20
REPORTING 2017 GREEN BONDS

GB Green Bond (2017) planche - SNCF

  • Upload
    others

  • View
    1

  • Download
    0

Embed Size (px)

Citation preview

REPORTING

2017

GREENBONDS

01/

PR

ESE

NTA

TIO

N

OF

SNC

F R

ÉSE

AU

P. 0

4_SN

CF

SEA

U

AN

D T

HE

FR

EN

CH

RA

ILW

AY

NE

TWO

RK

P. 0

5_A

CR

ED

IT R

ISK

E

QU

IVA

LEN

T TO

TH

AT

O

F TH

E F

RE

NC

H S

TATE

02/

EC

OLO

GIC

AL

TR

AN

SITI

ON

AN

D R

AIL

WA

Y

INFR

AST

RU

CTU

RE

P. 0

8_TH

E “

CLI

MA

TE”

B

EN

EFI

TS O

F R

AIL

IN T

HE

FIG

HT

AG

AIN

ST C

LIM

ATE

CH

AN

GE

P. 1

0_TH

E S

NC

F R

ÉSE

AU

C

AR

BO

N A

PPR

OA

CH

P. 1

1_SN

CF

SEA

U

EX

TRA

-FIN

AN

CIA

L R

ATI

NG

S

03/

SNC

F R

ÉSE

AU

’S

“GR

EE

N B

ON

DS

FUN

DIN

G”

P. 1

4_A

“C

LIM

ATE

B

ON

DS

INIT

IATI

VE

CE

RTI

FIE

D IS

SUE

P. 1

5_C

HA

RA

CTE

RIS

TIC

S

OF

THE

201

7 O

PER

ATI

ON

_T

YPO

LOG

Y

AN

D G

EO

GR

APH

ICA

L D

ISTR

IBU

TIO

N O

F IN

VE

STO

RS

04/

ALL

OC

ATI

ON

O

F B

OR

RO

WE

D F

UN

DS

P. 1

8_ST

RU

CTU

RE

O

F TH

E S

NC

F R

ÉSE

AU

G

RE

EN

BO

ND

S PR

OG

RA

MM

E

_P

RE

PAR

ATI

ON

O

F TH

E S

NC

F R

ÉSE

AU

G

RE

EN

BO

ND

S PR

OG

RA

MM

E

P. 1

9_E

LIG

IBLE

PR

OJE

CT

C

ATE

GO

RIE

S

P. 2

0_TA

BLE

O

F A

LLO

CA

TIO

NS

P. 2

2__D

ESC

RIP

TIO

N

OF

THE

FU

ND

M

AN

AG

EM

EN

T PO

LIC

Y

P. 2

4_A

UD

ITO

RS A

SSU

RAN

CE

RE

PORT

05/

RE

PO

RTI

NG

A

ND

ME

THO

DO

LOG

Y

OF

THE

GR

EE

N B

ON

DS

PR

OG

RA

MM

E IN

DIC

ATO

RS

P. 2

8_M

AP

OF

THE

GR

EE

N B

ON

D

2017

SIT

ES

P. 2

9_G

EN

ER

AL

IND

ICA

TOR

S TA

BLE

P. 3

0_D

ETA

ILE

D R

EPO

RT

PE

R C

ATE

GO

RY

P. 3

2_C

ATE

GO

RY 1

. IN

VE

STM

EN

TS

IN M

AIN

TEN

AN

CE

, MO

DE

RN

ISA

TIO

N

AN

D E

NE

RG

Y E

FFIC

IEN

CY

PRO

JEC

TS

CO

NC

ER

NIN

G T

HE

RA

IL S

YSTE

M

P. 3

3_C

ATE

GO

RY 2

. IN

VE

STM

EN

TS

RE

LATE

D T

O N

EW

RA

IL L

INE

S

AN

D R

AIL

LIN

E E

XTE

NSI

ON

S

06/

ON

E S

TEP

FU

RTH

ER

CO

NTE

NTS

Pho

to: ©

SN

CF

Rés

eau

/CA

PA P

ictu

res/

Jean

-Chr

isto

phe

Ver

haeg

en.

Des

ign

and

exe

cuti

on:

04

SNC

F R

ÉSE

AU

G

RE

EN

BO

ND

S R

EP

OR

T 20

17

05

01 INTR

OD

UC

TIO

NTO

SN

CF

RÉSE

AU

SNC

F R

ÉSE

AU

A

ND

TH

E F

RE

NC

H

RA

ILW

AY

NE

TWO

RK

SNC

F R

ésea

u o

wns

and

man

ages

th

e Fr

ench

nat

iona

l rai

l net

wo

rk.

SNC

F R

ésea

u’s

mai

n re

spo

nsib

iliti

es:

– en

suri

ng f

air

acce

ss t

o t

he r

ail

netw

ork

fo

r 26

rai

l tra

nsp

ort

co

mp

anie

s

and

11

reg

iona

l tra

nsp

ort

aut

hori

ties

;–

org

anis

ing

and

dev

elo

pin

g r

ail t

raff

ic:

15,0

00 t

rain

s ci

rcul

ate

dai

ly, t

rans

po

rtin

g

mo

re t

han

5 m

illio

n p

asse

nger

s p

er d

ay;

– en

suri

ng t

he m

aint

enan

ce a

nd

enha

ncem

ent

of

the

netw

ork

,

A C

RE

DIT

RIS

K

EQ

UIV

ALE

NT

TO T

HA

T

OF

THE

FR

EN

CH

STA

TE

As

of

31 d

ecem

ber

201

7,

as a

100

% S

tate

-ow

ned

pub

lic

enti

ty, S

NC

F R

ésea

u b

enef

its

fro

m

the

stro

ng s

upp

ort

of

the

Fren

ch

Stat

e b

ased

on

its

leg

al s

tatu

s (E

PIC

).

As

an E

PIC

, SN

CF

Rés

eau:

– is

no

t su

bje

ct t

o p

riva

te-s

ecto

r

ban

krup

tcy

law

;–

may

onl

y b

e d

isso

lved

by

an

am

end

ing

law

tra

nsfe

rrin

g

its

rig

hts

and

ob

ligat

ions

to

ano

ther

pub

lic e

ntit

y.

SNC

F R

ésea

u:

– p

erfo

rms

a p

ublic

sec

tor

mis

sio

n

and

enj

oys

a n

atur

al m

ono

po

ly

po

siti

on

wit

h no

ris

k o

f d

ereg

ulat

ion;

– w

as in

clud

ed in

the

“G

ove

rnm

ent

Rel

ated

Ent

ity”

list

by

the

Eur

op

ean

com

mis

sio

n in

200

2 an

d is

elig

ible

to

the

EC

B P

ublic

Sec

tor

Pur

chas

ing

P

rog

ram

me.

SNC

F R

ésea

u d

ebt

is s

een

by

cred

it

rati

ng a

gen

cies

as

imp

licit

ly

gua

rant

eed

by

the

Fren

ch S

tate

.

TUR

NO

VE

R P

ER

BU

SIN

ESS

LI

NE

IN 2

017

TRA

FFIC

IN 2

017

SNC

F R

ésea

u is

one

of

the

lead

ing

in

vest

ors

in F

ranc

e w

ith

3.2

bill

ion

euro

s in

vest

ed in

201

7;–

ensu

ring

the

dev

elo

pm

ent

o

f th

e ne

two

rk.

Wit

h it

s 54

,000

em

plo

yees

, SN

CF

Rés

eau

has

gene

rate

d a

turn

over

of 6

.5 b

illio

n eu

ros

wit

h an

op

erat

ing

mar

gin

(EB

ITD

A -

ea

rnin

gs

bef

ore

inte

rest

, tax

, d

epre

ciat

ion

and

am

ort

isat

ion)

o

f 1.

9 b

illio

n eu

ros

and

a n

et r

esul

t

of

-0.2

bill

ion

euro

s in

201

7.

TER

38

%

Hig

h-sp

eed

tra

ins

35

%

Inte

rcity

tr

ains

11

%

6.5

BIL

LIO

N

EU

RO

STr

ansi

lien

13%

Frei

ght

2%

Reg

iona

l tr

ains

(T

ER a

nd

Tran

silie

n)

51%

Hig

h-sp

eed

tr

ains

27

%

Inte

rcity

tr

ains

7%

Frei

ght

14%

480

MIL

LIO

N

OF

TRA

INS-

KIL

OM

ETE

R

RA

TIN

G

AG

EN

CIE

SLO

NG

TE

RM

SHO

RT

TE

RM

Fitc

hA

A

F1+

Mo

od

y’s

Aa2

P-1

Stan

dar

d &

P

oo

r’s

AA

A

-1+

04

SNC

F R

ÉSE

AU

G

RE

EN

BO

ND

S R

EP

OR

T 20

17

05

As

the

mo

st

eco

-frie

ndly

mo

de

o

f tra

nsp

ort

, rai

lway

tr

ansp

ort

has

a

criti

cal r

ole

to

pla

y

in t

he t

rans

itio

n

to a

low

car

bo

n ec

ono

my.

02 EC

OLO

GIC

AL

TR

AN

SITI

ON

AN

D R

AIL

IN

FRA

STRU

CTU

RE

06

SNC

F R

ÉSE

AU

G

RE

EN

BO

ND

S R

EP

OR

T 20

17

07

This

can

be

exp

lain

ed b

y:–

the

low

am

oun

t o

f en

erg

y ne

eded

fo

r ra

il tr

acti

on

(whe

el-r

ail c

ont

act

vs

tyr

e-ro

ad);

– m

ass-

tran

spo

rt;

– th

e hi

gh

use

of

elec

tric

ity

(7

8% o

f tr

ains

use

ele

ctri

c tr

acti

on)

, o

nly

7% o

f w

hich

is g

ener

ated

b

y fo

ssil

fuel

s in

Fra

nce.

Thus

, any

mo

dal

shi

ft f

rom

air

an

d r

oad

to

rai

l is

gre

atly

ben

efic

ial

to t

he G

HG

em

issi

ons

bal

ance

GH

G E

MIS

SIO

NS

PE

R M

OD

E O

F TR

AN

SPO

RT

Gra

ms

equi

vale

nt C

O2 p

er p

asse

nger

-km

Pas

seng

ers

TGV,

LYR

IA, I

DTG

V, O

UIG

OTR

AN

SILI

ENIN

TERC

ITIE

SEU

ROST

AR,

TH

ALY

S, A

LLEO

, ELI

PSO

S, G

ALA

TER

LON

G D

ISTA

NC

E B

US

(OU

IBU

S)C

ARP

OO

LIN

GC

ARS

, LO

NG

DIS

TAN

CE

TRA

VEL

CA

RS, L

ON

G D

ISTA

NC

E/SU

BURB

AN

TRA

VEL

PLA

NE

(DO

MES

TIC

FLI

GH

TS)

REG

ION

AL

OR

DEP

ART

MEN

TAL

BU

SSI

NG

LE P

ASS

ENG

ER V

EHIC

LE

020

3 611

8 to

27

30

90

44

148

74

168

171

207

4060

8010

012

014

016

018

020

022

0

Gra

ms

equi

vale

nt C

O2 p

er t

onne

-km

Frei

ght

RAIL

MA

RITI

ME

CO

MB

INED

RIV

ERTR

UC

KA

IR

020

4060

8010

012

014

016

018

020

022

0

7

21

77

17

34

552

BR

EA

KD

OW

N P

ER

SO

UR

CE

OF

GH

G E

MIS

SIO

NS

(E

XC

LUD

ING

LU

LUC

F1 ) IN

FR

AN

CE

IN 2

014

ENER

GY

IND

UST

RY: 8

.6%

TRA

NSP

ORT

: 28.

5%

MA

NU

FAC

TURI

NG

AN

D

CO

NST

RUC

TIO

N IN

DU

STRY

: 13.

1%

TERT

IARY

/RES

IDEN

TIA

L: 1

5.8%

OTH

ERS:

3.8

%

Ag

ricul

ture

: 17

.25%

Ind

ustr

ial

pro

ced

ures

and

so

lven

ts: 8

.75%

Was

te m

ater

ial:

4.3%

Ener

gy

co

nsum

ptio

n:

69.7

%

Sour

ce: C

itep

a,

June

201

6

GH

G E

MIS

SIO

NS

PE

R M

OD

ES

OF

TRA

NSP

OR

T

IN F

RA

NC

E A

S A

% (

INC

LUD

ING

FO

D)

AIR

: 3.5

%

RIV

ER A

ND

MA

RITI

ME:

1%

RAIL

: 0.4

%O

THER

S: 0

.4%

Hea

vy

goo

ds

vehi

cles

: 21

.3%

Priv

ate

vehi

cles

: 53

.2%

Util

ity

vehi

cles

: 19

.1%

Two

whe

eler

s: 1

.2%

Off-

road

ve

hicl

es:

5.3%

Sour

ces:

- P

asse

nger

s: m

etho

dol

ogy

note

on

CO

2 inf

orm

atio

n

for t

rans

por

t ser

vice

s

(201

6, s

tatis

tics

obta

ined

fr

om S

NC

F, M

EDD

E, A

DEM

E).

- Fre

ight

: SN

CF 

Car

go

(201

4),

SNC

F Lo

gis

tics 

(201

1), A

DEM

E.

1. L

ULU

CF:

Lan

d u

se, L

and

Use

Cha

nge

and

For

estr

y.

THE

“C

LIM

ATE

BE

NE

FITS

OF

RA

IL

IN T

HE

FIG

HT

AG

AIN

ST

CLI

MA

TE C

HA

NG

E

In F

ranc

e, r

ail t

rans

po

rt, w

hich

acc

oun

ts f

or

10%

of

traf

fic

(fre

ight

and

p

asse

nger

s), e

mit

s le

ss t

han

1% o

f al

l GH

G e

mis

sio

ns f

rom

tra

nsp

ort

.

shee

t, g

iven

tha

t tr

ansp

ort

in

Fra

nce

acco

unts

fo

r cl

ose

to

30%

of

tota

l GH

G e

mis

sio

ns

of

Fran

ce (i

.e. 1

33 M

tCO

2eq

).

Mo

reo

ver,

the

adva

ntag

es o

f ra

il tr

ansp

ort

are

no

t lim

ited

to

low

leve

ls

of

CO

2 em

issi

ons

. The

re a

re o

ther

b

enef

its

such

as

low

er a

ir p

ollu

tio

n,

few

er a

ccid

ents

, op

tim

ised

use

o

f sp

ace,

less

no

ise

and

a lo

wer

ne

gat

ive

bio

div

ersi

ty im

pac

t.

08

SNC

F R

ÉSE

AU

G

RE

EN

BO

ND

S R

EP

OR

T 20

17

09

Alt

houg

h ra

il tr

ansp

ort

is a

key

co

ntri

but

or

to F

ranc

e’s

low

car

bo

n tr

ansi

tio

n, S

NC

F R

ésea

u no

neth

eles

s st

rike

fo

r g

reat

er e

nerg

y ef

ficie

ncy

an

d r

educ

ing

it’s

ow

n G

HG

em

issi

ons

.

SNC

F R

ésea

u ha

s th

us m

ade

a

com

mit

men

t to

red

uce

its

ener

gy

cons

ump

tio

n an

d it

s G

HG

em

issi

ons

b

y 25

% b

etw

een

2015

and

202

5.

To a

chie

ve t

his,

act

ions

hav

e b

een

iden

tifie

d a

nd in

itia

ted

.–

For

all o

ur a

ctiv

itie

s:

tert

iary

, op

erat

iona

l act

ivit

ies,

pro

ject

s (r

elat

ed t

o t

he G

reen

Bo

nds

pro

gra

mm

e);

– Fo

r th

e p

rim

ary

sour

ces

of

G

HG

em

issi

ons

: ene

rgy

req

uire

d

for

cons

truc

tio

n, s

ervi

ce v

ehic

les,

tr

ain

eng

ines

, mat

eria

ls u

sed

, etc

.

Kno

win

g t

he c

arb

on

wei

ght

o

f SN

CF

Rés

eau

acti

viti

es is

the

sta

rtin

g

po

int

for

acti

ons

fo

r im

pro

vem

ent

an

d c

om

mit

men

t as

par

t o

f a

sust

aina

ble

d

evel

op

men

t ap

pro

ach.

It h

elp

s id

enti

fy

pri

ori

ties

fo

r o

pti

mis

atio

n an

d im

pro

ves

o

ur o

per

atio

nal m

etho

ds.

In o

rder

to

ind

ustr

ialis

e th

e ap

pro

ach,

SN

CF

Rés

eau

is c

urre

ntly

pre

par

ing

an

op

erat

iona

l to

ol t

o c

alcu

late

an

d r

epo

rt t

he G

HG

em

issi

ons

o

f th

e co

mp

any’

s m

ain

acti

vity

, i.e

. mai

nten

ance

and

mo

der

nisa

tio

n

of

the

nati

ona

l rai

l net

wo

rk.

In o

rder

to

cal

cula

te t

he c

arb

on

imp

act

of

all p

roje

cts

finan

ced

usi

ng G

reen

B

ond

s, S

NC

F R

ésea

u ex

trap

ola

tes

valu

es

per

mill

ion

euro

s in

vest

ed r

athe

r th

an

calc

ulat

ing

the

imp

act

of

each

ind

ivid

ual

pro

ject

.

Seve

ral e

xtra

pol

atio

n ra

tios

(per

mill

ion

euro

s in

vest

ed) a

re t

here

fore

est

ablis

hed

to

cal

cula

te b

oth

the

carb

on fo

otp

rint

and

avo

ided

car

bon

em

issi

ons

for

rene

wal

p

roje

cts,

as

wel

l as

for

new

line

an

d e

xten

sion

pro

ject

s.

Thes

e ra

tio

s ar

e su

bje

ct t

o r

evis

ion

ea

ch y

ear

bas

ed o

n st

udie

s co

nduc

ted

b

y SN

CF

Rés

eau.

Sinc

e 20

15, S

NC

F R

ésea

u ha

s p

rod

uced

a

first

Bila

n C

arb

one®

(Car

bo

n B

alan

ce

shee

t) f

or

trac

k re

new

al p

roje

cts

usin

g

a m

ob

ile w

ork

sho

p k

now

n as

a “

Suit

e R

apid

e” (9

0 km

bet

wee

n N

arb

onn

e an

d

Mo

ntp

ellie

r), i

den

tifie

d a

ctio

ns t

o r

educ

e G

HG

em

issi

ons

and

cre

ated

a t

oo

l to

ass

ess

the

emis

sio

ns o

f si

mila

r p

roje

cts.

In 2

017,

a s

econ

d c

arb

on a

udit

of t

rack

re

new

al p

roje

cts

usin

g a

hig

h in

tens

ity

trac

k re

new

al u

nit

was

con

duc

ted

bet

wee

n G

evre

y an

d S

enne

cey.

Thi

s re

sulte

d

in u

pd

atin

g o

f the

foot

prin

t ra

tios

used

fo

r tr

ack

rene

wal

pro

ject

s an

d fo

r EF

TI

rene

wal

pro

ject

s.

In 2

018,

SN

CF

Rés

eau

will

intr

oduc

e a

new

ca

rbon

acc

ount

ing

pro

ced

ure

spec

ifica

lly

for

switc

h re

new

al p

roje

cts.

Thi

s p

roce

dur

e w

ill r

efin

e th

e ca

rbon

imp

act

met

hod

olog

y in

ord

er t

o im

pro

ve t

he a

ccur

acy

of

the

carb

on fo

otp

rint

calc

ulat

ion,

as

it w

ill

dis

ting

uish

bet

wee

n a

swit

ch r

enew

al

oper

atio

n an

d a

tra

ck r

enew

al o

per

atio

n b

y ap

ply

ing

a r

atio

of t

CO

2/m

illio

n eu

ros

spec

ific

to s

witc

h re

new

al p

roje

cts.

Oth

er B

ilans

Car

bone

® (C

arb

on B

alan

ce

shee

ts) w

ill b

e p

rod

uced

for

othe

r ty

pes

of

pro

ject

s to

con

solid

ate

our

know

led

ge

as p

art

of a

con

tinuo

us im

pro

vem

ent

app

roac

h.

RA

TIN

G A

GE

NC

IES

RA

TIN

GP

OSI

TIO

N O

F SN

CF

SEA

U

Vig

eo66

/100

2nd

from

a p

anel

of 3

8 Eu

rop

ean

com

pan

ies

in

the

log

istic

s/tr

ansp

ort

sect

or.

Oek

om

R

esea

rch

B-

1st e

x-ae

quo

from

a p

anel

of 4

5 G

loba

l com

pani

es

in th

e tra

nspo

rt in

frast

ruct

ure

man

agem

ent

sect

or.

Ref

lect

ing

thi

s p

olic

y an

d C

SR s

trat

egy,

SN

CF

Rés

eau

is m

oni

tore

d b

y tw

o e

xtra

-fin

anci

al r

atin

g a

gen

cies

, Vig

eo a

nd

Oek

om

Res

earc

h, w

hich

hav

e aw

ard

ed

it t

he r

atin

gs

giv

en in

the

tab

le b

elo

w.

SNC

F R

ÉSE

AU

E

XTR

A-F

INA

NC

IAL

RA

TIN

GS

The

rati

ng o

bta

ined

fro

m V

igeo

fo

r th

e en

viro

nmen

tal a

spec

t (7

3/10

0) is

ac

com

pan

ied

by

the

follo

win

g c

omm

ent:

”The

mai

n el

emen

ts a

ccou

ntin

g fo

r th

e sc

ore

incr

ease

rem

ain

the

mor

e ex

haus

tive

appr

oach

to

man

agem

ent

of c

limat

e ch

ange

issu

es t

hrou

gh m

ore

relia

nce

on re

new

able

ene

rgy

and

faci

litie

s an

d

fleet

opt

imiz

atio

n pr

ogra

ms

thro

ugho

ut

the

Com

pany

’s o

pera

tions

. In

addi

tion,

SN

CF

Rése

au a

ppea

rs t

o ha

ve d

evel

oped

com

preh

ensi

ve m

easu

res

to p

reve

ntin

g

loca

l po

lluti

on

such

as

low

nui

sanc

e eq

uip

men

t an

d p

rog

ram

s to

red

uce

lo

cal p

ollu

tio

n, a

nd t

o c

oo

per

ate

w

ith

stak

eho

lder

s in

volv

ed t

hro

ugh

re

gula

r di

alog

ue p

roce

sses

.”

The

late

st r

atin

gs

rep

ort

s fr

om

th

ese

two

ag

enci

es a

re a

vaila

ble

o

n th

e SN

CF

Rés

eau

web

site

.

THE

SN

CF

SEA

U

CA

RB

ON

AP

PR

OA

CH

10

SNC

F R

ÉSE

AU

G

RE

EN

BO

ND

S R

EP

OR

T 20

17

11

In J

uly

2017

, SN

CF

Rése

au

laun

ched

th

e lo

nges

t G

reen

Bon

d

ever

issu

ed

in e

uros

.

03 SNC

F R

ÉSE

AU

’S

“GR

EE

N

BO

ND

S FU

ND

ING

12

SNC

F R

ÉSE

AU

G

RE

EN

BO

ND

S R

EP

OR

T 20

17

13

A “

CLI

MA

TE

BO

ND

S

INIT

IATI

VE

” C

ER

TIFI

ED

ISSU

EIn

201

7, S

NC

F R

ésea

u, t

he o

wne

r

and

op

erat

or

of

the

Fren

ch r

ailw

ay

netw

ork

, rat

ed A

a2 (M

oo

dy’

s),

AA

 (S&

P),

AA

 (Fit

ch),

laun

ched

tw

o p

ublic

ben

chm

ark

Gre

en B

ond

s

for

a to

tal i

ssua

nce

of

€175

0 m

illio

n:

- In

Mar

ch, €

1000

mill

ion

at 1

%,

mat

urin

g in

Mar

ch 2

034

(17

year

s)-

In J

uly,

€75

0 m

illio

n at

2.2

5%,

mat

urin

g in

Dec

emb

er 2

047

(30.

5 ye

ars)

In li

ne w

ith

its

com

mit

men

t to

bec

om

e a

lead

ing

issu

er in

the

Gre

en B

ond

m

arke

t, S

NC

F R

ésea

u is

sued

a t

ota

l o

f €2

.65b

n o

f G

reen

Bo

nds

in le

ss

than

a y

ear,

mak

ing

it o

ne o

f th

e w

orl

d’s

15

larg

est

Gre

en B

ond

s is

suer

s.

In o

rder

to

def

ine

the

mo

st s

trin

gen

t st

and

ard

s in

ter

ms

of

gre

en f

inan

cing

an

d t

o t

hus

bec

om

e a

glo

bal

po

int

o

f re

fere

nce

in t

he t

rans

po

rt s

ecto

r,

the

bo

nd is

sue

laun

ched

by

SNC

F R

ésea

u is

in li

ne w

ith

the

Gre

en B

ond

P

rinc

iple

s 20

16 (G

BP

) and

has

al

so b

een

awar

ded

Clim

ate

Bo

nds

Init

iati

ve (C

BI)

cert

ific

atio

n,

by

Oek

om

Res

earc

h.

1. E

xclu

ding

Chi

na o

nsho

re. 2

. Fin

ance

for T

omor

row

is a

n in

itiat

ive

led

by th

e pl

ayer

s of

the

Paris

Fin

anci

al C

entr

e

to p

rom

ote

sust

aina

ble

finan

ce in

Fra

nce

and

inte

rnat

iona

lly. I

t con

trib

utes

to re

orie

ntin

g fin

anci

al fl

ows

tow

ards

a

low

car

bon

and

incl

usiv

e ec

onom

y, in

line

with

the

Paris

Agr

eem

ent a

nd th

e Su

stai

nabl

e D

evel

opm

ent G

oals

(SD

G).

Last

ly, S

NC

F R

ésea

u, a

s a

mem

ber

of

the

GB

P a

nd t

he F

inan

ce f

or

Tom

orr

ow

2

init

iati

ve, f

ully

par

tici

pat

es in

the

d

iscu

ssio

ns a

nd m

arke

t d

evel

op

men

ts

of

Gre

en B

ond

s.

The

pro

ceed

s fr

om

thi

s g

reen

bo

nd h

ave

bee

n us

ed t

o f

inan

ce t

he r

eno

vati

on

o

f th

e st

ruct

ural

net

wo

rk a

nd d

evel

op

ne

w p

roje

cts.

No

elig

ible

pro

ject

s in

cat

ego

ry 3

(“

Oth

er in

vest

men

ts li

nked

to

the

glo

bal

cl

imat

e ch

ang

e ch

alle

nges

, the

pro

tect

ion

of

bio

div

ersi

ty a

nd n

atur

al r

eso

urce

s”)

wer

e id

enti

fied

in 2

016.

Ho

wev

er,

the

elig

ible

pro

ject

s fr

om

the

fir

st

two

cate

gor

ies

gen

eral

ly in

clud

e p

rovi

sion

s fo

r p

rote

ctio

n of

bio

div

ersi

ty a

nd n

atur

al

reso

urce

s. T

he im

pac

t in

dic

ator

s re

flect

ing

th

e p

olic

y of

pre

serv

ing

reso

urce

s ar

e g

iven

in

par

t 5

of t

his

rep

ort.

In 2

017,

ap

pro

xim

atel

y 35

% o

f an

nual

is

suan

ces

by

SNC

F R

ésea

u o

n th

e fin

anci

al m

arke

ts w

ere

in t

he f

orm

of

Gre

en B

ond

s. S

NC

F R

ésea

u G

reen

Bo

nd

issu

ance

s ar

e lik

ely

to b

e in

clud

ed in

th

e B

arcl

ays

MSC

I Gre

en B

ond

s In

dex

.

MA

IN C

HA

RA

CTE

RIS

TIC

S

OF

THE

GR

EE

N B

ON

DS

2017

OP

ER

ATI

ON

Sour

ce: S

NC

F Ré

seau

.

TYP

OLO

GY

AN

D G

EO

GR

AP

HIC

AL

DIS

TRIB

UTI

ON

OF

INV

EST

OR

S

Fran

ce 4

4%

Oth

ers

5%

Scan

din

avia

5%

Asi

a 11

%

Switz

erla

nd 4

%

Net

herla

nds

7%

Uni

ted

Kin

gd

om 6

%

Ger

man

y 17

%

Oth

ers

38%

SRI i

nves

tors

62

%

M

AR

CH

JULY

ISSU

ER

SNC

F Ré

seau

SNC

F Ré

seau

RA

TIN

GA

a2 (M

ood

y’s)

 / A

A (S

&P)

 / A

A (F

itch)

Aa2

(Moo

dy’

s) /

AA

(S&

P) /

AA

(Fitc

h)

OR

DE

R B

OO

KS

1.1

bill

ion

euro

sm

ore

than

€90

0 m

illio

n

FIN

AL

SIZ

E1

bill

ion

euro

s75

0 m

illio

n eu

ros

ISSU

E D

ATE

27 M

arch

201

711

Jul

y 20

17

SETT

LEM

EN

T D

ATE

30 M

arch

201

720

Jul

y 20

17

MA

TUR

ITY

DA

TE27

Mar

ch 2

034

20 D

ecem

ber

204

7

PR

ICE

/ R

EO

FFE

R Y

IELD

98.5

70%

/ 1

.104

%98

.570

% /

2.3

00%

CO

UP

ON

1% a

nnua

l2,

25%

ann

ual

SPR

EA

DO

ATs

+ 3

4 b

pO

ATs

+ 3

7 b

p

14

SNC

F R

ÉSE

AU

G

RE

EN

BO

ND

S R

EP

OR

T 20

17

15

04 ALL

OC

ATI

ON

O

F N

ET

PRO

CE

ED

S

The

reso

urce

s fr

om

th

e is

suan

ce o

f Gre

enB

ond

s ar

e al

loca

ted

to

pro

ject

s fo

rth

e re

nova

tion

an

d m

od

erni

satio

n

on

the

core

ne

two

rk a

s w

ell

as t

he c

om

ple

tion

o

f new

line

s.

16

SNC

F R

ÉSE

AU

G

RE

EN

BO

ND

S R

EP

OR

T 20

17

17

STR

UC

TUR

E

OF

THE

SN

CF

SEA

U

GR

EE

N B

ON

DS

PR

OG

RA

MM

E

The

gre

en b

ond

s is

sued

by

SNC

F R

ésea

u ha

ve t

he s

ame

char

acte

rist

ics

as c

onv

enti

ona

l b

ond

s in

ter

ms

of

cred

it r

isk.

Nev

erth

eles

s, t

hey

have

so

me

ad

dit

iona

l cha

ract

eris

tics

in

ter

ms

of

rep

ort

ing

ob

ligat

ions

, m

oni

tori

ng t

he c

orr

ect

allo

cati

on

o

f fu

nds

to e

ligib

le p

roje

cts

and

as

sess

men

t o

f th

e en

viro

nmen

tal

imp

act

of

elig

ible

pro

ject

s.

PR

EPA

RA

TIO

N

OF

THE

SN

CF

SEA

U

GR

EE

N B

ON

DS

P

RO

GR

AM

ME

CLI

MA

TE B

ON

DS

CE

RTI

FIE

D B

ON

D “

ISSU

E”

SNC

F R

ésea

u ha

s co

mp

lied

w

ith

the

pri

ncip

les

laid

out

b

y th

e C

limat

e B

ond

s In

itia

tive

 (CB

I),

and

par

ticu

larl

y w

ith

Low

Car

bo

n Tr

ansp

ort

Elig

ibili

ty C

rite

ria

(V1.

0)1 .

D

raw

ing

on

bes

t m

arke

t p

ract

ices

, th

e fr

amew

ork

dev

elo

ped

by

SN

CF

Rés

eau

is a

lso

bas

ed o

n

the

4 p

illar

s st

ruct

ure

dev

elo

ped

in

201

6 b

y th

e IC

MA

2 G

reen

Bo

nd

Pri

ncip

les.

The

201

6 ve

rsio

n

of

the

Gre

en B

ond

s p

rog

ram

me

(G

reen

Bo

nd F

ram

ewo

rk) i

s av

aila

ble

o

n th

e SN

CF

Rés

eau

web

site

3 .

The

Seco

nd O

pin

ion,

issu

ed

by

Oek

om

Res

earc

h, c

onf

irm

s

the

com

plia

nce

of

the

SNC

F R

ésea

u

Gre

en B

ond

s fr

amew

ork

wit

h th

e IC

MA

Gre

en B

ond

Pri

ncip

les 

(201

6).

The

2016

ver

sio

n o

f th

is S

eco

nd

Par

ty O

pin

ion 

(SP

O) i

s av

aila

ble

o

n th

e SN

CF

Rés

eau

web

site

4 .

Last

ly, t

he S

NC

F R

ésea

u G

reen

Bo

nds

pro

gra

mm

e co

mp

lies

wit

h w

ith

Low

C

arb

on

Tran

spo

rt E

ligib

ility

Cri

teri

a (V

1.0)

. est

ablis

hed

by

the

CB

I.

Oek

om

Res

earc

h is

als

o r

esp

ons

ible

fo

r ve

rify

ing

the

co

mp

lianc

e o

f th

is

alig

nmen

t o

n b

ehal

f o

f th

e C

BI.

The

2017

ver

sio

n o

f th

is c

erti

ficat

ion

awar

ded

by

Oek

om

Res

earc

h

is a

vaila

ble

on

the

SNC

F R

ésea

u w

ebsi

te5 .

1. T

he a

nnex

e Lo

w C

arb

on

Tran

spo

rtat

ion

is a

vaila

ble

at w

ww

.clim

ateb

ond

s.ne

t2.

ICM

A: I

nter

natio

nal C

apita

l Mar

ket A

ssoc

iatio

n.3.

bit.

ly/G

Bon

d20

164.

bit.

ly/G

Bon

dSP

O5.

bit.

ly/G

Bon

dO

ekom

6. T

he In

tern

atio

nal U

nion

of R

ailw

ays

(UIC

) has

est

ablis

hed

a m

etho

d to

cla

ssify

line

s d

epen

din

g o

n

the

traf

fic lo

ads

sup

por

ted

by

the

infr

astr

uctu

re a

s w

ell a

s th

e ty

pe

of tr

affic

. Gro

up U

IC 1

cor

resp

ond

s

to li

nes

with

ver

y he

avy

load

s, a

nd a

t the

op

pos

ite e

nd o

f the

sca

le, g

roup

UIC

 9 c

orre

spon

ds

to li

nes

w

ith v

ery

light

load

s. T

he m

ain

lines

of t

he F

renc

h ra

ilway

net

wor

k ar

e in

UIC

 gro

ups

1 to

4. T

he m

ajor

line

s

with

lig

hter

load

s fa

ll un

der

UIC

gro

ups

5 an

d 6

. The

line

s w

ith lo

w lo

ads

in th

e U

IC g

roup

s 7

to 9

cor

resp

ond

to

the

reg

iona

l net

wor

k in

gen

eral

.7.

Mor

e d

etai

ls p

age

40/4

1.

Cat

ego

ry 1

INV

EST

ME

NTS

RE

LATE

D T

O

MA

INTE

NA

NC

E,

UP

GR

AD

E A

ND

EN

ER

GY

E

FFIC

IEN

CY

OF

THE

R

AIL

SY

STE

M

Proj

ects

to

reno

vate

tra

cks

an

d t

ract

ion

pow

er s

upp

ly

infr

astr

uctu

re, a

nd s

igna

lling

sy

stem

up

gra

des

. The

pro

ject

s el

igib

le fo

r th

is c

ateg

ory

nece

ssar

ily c

once

rn

inve

stm

ents

for

the

reno

vatio

n of

the

cor

e ne

twor

k,

cons

isti

ng o

f th

e m

ost

us

ed a

nd 1

00%

ele

ctri

fied

p

art

of

the

netw

ork

(li

nes

in U

IC g

roup

s 1

to 4

6 ).

Cat

ego

ry 2

INV

EST

ME

NTS

RE

LATE

D

TO N

EW

LIN

ES

A

ND

LIN

ES

EX

TEN

SIO

NS

Proj

ects

rela

ted

to

new

lin

es a

nd li

ne e

xten

sion

s,

imp

rovi

ng a

cces

s to

th

e ne

twor

k fo

r p

asse

nger

s

and

frei

ght

mob

ility

. Fo

r ex

amp

le L

GV

Est

, LG

V S

EA

, LG

V B

PL,

LG

V C

NM

hig

h-sp

eed

lines

 etc

7 .

Cat

ego

ry 3

OTH

ER

INV

EST

ME

NTS

LIN

KE

D

TO G

LOB

AL

CLI

MA

TE C

HA

NG

E

CH

ALL

EN

GE

S, P

RO

TEC

TIO

N

OF

BIO

DIV

ER

SITY

AN

D N

ATU

RA

L R

ESO

UR

CE

S

Proj

ects

rela

ted

to

the

pro

tect

ion

of b

iod

iver

sity

an

d n

atur

al re

sour

ces

surr

ound

ing

SN

CF’

s ex

istin

g

netw

ork.

CA

TEG

OR

IES

OF

ELI

GIB

LE P

RO

JEC

TS

The

pro

ceed

s o

f th

e G

reen

 Bo

nd

wer

e al

loca

ted

to

inve

stm

ents

co

rres

po

ndin

g t

o o

ne o

f th

e fo

llow

ing

th

ree

cate

go

ries

.

18

SNC

F R

ÉSE

AU

G

RE

EN

BO

ND

S R

EP

OR

T 20

17

19

THE

ALL

OC

ATI

ON

IN D

ETA

IL

The

follo

win

g t

able

sho

ws

the

allo

cati

on

of

the

issu

ance

o

f G

reen

Bo

nds

for

2017

ac

cord

ing

to

the

thr

ee e

ligib

le

inve

stm

ent

cate

go

ries

.

Def

init

ions

– “T

heo

reti

cal a

lloca

tio

n”:

amo

unt

of

the

pro

ject

ed in

vest

men

ts

for

2017

bud

get

.

– “G

reen

Bo

nds

sco

pe”

: am

oun

ts o

f in

vest

men

ts a

ctua

lly

mad

e b

y SN

CF

Rés

eau

in e

ach

o

f th

e ca

teg

ori

es a

s o

n 31

/12/

2017

.

– “G

reen

Bo

nds

allo

cati

on”

: al

loca

tio

n p

er c

ateg

ori

es o

f th

e ne

t re

sour

ces

ob

tain

ed f

rom

the

issu

ance

o

f G

reen

Bo

nds

unti

l to

31

dec

201

7.

– “Y

et t

o b

e al

loca

ted

”: a

mo

unts

of

elig

ible

inve

stm

ents

in 2

017

not

allo

cate

d

to a

Gre

en B

ond

s is

suan

ce a

nd w

hich

m

ay c

ons

eque

ntly

be

reus

ed in

201

8.

In 2

017,

SN

CF

Rés

eau

revi

ewed

th

e ru

les

for

sele

ctin

g a

sset

s el

igib

le

to b

e fin

ance

d in

the

sec

ond

cat

ego

ry

of

the

Gre

en B

ond

s P

rog

ram

: “i

nves

tmen

ts r

elat

ed t

o n

ew li

nes

an

d li

ne e

xten

sio

ns”.

Fro

m 2

018,

SN

CF

Rés

eau

will

tak

e in

to

cons

ider

atio

n a

pro

ject

’s in

vest

men

ts

wit

hout

tak

ing

into

acc

oun

t an

y d

elay

s

in s

ettl

emen

t o

f it

s g

rant

s (a

cqui

red

g

rant

s vs

co

llect

ed g

rant

s) t

o f

acili

tate

tr

acki

ng o

f ne

t in

vest

men

ts o

ver

tim

e.

INV

EST

ME

NTS

IN

MIL

LIO

N E

UR

OS

2016

2017

Allo

cati

on

To

be

allo

cat-

ed

In-

vest

-m

ents

Gre

en

Bo

nds

Sco

pe

Gre

en

Bon

ds

Scop

e

(201

6 +

2017

)

Allo

cati

on

To

be

allo

cat-

ed

MA

INTE

NA

NC

E

AN

D U

PG

RA

DE

710

593

2 66

91,

366

1,95

91,

508

451

Trac

ks &

sw

itch

es59

049

41,

632

1,02

51,

519

1,17

034

9

Sig

nalli

ng10

083

321

197

280

215

64

Trac

tio

n p

ow

er

sup

ply

infr

astr

uctu

re20

1617

336

5240

12

Tunn

els,

bri

dg

es

and

Ear

thw

ork

s

nd0

195

108

108

8325

Oth

ers

00

349

00

00

NE

W L

INE

S A

ND

LI

NE

S E

XTE

NSI

ON

S17

60

225

225

225

225

0

LGV

Est

Pha

se 2

140

66

66

0

SEA

730

2323

2323

0

BP

L53

014

714

714

714

70

CN

M

360

5050

5050

0

OTH

ER

S P

RO

JEC

TS0

00

00

0

TOTA

L 88

659

32,

894

1,59

12,

184

1,73

445

1

Sour

ce: S

NC

F Ré

seau

.

TAB

LE O

F A

LLO

CA

TIO

NS

20

SNC

F R

ÉSE

AU

G

RE

EN

BO

ND

S R

EP

OR

T 20

17

21

DE

SCR

IPTI

ON

O

F TH

E F

UN

D

MA

NA

GE

ME

NT

PO

LIC

Y

For

pro

ceed

s ye

t to

be

allo

cate

d

thes

e am

oun

ts c

oul

d b

e p

lace

d

on

SRI m

utua

l fun

ds,

ban

k d

epo

sit

or

cash

in b

ank

in o

rder

to

ens

ure

trac

eab

ility

of

the

fund

man

agem

ent

po

licy.

The

full

allo

cati

on

for

the

20

17 o

per

atio

n w

as c

arri

ed o

ut

on

24th

Jan

uary

201

8.

Sour

ce: S

NC

F Ré

seau

.

GR

EE

N B

ON

D 2

017

TE

MP

OR

AR

Y M

AN

AG

EM

EN

T O

F P

RO

CE

ED

S (I

N M

€) &

VA

LUE

DA

TE

Net

Pro

ceed

s 1-

Jan-

1730

-Mar

-17

3-Ju

l-17

20-J

ul-1

71-

Aug

-17

1-Se

p-1

731

-Oct

-17

1-D

ec-1

729

-Dec

-17

24-J

an-1

8

Issu

es 2

016

0.34

Issu

es 2

017

994

740

Mo

neta

ry f

und

s SR

I 6

92

92

-3

91

-391

Ban

k d

epo

sit

300

-3

00

300

-1

50

-150

Cas

h 0

.34

2

-2

3

48

-200

-1

48

Sub

-To

tal

0.3

4

994

-3

02

740

-2

00

-148

-1

50

-391

-1

50

-391

TO B

E A

LLO

CA

TED

0.3

4

994

692

1,4

32

1,2

32

1,0

84

934

5

43

393

2

22

SNC

F R

ÉSE

AU

G

RE

EN

BO

ND

S R

EP

OR

T 20

17

23

AU

DIT

OR

S

ASS

UR

AN

CE

RE

PO

RT

SNC

F R

ésea

u ap

po

inte

d K

PM

G t

o g

ive

a in

dep

end

ent

assu

ranc

e o

n se

lect

ed

info

rmat

ion

dis

clo

sed

in t

he g

reen

bo

nd

rep

ort

.

Ext

ract

fro

m t

he c

onc

lusi

on

o

f th

e K

PM

G a

ssur

ance

rep

ort

“We

bel

ieve

tha

t th

e ev

iden

ce w

e ha

ve

obta

ined

is s

uffic

ient

and

ap

pro

pria

te

to p

rovi

de

a b

asis

for

our

conc

lusi

on.

Bas

ed o

n th

e p

roce

dur

es p

erfo

rmed

, no

thin

g h

as c

ome

to o

ur a

tten

tion

that

ca

uses

us

to b

elie

ve t

hat

the

Verif

ied

In

form

atio

n is

not

pre

sent

ed fa

irly

in

the

Ann

ual R

epor

t, in

all

mat

eria

l re

spec

ts, i

n ac

cord

ance

with

th

e G

uid

elin

es, i

nclu

din

g w

ith r

egar

d t

o:—

com

plia

nce

of t

he p

roje

cts

men

tione

d

in p

arag

rap

h “T

able

of A

lloca

tions

” on

pag

e 21

with

the

elig

ibili

ty c

riter

ia

def

ined

by

SNC

F R

ésea

u in

its

G

reen

Bon

d F

ram

ewor

k;

— a

lloca

tion

of p

roce

eds

from

the

Gre

en

Bon

d t

o th

e el

igib

le p

roje

cts

men

tione

d

in p

arag

rap

h “T

able

of A

lloca

tions

on p

age

21;

— t

he d

escr

iptio

n of

the

pro

ceed

s m

anag

emen

t p

olic

y m

entio

ned

in

par

agra

ph

“Des

crip

tion

of t

he fu

nd

man

agem

ent

pol

icy”

on

pag

es 2

2 an

d 2

3;—

the

“To

tal c

arb

on im

pac

t of

th

e ex

pen

ses

finan

ced

by

Gre

en B

ond

s”

ind

icat

or m

entio

ned

in p

arag

rap

h

“Glo

bal

ove

rvie

w”

on p

age

34.”

Th

e K

PM

G a

ssur

ance

rep

ort

mus

t b

e

read

in it

s en

tire

ty. I

t is

ava

ilab

le o

n

the

SNC

F R

ésea

u w

ebsi

te.

24

SNC

F R

ÉSE

AU

G

RE

EN

BO

ND

S R

EP

OR

T 20

17

25

SNC

F R

ésea

u

has

dev

elo

ped

a

spec

ific

met

hod

fo

r m

easu

ring

th

e im

pac

t o

f its

ra

il ne

two

rk re

new

al

and

line

cre

atio

n p

olic

y, in

ter

ms

o

f gre

enho

use

g

as e

mis

sio

ns

and

pro

tect

ion

o

f res

our

ces.

05

RE

PO

RTI

NG

AN

D

ME

THO

DO

LOG

Y

OF

THE

G

RE

EN

BO

ND

S PR

OG

RA

MM

E

IND

ICA

TOR

S

26

SNC

F R

ÉSE

AU

G

RE

EN

BO

ND

S R

EP

OR

T 20

17

27

2017

ALL

OC

ATI

ON

IND

ICA

TOR

TA

BLE

M

AP

O

F P

RO

JEC

TS

FIN

AN

CE

D

BY

TH

E

GR

EE

N B

ON

D

2017

ISSU

E

Hig

h-sp

eed

line

UIC

line

1 t

o 4

Elec

trifi

ed li

neO

ther

line

Proj

ects

rel

atin

g t

o:

Trac

ks, i

nclu

din

g “

Suite

Rap

ide”

Inst

alla

tion

of s

igna

lling

/cen

tral

ised

net

wor

k co

mm

and

Switc

hes

Eng

inee

ring

wor

ks a

nd e

arth

wor

ksC

aten

arie

sN

ew li

nes

and

the

ir ju

nctio

ns

CA

TEG

OR

IES

IND

ICA

TOR

SR

ESU

LTS

INV

ESTM

ENTS

IN

MA

INTE

NA

NC

E,

MO

DER

NIS

ATI

ON

AN

D

ENER

GY

EFFI

CIE

NC

Y

PRO

JEC

TS C

ON

CER

NIN

G

THE

RAIL

SYS

TEM

GR

EE

NH

OU

SE G

ASE

S (G

HG

) E

MIT

TED

A

ND

AV

OID

ED

EM

ISSI

ON

S–

Gre

enho

use

Gas

em

issi

ons

d

ue t

o th

e re

new

al p

roje

ct–

Gre

enho

use

Gas

em

issi

ons

avoi

ded

th

anks

to

the

rene

wal

pro

ject

657

 ktC

O2e

q

6,32

9 kt

CO

2eq

PR

OTE

CTI

ON

OF

RE

SOU

RC

ES

– Sh

are

of re

-use

d a

nd re

cycl

ed r

ails

(ton

s)–

Shar

e of

re-u

sed

bal

last

(ton

s)–

Volu

me

of w

ood

en s

leep

ers

re

cycl

ed fo

r en

erg

y p

urp

oses

100%

30 t

o 50

%

67,7

53 t

ons

INV

ESTM

ENTS

REL

ATE

D

TO N

EW L

INES

A

ND

LIN

E EX

TEN

SIO

NS

GR

EE

NH

OU

SE G

AS

(GH

G)

EM

ISSI

ON

S –

Gre

enho

use

Gas

em

issi

ons

d

ue t

o th

e p

roje

ct–

Emis

sion

s av

oid

ed

80 k

tCO

2eq

277

ktC

O2e

q

PR

OTE

CTI

ON

OF

RE

SOU

RC

ES

– N

umb

er o

f hec

tare

s co

mp

ensa

ted

– N

umb

er o

f wild

life

cros

sing

s cr

eate

d6,

430

1,25

3

OTH

ER IN

VES

TMEN

TS L

INK

ED

TO T

HE

GLO

BA

L C

LIM

ATE

CH

AN

GE

CH

ALL

ENG

ES, T

HE

PRO

TEC

TIO

N

OF

BIO

DIV

ERSI

TY A

ND

NA

TURA

L RE

SOU

RCES

The

cate

gor

y is

to

be

exp

and

ed a

s it

gro

ups

seve

ral

pro

ject

s th

at a

re le

ss s

igni

fican

t in

ter

ms

of a

mou

nts,

b

ut im

por

tant

for

the

over

all c

orp

orat

e st

rate

gy.

28

SNC

F R

ÉSE

AU

G

RE

EN

BO

ND

S R

EP

OR

T 20

17

29

DE

TAIL

ED

RE

PO

RT

PE

R C

ATE

GO

RY

1. C

arb

one 

4 is

an

ind

epen

den

t con

sulti

ng fi

rm s

pec

ialis

ed in

low

car

bon

str

ateg

y an

d a

dap

tatio

n

to c

limat

e ch

ang

e.2.

Thi

s m

etho

dol

ogy

is a

vaila

ble

at s

ncf-

rese

au.fr

/fr/

finan

ce-d

urab

le3.

The

sco

pe

of th

is s

umm

ary

cove

rs a

ll d

irect

and

ind

irect

em

issi

ons

upst

ream

and

dow

nstr

eam

of t

he

wor

ks c

arrie

d o

ut, b

ut d

oes

not c

over

the

oper

atio

n an

d m

aint

enan

ce o

f the

infr

astr

uctu

re in

que

stio

n.

In o

rder

to

hig

hlig

ht t

he p

osi

tive

co

nseq

uenc

es o

f th

e p

roje

cts

finan

ced

b

y it

s is

suan

ce o

f G

reen

Bo

nds,

SN

CF 

Rés

eau

wis

hed

to

qua

ntify

th

e im

pac

t o

f th

ese

pro

ject

s in

the

fig

ht

agai

nst

gre

enho

use

gas

em

issi

ons

. To

ach

ieve

thi

s, S

NC

F R

ésea

u,

in c

olla

bo

rati

on

wit

h C

arb

one

 41 ,

ha

s d

raft

ed a

sp

ecif

ic m

etho

do

log

y2

that

est

ablis

hes

the

pri

ncip

les

an

d m

etho

d u

sed

to

cal

cula

te

the

carb

on

imp

act

of

thes

e p

roje

cts.

The

carb

on

imp

act

is o

bta

ined

by

co

mp

arin

g t

he c

arb

on

foo

tpri

nt

(em

issi

ons

res

ulti

ng f

rom

the

p

roje

ct) w

ith

the

emis

sio

ns a

void

ed

(dur

ing

the

pro

ject

op

erat

ion

pha

se):

– th

e ca

lcul

atio

n o

f th

e ca

rbo

n fo

otp

rint

co

nsis

ts o

f es

tab

lishi

ng a

sum

mar

y

of

Gre

enho

use

Gas

em

issi

ons

res

ulti

ng

fro

m a

line

ren

ewal

or

crea

tio

n p

roje

ct3 ,

ac

cord

ing

to

exi

stin

g c

arb

on

anal

ysis

m

etho

ds.

– 

the

calc

ulat

ion

of

the

emis

sio

ns a

void

ed

by

a lin

e re

new

al o

r cr

eati

on

pro

ject

co

nsis

ts o

f co

mp

arin

g t

he e

mis

sio

ns f

rom

th

e tr

ansp

ort

sys

tem

in b

oth

sce

nari

os,

o

ne w

itho

ut t

he e

xecu

tio

n o

f th

e p

roje

ct,

and

the

oth

er w

ith

it.

As

def

ined

in t

he m

etho

do

log

y,

the

carb

on

imp

act

of

pro

ject

s fin

ance

d

by

Gre

en B

ond

s is

cal

cula

ted

b

y su

btr

acti

ng a

void

ed e

mis

sio

ns

fro

m e

mis

sio

ns g

ener

ated

by

pro

ject

s.

CA

RB

ON

IMPA

CT

OF

THE

PR

OJE

CTS

FI

NA

NC

ED

BY

TH

E G

RE

EN

BO

ND

IMPA

CT

O

F R

EN

EW

AL

PR

OJE

CTS

CA

RB

ON

FO

OTP

RIN

T

CA

RB

ON

FO

OTP

RIN

T

EM

ISSI

ON

S A

VO

IDE

D

EM

ISSI

ON

S A

VO

IDE

D

IMPA

CT

OF

THE

D

EV

ELO

PM

EN

TO

F N

EW

RA

IL L

INE

P

RO

JEC

TS

In o

rder

to

cal

cula

te t

he c

arb

on

imp

act

of

all p

roje

cts

finan

ced

usi

ng G

reen

B

ond

s, S

NC

F R

ésea

u ex

trap

ola

tes

valu

es

per

mill

ion

euro

s in

vest

ed r

athe

r th

an

calc

ulat

ing

the

imp

act

of

each

ind

ivid

ual

pro

ject

.

Seve

ral e

xtra

po

lati

on

rati

os

(per

mill

ion

euro

s in

vest

ed) a

re t

here

fore

est

ablis

hed

to

cal

cula

te b

oth

the

car

bo

n fo

otp

rint

an

d a

void

ed c

arb

on

emis

sio

ns f

or

rene

wal

pro

ject

s, a

s w

ell a

s fo

r ne

w li

ne

and

ext

ensi

on

pro

ject

s.

Thes

e ra

tio

s ar

e su

bje

ct t

o r

evis

ion

ea

ch y

ear

bas

ed o

n st

udie

s co

nduc

ted

b

y SN

CF

Rés

eau.

Sinc

e 20

15, S

NC

F R

ésea

u ha

s co

nduc

ted

an

init

ial c

arb

on

aud

it o

f tr

ack

rene

wal

p

roje

cts

usin

g a

mo

bile

wo

rksh

op

kno

wn

as a

“Su

ite

Rap

ide”

(90k

m b

etw

een

Nar

bo

nne

and

Mo

ntp

ellie

r). I

t ha

s al

so

iden

tifie

d n

eces

sary

mea

sure

s to

red

uce

GH

G e

mis

sio

ns a

nd c

reat

ed a

to

ol t

o

asse

ss t

he e

mis

sio

ns o

f si

mila

r p

roje

cts.

In 2

017,

the

tra

ck r

enew

al p

roje

cts

ra

tio

was

am

end

ed b

y ta

king

in

to c

ons

ider

atio

n th

e la

st t

rack

ren

ewal

p

roje

ct c

arri

ed o

ut b

etw

een

Gev

rey

an

d S

enne

cey.

Thi

s ra

tio

ro

se f

rom

36

1 tC

O2

/ m

illio

n eu

ros

to 4

56 t

CO

2 /

mill

ion

euro

s. T

he in

crea

se o

f 95

tC

O2 /

mill

ion

euro

s is

the

res

ult

of

a m

ore

ac

cura

te v

alua

tio

n fo

r ce

rtai

n p

hase

s o

f th

e tr

ack

rene

wal

pro

cess

, as

wel

l as

chan

ges

to

so

me

emis

sio

n fa

cto

rs,

mai

nly

conc

erni

ng t

he c

onc

rete

sle

eper

s.

Pre

stre

ssed

co

ncre

te s

leep

ers:

C

urre

ntly

the

re is

no

em

issi

on

fact

or

dat

a fo

r p

rest

ress

ed c

onc

rete

sle

eper

s.

For

Gev

rey-

Senn

ecey

’s c

arb

on

foo

tpri

nt,

SNC

F R

ésea

u ha

s us

ed a

vaila

ble

d

ata

for

rein

forc

ed c

onc

rete

.

For

Nar

bo

nne-

Mo

ntp

ellie

r’s c

arb

on

foo

tpri

nt, t

he e

mis

sio

n fa

cto

r us

ed

for

the

slee

per

s is

the

sum

of

emis

sio

ns

fro

m s

teel

(0.7

%) a

nd c

onc

rete

(99.

3%).

The

dec

isio

n to

ad

op

t th

e em

issi

on

fact

ors

fo

r re

info

rced

co

ncre

te in

crea

ses

the

valu

e to

80.

6 tC

O2/

mill

ion

euro

s

if w

e co

mp

are

bo

th c

arb

on

aud

its.

Rai

ls: G

ener

ally

, the

und

erly

ing

as

sum

pti

on

reg

ard

ing

the

pro

po

rtio

n o

f re

cycl

ed s

teel

was

20%

. The

sp

ecifi

c va

lue

for

Nar

bo

nne-

Mo

ntp

ellie

r’s c

arb

on

acco

unti

ng w

as 5

%, h

ow

ever

, alt

houg

h th

e 20

% f

igur

e ha

s b

een

reta

ined

fo

r th

e 20

16 G

reen

Bo

nds

Rep

ort

. Th

e ne

w c

alcu

lati

on,

bas

ed o

n th

e la

st

carb

on

aud

it, a

ssum

es 1

5% r

ecyc

led

st

eel i

n th

e ra

ils.

Cal

cula

tio

n o

f th

e ca

tena

ry r

atio

is

mai

nly

bas

ed o

n a

life

cycl

e an

alys

is.

In o

rder

to

tak

e in

to a

cco

unt

CO

2 em

issi

ons

rel

atin

g t

o t

he e

nerg

y us

ed f

or

inst

alla

tio

n, o

rgan

izat

ion

o

f th

e w

ork

site

as

wel

l as

the

tran

spo

rt

of

mat

eria

ls r

equi

red

fo

r th

e si

te,

the

EFT

I rat

io is

bas

ed o

n th

e ca

rbo

n ac

coun

ting

dat

a us

ed f

or

trac

k re

new

al

pro

ject

s.

In 2

018,

SN

CF

Rés

eau

will

est

ablis

h

a ne

w B

ilan

Car

bon

e® s

pec

ifica

lly

for

swit

ch r

enew

al p

roje

cts.

SN

CF

curr

entl

y al

loca

tes

the

sam

e ca

rbo

n w

eig

htin

g t

o t

his

typ

e o

f o

per

atio

n

as it

do

es t

o a

tra

ck r

enew

al o

per

atio

n.

This

Bila

n C

arb

one®

will

dis

ting

uish

b

etw

een

a sw

itch

ren

ewal

op

erat

ion

an

d a

tra

ck r

enew

al o

per

atio

n

by

app

lyin

g a

rat

io o

f tC

O2 /

mill

ion

eu

ros

spec

ific

to s

wit

ch r

enew

al

pro

ject

s.

30

SNC

F R

ÉSE

AU

G

RE

EN

BO

ND

S R

EP

OR

T 20

17

31

CA

TEG

OR

Y 1

IN

VE

STM

EN

TS

IN M

AIN

TEN

AN

CE

, M

OD

ER

NIS

ATI

ON

A

ND

EN

ER

GY

E

FF

ICIE

NC

Y P

RO

JEC

TS

OF

THE

RA

IL S

YST

EM

CA

RB

ON

IMPA

CT

OF

THE

RE

NE

WA

L E

XP

EN

SES

FIN

AN

CE

D

BY

GR

EE

N B

ON

DS

CA

RB

ON

IMPA

CT

OF

DE

VE

LOP

ME

NTS

AN

D N

EW

LIN

ES

PR

OJE

CTS

EX

PE

NSE

S FI

NA

NC

ED

BY

TH

E G

RE

EN

BO

ND

S

Trac

ksSw

itch

esTr

actio

n p

ower

su

pp

ly

infr

a-st

ruct

ure

Sig

nalli

ngTu

nnel

s,

brid

ges

an

d

Eart

h-w

orks

TOTA

L

EXPE

NSE

S FI

NA

NC

ED

BY

GRE

EN B

ON

DS

2017

(€M

)98

018

940

215

831,

508

CA

RB

ON

FO

OTP

RIN

T (I

N T

HO

USA

ND

TO

NS

OF

CO

2EQ

)

... A

LLO

CA

TED

TO

EX

PEN

SES

FIN

AN

CED

B

Y TH

E G

REEN

BO

ND

S44

786

482

3865

7

AV

OID

ED

EM

ISSI

ON

S (I

N T

HO

USA

ND

TO

NS

OF

CO

2EQ

)

... A

LLO

CA

TED

TO

EX

PEN

SES

FIN

AN

CED

B

Y TH

E G

REEN

BO

ND

S4,

219

814

183

753

359

6,32

8

CA

RB

ON

IMP

AC

T (F

OO

TPR

INT

- AV

OID

ED

EM

ISSI

ON

S) (

IN T

HO

USA

ND

TO

NS

OF

CO

2EQ

)

... A

LLO

CA

TED

TO

EX

PEN

SES

FIN

AN

CED

B

Y TH

E G

REEN

BO

ND

S–

3,77

2–

728

– 17

9–

671

– 33

2–

5,67

1

AV

ERA

GE

CA

RBO

N

NEU

TRA

LITY

TIM

E

OF

REPA

IR P

ROJE

CTS

4 Y

EA

RS

CA

TEG

OR

Y 2

IN

VE

STM

EN

TS R

ELA

TED

TO

NE

W L

INE

S

AN

D L

INE

EX

TEN

SIO

NS

Est

 2B

PL

SEA

CN

MTO

TAL

EXPE

NSE

S FI

NA

NC

ED

BY

GRE

EN B

ON

DS

2017

(€

M)

614

723

5022

5

CA

RB

ON

FO

OTP

RIN

T (I

N T

HO

USA

ND

TO

NS

OF

CO

2EQ

)

... A

LLO

CA

TED

TO

EX

PEN

SES

FIN

AN

CED

B

Y TH

E G

REEN

BO

ND

S3

585

1480

AV

OID

ED

EM

ISSI

ON

S (I

N T

HO

USA

ND

TO

NS

OF

CO

2EQ

)

... A

LLO

CA

TED

TO

EX

PEN

SES

FIN

AN

CED

B

Y TH

E G

REEN

BO

ND

S2

9930

145

277

CA

RB

ON

IMP

AC

T (F

OO

TPR

INT

– A

VO

IDE

D E

MIS

SIO

NS.

IN T

HO

USA

ND

TO

NS

OF

CO

2EQ

)

... A

LLO

CA

TED

TO

EX

PEN

SES

FIN

AN

CED

B

Y TH

E G

REEN

BO

ND

S0.

7– 

41– 

25– 

131

– 19

7

AV

ERA

GE

CA

RBO

N

NEU

TRA

LITY

TIM

E

OF

NEW

LIN

E PR

OJE

CTS

7.4

YE

AR

S

Det

ails

of

calc

ulat

ions

, ass

ump

tio

ns, e

stim

atio

ns a

nd e

xtra

po

lati

ons

, as

wel

l as

sour

ce d

ata

wit

h th

eir

year

s, a

re a

vaila

ble

in t

he S

NC

F M

etho

do

log

ical

G

uid

e “E

valu

atin

g t

he c

arb

on im

pac

t of

a G

reen

Bon

ds

pro

gra

mm

e d

edic

ated

to

inve

stor

s in

rai

lway

infr

astr

uctu

re”

avai

lab

le a

t w

ww

.snc

f-re

seau

.fr

32

SNC

F R

ÉSE

AU

G

RE

EN

BO

ND

S R

EP

OR

T 20

17

33

GLO

BA

L O

VE

RV

IEW

The

tota

l car

bo

n im

pac

t al

loca

ted

to

ex

pen

ses

finan

ced

by

the

Gre

en B

ond

s 20

16 is

ob

tain

ed b

y ad

din

g:

- th

e ca

rbo

n im

pac

t al

loca

ted

to

ex

pen

ses

finan

ced

by

Gre

en B

ond

s

for

the

rene

wal

pro

ject

s (c

ateg

ory

1);

- th

e ca

rbo

n im

pac

t al

loca

ted

to

exp

ense

s fin

ance

d b

y G

reen

Bo

nds

for

new

rai

l lin

e p

roje

cts

(cat

ego

ry 2

);

Ther

efo

re, i

n to

tal,

the

exp

ense

s

finan

ced

 by

the

Gre

en B

ond

s 20

17

red

uce

the

GH

G e

mis

sio

ns

of

the

tran

spo

rt s

yste

m b

y 5.

9 m

illio

n to

ns e

qui

vale

nt C

O2.

The

carb

on

imp

act

of

the

SNC

F R

ésea

u G

reen

Bo

nds 

2017

is e

qui

vale

nt t

o

the

carb

on

foo

tpri

nt o

f ap

pro

xim

atel

y 12

,000

 Fre

nch

citi

zens

ove

r fo

rty

year

s.

TOTA

L C

AR

BO

N IM

PAC

T O

F TH

E E

XP

EN

SES

FIN

AN

CE

D

BY

GR

EE

N B

ON

DS

AS

ON

31

DE

CE

MB

ER

201

7

REN

EWA

L PR

OJE

CTS

- 5,

671,

700 

T C

O2 E

Q

NEW

RA

IL L

INE

PRO

JEC

TS-

196 ,

900 

T C

O2 E

Q

TOTA

L- 5

,868

,600

 tC

O2e

q

ON

E S

TEP

FU

RTH

ER

All

of

the

do

cum

ents

rel

ated

to

thi

s G

reen

Bo

nds

pro

gra

mm

e

(Gre

en B

ond

s Fr

amew

ork

, Se

cond

Par

ty O

pin

ion,

Clim

ate

Bo

nds

Init

iati

ve c

erti

ficat

ion,

pre

sent

atio

n

of

Gre

en B

ond

inve

sto

rs, e

tc.)

are

avai

lab

le o

n th

e SN

CF

Rés

eau

web

site

, in

the

sec

tio

n “S

RI/

Gre

en B

ond

s”:

sn

cf-r

esea

u.fr

/fr/

fina

nce-

dur

able

All

the

info

rmat

ion

conc

erni

ng

the

SNC

F R

ésea

u C

SR p

olic

y

is a

vaila

ble

on

the

ded

icat

ed p

ages

o

f th

e SN

CF

Rés

eau 

web

site

: sn

cf-r

esea

u.fr

/fr/

a-p

rop

os/

dev

elo

pp

emen

t-d

urab

le

The

SNC

F R

ésea

u re

spo

nsib

le a

ctiv

ity

rep

ort

 (201

7) is

ava

ilab

le a

flip

bo

ok.

sncf

-res

eau.

fr/r

ar-2

017

The

SNC

F R

ésea

u G

reen

Bo

nds

pro

gra

mm

e m

etho

do

log

y

is a

vaila

ble

her

e:

sncf

-res

eau.

fr/f

r/re

sso

urce

s/p

ublic

atio

ns-f

inan

cier

es/m

etho

do

log

ie-

carb

one

-snc

f-re

seau

All

the

CSR

rep

ort

s, in

dic

ato

rs,

and

met

hod

olo

gie

s ca

n b

e

acce

ssed

on

the

ded

icat

ed p

age

“Rep

ort

s an

d in

dic

ato

rs”:

sn

cf-r

esea

u.fr

/fr/

rap

po

rts-

et-in

dic

ateu

rs

34

SNC

F R

ÉSE

AU

G

RE

EN

BO

ND

S R

EP

OR

T 20

17

35

DISCLA

IMER

Th

is d

ocu

men

t is

bei

ng f

urni

shed

to

yo

u so

lely

fo

r yo

ur in

form

atio

n o

n a

conf

iden

tial

bas

is a

nd

may

no

t b

e re

pro

duc

ed, r

edis

trib

uted

or

pas

sed

on,

in w

hole

or

in p

art,

to

any

oth

er p

erso

n.

This

do

cum

ent

do

es n

ot

cons

titu

te o

r fo

rm p

art

of

any

solic

itat

ion,

off

er o

r in

vita

tio

n to

pur

chas

e o

r su

bsc

rib

e fo

r an

y se

curi

ties

issu

ed b

y SN

CF

Rés

eau

and

nei

ther

it n

or

any

par

t o

f it

sha

ll fo

rm t

he b

asis

of,

or

be

relie

d

upo

n in

co

nnec

tio

n w

ith,

any

co

ntra

ct o

r co

mm

itm

ent

wha

tso

ever

. Acc

ord

ing

ly, i

t is

no

t d

irect

ed t

o t

he s

pec

ific

inve

stm

ent

ob

ject

ives

, fin

anci

al s

itua

tio

n o

r p

arti

cula

r ne

eds

of

any

reci

pie

nt.

You

sho

uld

co

nsul

t w

ith

your

o

wn

leg

al, r

egul

ato

ry, t

ax, b

usin

ess,

inve

stm

ent,

fin

anci

al a

nd a

cco

unti

ng a

dvi

sers

to

the

ext

ent

that

yo

u d

eem

it

nec

essa

ry, a

nd m

ake

your

ow

n in

vest

men

t, h

edg

ing

and

tra

din

g d

ecis

ions

(inc

lud

ing

dec

isio

ns r

egar

din

g t

he

suit

abili

ty o

f an

inve

stm

ent

in S

NC

F R

ésea

u se

curi

ties

) b

ased

up

on

your

ow

n ju

dg

men

t an

d a

dvi

ce f

rom

suc

h ad

vise

rs a

s yo

u d

eem

nec

essa

ry a

nd n

ot

upo

n an

y vi

ew e

xpre

ssed

in t

his

do

cum

ent.

No

rep

rese

ntat

ion

or

war

rant

y, e

xpre

ss o

r im

plie

d,

is m

ade

as t

o,

and

no

rel

ianc

e m

ay b

e p

lace

d f

or

any

pur

po

ses

wha

tso

ever

on,

the

fai

rnes

s, a

ccur

acy,

co

mp

lete

ness

or

corr

ectn

ess

of

the

info

rmat

ion

or

op

inio

ns

cont

aine

d h

erei

n. N

one

of

SNC

F R

ésea

u, o

r an

y o

f it

s af

filia

tes,

ad

vise

rs o

r re

pre

sent

ativ

es s

hall

have

any

lia

bili

ty w

hats

oev

er (

in n

eglig

ence

or

oth

erw

ise)

fo

r an

y lo

ss h

ow

soev

er a

risi

ng f

rom

any

use

of

this

do

cum

ent

or

its

co

nten

ts o

r o

ther

wis

e ar

isin

g in

co

nnec

tio

n w

ith

this

do

cum

ent.

Cer

tain

Sta

tem

ents

in t

his

doc

umen

t ar

e fo

rwar

d-lo

okin

g,

incl

udin

g S

tate

men

ts c

once

rnin

g S

NC

F R

ésea

u’s

pla

ns,

obje

ctiv

es, g

oals

, str

ateg

ies,

fut

ure

even

ts, f

utur

e re

venu

es o

r p

erfo

rman

ce, c

apita

l exp

end

iture

s, f

inan

cing

nee

ds,

p

lans

or

inte

ntio

ns re

latin

g t

o ac

qui

sitio

ns, c

omp

etiti

ve s

tren

gth

s an

d w

eakn

esse

s, b

usin

ess

stra

teg

y an

d t

he t

rend

s SN

CF

Rés

eau

antic

ipat

es in

the

ind

ustr

ies

and

the

pol

itica

l and

leg

al e

nviro

nmen

t in

whi

ch it

op

erat

es a

nd o

ther

in

form

atio

n th

at i

s no

t hi

stor

ical

inf

orm

atio

n. B

y th

eir

natu

re,

forw

ard

-look

ing

Sta

tem

ents

inv

olve

inh

eren

t ris

ks

and

unc

erta

intie

s, b

oth

gen

eral

and

sp

ecifi

c, a

nd r

isks

exi

st t

hat

the

pre

dic

tions

, fo

reca

sts,

pro

ject

ions

and

oth

er

forw

ard

-look

ing

Sta

tem

ents

will

not

be

achi

eved

. SN

CF

Rés

eau

doe

s no

t m

ake

any

rep

rese

ntat

ion,

war

rant

y or

p

red

ictio

n th

at t

he r

esul

ts a

ntic

ipat

ed b

y su

ch f

orw

ard

-look

ing

Sta

tem

ents

will

be

achi

eved

, an

d s

uch

forw

ard

- lo

okin

g S

tate

men

ts r

epre

sent

, in

each

cas

e, o

nly

one

of m

any

pos

sib

le s

cena

rios

and

sho

uld

not

be

view

ed a

s th

e m

ost

likel

y or

sta

ndar

d s

cena

rio.

Such

for

war

d-lo

okin

g S

tate

men

ts s

pea

k on

ly a

s of

the

dat

e on

whi

ch t

hey

are

mad

e. A

ny o

pin

ions

exp

ress

ed in

thi

s d

ocum

ent

are

sub

ject

to

chan

ge

with

out

notic

e an

d S

NC

F R

ésea

u d

oes

not

und

erta

ke a

ny o

blig

atio

n to

up

dat

e or

revi

se a

ny fo

rwar

d-lo

okin

g S

tate

men

t, w

heth

er a

s a

resu

lt of

new

info

rmat

ion,

fu

ture

eve

nts

or o

ther

wis

e. N

ot fo

r d

istr

ibut

ion

into

the

Uni

ted

Sta

tes.

In t

he U

nite

d K

ing

dom

, th

is d

ocum

ent

is b

eing

dis

trib

uted

onl

y to

, an

d i

s d

irect

ed a

t (a

) p

erso

ns w

ho h

ave

pro

fess

iona

l exp

erie

nce

in m

atte

rs r

elat

ing

to

inve

stm

ents

falli

ng w

ithin

art

icle

19(

5) o

f the

Fin

anci

al S

ervi

ces

And

M

arke

ts A

ct 2

000

“FSM

A”

(Fin

anci

al P

rom

otio

n) O

rder

200

5 (t

he “

Ord

er”)

or

(b)

hig

h ne

t w

ort

h en

titie

s fa

lling

w

ithin

art

icle

49

of

the

Ord

er,

and

oth

er p

erso

ns t

o w

hom

it

may

be

law

fully

be

com

mun

icat

ed o

r(c)

qua

lifie

d

inve

stor

s as

def

ined

in s

86(7

) of

the

FSM

A (

all s

uch

per

sons

tog

ethe

r b

eing

ref

erre

d t

o as

“R

elev

ant

Pers

ons”

). A

ny p

erso

n w

ho is

not

a R

elev

ant

Pers

on s

houl

d n

ot a

ct o

r re

ly o

n th

is d

ocum

ent

or a

ny o

f its

con

tent

s.

In F

ranc

e, t

his

doc

umen

t w

ill b

e no

t d

istr

ibut

ed o

r ca

used

to

be

dis

trib

uted

and

will

not

be

dis

trib

uted

or

caus

ed

to b

e d

istr

ibut

ed t

o th

e p

ublic

in F

ranc

e, a

nd a

ny d

istr

ibut

ion

of t

his

doc

umen

t ha

ve b

een

and

will

be

mad

e in

Fr

ance

onl

y to

(a)

pro

vid

ers

of i

nves

tmen

t se

rvic

es r

elat

ing

to

por

tfol

io m

anag

emen

t fo

r th

e ac

coun

t of

thi

rd

par

ties,

and

/or

(b)

qua

lifie

d i

nves

tors

(in

vest

isse

urs

qua

lifié

s),

othe

r th

an i

ndiv

idua

ls,

all

as d

efin

ed i

n, a

nd i

n ac

cord

ance

with

, Art

icle

s L.

411-

1, L

.411

-2, a

nd D

.411

-1 t

o D

.411

-3 o

f the

Fre

nch

Cod

e m

onét

aire

et

finan

cier

.

This

doc

umen

t is

an

adve

rtis

emen

t an

d n

ot a

pro

spec

tus

for

the

pur

pos

es o

f ap

plic

able

mea

sure

s im

ple

men

ting

D

irect

ive

2003

/71/

EC (

“Pro

spec

tus

Dire

ctiv

e”).

Nei

ther

thi

s d

ocum

ent

nor

any

cop

y th

ereo

f m

ay b

e ta

ken

or

tran

smitt

ed o

r d

istr

ibut

ed, d

irect

ly o

r in

dire

ctly

, int

o th

e U

nite

d S

tate

s or

to

a U

.S. P

erso

n [a

s d

efin

ed in

Rul

e 90

2 of

R

egul

atio

n S

und

er th

e Se

curit

ies

Act

of 1

933,

as

amen

ded

(the

“Se

curit

ies

Act

”)].

The

dis

trib

utio

n of

this

doc

umen

t in

oth

er ju

risd

ictio

ns m

ay b

e re

stric

ted

by

law

and

per

sons

into

to

who

se p

osse

ssio

n th

is d

ocum

ent

com

es s

houl

d

info

rm t

hem

selv

es a

bou

t, a

nd o

bse

rve

any

such

res

tric

tion.

Any

fai

lure

to

com

ply

with

the

se r

estr

ictio

ns m

ay

cons

titut

e a

viol

atio

n of

the

law

s of

any

suc

h ot

her

juris

dic

tion.

Thi

s d

ocum

ent

doe

s no

t co

nstit

ute

or fo

rm a

par

t of

an

y of

fer

or s

olic

itatio

n to

pur

chas

e or

sub

scrib

e fo

r se

curit

ies

in t

he U

nite

d S

tate

s. S

ecur

ities

may

not

be

offe

red

or

sol

d in

the

Uni

ted

Sta

tes

abse

nt r

egis

trat

ion

or a

n ex

emp

tion

from

reg

istr

atio

n un

der

the

Sec

uriti

es A

ct. N

eith

er

this

doc

umen

t no

r an

y co

py

ther

eof m

ay b

e re

tain

ed b

y yo

u or

rep

rod

uced

, red

istr

ibut

ed o

r p

asse

d o

n, in

who

le o

r in

par

t, t

o an

y ot

her

per

son.

By

atte

ndin

g t

he p

rese

ntat

ion

you

agre

e to

be

bo

und

by

the

fore

go

ing

res

tric

tio

ns.

36

SNC

F R

ÉSE

AU

G

RE

EN

BO

ND

S R

EP

OR

T 20

17

37

SNCF-RESEAU.FR