Chairman’s foreword “A year 2016 marked „by acceleration in transformation of the business model and clear improvement in profitability. Dear Natixis shareholder, I am pleased to invite you to the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting of your Company to be held on May 23, 2017 at 15:00, in Palais Brongniart – 25, place de la Bourse in Paris. This year, our meeting will be a mixed meeting and twenty-two resolutions will be submitted to your approval. In terms of governance, this meeting will have to approve, for the first time, the principles and terms of implementation of the remuneration policy that will apply to Natixis’ corporate officers for the year 2017. You will find in this document a detailed presentation of all these elements. We will also have the opportunity to go back to the year 2016, marked by the overall profitability of Natixis’ core businesses, enabling our Company to confirm once more this year a dividend distribution policy in favor of shareholders with the proposal for the year 2016 of a payout ratio amounting to 85% of the net earnings. The year 2017 will focus on the preparation of Natixis’ 2018-2020 new strategic plan in an environment marked by the development of digital technologies. As such, the implementation of Internet voting ahead of the 2016 Shareholders’ Meeting met a genuine success among Natixis’ shareholders. As a matter of fact, this scheme was favorable to the shareholders’ democracy as nearly 50% additional votes were cast at the Shareholders’ Meeting compared to 2015. I am glad to be able again to dialogue with you in a spirit of transparency and I invite you therefore to cast your vote by attending in person the Shareholders’ Meeting, by giving proxy, by voting by post or by using Internet voting. On behalf of Natixis’ teams, I thank you anew for your confidence in your Company. François Pérol Chairman of the Board of Directors 3 NATIXIS 2017 MEETING NOTICE
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