NATIXIS_REGISTRATION_DOCUMENT_2017

FINANCIAL DATA Statutory Auditors’ report on the parent company financial statements

AUDIT OF THE MANAGEMENT REPORT AND OTHER DOCUMENTS ADDRESSED TO SHAREHOLDERS We have also performed, in accordance with applicable professional standards in France, the specific verifications requiredby law. Information disclosed in the management report and in the other documents addressed to shareholders on the financial position and the parent company financial statements We have no matters to report as to the fair presentationand the consistencywith the parent companyfinancialstatementsof the informationgiven in the Board of Directors’managementreport, and in the other documents addressed to shareholders with respectto the financialpositionand the parent companyfinancial statements. Corporate governance information We certify the existence,in the sectionof the Board of Directors’ management report devoted to corporate governance, of the information required under Articles L. 225-37-3 and L. 225-37-4 of the FrenchCommercialCode. As regards the information provided in accordance with the requirements of Article L. 225-37-3 of the French Commercial Code relating to the compensationand benefits received by the directors and any other commitmentsmade in their favor, we have verified the consistency of that information with the financial statements or with the underlying information used to prepare these financial statements and, where applicable, with the information obtained by your Company from companies controllingyour Companyor controlledby it. Based on this work, we certifythe accuracyand fair presentationof this information. Regarding informationon factors that your Company considered likely to be materialin the event of a public takeoveror swap bid, provided pursuant to Article L. 225-37-5 of the French CommercialCode, we verifiedthe consistencyof the information with the sourcedocumentsthat were sent to us. On the basis of our work, we have no matters to report regarding this information. Other information In accordancewith French law, we have verified that the various information items concerning the purchase of investments and controlling interests and the identity of the shareholders and holders of the voting rights have been properly disclosed in the managementreport.

REPORT ON OTHER LEGAL AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS

Appointment of the Statutory Auditors We were appointed Statutory Auditors of Natixis S.A. by the General Shareholders' Meetings held on May 24, 2016 in the case of PricewaterhouseCoopersAudit, on November 17, 2006 in the case of Mazars and on June 16, 1998 in the case of Deloitte & Associés (taking into account the mergers of firms that have occurred since that date). The appointment was previously held by other entities of the Deloitte network for which the full historyof appointmentscannotbe established. As of December31, 2017, PricewaterhouseCoopersAudit was in its second year of appointmentwithout interruptionand Mazars was in its twelfth year. As of that date, the length of Deloitte & Associé's uninterrupted appointment was over 20 years, including 12 years since the combinationof the Ixis business of the Caisse Nationale des Caisses d'Epargne (CNCE) and the Natexis Banques Populaires business of Banque Fédérale des Banques Populaires (BFBP), which on November 17, 2006 resulted in the incorporation of Natixis through the transfer of CNCE's subsidiaryshares and equity investmentsto the Natexis BanquesPopulairesentity,whichwas renamedNatixis. RESPONSIBILITIES OF MANAGEMENT AND THOSE CHARGED WITH GOVERNANCE FOR THE PARENT COMPANY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the parent company financial statements in accordance with French accounting principles and for such internal control as management determines is necessary to enable the preparation of parent company financial statements that are free from material misstatement,whether due to fraud or error. In preparing the parent company financial statements, managementis responsiblefor assessing the Company’sability to continueas a going concern,disclosing,as applicable,matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accountingunless it is expected to liquidate the Company or to ceaseoperations. The Audit Committee is responsiblefor monitoring the financial reporting process and the effectiveness of internal control and risk management systems and, where applicable, the internal audit of proceduresfor preparingand processingaccountingand financialinformation. The parent companyfinancialstatementshave been approvedby the Boardof Directors.

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