Earnings Per Share

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2024

A.4

Earnings per share


	2024		2023		2022

Profit attributable to equity holders of the parent (US$m)		3,573		1,660		6,498
Weighted average number of shares on issue for basic earnings per share		1,895,703,924		1,896,498,169		1,511,257,404
Effect of dilution from contingently issuable shares		16,221,362		14,444,802		13,061,376
Weighted average number of shares on issue adjusted for the effect of dilution		1,911,925,286		1,910,942,971		1,524,318,780
Basic earnings per share (US cents)		188.5		87.5		430.0
Diluted earnings per share (US cents)		186.9		86.9		426.3

Earnings per share is calculated by dividing the profit for the year attributable to ordinary equity holders of the parent by the weighted average number of ordinary shares on issue during the year. The weighted average number of shares makes allowance for shares reserved for employee share plans. Diluted earnings per share is calculated by adjusting basic earnings per share by the number of ordinary shares that would be issued on conversion of all the dilutive potential ordinary shares into ordinary shares.

There have been no significant transactions involving ordinary shares between the reporting date and the date of completion of these financial statements.