NATIXIS // 2021 Universal Registration Document

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Management and oversight of corporate governance

Thanks to the actions it has undertaken, Natixis is now the leading bank in the ranked list of women in SBF 120 governing bodies produced by the State Secretariat for Gender Equality and published in October 2021. It progresses to 10th place. This ranking recognizes the progress and efforts made to increase female presence in the leadership circles to which the members of the Senior Management Committee belong. B – Gender balance in the top 10% of positions with the highest responsibility In accordance with Article L.22-10-10 2° of the French Commercial Code, 30% of women hold positions in the top 10% of positions with the highest responsibility. This corresponds to the top-ranking leadership circle, Global Leaders (equivalent to the top 100) and includes members of the Senior Management Committee and members of the Natixis Executive Committee. The Chief Executive Officer 2.2.3.2 The Chief Executive Officer is responsible for the Natixis’ Senior Management, in accordancewith the Board of Directors’ decision of April 30, 2009 to separate the offices of Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer. On August 3, 2020, Nicolas Namias was appointed as Chief Executive Officer by the Board of Directors with effect as of August 4, 2020, for a period of four years ending with the adjournment of the 2024 Natixis General Shareholders’Meeting held to approve the financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2023. Nicolas Namias therefore became executive officer of Natixis (“dirigeant effectif”, as defined by Articles L.511-13 and L.532-2 of the French Monetary and Financial Code). The Chief Executive Officer may delegate a portion of his powers to any corporate officer of his choosing, with or without the option of substituting one for another. In light of this fact, Natixis has a comprehensive system for assigning and monitoring delegations of power and of signing authority, which encompasses the delegation of Senior Management Authority to members of the Senior Management Committee. Furthermore, each business line and support function has defined and regularly updates its own signing authority rules, in keeping with the fundamental principles laid down by Senior Management. On the Chief Executive Officer’s recommendation, the Board of Directors may appoint one to five Deputy Chief Executive Officers from among the directors or otherwise to assist the Chief Executive Officer. In conjunctionwith the Chief ExecutiveOfficer, the Board of Directors determines the scope and durationof the powers conferredupon the Deputy Chief Executive Officers. They have the same powers with respect to third parties as the Chief Executive Officer. Disclosure of non-conviction The Chief Executive Officer has not been convicted of fraud, filed for bankruptcy, liquidation, receivership or companies put into administration, convicted and/or punished by official or regulatory bodies, disqualified from acting as a member of administrative, management or supervisorybodies of an issuer, or fromacting in the management or conduct of the business of an issuer within at least the previous five years. Conflicts of interest There is no potential conflict of interest between the duties of the Chief Executive Officer towards Natixis and his private interests and/or other duties towards third parties.

In addition, there are no service agreements binding the Chief Executive Officer to Natixis that could confer benefits according to the terms of such an agreement and that might call into question his independence or interfere in his decision-making. Executive officers 2.2.3.3 In accordance with Articles L.511-13 and L.532-2 of the French Monetary and Financial Code, Natixis currently has three executive officers: Nicolas Namias, Chief Executive Officer, Nathalie Bricker, Chief Finance Officer and André-Jean Olivier, General Secretary, the latter having been appointed by the Board of Directors at its meeting of July 7, 2021. As executive officers, Nicolas Namias, Nathalie Bricker and André-Jean Olivier stand surety and assume full liability toward the supervisory authorities, and specifically the French Prudential Supervisory Authority and the European Central Bank (ECB), for the following activities: the bank’s effective management, within the meaning of V Article L.511-13 of the French Monetary and Financial Code; disclosure to the ACPR of any accounting or financial documents V that the ACPR may request, and responses to any questions or requests for information, per Articles L.571-4 to L.571-9 of the same Code; the periodic evaluation and control of the effectiveness of the V mechanisms and procedures set up to comply with the French Ministerial Order of November 3, 2014 on internal control of banking sector businesses (as amended by the Order of February 25, 2021); the determination of capital requirements. V In this context, the executive officers are authorized to request and receive all useful information from any division, department, controlled entity or subsidiary of Natixis. In the event of the absence of the executive corporate officer, the other executive officers will ensure business continuity until the Board of Directorsappoints a new Chief ExecutiveOfficer based on a recommendation by the Appointments Committee. Activities of the Senior 2.2.3.4 Management Committee Following Natixis’ conversion into a joint stock company with a Board of Directors, a Senior Management Committee was set up in early May 2009 in order to examineand validate the Company’smain decisions and steer its management. Barring exceptions, it meets weekly, chaired by the Chief Executive Officer. During fiscal year 2021, it was composedof the heads of the following four areas of activity: Asset & Wealth Management, Retail Banking, Insurance and Payments as well as of the main managers of the functional departments. Except where circumstances prevented them from doing so, the membersof the Senior ManagementCommitteewere present at all meetings in 2021. Representatives from the business lines or different support functions were invited to present projects or policies falling within their departmental remits. Work was finalized on the 2021-2024 strategic plan (BPCE 2024) in 2021 and it was announced on July 8 as part of the presentation of the Groupe BPCE strategic plan.

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NATIXIS UNIVERSAL REGISTRATION DOCUMENT 2021