ST believes Free Cash Flow provides useful information for investors and management because it measures our capacity to generate cash from our operating and investing activities to sustain our operations.
Free Cash Flow reconciles with the total cash flow and the net cash increase (decrease) by including the payment for purchases of (and proceeds from matured) marketable securities and net investment in (and proceeds from) short-term deposits, the net cash from (used in) financing activities and the effect of changes in exchange rates, and by excluding the advances from capital grants received on prior periods allocated to property, plant and equipment in the reporting period. Our definition of Free Cash Flow may differ from definitions used by other companies.
| (US$ m) | Q2 2024 | Q1 2024 | Q4 2023 | Q3 2023 | Q2 2023 |
| Net cash from operating activities | 702 | 859 | 1,480 | 1,881 | 1,311 |
| Net Capex | (528) | (967) | (798) | (1,152) | (1,072) |
| Payment for purchase of intangible assets, net of proceeds from sale | (15) | (26) | (28) | (22) | (22) |
| Payment for purchase of financial assets, net of proceeds from sale | - | - | (2) | - | (8) |
| Free Cash Flow | 159 | (134) | 652 | 707 | 209 |
