 2025 | |
| € million | € million | € million | € million | |
| Income after income taxes | 31 | (46) | (80) | (266) |
| Income taxes | 21 | 37 | 215 | 127 |
| Financial result | 24 | 34 | 83 | 116 |
| Income taxes paid | (73) | (60) | (153) | (145) |
| Depreciation, amortization and impairment losses and impairment loss reversals | 211 | 217 | 662 | 672 |
| Change in pension provisions | (8) | (10) | (27) | (12) |
| (Gains)/losses on retirements of noncurrent assets | (6) | (25) | (13) | (46) |
| Gain on bargain purchase acquisition | – | (11) | – | (11) |
| Decrease/(increase) in inventories | (21) | 43 | (272) | 84 |
| Decrease/(increase) in trade accounts receivable | 77 | 151 | (77) | (86) |
| (Decrease)/increase in trade accounts payable | 29 | (46) | 84 | (164) |
| Changes in other working capital, other noncash items | (23) | 18 | (164) | (83) |
| Cash flows from operating activities | 262 | 302 | 258 | 186 |
| Cash outflows for additions to property, plant, equipment and intangible assets | (150) | (191) | (422) | (556) |
| Cash inflows from sales of property, plant, equipment and other assets | 7 | 28 | 22 | 49 |
| Cash inflows from divestments less divested cash | – | 2 | – | 8 |
| Cash outflows for noncurrent financial assets | (18) | (3) | (62) | (13) |
| Cash outflows for acquisitions less acquired cash | – | (27) | – | (27) |
| Interest and dividends received | 19 | 9 | 49 | 32 |
| Cash inflows from other current financial assets | 48 | 18 | 101 | 37 |
| Cash flows from investing activities | (94) | (164) | (312) | (470) |
| Issuances of debt | 585 | 492 | 994 | 1,546 |
| Retirements of debt | (747) | (492) | (927) | (1,072) |
| Interest paid | (30) | (20) | (90) | (78) |
| Cash flows from financing activities | (192) | (20) | (23) | 396 |
| Change in cash and cash equivalents due to business activities | (24) | 118 | (77) | 112 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period | 569 | 489 | 625 | 509 |
| Change in cash and cash equivalents due to exchange rate movements | (6) | (3) | (9) | (17) |
| Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | 539 | 604 | 539 | 604 |