EDF : ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING OF 16 MAY 2019
16 Mai 2019 - 3:57PM
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PRESS RELEASE
16 may April 2019 |
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ANNUAL GENERAL
MEETING AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING OF 16 MAY
2019:
All the resolutions were adopted. The Board of
Directors moved to renew the mandate of Jean-Bernard Lévy as
Chairman and CEO
Results of the
EDF Combined Shareholders' Meeting
The EDF Combined Shareholders'
Meeting was held in Paris on 16 May 2019, and chaired by
Jean-Bernard Lévy.
The shareholders present or
represented hold 92,02% of EDF capital. They approved all the
resolutions put forward by the Board of Directors, including:
Given the interim dividend of
€0.15 per share paid out on 10 December 2018, the balance of the
ordinary dividend amounts €0.16 per share for ordinary dividend and
€0.191per share for loyalty dividend.
Every shareholder can opt for
payment of the balance of the dividend in shares. The period for
exercising the option of payment in new shares runs from 24 May to
10 June 2019 inclusive. The ex-dividend date is set for 22 May
2019. The balance of the dividend will be paid in cash or shares as
from 18 June 2019.
Renewal of the
Board of Directors
The General Meeting deliberated on
appointment and renewal of the directors and staggered renewal of
the Board and approved the following resolutions:
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Renewal of the mandate of director of
Jean-Bernard Lévy for four years;
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Appointment of Anne Rigail, Bruno Crémel, Gilles
Denoyel and Philippe Petitcolin as directors for four years;
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Renewal of the mandate of director of
Marie-Christine Lepetit, Colette Lewiner, Laurence Parisot, Michèle
Rousseau and Maurice Gourdault-Montagne for two years.
The EDF Board of Directors is now
composed of 50% of women and 41.7% of qualified independent
directors in application of the criteria set forth in the
AFEP-MEDEF code.
The complete results of the votes,
presentations and retransmission of the entire Combined
Shareholders' Meeting are provided on the EDF website at
www.edf.fr/agm.
Resolution by the
Board of Directors to renew the mandate of Jean-Bernard Lévy as EDF
Chairman and CEO
In application of Article 19 of
the Ordinance N°2014-948 of 20 August 2014 relating to the
governance and capital transactions on the share capital of
companies in which the State holds an interest and Article 13 of
the French Constitution, the EDF Chairman is appointed amongst the
members of the Board of Directors and proposed by the Board, by
Decree of the President of the Republic of France, after
examination of the candidate by the competent committees of the
National Assembly and the Senate.
The economic affairs committees of
the National Assembly and the Senate interviewed Jean-Bernard Lévy
on 30 April and 2 May and approved his appointment to the office of
Chairman and CEO of EDF.
The EDF Board of Directors meeting
was held on the same day after the General Meeting and decided to
propose the appointment of Mr Lévy as Chairman and CEO to the
President of the Republic.
Pending publication of the Decree
of the President of the Republic, the Minister for the Economy
appointed Jean-Bernard Lévy as acting EDF Chairman and CEO
("Président par interim"), as from 16 May
2019, in application of Article 21 of the Ordinance of 20 August
2014.
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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 39.8
million customers(1),
29.7million of which are in France. It generated consolidated sales
of €69 billion in 2018. EDF is listed on the Paris Stock
Exchange.
(1)The customers were counted at the end of 2018 per delivery site;
a customer can have two delivery points: one for electricity and
another for gas
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