NATIXIS -2020 Universal Registration Document

8 GENERAL SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETINGS

Combined General Shareholders’ Meeting of May 28, 2021

In accordance with legal provisions, the following dividends werdeistributed for the three fiscal years prior to fiscal yea2r020:

Dividend per share (in euros)

Total (in euros)

Number of shares on which a dividend was paid

Fiscal year

2017

3,137,360,238

0.37

1,160,823,288.06

2018

3,150,288,592

0.78

2,457,225,101.76

2019

0

0 (*)

0 (*)

In view of the economic context linked to the Covid-19 epidemic and in line with the recommendations made by the European Central Bank (ECB) on March 27, (*) 2020, the Company’s Combined General Shareholders’ Meeting of May 20, 2020 decided to allocate the entire distributable profit to retained earnings.

To grow and welcome other customersoutside the LBP and BPCE V groups; To be fully compliant with the principles of socially responsible V investment. The proposed merger comes within this framework (it being specified that the activities of LBPAM and Ostrum Asset Management that are not intended to be pooled will have been transferred beforehand by these two entities). Following the merger, Ostrum Asset Management would be owned at 55% by Natixis Investment Managers (a subsidiary of Natixis) and at 45% by Topco (subsidiary of La Banque Postale). The parties have agreed that following the merger, Ostrum Asset Management will retain the name of “Ostrum Asset Management”. This partnership agreement, signed on June 28, 2020, is submitted for approval to the General Shareholders’ Meeting of May 28, 2021. On the day of the transaction, Laurent Mignon, Catherine Halberstadt, Alain Condaminas, Christophe Pinault and François Riahi are interested parties. On December 17, 2020, the Board of Directors authorized the V conclusionof the outsourcingservice agreement betweenNatixis on the one hand, and BPCE-IT/ALBIANT-IT on the other. The purpose of this outsourcing services contract, dated December 18, 2020, is to merge the Infrastructure, Production and Security activities of Natixis (“IPS”) and BPCE IT in order to optimize and improve the quality of the IT services and productionprovided to Natixis. The consolidation of the IT infrastructure, security and applicationproductionactivities of Natixis S.A.’sretail banking sector within BPCE-IT aims to transfer the managementof IT infrastructure, security and application production activities for Retail Banking from the Infrastructure, Production & Security division, known as the “IPS division” to BPCE-IT. This “IPS division” brings together a group of employees and resources dedicated to the continuation of this activity. In order to guarantee the proper functioning of the entity, all of these resources are transferred to BPCE-IT. This operation entails the automatic transfer of employment contracts under the conditions provided for in Article L.1224-1of the French Labor Code for employeesreporting to the “IPS division” of Natixis S.A., as welal s the recovery of certain contracts with service providers of the “IPS division”. This merger and all of these transactions have been effective since January 1, 2021. This agreement is subject to the approval of the General Shareholders’ Meeting of May 28, 2021. As Natixis, BPCE IT and ALBIANT IT have a common executive officer in the person of Nicole Etchegoïnberry , this outsourcing services contract constitutes a related-party agreement within the meaning of Article L.225-38 of the French Commercial Code. The Company has published information releases on its website ( www.natixis.com ) presenting the main terms of these agreements.

Statutory Auditors’ special report on the agreements referred to in Article L.225-38 of the French Commercial Code (4 th resolution) The purpose of the fourth resolution is to approve the Statutory Auditors’ special report on the related-partyagreementsreferred to in Articles L.225-38 et seq. of the French Commercial Code. It should be noted that in the context of a company’s business, agreements may be concluded directly or indirectly between it and another company with which it has common executive officers, or even between the company and its executive officers or with a shareholder holding more than 10% of the capital. To prevent potential conflicts of interest, these agreements are subject to prior authorizationby the Board of Directors, and must be approvedby the General Shareholders’ Meeting, after the presentation of the Statutory Auditors’ special report, which is the subject of the fourth resolution. The Statutory Auditors’ special report presents the agreements authorized by Natixis’ Board of Directors during the fiscal year 2020. For information, this report also includes the agreements entered into prior to fiscal year 2020 and still effective during fiscal year 2020, which do not need to be re-approved by the General Shareholders’ Meeting (see Chapter 8 section 8.2.4 of the Natixis 2020 Universal Registration Document). Agreements authorized by your Board of Directors during fiscal year 2020: On June 23, 2020, the Board of Directors authorized the signature V of a partnership agreement between Natixis Investment Managers, Ostrum Asset Management, Topco, La Banque Postale Asset Management (“LBPAM”), in the presence of Natixis, BPCE and La Banque Postale (“LBP”). The purpose of this agreement is to formalizea partnershipaimed at creating a leading European player in asset management by combining, within Ostrum Asset Management, the activities and expertise of euro rate and credit management, as well as the insurance management of Ostrum Asset Management and La Banque Postale Asset Management. The agreement aims to combine, within Ostrum Asset Management, the core euro rate management activities and expertise, as well as the insurance management of Ostrum Asset Management and LBPAM. Following the merger, Ostrum Asset Management will also have a technologicaland operational platformcapable of meeting the needs of Ostrum Asset Management as well as providing services to certain affiliates of Natixis InvestmentManagersand LBP and to any third-party customers. This platform will have the following objectives: To offer insurance management at a competitive price and a V service to the best market standards; To offer its corporateclients core euro rate managementwith the V highest standards of operational efficiency to operate at a lower cost;

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