Press releases

In its meeting held on 13 February 2013, EDF’s Board of directors decided to propose to the Shareholders’ meeting which will take place on 30 May 2013 to approve a total dividend of €1.25 per share for 2012. The remaining dividend to be paid is €0.68 per share, given the payment of an interim dividend of €0.57 per share in December 2012.

EDF's Board of Directors met on 13 February 2013 under the chairmanship of Henri Proglio and approved the financial statements and the consolidated accounts for the financial year ending on 31 December 2012.

EDF, Snam and GIC announce that Total has agreed to enter into exclusive negotiations with their Consortium for the acquisition of Total's gas transport and storage business -TIGF- in South-West France. The consortium, constituted by Snam, the Italian gas transport and storage operator (45%), GIC, the Singaporean sovereign fund (35%) and EDF (20%, through its dedicated assets fund [for the dismantling of nuclear pants]), represents a wellbalanced mix between industrial expertise and financial capabilities. The Consortium's offer to Total reflects an enterprise value of Euro 2.4 billion for TIGF.

During her visit today to the Taishan nuclear site (in Guangdong province), Mrs Nicole Bricq, the French Minister for Foreign Trade, accompanied by Luc Oursel, Chairman of AREVA’s Executive Board, and Henri Proglio, Chairman and CEO of EDF, was able to see for herself the progress made in the construction work on the two EPR reactors in China,carried out by the owner and future operator of the site, the Taishan Nuclear Power Joint Venture Company (TNPJVC), a 30% stake in which belongs to EDF, and the rest to CGNPC.

EDF and the French State have reached an agreement whereby EDF will receive full compensation for having borne the cumulated financial deficits related to the Contribution to Electricity Public Services (CSPE) mechanism over the years.

EDF announces the disposal at year end 2012 of the totality of its non-strategic stake in Exelon (EXC.N), representing 1.6% of the share capital of the NYSE-listed company.

Paris, December 20, 2012. EDF Renewable Energy*, EDF Energies Nouvelles’ US subsidiary, announces the commissioning of Spinning Spur wind project, in Texas, with an installed capacity of 161 MW.

In November 2007, EDF and ENEL signed a series of agreements governing their nuclear power generation collaboration, under the terms of which ENEL purchased a 12.5% stake in the Flamanville 3 EPR project, with each of the partners benefiting from options to invest in the nuclear projects launched by the other partner.

The experience gained since the launch of the EPR site at Flamanville, along with everything that has been achieved so far and the organisation put in place, all ensure an optimum overview of all of the industrial and financial parameters, especially as regards civil engineering. EDF is in a position to calculate the full cost for the construction of the EPR, which has increased by 2 billion euros*, with production of the first kWhs still scheduled for 2016.

EDF SA's Board of Directors, meeting today under the Chairmanship of Henri Proglio, decided to pay a cash interim dividend for 2012 Fiscal Year.