PARIS, Feb 28 (Reuters) - French power company EDF , which is in the process of being fully nationalised,
said on Tuesday that it would convert some bonds into shares to
strengthen its balance sheet.
EDF said the French state had requested the conversion of
87,831,655 EDF 'OCEANES' bonds into shares.
This would result in the issuance of 113,215,003 new EDF
shares and a decrease in EDF's bond debt of nearly 1 billion
euros, EDF said.
"The capital increase strengthens EDF's balance sheet
structure and will allow, if necessary, the refinancing of part
of the hybrid subordinated debt," said EDF in a statement.
(Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta; editing by Jason Neely)
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