NATIXIS - Universal registration document and financial report 2019

CAPITAL AND SHARE OWNERSHIP Distribution of share capital and voting rights

Distribution of share capital at February 29, 2020 7.2.2

According to the Prospectus Regulation, at February 29, 2020, Natixis’ main shareholders were as follows:

% capital

% voting rights

BPCE

70.64% 2.71%*

70.69%

Employee shareholding

2.72% 0.00%

Treasury shares

0.08%

Free float

26.57%

26.59%

1.08% held through capital increases reserved for employees. * 0.73% held outside of employee savings plans by employees and former employees. 0.90% held under the BPCE Actions Natixis employee share ownership plan, including holders of Groupe BPCE shares. As far as Natixis is aware, at this date no shareholders, other than those listed in the above table, owned more than 5% of share capital or voting rights.

Changes in the shareholder base over the past three years 7.2.3

Natixis

2019

At December 31 (as a percentage)

2018

2017

BPCE

70.64% 2.79% (a)

70.70%

70.99%

2.51% 0.12%

2.32% 0.05%

Employee shareholding

Treasury shares

0.07%

Free float 26.64% Of which 1.10% held through capital increases reserved for employees, 0.74% of which held outside of employee savings plans by employees and former (a) employees and 0.95% of which held under the BPCE Actions Natixis employee share ownership plan, including holders of Groupe BPCE shares. 26.50% 26.67%

Natural or legal persons exercising or potentially exercising 7.2.4 control over Natixis

As the main shareholder of Natixis, BPCE assumes the responsibilities provided for by banking regulations.

The application of the Afep-Medef corporate governance rules and the rules set out for members of the Board of Directors prevent the risk of abusive exercise of control.

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