Regulatory News:

Following press rumors dated Sunday, December 11, 2011 and Monday, December 12, 2011 and public statements dated Sunday, December 11, 2011 concerning the AREVA group and in light of the Supervisory Board meeting to be held today, the group has requested that EuronextParis SA suspends the listing of its stock (code ISIN: FR0011027143).

This initiative is to ensure that comprehensive, accurate and precise information is communicated to the market and to all AREVA's shareholders in an equal manner.

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AREVA (Paris:AREVA) supplies solutions for power generation with less carbon. Its expertise and unwavering insistence on safety, security, transparency and ethics are setting the standard, and its responsible development is anchored in a process of continuous improvement.

Ranked first in the global nuclear power industry, AREVA's unique integrated offering to utilities covers every stage of the fuel cycle, nuclear reactor design and construction, and related services. The group is also expanding in renewable energies - wind, solar, bioenergies, hydrogen and storage - to be one of the top three in this sector worldwide in 2012.

With these two major offers, AREVA's 48,000 employees are helping to supply ever safer, cleaner and more economical energy to the greatest number of people.

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