2019 Universal registration document and annual financial report - BNP PARIBAS24

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BNP Paribas and its shareholders

SHAREHOLDER LIAISON COMMITTEE

After its formation in 2000, BNP Paribas decided to create a Shareholder Liaison Committee to help the Group improve communications with its retail shareholders. At the Shareholders Meeting that approved the BNP Paribas merger, the Chairman of BNP Paribas initiated the process of appointing members to this committee, which was fully established in late 2000.

Chaired by Jean Lemierre, it includes ten shareholders who are both geographically and socio-professionally representative of the retail shareholder population, along with two employees or former employees. Each member serves a three-year term. When their terms expire, announcements are published in the press and/or in the Group s various financial publications, inviting new candidates to come forward. Any shareholder can become a candidate.

At its last meeting in October 2019, the members of the Liaison Committee were as follows:

■ Mr Jean Lemierre, Chairman;

■ Mr Adrien Besombes, resident of the Indre-et-Loire department;

■ Mr Michel Cassou, resident of the Tarn department;

■ Mr Patrick Cunin, resident of the Essonne department;

■ Ms Anne Doris Dupuy, resident of the Gironde department;

■ Mr Laurent Dupuy, resident of the Alpes-Maritimes department;

■ Mr Jacques Martin, resident of the Alpes Maritimes department;

■ Mr André Peron, resident of the Finistère department;

■ Ms Dyna Peter-Ott, resident of the Bas-Rhin department;

■ Mr Jean-Pierre Riou, resident of the Loire-Atlantique department;

■ Mr Jean-Jacques Rohrer, resident of the Hauts-de-Seine department;

■ Mr Ugo Cuccagna, BNP Paribas employee;

■ Ms Christine Valence, BNP Paribas employee.

In accordance with the committee s Charter i.e. the Internal rules that all committee members have adopted, the committee met twice in 2019, on 29 March and 2 October, in addition to taking part in the Annual General Meeting.

The main topics of discussion included:

■ BNP Paribas capital structure and changes therein, particularly among retail shareholders ;

■ proposals submitted to Cercle des actionnaires members;

■ the draft 2018 Registration document, more particularly, the chapters on Shareholder Relations , Corporate governance and Social and Environmental Responsibility ;

■ quarterly results;

■ initiatives taken in preparation for the Annual General Meeting;

■ the Bank s participation in the Actionaria shareholder fair or the Investor Day;

■ the presentation on Partners in Action for Customer Experience , one of the Bank s digital transformation initiatives that particularly focuses on new customer experiences;

■ the Compliance Function, presented by the Executive Committee member responsible for these issues.

DIVIDEND

At the Annual General Meeting on 19 May 2020, the Board of directors will recommend a dividend of EUR 3.10 per share (up 2.6% compared to 2019). The shares will go ex-dividend on 25 May and the dividend will be paid on 27 May 2020, subject to approval at the Annual General Meeting.

The total amount of the proposed payout is EUR 3,874 million, against EUR 3,774 million paid in 2019.