2022 Universal Registration Document

Chapter 1 : Presentation of the Group – Integrated Report

Net profit

Consolidated profit and loss accounts: from operating profit to net profit excluding non-recurring items:

€ millions 2020 2021 2022 Evolution
Operating profit Operating profit20205,209.0 Operating profit20216,160.3 Operating profit20227,456.9 +21%
Financial revenues and expenses excluding Sanofi dividends

Financial revenues and expenses excluding Sanofi dividends

2020

-95.9

Financial revenues and expenses excluding Sanofi dividends

2021

-59.6

Financial revenues and expenses excluding Sanofi dividends

2022

-73.0

Financial revenues and expenses excluding Sanofi dividends

Evolution

 

Sanofi dividends

Sanofi dividends

2020

372.4

Sanofi dividends

2021

378.3

Sanofi dividends

2022

468.2

Sanofi dividends

Evolution

 

Profit before tax excluding non-recurring items Profit before tax excluding non-recurring items20205,485.5 Profit before tax excluding non-recurring items20216,478.9 Profit before tax excluding non-recurring items20227 852.1 Profit before tax excluding non-recurring itemsEvolution+21.2%
Income tax excluding non-recurring items

Income tax excluding non-recurring items

2020

-1,383.1

Income tax excluding non-recurring items

2021

-1,535.6

Income tax excluding non-recurring items

2022

-1,793.4

Income tax excluding non-recurring items

Evolution

 

Net profit excluding non-recurring items of equity consolidated companies

Net profit excluding non-recurring items of equity consolidated companies

2020

+0.9

Net profit excluding non-recurring items of equity consolidated companies

2021

+0.6

Net profit excluding non-recurring items of equity consolidated companies

2022

+1.5

Net profit excluding non-recurring items of equity consolidated companies

Evolution

 

Non-controlling interests

Non-controlling interests

2020

-4.2

Non-controlling interests

2021

-5.5

Non-controlling interests

2022

- 6.1

Non-controlling interests

Evolution

 

Net profit excluding non-recurring items after non-controlling interests Net profit excluding non-recurring items after non-controlling interests20204,099.0 Net profit excluding non-recurring items after non-controlling interests20214,938.5 Net profit excluding non-recurring items after non-controlling interests20226,054.1 Net profit excluding non-recurring items after non-controlling interestsEvolution+22.6%
EPS (1) (€)

EPS

(1)

(€)

2020

7.30

EPS

(1)

(€)

2021

8.82

EPS

(1)

(€)

2022

11.26

EPS

(1)

(€)

Evolution

+27.6%

NET PROFIT AFTER NON-CONTROLLING INTERESTS NET PROFIT AFTER NON-CONTROLLING INTERESTS20203,563.4 NET PROFIT AFTER NON-CONTROLLING INTERESTS20214,597.1 NET PROFIT AFTER NON-CONTROLLING INTERESTS20225,706.6 NET PROFIT AFTER NON-CONTROLLING INTERESTSEvolution+ 24.10%
Diluted EPS after non-controlling interests (€)

Diluted EPS after non-controlling interests (€)

2020

6.34

Diluted EPS after non-controlling interests (€)

2021

8.21

Diluted EPS after non-controlling interests (€)

2022

10.61

Diluted EPS after non-controlling interests (€)

Evolution

 

Diluted average number of shares

Diluted average number of shares

2020

561,635,963

Diluted average number of shares

2021

559,791,545

Diluted average number of shares

2022

537,657,548

Diluted average number of shares

Evolution

 

(1) Diluted earnings per share, based on net profit, excluding non-recurring items, after non-controlling interests.

Net finance costs amounted to 73 million euros.

Sanofi dividends totalled 468.2 million euros. This year, in addition to the annual dividend of 393.7 million euros, Sanofi paid an additional dividend-in-kind in the form of newly listed Euroapi shares for an amount of 74.5 million euros.

Income tax excluding non-recurrent items amounted to1,793 million euros, representing a tax rate of 22.8%.

Net profit excluding non-recurring items after non-controlling interests stood at 6,054 million euros.

Earnings per share(1), at 11.26 euros, increased by +27.6%.

Non-recurring items after non-controlling interests(2) amounted to 347 million euros net of tax.

Net profit after non-controlling interests came out at 5,706 million euros, increasing by +24.1%.

Cash flow statement, Balance sheet and Cash position

Gross cash flow amounted to 7,289 million euros, an increaseof +9.8%.

The working capital requirement increased by 1,010 million euros.

At 1,343.2 million euros, investments represented 3.5% of sales.

Net cash flow(3), at 4,935 million euros, decreased by 12.7%.

The balance sheet remains strong, with shareholders’ equity amounting to 27.2 billion euros.

Proposed dividend at the Annual General Meeting of 21 April 2023

The Board of Directors has decided to propose a dividend of6.00 euros per share at the shareholders’ Annual GeneralMeeting of 21 April 2023, an increase of +25% comparedwith the dividend paid in 2022. The dividend will be paid on28 April 2023 (ex-dividend date 26 April at 0:00am, Paris time).

Share capital

At 31 December 2022, the capital of the company is formed by 535,186,562 shares.

(1) Diluted earnings per share, based on net profit, excluding non-recurring items, after non-controlling interests.

(2) Non-recurring items include impairment of assets, capital gains and losses on disposals of long-term assets, restructuring costs and tax effects of non-recurring items.

(3) Net cash flow = Gross cash flow + changes in working capital - capital expenditure.