"Following the announcements of the Prime Minister, and after discussions with the Financial Markets Authority, EDF SA has requested the suspension of the listing of its capital securities until further notice", specifies the group in a press release. .

“The State is currently carrying out the work to define the terms and will specify its intentions no later than July 19, 2022 before the stock market,” said Bercy for his part in a press release.

The course has been temporarily suspended, assured Bercy who indicates that this procedure "is part of the normal tools for managing the financial markets in this type of situation".

Once the government's intentions are known, the title may resume trading.

Seventeen years after the opening of its capital and its IPO at the end of 2005, the electrician remains largely public, owned by the State at nearly 84%, by employees who own 1% and by institutional shareholders. and individuals for the remaining 15%.

During her general policy statement before the National Assembly last Wednesday, Elisabeth Borne announced the government's intention to renationalise EDF, heavily indebted, at 100%.

This increase in capital should allow the government to speed up decision-making and facilitate the financing of the company in a context of major changes for EDF, against a backdrop of the energy crisis linked to the war in Ukraine.

The group must bring power plants shut down for maintenance back into service and set up a new nuclear construction program.

At the time of its suspension, EDF's share was worth 10.23 euros, a jump of more than 30% compared to its price before the announcement of its renationalisation by Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne

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