2023 UNIVERSAL REGISTRATION DOCUMENT

8. Earnings per share

7.3 Breakdown of deferred tax assets and liabilities
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(in € millions) 31/12/2023 Income Equity Other 31/12/2022
Deferred tax assets          
Tax loss carryforwards 817 114 2 (2) 703
Temporary differences on retirement benefit obligations 280 (4) 17 1 265
Temporary differences on provisions 1,323 166 4 28 1,125
Temporary differences on financial instruments 98 (6) 59 - 44
Temporary differences related to leases 400 25 - 12 362
Other 1,164 49 3 (27) 1,139
Netting of deferred tax assets and liabilities by tax group (2,307) - - (193) (2,115)
Total deferred tax assets before impairment 1,772 344 85 (180) 1,524
Impairment (651) (9) (1) 1 (641)
Total deferred tax assets after impairment 1,122 335 84 (180) 883
Deferred tax liabilities          
Remeasurement of assets (*) (5,070) 130 (123) (39) (5,038)
Temporary differences related to leases (346) (17) - (5) (324)
Temporary differences on financial instruments (111) 17 17 (1) (144)
Other (811) (50) 21 (10) (771)
Netting of deferred tax assets and liabilities by tax group 2,307 - - 193 2,115
Total deferred tax liabilities (4,030) 80 (85) 137 (4,162)
Net deferred tax (2,908) 415 (1) (42) (3,280)

(*) Including, at 31 December 2023, measurement at fair value of the assets and liabilities of London Gatwick airport (€1,591 million), Mexican airport operator OMA (€874 million), ASF (€662 million), Cobra IS (€172 million), Lima Expresa (€164 million) , Aéroports de Lyon (€125 million) and ANA (€102 million) upon their consolidation.

Impairment of deferred tax assets amounted to €651 million at 31 December 2023 (€641 million at 31 December 2022), including €603 million outside France (€601 million at 31 December 2022).

Deferred tax assets arising from tax loss carryforwards totalled €817 million at 31 December 2023, with impairment losses recognised in the amount of €475 million. The net balance of deferred tax assets arising from tax loss carryforwards thus comes to €341 million, compared with €301 million at 31 December 2022, mainly related to countries in which tax losses can generally be carried forward indefinitely, such as the United Kingdom, the United States, Chile and Germany.

8. Earnings per share

Accounting policies

Basic earnings per share is the net income for the period after non-controlling interests, divided by the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the period less the weighted average number of treasury shares.

In calculating diluted earnings per share, the weighted average number of existing shares is adjusted for the potentially dilutive effect of all equity instruments issued by the company, in particular Group savings plans and unvested performance shares. Dilution is determined in accordance with the rules laid down by IAS 33. In accordance with this standard, plans for which the stock market price is greater than the average price during the period are excluded from the diluted earnings per share calculation.

In calculating basic and diluted earnings per share, earnings are also adjusted as necessary for changes in income and expenses taken directly to equity resulting from the conversion into shares of all potentially dilutive instruments.

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  Average number of shares Net income (in € millions) Earnings per share (in €) Average number of shares Net income (in € millions) Earnings per share (in €)
Total shares 594,320,558     595,524,050    
Treasury shares (26,112,537)     (31,178,611)    
Basic earnings per share 568,208,021 4,702 8.28 564,345,439 4,259 7.55
Group savings plans 693,509     189,867    
Performance shares 6,210,366     5,974,715    
Diluted earnings per share 575,111,896 4,702 8.18 570,510,021 4,259 7.47