NATIXIS -2020 Universal Registration Document

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

Other verifications or information provided for by French law and regulations Format of the parent company financial statements intended to be included in the annual financial report In accordance with part III of Article 222-3 of the AMF General Regulation, the management of your Company informed us of its decision to postpone the application of the single electronic reporting format as defined by Commission Delegated Regulation No. 2019/815 of December 17, 2018 for fiscal years beginning on or after January 1, 2021. As a result, this report does not contain any conclusions on compliance with this format in the presentation of the annual financial statements intended to be included in the annual financial report mentioned in I of Article L.451-1-2 of the French Monetary and Financial Code. 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, and on June 16, 1998 in the case of Deloitte & Associés (taking into account the mergers of firms that have occurredsince that date). The appointmentwas previouslyheld by other entities of the Deloitte network for which the full history of appointments cannot be established. As at December 31, 2020, PricewaterhouseCoopersAudit was in its fifth year of appointment without interruption. As of that date, the length of Deloitte & Associés’ uninterrupted appointment was over 20 years, including 15 years since the combination of the IXIS business of the Caisse Nationale des Caisses d’Epargne (CNCE) and the Natexis Banques Populaires business of Banque Fédérale des BanquesPopulaires (BFBP), which on November 17, 2006 resulted in the incorporation of Natixis through the transfer of CNCE’s subsidiary shares and equity investments to the Natexis Banques Populaires entity, which was renamed Natixis. Responsibilities of management and those charged with governance for the parent company financial statements Management is responsible for the preparationand 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.

Specific verifications We have also performed, in accordancewith professional standards applicable in France, the specific verificationsrequired by French law and regulations. Information given in the management report and in the other documents on the financial position and the financial statements provided to shareholders We have no matters to report as to the fair presentation and the consistencywith the financial statementsof the informationgiven in the management report of the Board of Directors and in the other documents on the financial position and the financial statements provided to shareholders. The fair presentation and the consistency with the financial statements of the information relating to payment terms mentioned in Article D.441-6 of the French Commercial Code leads us to make the following observation: as indicated in the management report, this information does not include banking transactions and related transactions, as your Company considers that they do not fall within the scope of information to be reported. Report on corporate governance We certify the existence, in the section of the management report of the Board of Directors devoted to corporate governance, of the information required under Articles L.225-37-4, L.22-10-10 and L.22-10-9 of the French Commercial Code. As regards the information provided in accordance with the requirements of Article L.22-10-9 of the French Commercial Code relating to the remuneration and benefits paid or allocated to corporate officers 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 included in the scope of consolidation. Based on this work, we certify the accuracy and fair presentation of this information. As regards the information relating to elements that your company considered likely to have an impact in the event of a public exchange offer or takeover bid, provided in accordance with the provisions of Article L.22-10-11 of the French Commercial Code, we verified their compliance with the documents from which they were taken and which were provided to us. On the basis of this work, we have no matters to report on this information. Other disclosures In accordance with French law, we have verified that the various information items concerning the purchase of investments and controlling interests and the identity of the shareholdersand holders of the voting rights have been properly disclosed in the management report.

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NATIXIS UNIVERSAL REGISTRATION DOCUMENT 2020