NATIXIS // 2021 Universal Registration Document

2 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Management and oversight of corporate governance

C – Activity of the ESR Committee in 2021 The ESR Committee met twice during the 2021 fiscal year. The attendance rate was 88%. Each director’s individual attendance rate at ESR Committee Meetings is provided in section 2.1.4 of this chapter (see directors’ individual fact sheets).

Within a reasonable amount of time before a CommitteeMeeting, a file containing the items on the agenda is sent to each director via a secure digital platform for review and analysis in preparation for the meeting.

In 2021, the Committee focused on the following areas:

Strategy

General presentation of Natixis’ ESR strategy and organization V Presentation of Natixis’ alignment strategy and its connection with the Group alignment strategy V Preparation of the DPEF (content, data collection methodology), review of non-financial risks to be published V in the URD and review of Natixis non-financial ratings Presentation of the draft TCFD report V

TCFD Report

Other items

Monitoring of employee awareness-raising actions and presentation of KPIs for monitoring the strategic plan V

Senior management 2.2.3 As of February 10, 2022, Senior Management is structured around the Chief Executive Officer, Nicolas Namias, and the Senior Management Committee, whose activities for 2021 are detailed below (see section 2.2.3.4 below). As of February 10, 2022 (1) , the members, alongside the Chief Executive Officer, were as follows: Nathalie Bricker (Chief Financial Officer, executive officer); V Anne-Christine Champion (Co-Head of Corporate & Investment V Banking); Mohamed Kallala (Co-Head of Corporate & Investment Banking); V François Codet (Head of the Insurance division); V André-Jean Olivier (General Secretary, executive officer); V Tim Ryan (Head of the Asset & Wealth Management division); V Véronique Sani (Technology & Transformation Director); V Cécile Tricon-Bossard (Group Human Resources Director); V Pierre-Antoine Vacheron (Head of the Payments division); V Franck Leroy (Chief Risk Officer). V An Executive Committee (Comex), an information body whose activity is detailed below (see section 2.2.3.5below) , brings together, in addition to the members of the Senior Management Committee, the heads of certain core business lines and support functions essential to the running of the Company.

the Board of Directors is described in section 2.2.1.1. C of this chapter. In 2019, the Company signed the United Nations Principles for Gender Equality. By signing the seven principles for the empowerment of women, Natixis is committed to implementing gender equality governance at the highest level of the Company. As part of the 2024 strategic plan, Natixis has set itself targets for increasing diversity in all its leadership circles, with a target of 40%. The rate of representationof women on Natixis’ Senior Management Committee was 36% as of December 31, 2021. Natixis has thus gone from a Senior Management Committee composed exclusively of men six years ago, to a Committee composed today of seven men and four women, each holding strategic positions: the Chief Financial Officer, the Technology & Transformation Director, the Human Resources Director and the Co-Head of Corporate & Investment Banking. Natixis is determined to be exemplary both in terms of significantly increasing the representationof women and as regards the profiles of women who hold thehighest positions in support activities and business lines. This rise of women in governing bodies is the result of a specific action plan initiated several years ago structured around: the setting of quantified targets and monitoring in each business V line; strong competency-based Human Resources and recruitment V processes; succession plans that systematically include female profiles; V blended career development programs. V With regard to the latter, in 2019 Natixis built and implemented the “Women’sSponsorshipProgram” to enable the most talented female employees to benefit, for one year, from the support of a member of the Senior Management Committee or the Executive Committee. The objective is to promote these female talents, increase their visibility and thus actively prepare their access to career opportunities within Natixis. In addition, coaching programs dedicated to women such as “career success for women” have been offered for more than ten years. They enable employees to develop their leadership skills and assert their ambitions every year.

Gender balance within the Senior Management Committee and the top 10% of positions with the highest responsibility

2.2.3.1

A – Gender diversity policy within the Senior Management Committee The balanced representation of women and men on the governing bodies which, within the meaning of Article 7.2 of the Afep-Medef code, include the Board of Directors and the Senior Management Committee, is a key issue for Natixis. The diversity policy applied to

The transfer of the Insurance and Payments business lines to BPCE will be submitted for approval to the General Shareholders' Meeting of March 22, 2022. For more details (1) on the project, please refer to Note [1.2.2] of the notes to the consolidated financial statements in Chapter [5] of this Universal Registration Document.

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