NATIXIS_REGISTRATION_DOCUMENT_2017

7 LEGAL INFORMATION

Statutory Auditors’ special report on related-party agreements and commitments

Statutory Auditors’ special report 7.6  on related-party agreements and commitments

GeneralShareholders'Meetingcalledto approvethe financialstatementsfor the fiscal year endedDecember31, 2017

To the Shareholders, In our capacityas your Company’sStatutoryAuditors,we hereby submit our report on related-party agreements and commitments. We are required to inform you, on the basis of the information providedto us, of the key features,terms and conditionsas well as the reasons justifying the relevance for the Company of the contractual agreements and commitments that have been indicatedto us or that we may have identifiedin the performance of our assignment.It is not our role to comment as to whether they are beneficial, or to ascertain the existence of any other agreements and commitments. It is your responsibility, in accordance with Article R. 225-31 of the French Commercial

Code, to assess the benefits resulting from these agreements and commitmentsprior to their approval. In addition, we are required to inform you, in accordance with Article R. 225-31 of the French Commercial Code, of the execution during the past fiscal year of the agreements and commitments already approved by the General Shareholders’ Meeting. We performed the procedures we considered necessary to comply with the professional code of the CompagnieNationale des Commissairesaux Comptes (France’s National Association of Statutory Auditors) relating to this assignment. Our work consisted in verifying that the information provided to us is consistent with the underlying documents from which it was extracted. Directors concerned at the date on which the agreement was signed: François Pérol, President of the BPCE Management Board, a Chairmanof the NatixisBoardof Directors, Laurent Mignon, Chief Executive Officer of Natixis and a memberof the BPCEManagementBoard, MargueriteBérard-Andrieu,memberof the BPCEManagement a Board and permanentrepresentativeof BPCEat Natixis, Alain Condaminas, member of the BPCE Supervisory Board a and memberof the NatixisBoardof Directors, Thierry Cahn, member of the BPCE Supervisory Board and a memberof the NatixisBoardof Directors, Françoise Lemalle, member of the BPCE Supervisory Board a and memberof the NatixisBoardof Directors,and Stéphanie Paix, member of the BPCE Supervisory Board and a memberof the NatixisBoardof Directors. This agreementhad no financialimpact in 2017.

AGREEMENTS AND COMMITMENTS SUBMITTED FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE GENERAL SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING

Agreements and commitments authorized during the past fiscal year In accordancewith Article L. 225-40 of the French Commercial Code, we were informed of the following agreements and commitmentsapprovedby the Boardof Directors. Enrollment of Natixis in the insurance policy taken out by BPCE with Arial CNP Assurances On August 1, 2017, the Board of Directors authorized the signature of an enrollment rider to the group insurance policy under Article 82 of the French General Tax Code, taken out by BPCE with Arial CNP Assurances for executive officers of Groupe BPCE who do not benefit from the “Pension plan for Groupe BPCE company directors” or the “Natixis pension guarantee”plan. This rider was signedon October17, 2017. This rider indirectlyaffectsLaurentMignonas Chief ExecutiveOfficer.

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