EDF - Opting to hold your shares in registered form

Shareholders holding their shares in the registered (pure or administered) form for more than two full calendar years benefit from the loyalty bonus. With the loyalty bonus, the amount of dividends is increased by 10% (Provision limited to 0.5% of the capital for a single shareholder, at the closing date of the previous financial year).

Register your shares before December 31, 2011 and benefit from the loyalty bonus as of 2014 (Subject to the decision taken at the annual general meeting on the distribution of dividends)."

• no custodial fees and management fees to pay for your registered securities;
• easier access to the General Meetings:
  - the documents issued to convene the meeting and the absentee or proxy ballot form are automatically forwarded to your residence,
  - holders of registered securities do not have to immobilise their shares;
• personalised information and direct relations with EDF.
  

• It is possible to transfer shares held in a PEA share savings plan to pure registered shares, although some practical difficulties arise. The legal system governing the PEA plans ensure that shares remain in the PEA whilst classified as pure registered. This means that some financial institutions reject them, impose specific provisions or invoice additional management fees which diminishes the benefits of pure registered compared to administered registered shares.
• A shareholder with pure registered shares in more than one company will receive as many annual statements (tax declaration, dividend payment statement) as he owns shares in the various companies, which can complicate somewhat the management of his or her portfolio.

If you already hold EDF shares, you can ask your financial intermediary to transfer them to the “pure registered” mode or their registration in “administrated registered” form  (inquire about any fees that may be charged for this transfer service).

Request for transfer to a pure registered account (5Kb)

Request for register in an administrated registered account (51Kb - French version)

To directly acquire EDF “pure registered” shares, please complete the attached documents and send them (with the documents to be provided) to BNP Paribas Securities Services:

EDF pure registered stock market service contract (165Kb)

Registered stock market order 2011-09 (145Kb)

A new pricing system for pure registered share orders has been effective since 1 September with reduced prices for stock market orders placed via the Internet.