EDF / 2018 Reference document

TABLE OF CONTENT

Key figures

4

5. THE GROUP’S PERFORMANCE IN 2018 AND FINANCIAL OUTLOOK

1.

277 278 310

PRESENTATION OF EDF GROUP

7 8

Operating and financial review 5.1

History and development of the Company 1.1

Subsequent events 5.2

Organisation of the Group 1.2

10 12 18 85

Changes in market prices in January 5.3 and February 2019

Group strategy 1.3

311 312

Description of the Group's activities 1.4 Legislative and regulatory environment 1.5 Research & development, patents and licences 1.6

Outlook 5.4

6.

102 109

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

313 314

Commercial properties 1.7

Consolidated financial statements 6.1

2. RISK FACTORS AND CONTROL FRAMEWORK

Statutory Auditors' Report on the consolidated 6.2 financial statements

111 112 128 136 138 145

430 433

Financial statements 6.3

Risks to which the Group is exposed 2.1 Control of Group risks and activities 2.2

Statutory Auditors’ Report 6.4 on the financial statements

490 493 494

Dependency factors 2.3

Table of results for the last five fiscal years 6.5

Legal proceedings and arbitration 2.4

Dividend policy 6.6

Insurance 2.5

Significant change in the financial 6.7 or trading position

3. ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIETAL

495

INFORMATION – HUMAN RESOURCES 149 EDF's commitments in the area 3.1 of sustainable development 150 EDF's Corporate Social Responsibility Goals 3.2 158 Other areas of the sustainable 3.3 development policy 180 Further human resources considerations 3.4 195 Ethics, compliance, tax transparency 3.5 206 Sponsorship 3.6 213 Non-financial rating 3.7 214 Appendices and correspondence tables 3.8 215 Reporting system and methodology 3.9 223 Report by one of the Statutory Auditors, 3.10 appointed as independent third party 233

Information relating to the allocation of funds 6.8 raised through Green Bonds issued by EDF

495

7. GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY AND ITS CAPITAL

501 502

General information about the Company 7.1

Incorporation documents 7.2 and articles of association Information regarding capital 7.3 and share ownership Market for the Company’s shares 7.4

502

505 511 512 515

Related-party transactions 7.5

Material contracts 7.6

8.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

517

4.

Person responsible for the Reference Document 8.1 and the Certification

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Corporate Governance Code 4.1 Members and functioning 4.2 of the Board of Directors

237 238

518 519 519 519 520 528

Auditors – Statutory Auditors 8.2

Documents available to the public - LEI 8.3 Financial communication calendar 8.4

240 269

Bodies created by Executive Management 4.3 Conflicts of interest, absence of convictions 4.4 of the members of the administrative bodies and Executive Management, contracts for services Shareholding by Directors and trading in EDF 4.5 securities by corporate officers and executives 272 Compensation and benefits 4.6 273 Report by the Statutory Auditors, prepared 4.7 in accordance with Article L. 225-235 of the French Commercial Code, on the Report 271

Concordance tables 8.5

Glossary

of the Board of Directors on Corporate Governance

276