EDF / 2018 Reference document

PRESENTATION OF EDF GROUP Description of the Group's activities

McPhy With its hydrogen production, storage and distribution applications, McPhy is spreading low-carbon hydrogen as a way to drive the energy transition in the world. Boasting a complete range of power-to-gas, zero-emissions mobility and industrial hydrogen products, McPhy offers its customers turnkey solutions suited to their applications, such as electric vehicle charging, fuel cells and industrial power supply. In business since 2008, McPhy designs, makes and integrates hydrogen equipment at its three development, engineering and production centres in France, Italy and Germany. International subsidiaries market the firm's innovative hydrogen solutions to a global market. McPhy is listed on the Euronext Paris exchange (Compartment C, ISIN code FR0011742329, ticker symbol MCPHY). Solutions Oreka Solutions develops and markets tools to simulate and assess industrial and nuclear plant operations in a multi-criteria model. Its flagship decision-making and simulation software DEMplus® is based on real-time 3D technology that analyses costs, delays, waste and dosimetry. Hoppy Hoppy is a home management digital platform in the UK making it possible for users to easily manage their subscriptions (TV, Internet, mobile, electricity/gas), organise tasks and chores, and book tradespeople. Zenpark In early 2019 (1) EDF group announced that it had bought a stake in Zenpark. Zenpark runs an automated shared parking platform whereby drivers can use previously inaccessible private parking spaces. The service opens up unused parking spaces and encourages new modes of mobility via its extended smart parking network. Startup funding One illustration of EDF Pulse Expansion's commitment to funding startups – especially in France – is the three calls for projects it put out for ideas relating to nuclear decommissioning, home autonomy & safety for the elderly, and residential services which resulted in 12 paid-for proofs of concept now in progress with the support of EDF's relevant Divisions. Other service subsidiaries of the 1.4.6.1.4 EDF group Other subsidiaries within the EDF group complete the range of energy services that EDF offers. These focus on specific areas, targeting different categories of customers (residentials, professionals, businesses and local authorities) and cover a wide range of activities including research, construction, equipment maintenance, investment financing and assistance with obtaining permits and subsidies. Energy management To help customers manage their energy and fluid consumption, the EDF group provides facility monitoring and management solutions. Its subsidiaries Netseenergy and Edelia are active in this strategic area. Netseenergy Netseenergy, a wholly-owned subsidiary of EDF, designs, develops, makes and implements a range of solutions that enable business customers and regional municipalities to manage and optimise the energy and operating performance of their property assets. This company is a major player in the digitalisation of energy management via service offers such as: performance management of energy and real estate property: automated data ■ collection, mobile applications, customised energy management by an energy manager; innovative energy audits: algorithmic control of customers’ energy and real estate ■ property data; data science and big data.

Incubator As an intrapreneurship incubator, EDF Pulse Expansion draws on the ideas and expertise of the Group's employees and is in a position to provide them dedicated support to assist them in developing their project as part of an entrepreneurial approach benefiting the Group and its employee entrepreneurs. Investor and partner To succeed in developing new business activities and innovative solutions in new technologies, EDF Pulse Expansion can invest directly in fledgling startups or put them in contact with the Group's ecosystem – particularly dedicated funds such as Electranova Capital in which EDF Pulse Expansion has a stake. The entity can also create joint ventures with start-ups able to explore new business models and set out to conquer new markets in France or abroad. Essentially, investment is seen as part of a comprehensive business and industrial partnership. EDF Pulse Expansion finances startups active in various fields linked to the digital transformation and the energy shift. Examples include the third-party funding of energy efficiency with Perfesco, data security with Seclab, energy management systems with EDF Store & Forecast and zinc-air batteries with startup Znr Batteries. Since it was set up, EDF Pulse Expansion has invested in 13 startups and built up stakes in 13 investment funds. At 31 December 2018, EDF Pulse Expansion helped eight new companies start trading: Agregio Agregio is an aggregator serving electricity producers with renewable generation capacities and corporate customers with load shedding capacities. For electricity producers, Agregio offers tailored solutions to optimise and sell their production on the markets and secure income over time. This is a strong expectation of renewable electricity producers, who no longer benefit from purchase obligations. Agregio is also aimed at industrial and tertiary consumers, who are willing to reduce or shift their consumption in exchange for compensation, according to the needs of the electricity system. Agregio will finally position itself as a local optimisation platform for regional projects to optimise production and consumption in a region. Agregio hopes to be the benchmark player in this sector. Metroscope Metroscope was founded in December 2017 out of an intrapreneurship project. Through a system of artificial intelligence, Metroscope provides real-time diagnostics allowing industrial customers to increase and/or optimise the performance of their industrial facilities, by identifying random disturbances, failures and efficiency loss affecting their operating systems. Industrial operators are thus able to optimise the maintenance of their production facility and reduce operating costs. This “factory 4.0” solution was chosen by the Executive Management of EDF's nuclear fleet and is currently being deployed in all 58 nuclear generation units in France. The Group also plans to market Metroscope's solutions outside the company to its industrial customers by 2019. NEoT Capital N Green Mobility and NEoT Offgrid Africa NEoT Capital was set up in 2016 to finance innovative energy storage projects and technology. It is held by EDF Pulse Croissance Holding (42.5%), Mitsubishi Corp (42.5%) and Forsee Power (15%). NEoT Capital has developed two businesses housed in separate companies created in 2017: N Green Mobility provides B2B on-board energy services over several years, ■ supplying, running and maintaining electric mobility equipment (batteries, charging infrastructure, electric buses and so on) and ensuring energy efficiency. It is jointly held by EDF Pulse Croissance Holding, Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations and Mitsubishi Corp; NEoT Offgrid Africa develops B2B and B2C stationary storage services in Africa ■ and is working on several projects together with EDF. It is held by Meridiam (64.28%), Mitsubishi Corp (17.86%) and EDF Pulse Croissance Holding (17.86%).

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See press release of 29 January 2019 “Zenpark lève plus de 10 millions d’euros, avec la participation des groupes EDF et RATP”. (1)

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