2018 Registration document and annual fi nancial report - BNP PARIBAS 23

1PRESENTATION OF THE BNP PARIBAS GROUP

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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 fi nancial publications, inviting new candidates to come forward. Any shareholder can become a candidate.

At its last meeting in September 2018, 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 Catherine Drolc, resident of the Hérault department;

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

■ Mr François Ferrus, resident of Paris;

■ 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 Philippe Tassin, BNP Paribas employee;

■ Ms Christine Valence, BNP Paribas employee.

In accordance with the committee s Charter i.e. the Internal r ules that all committee members have adopted, the committee met twice in 2018, on 30 March and 21 September, in addition to taking part in the Annual General Meeting and attending the Actionaria shareholder fair.

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 2017 Registration document and Annual Report;

■ quarterly results;

■ initiatives taken in preparation for the Annual General Meeting;

■ the Bank s participation in the Actionaria shareholder fair. At this event, several Liaison Committee members explained the role played by the committee to people who visited the Group s stand;

■ the BNP Paribas Corporate Engagement programme, presented by the Executive Committee member responsible for this initiative;

■ cyber security, an issue set out by the Head of Risk and a staff member specialising in these matters.

DIVIDEND

At the Annual General Meeting on 23 May 2019, the Board of directors will recommend a dividend of EUR 3.02 per share (almost unchanged on 2018). The shares will go ex-dividend on 29 May and the dividend will be paid on 31 May 2019, subject to approval at the Annual General Meeting.

The total amount of the proposed payout is EUR 3,774 million, against EUR 3,772 million paid in 2018.