A crucial step towards the renationalisation of EDF.
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.
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The State, which today owns 84% of EDF, has filed its “ 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.