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PERSON RESPONSIBLE
6
1.1. Person responsible
for the Reference Document
6
1.2. Attestation by the person
responsible for the Reference
Document
6
02
STATUTORY AUDITORS
8
2.1. Statutory auditors
8
2.2. Deputy auditors
8
03
SELECTED FINANCIAL
INFORMATION
9
Summary of key data
9
04
RISK FACTORS
10
4.1. Risk management and coverage
11
4.2. Risks related to the restructuring
plan
14
4.3. Legal risks
16
4.4. Industrial and environmental risks
21
4.5. Operational risks
28
4.6. Risk related to major projects
30
4.7. Liquidity and market risks
31
4.8. Other risk
34
05
INFORMATION
ABOUT THE ISSUER
37
5.1. History and development
of the issuer
37
5.2. Capex
39
06
BUSINESS OVERVIEW
41
6.1. Markets for nuclear power
and renewable energies
43
6.2. AREVA’s customers and suppliers
52
6.3. Overview and strategy of the group
54
6.4. Operations
59
07
ORGANIZATION CHART
92
7.1 Simplified organization chart of the
group at December 31, 2016
92
7.2. Representative and branch offices
92
08
PROPERTY,
PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
93
8.1. Principal sites of the group
93
8.2. Environmental issues that may
influence the issuer’s use of
property, plant and equipment
99
09
OPERATING AND FINANCIAL
REVIEW
100
9.1. Overview
100
9.2. Situation and activities of the
company and its subsidiaries by
business segment during the year
105
9.3. Events subsequent to year-end
closing for 2016
119
10
CAPITAL RESOURCES
120
11
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS,
PATENTS AND LICENSES
121
11.1. Research and development
121
11.2. Intellectual property
128
12
TREND INFORMATION
130
12.1. Current situation
130
12.2. Financial objectives
130
13
PROFIT FORECASTS
131
14
ADMINISTRATIVE,
MANAGEMENT AND
SUPERVISORY BODIES
AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT
132
14.1. Board of Directors
132
14.2. Executive officers
140
14.3. Legal information, conflicts
of interest and service contracts
141
14.4. Transactions on the company’s
share capital by executive officers
141
CONTENTS
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2016 AREVA
REFERENCE DOCUMENT