v3.26.1
Business segment information (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Business segment information  
Segment revenue reconciles to statutory revenues from continuing operations

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2025

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2024

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2023

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$ million

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$ million

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$ million

Reportable segment revenue

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Orthopaedics

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2,437

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2,305

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2,214

Sports Medicine & ENT

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1,934

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1,824

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1,729

Advanced Wound Management

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1,793

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1,681

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1,606

Revenue from external customers

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6,164

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5,810

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5,549

Disaggregation of revenue

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2025

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20241

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2023

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$ million

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$ million

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$ million

Revenue by product from continuing operations

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Knee Implants

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1,011

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977

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940

Hip Implants

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641

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619

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599

Other Reconstruction

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136

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101

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111

Trauma & Extremities

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649

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608

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564

Orthopaedics

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2,437

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2,305

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2,214

Sports Medicine Joint Repair

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1,067

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982

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945

Arthroscopic Enabling Technologies

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647

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632

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588

ENT (Ear, Nose and Throat)

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220

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210

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196

Sports Medicine & ENT

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1,934

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1,824

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1,729

Advanced Wound Care

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766

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735

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725

Advanced Wound Bioactives

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621

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581

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553

Advanced Wound Devices

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406

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365

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328

Advanced Wound Management

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1,793

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1,681

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1,606

Consolidated revenue from continuing operations

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6,164

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5,810

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5,549

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1 Robotics consumables revenue has been reclassified from Other Reconstruction to Knee and Hip implants.

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The following table shows the disaggregation of Group revenue by geographic market and product category. The disaggregation of revenue into the two product categories below reflects that in general the products in the Advanced Wound Management business unit are sold to wholesalers and intermediaries, while products in the other business units are sold directly to hospitals, Ambulatory Surgery Centers and distributors. The further disaggregation of revenue by Established Markets and Emerging Markets reflects that in general our products are sold through distributors and intermediaries in the Emerging Markets while in the Established Markets, with the exception of the Advanced Wound Care and Bioactives products, which are in general sold direct to hospitals and Ambulatory Surgery Centers. The disaggregation by Established Markets and Emerging Markets also reflects their differing economic factors, including volatility in growth and outlook.

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2025

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2024

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2023

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Established
Markets1

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Emerging
Markets

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Total

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Established
Markets1

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Emerging
Markets

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Total

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Established
Markets1

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Emerging
Markets

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Total

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$ million

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$ million

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$ million

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$ million

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$ million

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$ million

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$ million

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$ million

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$ million

Orthopaedics, Sports Medicine & ENT

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3,606

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764

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4,370

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3,366

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763

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4,129

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3,184

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759

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3,943

Advanced Wound Management

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1,555

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239

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1,794

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1,464

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217

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1,681

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1,406

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200

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1,606

Total

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5,161

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1,003

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6,164

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4,830

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980

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5,810

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4,590

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959

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5,549

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1Established Markets comprises the US, Australia, Canada, Europe, Japan and New Zealand.
Trading profit reconciles to operating profit

Segment trading profit is reconciled to the statutory measure below:

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2025

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2024

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2023

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$ million

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$ million

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$ million

Segment profit

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Orthopaedics

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363

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265

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251

Sports Medicine & ENT

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461

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437

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394

Advanced Wound Management

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447

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399

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372

Segment trading profit

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1,271

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1,101

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1,017

Corporate costs1

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(60)

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(52)

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(47)

Acquisition and disposal-related items2

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(32)

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(94)

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(60)

Restructuring and rationalisation expenses

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(47)

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(123)

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(220)

Amortisation and impairment of acquisition intangibles2

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(176)

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(187)

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(207)

Legal and other2

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(162)

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12

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(58)

Operating profit

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794

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657

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425

Interest income

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28

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24

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34

Interest expense

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(140)

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(145)

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(132)

Other finance costs

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(16)

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(28)

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(7)

Share of results of associates

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113

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(10)

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(30)

Profit before taxation

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779

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498

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290

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1Corporate costs include centralised infrastructure costs, such as compliance and group functions.
2During 2025, the Group undertook a strategic review of its inventory portfolio and determined that certain product ranges would be phased out and simplified. As a result, the Group recognised an excess and obsolescence charge of $159m within legal and other items. During 2024, the Group announced its intention to close the Warwick manufacturing site that manufactures Birmingham Hip Resurfacing (BHR) products. As a result, a total of $68m of BHR assets and liabilities were written off, which mainly includes goodwill of $63m (included in acquisition and disposal-related items). During 2023, management evaluated the commercial viability of Engage products and concluded that they should be discontinued. A total of $109m of Engage’s assets and liabilities were written off as a result of this action, which includes goodwill of $84m (included in acquisition and disposal-related items), intangible assets of $37m (included in amortisation and impairment of acquisition intangibles), inventory of $21m (included in legal and other), partially offset by remeasurement of contingent consideration of $33m (included in acquisition and disposal-related items).
Schedule of depreciation and amortisation included in segment profit

Depreciation and amortisation included in the segment profit is presented below:

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2025

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$ million

Depreciation and amortisation

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Orthopaedics

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227

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213

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194

Sports Medicine & ENT

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105

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98

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97

Advanced Wound Management

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69

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62

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56

Assets and liabilities by geographic location

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2025

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2024

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2023

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$ million

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$ million

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$ million

United Kingdom

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608

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465

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525

United States of America

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3,426

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3,517

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3,692

Other

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1,909

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1,538

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1,397

Total non-current assets of the consolidated Group1

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5,943

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5,520

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5,614

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Non-current assets exclude retirement benefit assets and deferred tax assets.