Europe 1 with AFP 6:07 p.m., October 04, 2022

The Autorité des marchés financiers said on Tuesday that the French state had officially launched the process of renationalizing EDF on Tuesday.

This operation wanted by the government to engage France in the new nuclear aims to buy back the 16% of the capital that it did not hold.

The French State officially launched on Tuesday the process of renationalization of the company EDF, indicated in a press release the Authority of the financial markets (AMF), an operation wanted by the government to engage France in the new nuclear.

The State, which now owns 84% ​​of EDF, has filed its draft "simplified" takeover bid (OPA) with the AMF, a first step in the process of removing EDF from the stock market. .

The operation, valued at 9.7 billion euros, aims to buy back the 16% of the capital that he did not hold.

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