NATIXIS -2020 Universal Registration Document

8 GENERAL SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETINGS

Combined General Shareholders’ Meeting of May 28, 2021

Corporate officers interested at the applicable date: Alain Denizot, a member of the Supervisory Board of BPCE and a member of the Board of Directorsof Natixis; Philippe Sueur, a member of the Steering and Supervisory Board of Caisse d’Epargne Ile-de-France and a member of the Board of Directors of Natixis; and Sylvie Garcelon, Chief Executive Officer of Casden Banque Populaire and a member of the Board of Directors of Natixis. This agreement had no financial impact in 2020. Guarantees (CECG), Leasing (Natixis Lease), Factoring (Natixis Factor), Consumer Finance (Natixis Financement) and Securities Services (EuroTitres Department) businesses of its Specialized Financial Services division to BPCE (“Project Smith”) On February 12, 2019, the Board of Directors approved the conditions of Project Smith and authorized the signature of the following agreements: the agreement relating to the sale by Natixis to BPCE of all shares V held by Natixis in CECG, Natixis Lease, Natixis Factor and Natixis Financement (the “Disposal Agreement”); the agreement relating to the sale by Natixis to BPCE of the V EuroTitres goodwill (the “EuroTitres Agreement”); The signing of the Disposal Agreement and the EuroTitres Agreement, which indicates a sale price of €2.7 billion, is in the interests of the Company, given Project Smith’s strategic benefit to Natixis and the fair price. Project Smith has enabled Natixis to improve its strategic growth capacity and achieve, ahead of schedule, its 2020 target CET1 ratio of 11%. It also provides the Company with more strategic flexibility so it can accelerate the implementation of its asset-light model while consolidating its distinctive, high added-value expertise, which is light on capital and low on cost of risk. These agreements were approved by the May 28, 2019 General Shareholders’ Meeting. Corporate officers concerned on the applicable date: Laurent Mignon, Chairmanof the ManagementBoardof BPCEandChairmanof the Board of Directors of Natixis; Catherine Halberstadt, a member of the ManagementBoard of BPCE and permanentrepresentativeof BPCE at Natixis; Bernard Dupouy, a member of the SupervisoryBoard of BPCE and a member of the Board of Directors of Natixis; Thierry Cahn, a memberof the SupervisoryBoardof BPCEanda memberof the Boardof Directorsof Natixis; and FrançoiseLemalle,a memberof the Supervisory Board of BPCE and a member of the Board of DirectorsNoaftixis. Corporate officers interested to the transaction: Alain Condaminas, Chief Executive Officer of Banque Populaire Occitane and a member of the Board of Directors of Natixis; Christophe Pinault, Chairman of the Management Board of Caisse d’Epargne et de Prévoyance Bretagne Pays de Loire and a member of the Board of Directors of Natixis; Sylvie Garcelon, Chief Executive Officer of Casden Banque Populaire and a member of the Board of Directors of Natixis; Philippe Sueur, a member of the Steering and Supervisory Board of Caisse d’Epargne Ile-de-France and a member of the Board of Directors of Natixis; and Nicole Etchegoïnberry, Chairwoman of the Management Board of Caisse d’Epargne Loire-Centreand a member of the Board of Directors of Natixis. These agreements had no financial impact in 2020. Sale by Natixis of the Sureties & 3.

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Compensation agreement between Natixis and Banque Palatine and amendment to the agreement

On February 10, 2016, the Board of Directors authorized the signing of a compensation agreement between Natixis and Banque Palatine designed to offset particular additional costs sustained by Banque Palatine in connection with the transfer of the investment services provided to its clients to Natixis EuroTitres and Caceis, and previously provided by a service provider outside Groupe BPCE. This agreement allows Natixis EuroTitres and Caceis to benefit from additional activity related to services rendered to Banque Palatine clients under the pricing conditions applicable to the services of Groupe BPCE entities. This agreement was approved by the May 24, 2016 General Shareholders’ Meeting. Corporate officers concerned on the day the compensation agreement was signed: BPCE, a Banque Palatine and Natixis director, as represented by V Daniel Karyotis on the Natixis Board of Directors; Michel Grass, Banque Palatine and Natixis director. V The expenses recognized by Natixis in respect of this agreement amounted to €345,000.00 for fiscal year 2020. On February 9, 2017, the Board of Directors authorized the signing of an amendment to the compensationagreementbetweenNatixis and Banque Palatine originally signed on February 10, 2016, designed to offset particular additional costs sustained by Banque Palatine in connection with the transfer of the investment services provided to its clients to Natixis EuroTitres and Caceis, and previously provided by a service provider outside Groupe BPCE. This amendment changed the amount of Natixis’ compensation in order to take into account an additional cost that was not anticipated by the parties when the agreement was signed. The Board of Directors of Natixis considered that the agreement allows Natixis (EuroTitres department) to benefit from additional activity related to services rendered to Banque Palatine clients under the pricing conditions applicable to the services of Groupe BPCE entities. This amendment was rejected by the May 23, 2017 General Shareholders’ Meeting. Corporate officers concerned on the day the amendment to the compensation agreement was signed: BPCE, a Banque Palatine and Natixis director, as represented by V Marguerite Bérard-Andrieu on the Natixis Board of Directors. Sylvie Garcelon, a Banque Palatine and Natixis director. V This amendment to the Banque Palatine compensation agreement had no financial impact in 2020. Memorandum of Understanding 5. and agreements relating to the new partnership agreements between the CNP and BPCE groups At its meeting of August 6, 2013, the Board of Directors gave François Pérol a mandate to set up an insurance division at Natixis, and to enter into negotiations with CNP Assurances in order for the life insurance business generated by the Group to be brought in-house at Natixis Assurances. The negotiations conducted with CNP between October 2013 and July 2014 resulted in the determinationof the fundamentalprinciples for the future partnership between BPCE, Natixis, and CNP, which were authorized by the Board of Directors on July 31, 2014. The discussions with CNP continued, and initially resulted in a master memorandum of agreement between CNP Assurances, BPCE, and Natixis, which was authorized by the Board of Directors

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