ORANO // Annual Activity Report 2024
SITUATION AND ACTIVITIES OF THE COMPANY AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES DURING THE PAST FINANCIAL YEAR
Financial situation of the Company and the group during the past fi nancial year
Operating cash fl ow EBITDA
in November 2024 for the return of their nuclear waste. This effect masks the positive contribution in 2024 of advances received from customers to fi nance investments in recycling. Net Opex Net investments amounted to 980 million euros in 2024 compared to 815 million euros in 2023. Most of this 165 million euro increase came from the start of the Georges Besse II plant enrichment
Orano’s EBITDA amounted to 2,067 million euros in 2024, up compared to 2023 when it stood at 1,228 million euros. This improvement of +839 million euros is equivalent to the change in operating income with largely the same effects. Change in operating working capital requirement (WCR) The change in operating WCR was -149 million euros in 2024, -399 million euros lower than the positive contribution of 250 million euros in 2023. This decrease is mainly due to the Back End segment with the unfavorable effect of the neutralization in the change in working capital of the pre- fi nancing received previously from Japanese electric utilities under contracts signed
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capacity extension project. Operating cash fl ow
As a result of the items described above, operating cash flow stood at 937 million euros at the end of 2024, compared with 663 million euros at the end of 2023.
Net cash fl ow from company operations
Change 2024/2023
2024
2023
(in millions of euros)
Operating cash flow
937
663 (98) (60)
+274
Cash flow from end-of-lifecycle operations
(182) (102) (179) (121) (584)
-84 -42 -11 -31
Income tax
Cost of fi nancial operations
(168)
Other items
(90)
Non-operating cash flow
(416)
-168 +107
NET CASH FLOW FROM COMPANY OPERATIONS
354
247
Net cash flow from company operations stood at 354 million euros at December 31, 2024 ( vs . 247 million euros the previous year).
Consolidated statement of cash fl ows The group’s condensed consolidated statement of cash flows is presented below:
2024
2023 Change 2024/2023
(in millions of euros)
Cash flow from operations before interest and taxes
1,715 (182) 1,532 (137) 1,395
955
+760
Interest expense and taxes paid
(148)
-34
Cash flow from operations after interest and taxes
807 298
+725 -435 +291 -707
Change in working capital requirement Cash flow from operating activities Cash used in investing activities Cash used in fi nancing activities TOTAL INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH Net cash at the beginning of the period NET CASH AT THE END OF THE PERIOD Effect of exchange rate changes
1,104 (681)
(1,388)
(1) 16
15 (6)
-16 +22
22
432
-410 +432
1,230 1,252
798
1,230
+22
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Orano - Annual Activity Report 2024
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