GSK delivers strong 2022 performance with full year sales of £29.3 billion +19% AER, +13% CER; Total EPS 371.4p >100% Adjusted EPS of 139.7p +27% AER, +15% CER from continuing operations

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Highlights

Step change in commercial execution drives strong sales growth across Specialty Medicines and Vaccines

Sales of £29.3 billion +19% AER, +13% CER. Sales +15% AER, +10% CER excluding COVID-19 solutions
Specialty Medicines £11.3 billion +37% AER, +29% CER; HIV +20% AER, +12% CER; Oncology +23% AER, +17% CER; Immuno-inflammation and other specialty +29% AER +20% CER; COVID-19 solutions (Xevudy) sales £2.3 billion
Vaccines £7.9 billion +17% AER, +11% CER; Shingrix £3 billion +72% AER, +60% CER
General Medicines £10.1 billion +5% AER, +1% CER

Prioritised investment and cost discipline support strong growth in operating profit and EPS

Total continuing operating margin 21.9%. Total EPS 371.4p > 100% primarily reflecting the gain from discontinued operations arising on the demerger of the Consumer Healthcare business. Total continuing EPS 110.8p +34% AER, +18% CER
Adjusted operating margin 27.8%. Adjusted operating profit growth +26% AER, +14% CER. This included a decline in growth from COVID-19 solutions of approximately 3% AER and CER
Adjusted EPS 139.7p +27% AER, +15% CER. This included a decline in growth from COVID-19 solutions of approximately 4% AER, 3% CER
Full-year 2022 cash generated from operations attributable to continuing operations £7.9 billion. Full-year free cash flow £3.3 billion

R&D delivery and business development supports future growth

Innovative pipeline of 69 vaccines and specialty medicines based on science of the immune system, with 18 in phase III/registration
Potential best in class RSV older adults candidate vaccine filed in US, EU, Japan; Shingrix interim 10-year data presented at ID Week 2022; acquisition of Affinivax completed, including phase II next-generation vaccine for pneumococcal disease and use of innovative MAPs technology
Continued progress in development of long-acting HIV treatments; positive phase II data on N6LS broadly-neutralising antibody presented at HIV Glasgow
Pivotal phase III trials for gepotidacin antibiotic for uncomplicated UTIs stopped early for efficacy; positive phase IIb data for bepirovirsen, potential functional cure for chronic hepatitis B; exclusive licence agreement with Spero Therapeutics for tebipenem Hbr, late-stage antibiotic for complicated UTIs
Expansion of depemokimab phase III programme with trials for long-acting IL-5 inhibitor in three additional eosinophil-driven diseases
4 approvals anticipated in 2023: RSV OA vaccine (US, EU, JP); Jemperli in 1L endometrial cancer (US); momelotinib in myelofibrosis (US) and daprodustat in chronic kidney disease (US, EU)

Confident in outlooks for turnover and Adjusted operating profit growth

2023 Turnover expected to increase between 6% to 8%; Adjusted operating profit expected to increase between 10% to 12%; EPS expected to increase between 12% to 15%
2023 Guidance at CER and excludes any contribution from COVID-19 solutions
13.75p dividend declared for the Q4 2022. No change to expected dividend from GSK of 56.5p/share for 2023

Emma Walmsley, Chief Executive Officer, GSK said:

“2022 was a landmark year for GSK delivering the step change in performance we committed to, driven by strong growth in specialty medicines and vaccines, including record sales for Shingrix. We enter 2023 with good momentum, underpinning confidence in our ambitious sales and profit outlooks for 2026. At the same time, we continue to build a stronger portfolio and pipeline based on infectious diseases and the science of the immune system, including our potential new RSV vaccine. This momentum, together with further targeted business development, means GSK will also be in a strong position to deliver growth from 2026 onwards.”

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The Group’s management believes that the assumptions outlined above are reasonable, and that the guidance, outlooks, ambitions and expectations described in this report are achievable based on those assumptions. However, given the forward-looking nature of these guidance, outlooks, ambitions and expectations, they are subject to greater uncertainty, including potential material impacts if the above assumptions are not realised, and other material impacts related to foreign exchange fluctuations, macro-economic activity, the impact of outbreaks, epidemics or pandemics, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing challenges and uncertainties posed by the COVID-19 pandemic for businesses and governments around the world, changes in legislation, regulation, government actions or intellectual property protection, product development and approvals, actions by our competitors, and other risks inherent to the industries in which we operate.

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All outlooks, ambitions and expectations should be read together with pages 5-7 of the Stock Exchange announcement relating to an update to investors dated 23 June 2021, paragraph 19 of Part 7 of the Circular

to shareholders relating to the demerger of Haleon dated 1 June 2022 and the Guidance, assumptions and cautionary statements in this Q4 2022 earnings release.

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