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DEDICATED ASSETS NOTE 38 REGULATIONS 38.1 Article L. 594 of France’s Environment Code and its implementing regulations require assets (dedicated assets) to be set aside for secure financing of nuclear plant decommissioning expenses and long-term storage expenses for radioactive waste. These regulations govern the way dedicated assets are built up, and the management and governance of the funds themselves. Dedicatedassets are clearly identified and managed separately from the Company’s other financial assets and investments. They are also subject to specific monitoring and control by the Board of Directors and the administrative authorities. The law requires the realisable value of dedicated assets to be higher than the value of the provisions corresponding to the present value of the long-term nuclear expenses defined above. The Decree of 29 December 2010 made RTE shares eligible for inclusion in dedicated assets subject to certain conditions and administrative authorisation. The Decree of 24 July 2013 also revised the list of eligible assets by reference to the Insurance Code, making unlisted assets eligible subject to certain conditions. The Decree of 24 March 2015 contains two measures concerning dedicated assets: the annual allocation to dedicated assets, net of any increases to provisions, ■ must be positive or zero as long as their realisable value is below 110% of the amount of the provisions concerned; subject to certain conditions, real estate property owned by the operators of ■ nuclear facilities may be allocated to coverage of these provisions. Subject to certain conditions, the Decree of 19 December 2016 authorised allocation of the shares of CTE, which holds 100% of the capital of RTE, to the portfolio of dedicated assets at 31 December 2017 (see note 38.2.2 below). EDF also received ministerial authorisation on 31 May 2018 to increase the portion of unlisted assets in its dedicated assets from 10% to 15% subject to conditions (this does not apply to the shares of CTE or real estate assets). Given the applicable regulations, these dedicated assets are a highly specific category of assets. Dedicated assets are structured and managed according to a strategic allocation defined by the Board of Directors and reported to the administrative authorities. The strategic allocation is designed to meet the overall objective of long-term coverage of obligations, and determines the structure and management of the portfolio as a whole. It takes into account regulatory constraints concerning the nature and liquidity of the dedicated asset, the financial outlook for the equity and bond markets, and the diversifying contribution of unlisted assets. As part of the strategic allocation review process and in order to pursue the diversification into unlisted assets begun in 2010 with the shares in RTE, in 2013 the Board of Directors approved the introduction of an unlisted asset portfolio alongside the diversified equity and bond investments. This portfolio is managed by the EDF Invest Division, which was formed following the Decree of 24 July 2013 on securing the funding for nuclear expenses. EDF Invest has the following target asset classes: infrastructures, real estate and debt or equity funds. Following the French government’s authorisation issued on 8 February 2013, and the approval of the Nuclear Commitments Monitoring Committee and the Board of Directors’ decision of 13 February 2013, EDF allocated the entire receivable recognised by the French state, representing the accumulated shortfall in CSPE financing at 31 December 2012, to its dedicated assets. This financial receivable was increased in the financial statements at 31 December 2015 by an additional amount estimated at €644 million that was not allocated to dedicated assets, corresponding to the shortfalls in compensation that arose between the PORTFOLIO CONTENTS AND MEASUREMENT 38.2

beginning of 2013 and the end of 2015, as acknowledged by the State in a ministerial letter of 26 January 2016. In accordance with this letter, the total financial receivable bears interest at 1.72% and will be repaid under a revised schedule ending in late 2020. This schedule was laid down in a decision of 2 December 2016, based on the CRE’s confirmation of the shortfall for 2015. On 22 December 2016, EDF assigned a 26.4% portion of this financial receivable, including the additional receivable corresponding to the shortfalls in compensation between 2013 and 2015, to a pool of investors. Consequently, the realisable value of the non-assigned portion of the receivable, which is totally allocated to dedicated assets, is calculated based on the assignment value at that date. The amount received for assignment of the portion of the CSPE receivable that was allocated to dedicated assets (€894 million) has been reinvested in dedicated assets, in the same way as the reimbursements received (see note 3.5). After receiving the ministerial letter of 31 May 2018 authorising EDF, subject to conditions, to increase the portion of unlisted assets in its dedicated assets, on 29 June 2018 the Board of Directors validated the following new strategic allocation for dedicated assets: yield assets (target: 30% of dedicated assets), consisting of infrastructure assets, ■ including the shares of CTE, and real estate property; growth assets (target: 40% of dedicated assets), consisting of equity funds ■ investing in listed or unlisted equities; fixed-income assets (target: 30% of dedicated assets), consisting of listed bonds ■ or listed bond funds, unlisted debt funds, receivables and cash. These targets should be reached gradually, mainly by reinvesting fixed-income assets in yield assets and growth assets. 38.2.1 Certain growth and fixed-income assets take the form of bonds held directly by EDF. Others consist of specialised collective investment funds on leading international markets, managed by independent asset management companies. They take the form of open-end funds and “reserved” funds established for the Company (which does not participate in the fund management). The listed equity funds consist of international equities (mainly in North America but also in Europe, Asia-Pacific and emerging countries). Listed bonds and listed bond funds consist of sovereign and corporate bonds. These investments are structured and managed in line with the strategic allocation, which takes into consideration international stock market cycles, for which the statistical inversion generally observed between equity market cycles and bond market cycles – as well as between geographical areas – has led EDF to define a long-term investment policy with appropriate allocation between growth assets and fixed-income assets. Under the new strategic allocation, growth assets also include a small portion of funds invested in unlisted equities, and fixed-income assets also include a small portion of funds invested in unlisted debt. These funds are managed by EDF Invest (see note 38.2.2). In the course of operational asset monitoring, EDF applies long-term, specific management rules defined and supervised by its governance bodies (maximum investment ratios, volatility analyses and assessment of individual fund manager quality). 38.2.2 The yield assets managed by EDF Invest consist of assets related to investments in infrastructures and real estate. Through investment funds, EDF Invest also manages growth assets and fixed-income assets (see note 38.2.1). Growth assets and fixed-income assets Yield assets

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