A company generated net income $($earnings$),$ after taxes, of $$14$ million this year. The company paid an interest expense of $$1\mathrm{.}2$ million, a depreciation expenditure of $$4\mathrm{.}2$ million, and invested $$4\mathrm{.}5$ million in new long$-$term assets. The company also spent $$2$ million acquiring additional inventory $($i$.$e$.$ its inventory went up by $$2$ million this year$)$ and it paid $$1$ million in cash dividends. Assuming no other changes in net working capital, what was the company's cash flow from assets this year?