Corporate and Other

The segment Corporate and Other includes corporate overhead costs incurred by Group holding companies, financial result, taxes and certain exceptional items that are not allocated to specific divisions. In addition, some costs associated with the planned acquisition of Millipore are included in this segment.

Corporate and Other | Key figures – Q1

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EUR million

1st quarter
2010

1st quarter
2009

Change
in %

Total revenues

Gross margin

Research and development

0.1

–0.4

Operating result

–51.5

–22.6

127.7

Exceptional items

Free cash flow

–120.4

–84.7

42.2

Underlying free cash flow

–108.6

–84.7

28.2