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Group statement of cash flows - USD ($)
$ in Millions
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Statement of cash flows [abstract]      
Profit for the year $ 628 $ 750 $ 376
Adjustments reconciling profit for the year to cash flow from operations 521 469 585
Cash flow from operations 1,149 1,219 961
Interest paid (170) (119) (126)
Interest received 57 36 22
Deferred purchase consideration paid (3)    
Tax paid (309) (243) (211)
Net cash from operating activities 724 893 646
Cash flow from investing activities      
Purchase of property, plant and equipment (29) (28) (54)
Purchase of intangible assets (49) (54) (45)
Investment in associates and joint ventures (6) (3) (1)
Investment in other financial assets (32) (60)  
Deferred purchase consideration paid (10)    
Disposal of property, plant and equipment 9 0 3
Repayments of other financial assets 11 8 13
Finance lease receipts 4    
Other investing cash flows 3   6
Net cash from investing activities (99) (137) (78)
Cash flow from financing activities      
Repurchase of shares, including taxes and transaction costs (804) (790) (482)
Purchase of own shares by employee share trusts (27) (8) (1)
Dividends paid to shareholders (259) (245) (233)
Dividend paid to non-controlling interest 0 (3)  
Issue of long-term bonds, including effect of currency swaps 834 657  
Repayment of long-term bonds (547) 0 (209)
Settlement of currency swaps (45) 0  
Principal element of lease payments (46) (28) (36)
Net cash from financing activities (894) (417) (961)
Net movement in cash and cash equivalents in the year (269) 339 (393)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the year 1,278 921 1,391
Exchange rate effects (18) 18 (77)
Cash and cash equivalents at end of the year $ 991 $ 1,278 $ 921