EDF: EDF - Press release
August 05 2016 - 4:49PM
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PRESS RELEASE
5 August 2016 |
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EDF - Press release
EDF welcomes the decision made
today by the High Court of Paris, which rejected the request by
EDF's Central Works Committee to suspend the decision made on July
28, 2016, by the Board of Directors on the Hinkley Point
project.
Moreover, the Chairman and CEO of
EDF, Jean-Bernard Lévy, will bring a legal action against the Sud
Energie union, which, in a message issued on August 5,
inaccurately claimed that he had lied to journalists when he
confirmed he had not known before the meeting of the Board of
Directors of intention of the British government to conduct a
further review of Hinkley Point project.
The company and its Chairman will
take similar action against all those who communicate such
inaccuracies.
Reading the entire internal email sent on August 2 by the Chairman
and CEO of EDF to members of the executive committee confirms
unambiguously that when the Company's Board of Directors was held,
EDF and its Chairman had no knowledge of the intention of the
British government to conduct a further review of the Hinkley Point
project. All that was known before the press statement issued by
the British government on July 28 was that the signing ceremony
originally proposed for Friday, July 29, would be postponed. This
potential date of signature had not been confirmed, and therefore
had not been communicated either to the board nor the market. There
was therefore no requirement to communicate its postponement.
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 37.6 million customers, of
which 27.8 million in France. The Group generated consolidated
sales of €75 billion in 2015, of which 47.2% outside of France. EDF
is listed on the Paris Stock Exchange.
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EDF SA
22-30, avenue de Wagram
75382 Paris cedex 08
EDF SA share capittal €1 006 625 695,50
552 081 317 R.C.S. Paris
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