Edf: Information concerning the EDF Shareholders’ Meeting on 7 May 2020 and the 2019 dividend
02 April 2020 - 7:06PM
Edf: Information concerning the EDF Shareholders’ Meeting on 7 May
2020 and the 2019 dividend
PRESS RELEASE2 April
2020Information concerning the EDF Shareholders’ Meeting on
7 May 2020 and the 2019 dividend
At its meeting on this day, EDF’s Board of Directors
decided to hold the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting behind closed
doors at EDF’s registered office on 7 May
2020. To meet the challenges of solidarity and
responsibility imposed by the current situation, EDF’s Board of
Directors has also decided to propose to the Shareholders’ Meeting
not to pay a final dividend for the 2019 financial
year.
Due to the containment measures introduced by
the French Government to combat the spread of the coronavirus, the
Board of Directors has decided, on an exceptional basis and in
accordance with Article 4 of Order no. 2020-321 dated 25 March
2020, that EDF’s Annual Shareholders’ Meeting will be held on 7 May
2020 at 10:00 a.m. (Paris time), behind closed doors (i.e. without
the physical presence of shareholders and their proxies) at EDF’s
registered office.
EDF regrets not having the opportunity to meet
its shareholders in person, but these measures are necessary to
ensure the safety of everyone. The practical arrangements for
ensuring the best possible shareholder participation are set out
below.
In addition, in order to meet the imperatives of
solidarity and responsibility towards all of the Company’s
stakeholders as necessitated by the current crisis context, the
Board of Directors has decided not to propose a dividend payment
for the financial year ended 31 December 2019, beyond the 2019
interim dividend in the amount of €0.15 which was paid on 17
December 2019. It will also be proposed not to apply any increase
to the 2019 interim dividend for loyalty shares.
To participate in the Shareholders’
Meeting: shareholders are invited to vote
by post or to give a proxy to the Chairman of the Meeting, by post
or electronically, prior to the Meeting. In this regard,
shareholders are reminded that voting bulletins sent by post must
be received by BNP Paribas Securities Services’ Shareholders
Meeting Department no later than 4 May 2020 at midnight (Paris
time). Moreover, the possibility of voting online before the
Shareholders’ Meeting will end on Wednesday, 6 May 2020, at 3:00
p.m. (Paris time).
The procedures for voting by mail will be
described in the meeting notice which will be published by EDF in
the Bulletin des Annonces Légales Obligatoires on 10 April 2020,
and will be available on EDF’s website at the following address
www.edf.fr/ag.
The Board of Directors would also like to point
out that the Shareholders' Meeting will be webcast live and will be
available on EDF’s website, with shareholders having the
possibility of participating live by submitting questions in
writing.
All information relating to the General Meeting
is available on EDF’s website at www.edf.fr/ag.
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A key player in energy transition, the EDF Group
is an integrated electricity company, active in all areas of the
business: generation, transmission, distribution, energy supply and
trading, energy services. A global leader in low-carbon energies,
the Group has developed a diversified generation mix based on
nuclear power, hydropower, new renewable energies and thermal
energy. The Group is involved in supplying energy and services to
approximately 38.9 million customers(1), 28.8 million of which are
in France. It generated consolidated sales of €71 billion in 2019.
EDF is listed on the Paris Stock Exchange.
(1) The customers were
counted at the end of 2019 per delivery site; a customer can have
two delivery points: one for electricity and another for gas.
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EDF SAFrench societe anonymeWith a share capital of
1 551 810 543 eurosRegistered lead office: 22-30,
avenue de Wagram75382 Paris cedex 08552 081 317 R.C.S. Paris
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