2020 Universal registration document and annual financial report - BNP PARIBAS 493

6 INFORMATION ON THE PARENT COMPANY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AT 31 DECEMBER 2020

6.1 BNP Paribas SA financial statements 494 Profit and loss account for the year ended 31 December 2020 494 Balance sheet at 31 December 2020 495

Notes to the parent company financial statements 496 Note 1 Summary of significant accounting policies applied by BNP Paribas SA 496

Note 2 Notes to the 2020 profit and loss account 503

Note 3 Notes to the balance sheet at 31 December 2020 506

Note 4 Financing, guarantee and securities commitments 515

Note 5 Salaries and employee benefits 517

Note 6 Additional information 519

6.2 Appropriation of income for the year ended 31 December 2020 and dividend distribution 522

6.3 BNP Paribas SA five-year financial summary 523

6.4 Main subsidiaries and associates of BNP Paribas SA 524

6.5 Disclosures of investments of BNP Paribas SA in 2020 affecting at least 5% of share capital of french companies 531

6.6 Statutory Auditors report on the financial statements 532