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Slide 11 of 13 · capital_returns

Free cash flow and capital returned

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Free cash flow and capital returned

Capital returns — buybacks, dividends and what funds them

$bn / %
5.202.731.633.503.684.965.804.19−14.908.004.50−15.3012.365.28−47.22FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25BuybacksDividendsFree cash flow​

Cash hierarchy — from operating cash flow to distributions

$bn / %
FY25FY24FY23FY22FY21
Operating cash flow-45.2-13.2-12.68.76.3
− Capex2.12.12.33.74.7
= Free cash flow-47.2-15.3-14.95.01.6
Dividends5.34.54.23.72.7
Share repurchases12.48.05.83.55.2
= Total distributions17.612.510.07.27.9
Distributions / FCF-37 %-82 %-67 %145 %486 %
Distributions / net income103 %88 %117 %64 %37 %
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