2007 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT

7 NRESOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATIONA ppendices – Social chapter< Contents >NRE social indicators – Year ended 31 December 2007 Scope for 200718. Application of the laws of Titre IV Livre IV of the French Employment Code (Incentive plansand profit sharing)See Creating loyalty through a competitive remuneration package under section 7.2 of the Report.At 31 December 2007, the Group’s savings plans for current and former employees held assets of EUR 3.9 billion, includingEUR 3.5 billion in BNP Paribas shares.The geographical breakdown of staff outside France that took up the 2007 employee share issue is as follows: Europe(66%), Asia (18%), North America (6%), South America (4%), Africa (4%), Middle East (2%). Group19. Gender equality in the workplaceSee Promoting diversity under section 7.2 of the Report.53.4% of BNP Paribas employees worldwide are women (based on physical headcount). GroupBNP Paribas SA’s FTE staff in mainland France is composed of 18,089 men and 21,561 women.Following the agreement of 9 April 2004 on gender equality, a new agreement was entered into on 28 July 2006 defi ningthe rules for changes in individual remuneration of employees following maternity or adoption leave.The proportion of female executives continued to rise: 34.2% in 2001; 35.7% in 2002; 36.9% in 2003; 37.7% in 2004;38.8% in 2005; 40.3% in 2006; 41.4% in 2007.Proportion of female employees receiving promotion: 54.7% in 2002; 55.6% in 2003; 55.8% in 2004; 57.1% in 2005;58.1% in 2006; 58% in 2007. SA mainland20. Employee relations and collective bargainingSee High quality employer-employee relations under section 7.2 of the Report.As in previous years, there was constructive dialogue with employee representatives within BNP Paribas in 2007. TheCommission on Employment Law – BNP Paribas SA’s labour negotiation body – met on 21 occasions in 2007 and 9 newagreements were signed with trade unions.21. Health and safetySee Protecting employee health under section 7.2 of the Report which explores the initiatives taken in 2007. Over andabove the initiatives discussed in the Report, other more specifi c actions were taken in 2007:■ Medical assistance to employees that have been victims of attacksIn 2007, 119 employees received medical assistance after an attack. Four of them were referred to mental healthspecialists for further help.■ Training for medical staff and refresher courses for fi rst-aid workersIncreased focus on refresher courses for fi rst-aid workers with two physicians dedicated to helping fi rst-aid workers tomaintain their skills. 118 initial training courses and 347 refresher courses.■ Vaccinations:■ Continued, large-scale vaccination campaign with 2,700 fl u shots;■ Updated vaccination calendar.Continued efforts in cardiovascular prevention in occupational medicine with screening for cardiovascular risk factors(cholesterol, blood pressure, smoking and stress) and out-patient evaluations (at the Broussais Hospital in Paris) foremployees concerned, and screening for cardiovascular impairment in order to plan early treatment (289 blood tests),16 employees hospitalised.840 people contributed to the blood donation drive.■ Programme offered to help employees and their family members give up smoking (Allen Carr method) – 535 peopleregistered in Paris, and seminars planned for Bordeaux, Arras and Dijon.■ Assistance with giving up smoking in Lyons, in conjunction with a regional health centre there (14 people).22. TrainingSee Developing the skills of employees and teams under section 7.2 of the Report.The breakdown of BNP Paribas SA mainland France employees enrolled in training for a professional qualifi cation was asfollows: 291 for the Brevet Professionnel banking diploma, 506 for the BTS banking qualifi cation and 242 for the InstitutTechnique de Banque.In 2007, 15,984 applications for the Right to Individual Training (DIF) were accepted by BNP Paribas SA for 255,500 hoursof training, making the Bank one of the very fi rst companies to use this programme.23. Employment and integration of disabled employeesSee Promoting diversity under section 7.2 of the Report.BNP Paribas strives to develop its outsourcing of certain work to sheltered workshops. Since 1981, it has been workingwith the Institut des Cents Arpents, which is part of the Jean Pinault centre for assistance through work in the suburbs ofOrléans, in central France. The centre now facilitates 107 disabled workers alongside 11 people with serious handicaps inits sheltered accommodation.BNP Paribas has also signifi cantly improved access to its website for sight-impaired people, expanded the range ofsoftware available to employees to include voice synthesis software, and is actively exploring ways to make it easier tocommunicate with its hearing-impaired clients and employees.SA mainlandSA mainlandSA mainlandSA mainland(or France)12345678910112562007 Registration document - BNP PARIBAS