NATIXIS - Universal registration document and financial report 2019

7 CAPITAL AND SHARE OWNERSHIP

Information from Article L.225-37-5 of the French Commercial Code

Mauve employee share ownership plan The Mauve plan is reserved for employees of companies included in the scope determined by the Board of Directors, which comprises Natixis S.A. and the subsidiaries and branches of its Asset & Wealth Management, Corporate & Investment Banking, Insurance and Specialized Financial Services divisions (excluding Financial Investments), who are enrolled in the Natixis Employee Savings Plan and in the Natixis International Employee Savings Plan. The scheme is also available to the retirees and pre-retirees of the companies included in this scope. Under the Mauve plan, beneficiaries are able to subscribe for Natixis shares (or for a similar alternative if they are international beneficiaries) on advantageous terms and with the benefit of employer-paid contributions in compliance with the provisions of existing plans within Natixis. Amounts invested in the Mauve plan are locked up for a period of five years, barring cases of early release applicable to employee savings plans in France. This time period may be reduced outside of France based on local legislation and the alternative proposed.

In order to align the interests of Natixis employees with the growth and earnings of Natixis over the long term, the Board of Directors of Natixis agreed to use the authorization granted by the General Shareholders’ Meeting to carry out a capital increase reserved for the employees of Natixis, without their preferential subscription right under the Mauve employee share ownership plan, for the years 2013 to 2016 inclusive and again in 2018. In a resolution dated May 28, 2019, the Combined General Shareholders’ Meeting renewed the authorization granted to the Board of Directors to decide whether to increase share capital, in one or more stages, up to a maximum of fifty (50) million euros, through the issue of shares or securities giving access to share capital reserved for members of employee savings plans. It also established that the delegation of authority to issue shares would remain valid for a period of 26 months from the date of said Meeting, Natixis’ Board of Directors did not use this delegation of authority in 2019.

Information from Article L.225-37-5 7.4 of the French Commercial Code

Article L.225-37-5 of the French Commercial Code requires companies whose securities are admitted for trading on a regulated market to disclose and explain certain information, where said information may have an impact in the event of a public offer.

Natixis’ main shareholder BPCE held 70.64% of the share capital and 70.68% of the voting rights at December 31, 2019. Given its capital structure, Natixis believes that a hostile takeover bid would have very little chance of succeeding.

Key share data at December 31, 2019 7.5

Capital

€5,044,925,571.20

Number of shares

3,153,078,482

Stock market capitalization (reference share price = €3.958)

€12,479,884,631.76

Market

Euronext Paris (compartment A), eligible for deferred settlement

ISIN code

FR0000120685

Reuters code

CNAT. PA

Bloomberg France code

KN FP

Stock market indexes

CAC Next 20, SBF Top 80 EW (SBF80), SBF 120, CAC All-Tradable and Euronext 100

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