Press release July 11, 2018 DNCA Finance appoints a General Counsel Paris, July 11, 2018 - Natixis Investment Managers’ affiliate DNCA Finance, which has more than one hundred and twenty staff across three offices in Paris, Luxembourg and Milan, today announces the appointment of Sébastien Launay as General Counsel. He will be in charge of a team of five staff and will be tasked with managing legal aspects on products and services, distribution and partnerships, contracts, corporate governance, etc., for all companies in the DNCA group i.e. DNCA Finance, DNCA Finance Luxembourg, DNCA Finance Milan and DNCA Courtage. Sébastien is 47 years’ old, and holds a Masters’ degree in Business Law and an MBA. He boasts 21 years’ experience in the Société Générale and BNP Paribas groups and has particularly strong insight into the Asset Management sector. Sébastien began his career in 1997 in the legal department for Structured Products on Equities/Indices/Funds at Société Générale CIB, where he played an active role in setting up and developing Lyxor Asset Management, before joining Société Générale Asset Management. In 2011, he joined BNP Paribas CIB as Head of GECD Legal Structured and Flow Solutions, then took part in setting up the BNP Paribas Asset Management Private Debt and Real Assets Funds. Sébastien Launay was appointed group General Counsel at DNCA in June 2018. Press release July 11, 2018 About DNCA: DNCA is a French asset management company set up in 2000 by wealth-management specialists acting on behalf of private and institutional investors. With a defensive slant, the company seeks to optimize the risk/return ratio on its portfolios. With a team of 122 staff, DNCA has developed expertise in European and international equities (long only and absolute return), diversified fund management, convertible bonds and euro area bonds. In June 2018, DNCA Finance set up a new department to expand its SRI investment expertise. The quality of the company’s investment management, which regularly wins awards from the financial press, has enabled it to enjoy swift growth over the past seventeen years. AUM currently stand at €26.5bn (as at 05/30/2018). About Natixis Investment Managers: Natixis Investment Managers serves financial professionals with more insightful ways to construct portfolios. Powered by the expertise of 26 specialized investment managers globally, we apply Active ThinkingSM to deliver proactive solutions that help clients pursue better outcomes in all markets. Natixis ranks among the world’s largest asset management firms1 with €830.8 billion in assets under management.2 Natixis Investment Managers includes all of the investment management and distribution entities affiliated with Natixis Distribution, L.P. and Natixis Investment Managers S.A. Headquartered in Paris and Boston, Natixis Investment Managers is a subsidiary of Natixis. Listed on the Paris Stock Exchange, Natixis is a subsidiary of BPCE, the second-largest banking group in France. For additional information, please visit the company’s website at im.natixis.com. 1 Cerulli Quantitative Update: Global Markets 2017 ranked Natixis Investment Managers (formerly Natixis Global Asset Management) as the 15th largest asset manager in the world based on assets under management as of December 31, 2016. 2 Net asset value as of December 31, 2017. Assets under management (AUM) may include assets for which non-regulatory AUM services are provided. Non-regulatory AUM includes assets which do not fall within the SEC’s definition of ‘regulatory AUM’ in Form ADV, Part 1. Press contact: Anne de Genouillac Telephone: +33 1 58 62 55 07 E-Mail: [email protected] .