NATIXIS // 2021 Universal Registration Document

2 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Management and oversight of corporate governance

c) Reporting obligations In the exceptional event that a Director or the non-voting member conducts a transaction in Natixis securities, they would be required to report this transaction to Natixis and the relevant regulator within the time limits and under the conditions provided for by the regulations in force. This reporting obligation also applies to transactions in Natixis shares that would be carried out by the people who are closely related to them as defined above. Natixis may also ask each director and non-voting member to provide any information in relation to the trading of listed companies’ securities necessary for it to fulfill its reporting obligations to all authorities such as stock market authorities, both in France and abroad. Article 6: Independence and Conflicts of Interest The Appointments Committee examines the situation of each director and non-votingmember with regard to potential conflict of interest when they are first appointed and when their mandate is renewed. All directorsand non-votingmembersendeavor to prevent, for the entire duration of their mandate, any conflict that could arise between their own interests and the interests of Natixis. As such, directors and non-voting members strive to preserve their independence in judgment, decision and action in all circumstances. They shall refrain from being influenced by any factor unrelated to Natixis' corporate interest, which they are taskedwith defendingand avoiding any situation in which their personal interest interferes, or could appear to interfere, with that of Natixis. A conflict of interest is any situation that risks compromising the ability of a director or non-votingmember to make decisions in the best interests of Natixis and to exercise their duties independentolyf: their financial interests; V their personal or professional relationships with holders of V qualifying equity investments within Natixis; their personal or professional relationships with Natixis V employees; any other current or past positions held; V their personal or professional relationships with external V stakeholders. In the event that a director or non-voting member cannot avoid being in one of these situations, they must immediately inform the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or Natixis’ General Secretary if applicable, of any conflict of interest in which they may be involved. The director or non-votingmember must specify if they are directly or indirectly connected and in what capacity, and they must contribute to documenting the conflict of interest. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, or the General Secretary, if applicable, shall conclude whether a conflict of interest exists and ensure compliance with the Related Party Agreements Procedure. If a director or non-voting member finds themselves in a conflict of interest, they must abstain from participating in any discussion within the Board of Directors, or the Special Committee, if applicable, connected to the area of their conflict of interest; in such instances, they must abstain from the Board’s deliberations and votes, and the section of the minutes related to the area of their conflict of interest is not submitted to their approval. Article 7: Information/Training All directors have a duty to learn and to ask, within the appropriate time frame, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, and/or the Special Committees of which they are a member, to provide the information needed for the Board or the Special Committeesto take useful action on the matters on its agenda.

In addition, all directors must receive training by attending, where necessary, the training modules provided by the Company. Article 8: Application of the Code Should a member of Natixis’ Board of Directors no longer be in a position to perform their duties in compliance with the Code, either for their own reasons or for any other reason including those specific to Natixis’ rules, they must notify the Chairmanof the Board of Directors, seek measures to remedy the situation, and, if none are found, suffer the personal consequences with respect to the performance of their duties. Natixis’ Chief ComplianceOfficer is available to each Boardmember for any questions about the Code of Ethics. C – Integrity of directors and conflicts of interest In accordance with Article L.225-37-4 of the French Commercial Code, the list of functions exercised by the corporate officers of Natixis is provided in section 2.1.4 of this chapter. Disclosure of non-conviction To the best of Natixis’ knowledge, none of the members of the Board of Directors or Senior Management has been convicted of fraud, filed for bankruptcy, liquidation or receivership, convicted and/or punished by official or regulatory bodies, disqualified from acting as a member of administrative, management or supervisory bodies of an issuer, or from participating in the management or conduct of the business of an issuer within at least the previous five years. Conflicts of interest Members of the Natixis Board of Directors include BPCE (Natixis’ main shareholder) and employees or individuals holding other jobs within Groupe BPCE, particularly in the Caisse d’Epargne and the Banque Populaire banks. Natixis and its subsidiaries maintain business relations with BPCE and the entities of Groupe BPCE. Furthermore, members of the Natixis Board of Directors include independent directors belonging to third-party groups that can maintain banking or business relations with Natixis or its subsidiaries. To the best of Natixis’ knowledge, these situations do not affect those directors’ independence of judgment, decision, and action. When needed, the Internal Rules of the Board of Directors and the Code of Ethics set out a conflict-of-interestresolution system for all members of the Board of Directors. They also require Board members to notify the Chairman of the Board (or the General Secretary of Natixis) of any conflict of interest and to abstain from participating in the part of the Board or Special CommitteeMeeting addressing the conflict of interest, and from voting on the corresponding resolution. In addition, to the knowledgeof Natixis, there is no potential conflict of interest between the duties of the members of the Board of Directors towards Natixis and their private interests and/or other duties towards third parties. To the best of Natixis’ knowledge, there are no service agreements binding members of the Board of Directors or Senior Management to Natixis that could confer benefits according to the terms of such an agreement and that might by their nature compromise the independence of members or interfere with theidr ecision-making.

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