Business and Financial Review • Mar 30, 2023
Business and Financial Review
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Paris, March 30, 2023. Sanofi (EURONEXT: SAN, NASDAQ: SNY) has compiled the following items for consideration to assist in the financial modeling of the Company's Q1 2023 results.
Management guidance and previous commentary As a reminder, Sanofi's Q4 2022 communications can be found at: https://www.sanofi.com/en/investors/financial-results-and-events/financial-results/Q4-results-2022 Please see the table below for the impact from foreign currency.
As announced during Sanofi's Q4 2022 earnings call, starting with Q1 2023, Sanofi will present a new segment profit report under 2 operating segments, which reflects changes of organization and management Group reporting, effective as of January 1, 2023:
"Other" will be limited to items not attributable to segments such as technical components (ex: parent entity Fx gains and losses) or gains or loss from past businesses (ex: retained contingencies).
Links to Excel files with 2022 comparable quarterly figures reflecting the new segments can be found on our website:
https://www.sanofi.com/en/investors/company-overview/key-financial-data
Please note the following product performances. Growth at Constant Exchange Rates (CER):
• Libtayo®: Following the grant of worldwide exclusive license rights to Regeneron, Sanofi discontinued reporting Libtayo® sales from July 1, 2022.
The 2023 effective tax rate is expected to be around 19% versus 19.3% in 2022*.
In Q1 2023, Sanofi repurchased 4.0 million shares (for an amount of €364 million).
*As previously announced
The average number of shares for the calculation of EPS is expected to be around 1,249.3 million in Q1 2023 versus 1,249.2 million in Q1 2022.
The main currency variations were:
| EUR/… | Q1 2023 (until March 24) |
Q1 2022 | Variation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Developed Markets | |||
| U.S. Dollar | 1.07 | 1.12 | -4.5% |
| Japanese Yen | 142.08 | 130.47 | 8.9% |
| Canadian Dollar | 1.45 | 1.42 | 2.0% |
| Australian Dollar | 1.57 | 1.55 | 0.9% |
| British Pound | 0.88 | 0.84 | 5.7% |
| Swiss Franc | 0.99 | 1.04 | -4.3% |
| Emerging Markets | |||
| Chinese Yuan | 7.34 | 7.14 | 2.9% |
| Brazilian Real | 5.57 | 5.88 | -5.3% |
| Mexican Peso | 20.04 | 23.01 | -12.9% |
| Argentine Peso | 205.74 | 119.64 | 72.0% |
| Russian Ruble | 78.19 | 97.95 | -20.2% |
| Turkish Lira | 20.23 | 15.65 | 29.2% |
| South African Rand | 19.06 | 17.10 | 11.5% |
Based on this evolution of foreign currencies, Sanofi's preliminary estimate of currency impact on Q1 2023 sales is approximately between 0% and +1% and approximately between -1% and 0% on Q1 2023 business EPS
The full-year 2023 business EPS sensitivities* to the U.S. Dollar, Japanese Yen, Chinese Yuan, Brazilian Real and Russian Ruble are the following:
| Currency | Variation | Business EPS Sensitivity |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Dollar | +0.05 USD/EUR | -EUR 0.17 |
| Japanese Yen | +5 JPY/EUR | -EUR 0.02 |
| Chinese Yuan | +0.2 CNY/EUR | -EUR0.03 |
| Brazilian Real | +0.4 BRL/EUR | -EUR0.02 |
| Russian Ruble | +10 RUB/EUR | -EUR 0.02 |
All press releases issued during Q1 2023 are available on our website: https://mediaroom.sanofi.com/en/press-releases/
Eva Schaefer-Jansen | + 33 7 86 80 56 39 | [email protected] Arnaud Delépine | + 33 6 73 69 36 93 | [email protected] Corentine Driancourt | + 33 6 40 56 92 21 | [email protected] Felix Lauscher | + 1 908 612 7239 | [email protected] Nathalie Pham | + 33 7 85 93 30 17 | [email protected] Tarik Elgoutni | + 1 617 710 3587 | [email protected]
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