Other 1st Quarter 2018 Sales in Other were down considerably on the prior-year quarter due, among other things, to lower sales of technical materials and workshop and engineering services. Income from operations before special items increased considerably, primarily as a result of valuation effects from our long-term incentive program. (XLS:) Download Data on Other (million €) 1st quarter 2018 2017 Change in % 1 Amortization of intangible assets and depreciation of property, plant and equipment (including impairments and reversals of impairments) 2 Contains assets of businesses recognized under Other as well as reconciliation to assets of the BASF Group (see also the remarks on the BASF Group’s assets) 3 Additions to intangible assets and property, plant and equipment Sales 557 610 (9) Income from operations before depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) (192) (216) 11 Amortization and depreciation1 29 27 7 Income from operations (EBIT) (221) (243) 9 Special items (8) 7 . EBIT before special items (213) (250) 15 of which Costs for cross-divisional corporate research (80) (81) 1 Costs of corporate headquarters (53) (52) (2) Other businesses (8) 5 . Foreign currency results, hedging and other measurement effects 41 (31) . Miscellaneous income and expenses (113) (91) (24) Assets (March 31)2 15,017 9,793 53 Investments including acquisitions3 15 31 (52) Research and development expenses 80 85 (6) back forward