EDF / 2018 Reference document

7.

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY AND ITS CAPITAL Information regarding capital and share ownership

OTHER EQUITY SECURITIES 7.3.4 On the filing date of this Reference Document, other than the common shares of Company stock, there are no other securities that grant access to EDF’s share capital, either directly or indirectly. 7.3.5 On 18 April 1996, EDF set up a programme to issue debt securities in the form of Euro Medium Term Notes (the “EMTN” programme). Since this date, this programme has been regularly renewed. On 6 October 2016, EDF successfully raised $2.655 billion from 2 senior bonds subscribed for by twenty or so investors on the Taiwanese market (“Formosa bonds”): $491 million, with a fixed coupon of 4.65%, 30-year bond; ■ $2.164 billion, with a fixed coupon of 4.99%, 40-year bond. ■ On 6 October 2016, EDF also successfully launched a senior multi-currency bond issue of approximately €3 billion in four tranches: NON-EQUITY SECURITIES This third Green Bond issue, in an amount of €1.75 billion, is the largest tranche of Green Bonds issued to date and means that EDF has already issued the equivalent of more than €4 billion in Green Bonds over a three-year period to support its expansion in the renewable energies field. On 20 January 2017, EDF successfully raised JPY137 billion, corresponding to approximately €1.1 billion (1) , through four senior bonds issued on the Japanese market (“Samurai bonds”): JPY107.9 billion, with a fixed coupon of 1.088%, 10-year bond; ■ JPY19.6 billion, with a fixed coupon of 1.278%, 12-year green bond; ■ JPY6.4 billion, with a fixed coupon of 1.569%, 15-year green bond; ■ JPY3.1 billion, with a fixed coupon of 1.870%, 20-year bond, which is the ■ longest bond maturity ever issued on the Samurai market. With the issue of two green tranches, in a total amount of 26 billion yen to be used to finance its renewable investments, EDF opens the Samurai Green market and thus continues to actively participate in the development of Green Bonds as tools to finance the energy transition. €1.75 billion, with a fixed coupon of 1%, 10-year green bond; ■ €750 million, with a fixed coupon of 1.875%, 20-year bond; ■ CHF400 million, with a fixed coupon of 0.3%, 8-year bond; ■ CHF150 million, with a fixed coupon of 0.65%, 12-year bond. ■

On 19 September 2018, EDF successfully raised US$3.75 billion on 3 tranches of senior bonds: $1.8 billion, with a fixed coupon of 4.500%, 10-year bond; ■ $650 million, with a fixed coupon of 4.875%, 20-year bond; ■ $1.3 billion, with a fixed coupon of 5.000%, 30-year bond. ■ In addition, on 25 September 2018, EDF successfully launched a €1 billion senior bond issue with a 12-year maturity and a fixed coupon of 2%. On 25 September 2018, EDF launched a €1.25 billion super-subordinated bond issue with a 4% coupon and a redemption option exercisable at EDF's discretion, initially between 4 July 2024 (inclusive) and 4 October 2024 (inclusive). It also launched a contractual cash buyback offer for four existing hybrid bond issues for €1.25 billion. The total amount of EDF hybrid shares remains unchanged following these issue/redemption operations. A description of the Group’s bond debt is provided in note 38.2 to the consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended 31 December 2018.

7.3.6

INFORMATION ON THE SHARE CAPITAL OF ANY MEMBER OF THE GROUP SUBJECT

TO A CONDITIONAL OR UNCONDITIONAL AGREEMENT

Acquisition and disposal commitments involving securities in subsidiaries are described in note 46 to the consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended 31 December 2018. With the exception of these commitments to acquire and dispose of securities and any other commitments that are described in chapter 1 (“Presentation of the EDF group”) of this Reference Document, EDF has not made any promises to purchase or sell that would make it possible to acquire or dispose of, as applicable, all or part of the capital of the Company or of any of its subsidiaries, as defined in Article L. 233-1 of the French Commercial Code.

7.3.7

PLEDGE OF THE COMPANY'S

SHARES

To the Company’s knowledge, none of the Company’s common shares that make up its share capital have been pledged.

According to the exchange rate on 20 January 2017. (1)

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