NATIXIS // 2021 Universal Registration Document

2 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Management and oversight of corporate governance

This negotiation protocol will be submitted for approval to the General Shareholders' Meeting of March 22, 2022. The corporate officers concerned on the day of the transaction and who did not participate in the deliberationsor take part in the vote in accordance with Article L. 225-40 of the French Commercial Code are as follows: Laurent Mignon, Catherine Halberstadt (permanent V representative of BPCE), Sylvie Garcelon, Dominique Garnier, Philippe Hourdain, Catherine Leblanc, Daniel de Beaurepaire, Dominique Duband and Christophe Pinault. at its meeting of December 13, 2021: the conclusion of a rebilling V agreement relating to the "Schéma Directeur Immobilier" between Natixis, BPCE and Natixis Immo Exploitation (the other Group companies being intended to adhere to the said agreement by way of amendment).This agreement aims to streamline the real estate sites of the BPCE community and Natixis in the Paris region and includes a project to transform working methods. It is specified that it is in the interest of Natixis to join the joint transformation and management program for Groupe BPCE’s real estate sites. This agreement will be submitted for approval at the General Shareholders’ Meeting of March 22, 2022. The common officers who did not take part in the deliberationsor take part in the vote in accordance with Article L.225-40 of the French Commercial Code were: Laurent Mignon (Chairman of the Board of Directors of Natixis V and Chairman of the Management Board of BPCE), Catherine Halberstadt (permanent representative of BPCE on the Natixis Board of Directors and member of the Senior Management Committee of BPCE), and Nicolas Namias (Chief Executive Officer of Natixis and member of the BPCE Management Board); Since the end of the fiscal year 2021 and at its meeting of February 10, 2022, the Board of Directors authorized three new related-party agreements under Article L. 225-38 of the French Commercial Code: the conclusionof two contributionagreements, one between Kimo V (Holding Assurances) and Natixis, the other between Shiva (Holding Payment) and Natixis, and approved all the terms and conditions, particularly financial, provided for in said agreements. It should be noted that these transactions are justified in light of Natixis’ interests, particularly in view of the fairness of the valuation of the Insurance and Payments business lines, it being specified that these transactions complete the movement initiated by the successful creation of the SEF division within the Groupe BPCE, with the Insurance and Payments business lines now reporting directly to BPCE, allowing Natixis to refocus on global business lines by dedicating the necessary resources. These contribution agreementswill be submitted for approval to the General Shareholders' Meeting of March 22, 2022. The corporate officers concerned on the day of the transaction and who did not participate in the deliberationsor take part in the vote in accordance with Article L. 225-40 of the French Commercial Code are as follows: Laurent Mignon (Chairman of the Board of Directors of Natixis V and Chairman of the Management Board of BPCE), Catherine Halberstadt (permanent representativeof BPCE on the Board of Natixis and member of the BPCE Senior Management Committee), Sylvie Garcelon, Dominique Garnier, Philippe Hourdain, Catherine Leblanc, Didier Dousset, DominiqueDuband, Laurent Roubin and Christophe Pinault; the conclusion of a memorandumof understandingrelating to the V transfer of operating resources and employees between BPCE, BPCE Achats, BPCE Services, Albiant-IT, Natixis, Natixis Immo Exploitation and Natixis Payment Solutions and approved all the conditions and terms and conditions, in particular financial terms, of said protocol.

Employment contract and/or services agreement It is specified that no director is bound by an employment contract and/or a service contract with the Company. D – “Regulated” agreements Internal charter In accordance with AMF recommendation No. 2012-05, the Natixis Board of Directors, at its meeting of February 17, 2013, adopted an internal charter of related-party agreements, which was updated, respectively, on December 17, 2014 in order to incorporate the amendments made by Order No. 2014-863 of July 31, 2014, on February 11, 2021 to take into account the provisions of Law No. 2019-486 of May 22, 2019 relating to growth and the transformation of companies known as the “Pacte” and on December 13, 2021. This charter defines the criteria for establishing “related-party agreements” in accordancewith the provisions of Article L.225-38of the French Commercial Code. In particular, it sets out the procedure to be followed, from the notification of the Board of Directors to approval by the General Shareholders’ Meeting, in light of the Statutory Auditors’ special report. During fiscal year 2021, the Board of Directors authorized three new regulated agreements under Article L.225-38 of the French Commercial Code: at its meeting of June 23, 2021: the temporary implementationof V open money market cross-transactions (without maturity date) with the option of early redemptionwith notice between BPCE and Natixis for an amount of approximately €47 billion (i.e. the equivalent of €42.75 billion corresponding to Natixis’ NSFR requirement) for a price of between 5 and 15 bp (with the latter being reviewed every six months depending on market conditions to date). The transaction is justified in the interests of Natixis and Groupe BPCE in order to comply with the prudential requirements relating to the NSFR applicable from June 28, 2021 and pending formal authorization for an exemption from the ECB. This agreement will be submitted for approval at the General Shareholders’Meeting of May 24, 2022. The common officers who did not take part in the deliberationsor take part in the vote in accordance with Article L.225-40 of the French Commercial Code were: Laurent Mignon (Chairman of the Board of Directors of Natixis V and Chairman of the Management Board of BPCE), Catherine Halberstadt (permanent representativeof BPCE on the V Board of Natixis and member of the Senior Management Committee of BPCE) and Nicolas Namias (Chief Executive Officer of Natixis and member of the Management Board of BPCE); at its meeting of September 22, 2021: the conclusion of the V negotiation protocol relating to the transfer of the Insurance and Payments activities by Natixis to BPCE. It is specified that the transaction is justified in view of the interests of Natixis and the BPCE group, particularly in view of the fairness of the valuation of the “Insurance” and “Payments” business lines, it being specified that the proposed project would complete the movement initiated by the successful creation of the SEF division within Groupe BPCE, the insurance business lines. Since Insurance and Payments is now directly attached to BPCE, it is better able to ensure its future development in conjunctionwith its primary customers, which would allow the Company to refocus on its traditional core business lines by dedicating the necessary resources to them. Regulated agreements authorized and declassified in fiscal year 2021

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NATIXIS UNIVERSAL REGISTRATION DOCUMENT 2021

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