Company: AZN
Filing Date: 2025-11-06
Form Type: 6-K
Source: 0001654954-25-012630
Chunk: 13

Company: ASTRAZENECA PLC
Filing Date: 2025-11-06
Form: 6-K
Chunk 13
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 mainly driven by an adjustment of interest on tax, due to a reduction of tax liabilities relating to prior periods, recognised in the first quarter, and also a reduction in short-term borrowings.

Core Net finance expense decreased 7% (9% at CER) in Q3 2025, mainly driven by a reduction in short-term borrowings.

Taxation

The effective Reported and Core tax rates for the nine months to 30 September 2025 were 19% (9M 2024: 21% and 20% respectively).

The cash tax paid for the nine months ended 30 September 2025 was $2,193m (9M 2024: $1,978m), representing 22% of Reported Profit before tax (9M 2024: 28%).

Cash Flow

Table 11: Cash Flow summary: 9M 2025

| For thenine                                                   
 monthsended 30                                                
 September                                                     |   2025 
     $m |   2024 
     $m | Change$m |
| Reported Operating profit                                     | 10,765 |  7,967 |    2,798 |
| Depreciation, amortisation and impairment                     |  4,222 |  4,351 |     -129 |
| Movement in working capital and short-term provisions         |     64 |   -543 |      607 |
| Gains on disposal of intangible assets                        |   -118 |    -34 |      -84 |
| Fair value movements on contingent consideration arising from 
 business combinations                                         |    -29 |    251 |     -280 |
| Non-cash and other movements                                  |    591 |     15 |      576 |
| Interest paid                                                 | -1,069 | -1,075 |        6 |
| Taxation paid                                                 | -2,193 | -1,978 |     -215 |
| Net cash inflow from operating activities                     | 12,233 |  8,954 |    3,279 |
| Net cash inflow before financing activities                   |  6,871 |  2,155 |    4,716 |
| Net cash (outflow) from financing activities                  | -4,262 | -3,325 |     -937 |

Net cash flow

The change in Net cash inflow from operating activities of $3,279m is primarily driven by the increased operating profit in 202