Under the Euro Medium Term Note Programme ... - Finance - EDF

Summary
References to "EDF" or "EDF SA" in this section are references to the Issuer and references
to the "EDF Group" are references to the Issuer and its fully consolidated subsidiaries.
1. Information relating to the Issuer
General introduction to the EDF Group
The legal and commercial name of the Issuer is "Electricité de France". The Issuer
may also legally and commercially be known as "EDF".
The Issuer is a limited liability company (a société anonyme) established under the
laws of the Republic of France for a period of 99 years from 20 November 2004. It is
registered at the Trade and Companies Registry of Paris (Registre du Commerce et
des Sociétés de Paris) under reference number 552 081 317 RCS Paris.
The Issuer's registered address is 22-30 avenue de Wagram, 75008 Paris. The
Issuer's contact number is + 33 (0)1 40 42 22 22.
The EDF Group is an integrated energy company with a presence in a wide range of
electricity-related businesses: nuclear, renewable and fossil-fuel fired energy
production, transmission, distribution, marketing as well as energy management and
efficiency services, along with energy trading. It is France’s leading electricity
operator and has a strong position in Europe (United Kingdom, Italy, countries in
Central and Eastern Europe), making it one of the world’s leading electrical providers
as well as a recognized player in the gas industry.
With a worldwide net installed capacity of 134.6 GWe 2 as of 31 December 2011
(124.2 GWe in Europe) and global energy generation of 628.2 TWh, the EDF Group
has one of the largest generating capacities of all the major worldwide energy
corporations with the lowest level of CO2 emissions per KWh generated 3 due to the
proportion of nuclear, hydroelectric power and other renewable energies in its
generation mix. The EDF Group supplies electricity, gas and associated services to
more than 37.7 million customer accounts 4 worldwide (including nearly 27.9 million in
France).
Key information regarding the EDF Group's financial data
The selected financial information is taken from the EDF Group’s consolidated
financial statements at 31 December 2011, which have been audited by EDF’s
statutory auditors.
The selected financial information below must be read in conjunction with (i) the
consolidated financial statements included in section 20.1 ("Historical Financial
Information") of the 2011 Document de Référence, and (ii) the operating and financial
review contained in Chapter 9 of the 2011 Document de Référence.
2 Source: EDF. Figures calculated according to the rules of accounting consolidation.
3 Source: PricewaterhouseCoopers: "European Carbon Factor”, November 2011.
4 Source: EDF. One customer may have two accounts: one for electricity and one for gas.
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