2020 Universal registration document and annual financial report - BNP PARIBAS650

8 General information

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Statutory Auditors special report on related party agreements

SECTION VIII

DISSOLUTION

Article 22 Should BNP PARIBAS be dissolved, the shareholders shall determine the form of liquidation, appoint the liquidators at the proposal of the Board of directors and, in general, take on all of the duties of the General Shareholders Meeting of a French Public Limited Company (société anonyme) during the liquidation and until such time as it has been completed.

SECTION IX

DISPUTES

Article 23 Any and all disputes that may arise during the life of BNP PARIBAS or during its liquidation, either between the shareholders themselves or between the shareholders and BNP PARIBAS, pursuant to these Articles of Association, shall be ruled on in accordance with French law and submitted to the courts having jurisdiction.

8.8 Statutory Auditors special report on related party agreements

Deloitte & Associés

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PricewaterhouseCoopers Audit

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Mazars

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Annual General Meeting for the approval of the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2020

This is a free translation into English of the Statutory Auditors special report on related party agreements issued in French and is provided solely for the convenience of English speaking readers. This report should be read in conjunction with, and construed in accordance with, French law and professional auditing standards applicable in France.

To the Shareholders,

BNP Paribas SA

16 boulevard des Italiens

75009 PARIS

In our capacity as Statutory Auditors of BNP Paribas SA, we hereby report to you on related party agreements.

It is our responsibility to report to shareholders, based on the information provided to us, on the main terms and conditions of, as well as the reasons provided for, the agreements that have been disclosed to us or that we may have identified as part of our engagement, without commenting on their relevance or substance or identifying any undisclosed agreements. Under the provisions of article R.225-31 of the French Commercial Code (Code de commerce), it is the responsibility of the shareholders to determine whether the agreements are appropriate and should be approved.

Where applicable, it is also our responsibility to provide shareholders with the information required by article R.225-31 of the French Commercial Code in relation to the implementation during the year of agreements already approved by the Annual General Meeting.

We performed the procedures that we deemed necessary in accordance with professional standards applicable in France to such engagements. These procedures consisted in verifying that the information given to us is consistent with the underlying documents.

AGREEMENTS TO BE SUBMITTED FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING We were not informed of any agreement authorised and entered into during the year to be submitted for approval at the Annual General Meeting in accordance with article L.225-38 of the French Commercial Code.