2007 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT

GENERAL INFORMATIONYear ended 31 December 2007 8< Contents >To ensure its compliance with these amended provisions, the Board of Directors’ meeting of 19 February 2008 confirmed the decision taken at itsmeeting of 5 May 2004 approving the defined benefit plan.The terms and conditions and impact of this plan are disclosed in notes 7.b. and 8.d. to the consolidated financial statements of BNP Paribas.3. Agreements and commitments entered into in prior years which remained in force during the yearIn application of article R. 225-30 of the French Commercial Code, we were informed of the following agreements and commitments entered into inprior years, which remained in force during the year.■ Shareholders’ agreement concerning Galeries Lafayette signed with the Moulin family and Motier SAS (approved by the Board of Directors’ meetingof 2 August 2005 and signed on 21 March 2006)On 21 March 2006, Motier SAS, the Moulin family and BNP Paribas signed a shareholders’ agreement under which:■ the parties grant a reciprocal preferential right on Galeries Lafayette shares;■ the parties grant a reciprocal right of transfer on Galeries Lafayette shares;■ appointments to the Supervisory Board of Galeries Lafayette are allocated based on its shareholder structure.■ Shareholders’ agreement concerning LaSer Cofinoga, signed with Cetelem, the Moulin family, Motier SAS, Galeries Lafayette, LaSer and Cofinoga(approved by the Board of Directors’ meeting of 2 August 2005)On 20 September 2005, Motier SAS, the Moulin family, Cetelem, Galeries Lafayette, LaSer, Cofinoga and BNP Paribas signed a shareholders’ agreementwhich set out the following:■ the management of the LaSer group;■ the conditions applicable to the sale of LaSer and Cofinoga shares;■ the commitments of the Moulin family, Motier SAS and Galeries Lafayette;■ the commitments of BNP Paribas and Cetelem towards Cofinoga;■ the conditions for implementing cost synergies between Cetelem, LaSer and Cofinoga.■ Agreement setting out relations with AXA (approved by the Board of Directors’ meeting of 23 November 2005)This agreement, signed on 15 December 2005, replaces the standstill agreement signed on 12 September 2001 and the amendment thereto dated26 October 2004. It sets out the relations of BNP Paribas and AXA groups with a view to adapting them to the framework defined by the plannedmerger of Finaxa into AXA.The agreement provides for the level of shareholdings between two groups to remain stable:■ the AXA group initially undertook not to reduce its interest in BNP Paribas to below 43,412,598 shares, and BNP Paribas initially undertook notto reduce its interest in AXA to below 61,587,465 shares;■ these figures will then be adjusted to take account of securities transactions, in particular bonus share grants, stock splits or reverse stock splits,and capital increases carried out by either BNP Paribas or AXA.In addition, both parties have call options on the other’s shareholdings, which are exercisable in the event of a hostile change in majority control ofeither party’s interest.The new agreement is for an initial term of five years, and is automatically renewable for two years and then for a further period of one year.The agreement was announced by the French financial markets authority (Autorité des Marchés Financiers) on 21 December 2005.■ Guarantees given to directors and senior executivesBNP Paribas SA has taken out insurance policies to cover any financial liability and defence costs of the directors and senior executives of its subsidiariesand branches in the case of proceedings initiated against them that concern the normal exercise of their functions. The principles and conditions ofsaid agreements remained in force in 2007.12345678Neuilly-sur-Seine and Courbevoie, 13 March 2008The Statutory AuditorsDeloitte & Associés PricewaterhouseCoopers Audit Mazars & GuérardPascal Colin Étienne Boris Hervé Hélias910112007 Registration document - BNP PARIBAS 273