2020 Universal registration document and annual financial report - BNP PARIBAS 663
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1) Who is the issuer of securities?
I. General information Head office: 16 boulevard des Italiens, 75009 Paris, France
Legal form: BNP PARIBAS is a limited company authorised as a bank under the provisions of the French Monetary and Financial Code (Book V, Title 1) on banking institutions.
Legal identity identifier: R0MUWSFPU8MPRO8K5P83
Law governing its activities: BNP Paribas is a company incorporated under French law and operates in many countries, both in Europe and outside Europe. Many foreign regulations can therefore govern its activities.
Country of origin: France
II. Main activities BNP Paribas, Europe s leading provider of banking and financial services, has four domestic Retail Banking markets in Europe, namely in France, Belgium, Italy and Luxembourg.
It operates in 68 countries and has more than 193,000 employees, including nearly 148,000 in Europe. BNP Paribas holds key positions in its two main businesses:
■ Retail Banking and Services, which includes:
■ Domestic Markets, comprising: - French Retail Banking (FRB), - BNL banca commerciale (BNL bc), Italian retail banking, - Belgian Retail Banking (BRB), - Other Domestic Markets activities including Arval,
BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions, BNP Paribas Personal Investors, Nickel and Luxembourg Retail Banking (LRB);
■ International Financial Services, comprising:
■ Europe-Mediterranean,
■ Bank of the West,
■ Personal Finance,
■ Insurance,
■ Wealth and Asset Management;
■ Corporate and Institutional Banking (CIB):
■ Corporate Banking,
■ Global Markets,
■ Securities Services.
BNP Paribas SA is the parent company of the BNP Paribas Group.
III. Main shareholders as at 31 December 2020 ■ SFPI(1) : 7.7% of share capital;
■ BlackRock Inc. : 6.0% of share capital;
■ Grand-Duché du Luxembourg : 1.0% of share capital.
IV. Identity of key executives ■ Jean LEMIERRE: Chairman of the Board of directors of BNP Paribas;
■ Jean-Laurent BONNAFÉ: Director and Chief Executive of BNP Paribas;
■ Philippe BORDENAVE: Chief Operating Officer of BNP Paribas.
V. Identity of Statutory Auditors ■ Deloitte & Associés was re-appointed as Statutory Auditor at the Annual General Meeting of 24 May 2018 for a six-year period expiring at the close of the Annual General Meeting called in 2024 to approve the financial statements for the year ending 31 December 2023. The firm was first appointed at the Annual General Meeting of 23 May 2006. Deloitte & Associés is represented by Laurence Dubois Deputy: Société BEAS, 6, place de la Pyramide, Paris-La Défense Cedex (92), France, SIREN No. 315 172 445, Nanterre trade and companies register.
■ PricewaterhouseCoopers Audit was re-appointed as Statutory Auditor at the Annual General Meeting of 24 May 2018 for a six-year period expiring at the close of the Annual General Meeting called in 2024 to approve the financial statements for the year ending 31 December 2023. The firm was first appointed at the Annual General Meeting of 26 May 1994. PricewaterhouseCoopers Audit is represented by Patrice Morot. Deputy: Jean-Baptiste Deschryver, 63, rue de Villiers, Neuilly-sur-Seine (92).
■ Mazars was re-appointed as Statutory Auditor at the Annual General Meeting of 24 May 2018 for a six-year period expiring at the close of the Annual General Meeting called in 2024 to approve the financial statements for the year ending 31 December 2023. The firm was first appointed at the Annual General Meeting of 23 May 2000. Mazars is represented by Virginie Chauvin. Deputy: Charles de Boisriou, 28 rue Fernand Forest, Suresnes (92).
Deloitte & Associés, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Mazars are registered as Statutory Auditors with the Versailles Regional Association of Statutory Auditors, under the authority of the French National Accounting Oversight Board (Haut Conseil du Commissariat aux Comptes).
(1) Société Fédérale de Participations et d Investissement: a public-interest limited company (société anonyme) acting on behalf of the Belgian State.
APPENDIX KEY INFORMATION REGARDING THE ISSUER, PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 26.4 OF EUROPEAN REGULATION NO. 2017/1129