NATIXIS -2020 Universal Registration Document

7 CAPITAL AND SHARE OWNERSHIP

Distribution of share capital and voting rights

Distribution of share capital 7.1 and voting rights

Following the merger of Banque Fédérale des Banques Populaires (BFBP) and Caisse Nationale des Caisses d’Epargne (CNCE) that resulted in the creation of Groupe BPCE, Natixis has been majority-ownebdy BPCE since August 1, 2009.

Distribution of share capital at December 31, 2020

7.1.1

Share ownership table 7.1.1.1 At December 31, 2020, Natixis’ main shareholders were afsollows:

% capital

% voting rights

BPCE

70.57% 3.08%*

70.66%***

3.08% 2.47% 0.00%

Employee shareholding

o/w employee shareholding within the meaning of Article L.255-102 of the French Commercial Code**

2.46% 0.13%

Treasury shares

Free float

26.22%

26.26%

0.92% held through capital increases reserved for employees (“FCPE Mauve”). * 0.78% held outside of employee savings plans by employees and former employees. 1.38% was held under the BPCE Actions Natixis fund, including holders of Groupe BPCE shares. The shares referred to in Article L.225-102 of the French Commercial Code serve to determine the threshold beyond which a motion shall be made to appoint ** a Director representing the shareholders (applies to shares held directly by employees: FCPE Mauve, shares held under free share allocation plans (Macron Act No. 2015-990), the BPCE Actions Natixis fund including Groupe BPCE shares). The % voting rights takes into account the treasury shares held by Natixis. *** As far as Natixis is aware, at this date no shareholders, other than those listed in the above table, owned more than 5% of the capital or voting rights.

Treasury shares 7.1.1.2 Information relating to the use of the share buyback program communicated to the General Shareholders’ Meeting pursuant to Article L.225-211 of the French Commercial Code: The following information concerns the use of the share buyback program for the period from January 1 to December 31, 2020.

Transactionscarried out as part of the share buyback programwere exclusively intended to stimulate the share market by an investment provider under a liquidity contract in accordance with the Ethics Charter established by the French Financial Markets Association (AMAFI).

The table below summarizes the transactions carried out by the Company in its own shares from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020 and indicates the number of treasury shares held by theCompany:

Number of treasury shares registered in the name of the Company as of 31/12/2019

2,083,199

Number of shares purchased during fiscal year 2020 (a)

53,293,325

Number of shares potentially reallocated to other objectives

0

€2.487

Average price of shares acquired in 2020

Value of shares acquired in 2020 measured at purchase price

€132,557,288

51,361,861

Number of shares sold during fiscal year 2020 (a)

Average price of shares sold in 2020

€2.516

€129,237,474

Value of shares sold in 2020 measured at sale price

Volume of shares actually used to achieve the objective pursued (liquidity contract – purchases + disposals)

104,655,186

€120,000

Total trading expenses (excl. tax)

Number of treasury shares registered in the name of the Company as of 31/12/2020

4,014,663

542

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