Harry CASSEUS
Jeremy VIRMAUX
Benjamin GONTHIER-MAURIN
SUMMARY

(Benjamin Gonthier- Maurin part)

INTRODUCTION

BNP Paribas is the largest global banking group in the world, headquartered in Paris with its second global headquarters in London.

The firm is a universal bank split into three strategic business units: "retail banking", "corporate & investment banking", and "investment solutions" (which includes asset management, custodial banking, and real estate services.)

The company is a “Societé Anonyme, which has a quotation at the Euronext named BNP and a quotation at the Pink Sheets name BNPQY.

Its industry concerns the financial services, the firm is a worldwide company and its key people are BAUDOUIN Prot who is the CEO and Michel PEREBEAU who is the Chairman.

The firm has a turnover of €40.19 billion (at the end of 2009), with a profit of €6 billion (at the end of 2009).

BNP Paribas has 201,740 (2009) employees and its website is www.bnpparibas.com.

The subsidiary companies of BNP Paribas are BNP Paribas Real Estate, Cetelem, BMCI, BancWest, BNL, Cortal Consors, BNP Paribas Fortis, BGL BNP Paribas, Ukrsibbank and BICI Afrique.

(Jeremy Virmaux part)

PRESENTATION OF THE BANK

The “Comptoir national d'escompte de Paris » (CNEP), was created in mars 1848, the “Comptoir national d'escompte de Mulhouse » (CNEM), was also created in mars 1848 and the “Banque nationale pour le commerce et l'industrie » (BNCI), was created in 1932.

After the end of World War II, the French State decided to "put banks and credit to work for national reconstruction". René Pleven, then Minister of Finance, launched a massive reorganization of the banking industry. A law passed on 2 December 1945 redefined the regulatory framework governing the industry and decreed the nationalization of the Banque de France and the four leading French retail banks: BNCI, CNEP, Crédit Lyonnais and Société Générale. It went into effect on 1 January 1946.

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