Annual Report • Apr 17, 2023
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Including the Annual Financial Report and the Integrated Report

| 1.1 | Integrated Report | 6 |
|---|---|---|
| 1.2 | Organisational structure of the Group as at 31 December 2022 |
42 |
| 1.3 | Legal structure | 46 |
| 1.4 | Company history | 47 |
| Preamble | 52 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2.1 | The Board of Directors and its Committees |
53 |
| 2.2 | Individual overview of the Directors and the Non-Voting Member |
76 |
| 2.3 | Senior executives and company officers and Group management |
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| bodies | 92 | |
| 2.4 | Compensation | 102 |
| 3.1 | Ambition | 147 |
|---|---|---|
| 3.2 | Acting as a responsible financial institution |
148 |
| 3.3 | Keeping the promise to clients | 170 |
| 3.4 | Acting as a responsible employer | 176 |
| 3.5 | Acting as an environmentally responsible citizen |
188 |
| 3.6 | Duty of vigilance and respect for human rights |
193 |
| 3.7 | Charters and practices to which we are committed |
194 |
| 3.8 | Methodology and indicators | 196 |
| 4.1 | Framework for preparing the consolidated financial |
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|---|---|---|
| statements | 204 | |
| 4.2 | Market context in 2022 | 204 |
| 4.3 | Activity and consolidated results of Amundi for 2022 |
209 |
| 4.4 | Balance sheet and financial structure | 216 |
| 4.5 | Stock market data | 221 |
| 4.6 | Other information | 231 |
| 4.7 | Recent events and outlook | 231 |
| 4.8 | Analysis of the results | |
| of Amundi (parent company) | 232 | |
| 4.9 | Information on payment periods for suppliers and clients |
233 |
| 5.1 | Risk culture (audited) | 236 |
|---|---|---|
| 5.2 | Risk factors (audited) | 236 |
| 5.3 | Risk management system | 245 |
| 5.4 | Solvency and capital adequacy | 257 |
| 5.5 | Key performance indicators/risk profile |
259 |
| CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE AMUNDI GROUP FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022 |
261 | |
| 6.1 | General framework | 262 |
6.2 Consolidated financial statements 263 6.3 Notes to the consolidated financial statements 269 6.4 Statutory auditors' report on the consolidated financial
statements 322
| 7.1 | Annual financial statements | 328 |
|---|---|---|
| 7.2 | Notes to the annual financial statements |
330 |
| 7.3 | Statutory auditors' report on the financial statements |
363 |
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| 8.1 | Memorandum and Articles of Association |
368 |
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| 8.2 | Rules of Procedure of the Board of Directors |
373 |
| 8.3 | Regulatory environment | 378 |
| 8.4 | Information regarding the parent company |
386 |
| 8.5 | Statutory auditors' report on related party agreements |
387 |
| 8.6 | Person responsible for the Universal Registration Document |
389 |
| 8.7 | Glossary | 389 |
| 8.8 | Cross-reference tables | 393 |


Universal Registration Document
2022
INCLUDING THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT AND THE INTEGRATED REPORT

This Universal Registration Document has been filed on 7 April 2023 with the AMF, as competent authority under Regulation (EU) 2017/1129, without prior approval pursuant to Article 9 of the said regulation. The Universal Registration Document may be used for the purposes of an offer to the public of securities or admission of securities to trading on a regulated market if completed by a securities note and, if applicable, a summary and any amendments to the Universal Registration Document. The whole is approved by the AMF in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/1129.
This Universal Registration Document is a free translation into English of the official version of the Universal Registration Document which has been prepared in French and in ESEF format (European Single Electronic Format) and which includes the Annual Financial Report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 and is available on Amundi's website.

| 1.1 | INTEGRATED REPORT | 6 |
|---|---|---|
| 1.2 | ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE GROUP AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2022 |
42 |
| 1.2.1 | Organised around two client segments |
42 |
| 1.2.2 | A comprehensive and effective range of products and services |
44 |
| 1.3 | LEGAL STRUCTURE | 46 |
| 1.4 | COMPANY HISTORY | 47 |

Trust cannot be taken for granted, it must be earned every day by delivering concrete results. This is the guiding principle we have embodied since 2010, and which has led us to develop savings and investment solutions that meet our clients' expectations. We offer all our clients, whether they are banking networks, third-party distributors, Institutional investors or Corporates, a full range of investment solutions thanks to our six investment platforms operating across all financial markets.
Together with our 5,400 employees based in 35 countries, we believe that our relationship with clients should be based on trust. We provide them with support on a daily basis to build a lasting relationship based on sound advice, long-term performance and a commitment to social responsibility. Our advice to clients is underpinned by our unique research capabilities, our proven track record in asset management, as well as our high standards of service and technological tools.
Responsible investment is one of Amundi's cornerstones. We have always believed that companies and financial actors have a responsibility in tackling today's major challenges, especially regarding the environmental transition and social inclusion. We believe that taking into account the general interest makes it possible to create value on the long term. That is why we integrate both financial and non-financial analysis into our investment decisions.
(1) See glossary.
I n the increasingly challenging market environment of 2022, Amundi once again demonstrated that its strategy is relevant and its business model robust. Whereas the European market for open-ended funds was in decline, Amundi's net inflows were positive, driven by mid- to long-term assets subscribed by Retail clients. Business was also brisk on the passive investment segment, which was further strengthened by the acquisition of Lyxor.
Results continued to maintain a high level, thanks to strong business combined with excellent cost control. Costs were reduced by 1.1% on a like-for-like basis, while
the cost/income ratio remained at the industry's highest standards. Amundi's financials are extremely solid, and the Group's A+ rating with a stable outlook – the best in its sector – has been confirmed by Fitch Ratings.
In consideration of these various elements, the Board of Directors is submitting to the Annual General Meeting a proposed dividend of 4.10 euros per share, a cash value identical to that distributed in 2021. This dividend corresponds to a pay-out ratio of 75% of net income, Group share. (1)
In June 2022, Amundi presented its strategic plan. Consistent with Crédit Agricole Group's "Ambitions 2025" plan, it aims to further enhance Amundi's development and continue diversifying the Group's activities, in particular through Amundi Technology, a division launched at the end of 2020, while further affirming the company's commitment as a responsible investor.
At the end of the Annual General Meeting, to be held on 12 May 2023, Philippe Brassac, Chief Executive Officer of Crédit Agricole S.A., will replace me as Chair of the Board of Directors at Amundi. I would like to thank Amundi's employees, whose commitment has made it the European leader in asset management, our clients, and our shareholders – Crédit Agricole first among them – for their unflagging trust and support. I am confident that with Valérie Baudson at the helm and the support of Philippe Brassac and the Crédit Agricole Group, the company will continue its growth journey.
"In 2022, Amundi once again demonstrated that its strategy is relevant and its business model robust."
YVES PERRIER CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
(1) The dividend pay-out ratio is calculated on the basis of the adjusted net income, Group share (€1,074m), and excluding the integration costs related to Lyxor (-€46m after tax).
"Amundi leveraged the resilience of its diversified business model and continued preparing for the future, in the interest of its clients and society."
I n a market context of renewed volatility associated with the irruption of war in Europe and strong inflationary pressures, Amundi leveraged the resilience of its diversified business model and continued preparing for the future, in the interest of its clients and society. This included implementing "Ambitions 2025" strategic plan, with concrete achievement of several key milestones.
Although the market for open-ended funds closed out the year with net outflows, Amundi remained in positive territory, with inflows of 7 billion euros on the most dynamic segments of the industry, thanks to its strong investment performance and its well-tailored offering. The Group also successfully controlled costs, resulting in adjusted (2) net income of 1.2 billion euros for 2022.
Amundi also showed considerable agility as it continued to adapt and grow in line with the "Ambitions 2025" plan.
The Group has further built on its historical strengths. Assets under management in real assets gained 8% in 2022. Inflows to the passive management business stood at 14 billion euros. The business line was the beneficiary of early commercial synergies with Lyxor, whose integration has progressed ahead of schedule. This strongly value accretive acquisition will help Amundi accelerate its expansion in the flourishing ETF business, where it is the European leader.
The Group also made strides in its new business lines. Amundi Technology's revenues jumped 35% in 2022. The Services department is growing rapidly thanks to the deployment of Fund Channel,
its fund distribution platform. These achievements confirm our ambition to become a leading technology and service provider covering the entire savings value chain.
Amundi continued to expand internationally in 2022, particularly in Asia, where the firm's assets under management rose to 378 billion euros.
Last but not least – as a company committed from its inception to promoting more sustainable finance – Amundi launched solutions with a Net Zero objective while continuing to move further and faster along the path of responsible investment.
Amundi's diversified business model has proved itself yet again. The Group, whose raison d'être (3) is to work every day in the interest of its clients and society, looks to the future with confidence and with a single overarching ambition: continuing its trajectory of sustainable, profitable growth.
(2) Adjusted data, excludes amortisation of intangible assets, Lyxor integration costs and, for 2021, the impact of Affrancamento. (3) See glossary.
A complete range of active and passive management in traditional and real assets
THE no.1 EUROPEAN ASSET MANAGER IN THE GLOBAL TOP 10 (1)
THE largest MARKET CAPITALISATION IN EUROPE (2)
€1,904bn
ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT (3)
RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT (3)

(1) Source: IPE "Top 500 Asset Managers" published in June2022, based on assets under management as at 31/12/2021.
(2) Among traditional asset managers – Source: Refinitiv, December 2022.
(3) Amundi data as at 31/12/2022.
(4) Assets under management include assets advised and marketed and take into account 100% of assets and inflows from Asian joint ventures. For Wafa in Morocco, assets are reported on a proportional consolidation basis.
AMSTERDAM BANGKOK BARCELONA BEIJING BOSTON BRATISLAVA BRUSSELS BUCHAREST BUDAPEST CASABLANCA DUBAI DUBLIN DURHAM FRANKFURT GENEVA HELSINKI HONG KONG KUALA LUMPUR LONDON LUXEMBOURG MADRID MEXICO CITY MIAMI MILAN MONTREAL MUMBAI MUNICH PARIS PRAGUE SANTIAGO SEOUL SHANGHAI SINGAPORE SOFIA STOCKHOLM TAIPEI TOKYO TORONTO VIENNA WARSAW YEREVAN ZURICH
35 COUNTRIES


In 2022, Amundi saw positive net flows and recorded a high level of profitability in a challenging market environment. The Lyxor integration was completed in less than nine months, allowing the first synergies to be achieved more quickly than expected. Financial strength has been further improved and the proposed dividend is stable compared with the previous year.

ACTIVITY
+€7bn NET INFLOWS
€1,904bn ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT
"In a global asset management market that recorded significant outflows in 2022, Amundi posted positive inflows (+€7bn), particularly in the most buoyant segments such as Retail (+€10bn) and medium- and long-term assets (+€8bn). Our profitability also remained high, with adjusted net income, Group share of €1.2bn, virtually stable compared with 2021 when excluding the exceptional level of performance fees that year. The growth drivers identified in our 'Ambitions 2025' Medium-Term Plan performed well, from real assets, passive management and responsible investment to our technology and service offerings. Finally, the rapid and successful integration of Lyxor once again illustrates the Group's ability to carry out value-accretive acquisitions."
DEPUTY CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER HEAD OF STRATEGY, FINANCE AND CONTROL DIVISION
€1.2bn ADJUSTED NET INCOME, GROUP SHARE (1)
53.3% ADJUSTED COST/INCOME RATIO (1)
€800bn RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT
18,275 RATED ISSUERS
A dedicated department working in close collaboration with the management teams to serve clients' needs.
In 2022, as was the case across the industry, Amundi's share price faced a challenging environment and aversion to risky assets. It ended the year at €53, down 26.9% from the end of 2021, in line with its peers. This is the result of two phases: a drop from January to early October followed by a rebound against the backdrop of a slower pace of interest rate rises and an easing of recession fears.

The dividend for fiscal year 2022 amounts to

per share, unchanged compared with 2021. This translates into a distribution rate of 75% of net income, Group share and a yield of 7.7%, (2) among the most attractive of the sector.
€10.8bn as at 30/12/2022, the last trading day of the year. Amundi's market capitalisation remains the largest in Europe among listed asset managers (source: Refinitiv, December 2022).
Comparison with the SBF 120 index (recalculated on the basis of the share price)

(1) Adjusted data: exclude the amortisation of the intangible assets, the integration costs related to Lyxor and, for 2021, the impact of Affrancamento. (2) Based on the share price at 30/12/2022 (€53).
Data as at 31/12/2022.
With rapid and profound changes at play in the asset management industry, it is essential to develop a long-term vision of environmental and societal issues, while addressing short-term socio-economic challenges. Our business is influenced by five macro-trends: uncertain global economic growth, the environmental emergency, the transformation of uses linked to new and digital technologies, increased competition to retain talent and stronger regulatory and transparency requirements. Our strategic plan addresses these common challenges and ensures that they are transformed into long-term opportunities for all our stakeholders.

"The pandemic and the war in Ukraine have accelerated the transition to a new macro-financial regime, characterised by higher, persistent inflation, high debt, a new policy mix, a decline in world trade, a new role for China and new challenges for Europe in its search for greater strategic independence. This transition has profound implications for the asset management industry, which is facing a more unstable world in which geopolitical balances are being reassessed. Another feature of this new regime includes increased volatility in currencies and bonds, with the end of very cheap money. The priority for investors will be to hedge against inflation while seeking value across a wide range of asset classes, with a focus on real returns and energy transition opportunities."
VINCENT MORTIER CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER
After a turbulent 2022, risks will remain manifold, ranging from geopolitical tensions to persistent inflation. Regional divergences are expected to intensify depending on the monetary and fiscal policies adopted and global growth is expected to decelerate in the short term. Companies are reallocating assets across regions to secure their value chains and countries are reinvesting in certain industries to strengthen their strategic autonomy. The pandemic and geopolitical tensions have emerged as accelerators, making economic cycles shorter and more volatile.
In the medium term, several underlying trends will continue to drive the growth of asset management: the shortage of retirement savings solutions for an ageing population – by 2030, there will be more than one billion people over 65, i.e. 12% of the world's population (1) – a significant amount of savings accumulated in households' current accounts, the need to finance the energy transition, the rise of a middle class in Asia, an increased appetite for digital savings solutions, particularly among the younger generations and finally the growing importance of tailored advice in a context of higher inflation.
(1) Source: World Population Prospects 2022, United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.
Climate transition and adaptation risks, which test the resilience of our growth models, have become a priority for financial institutions. If we are to meet the target reiterated at COP26 to limit global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, annual investments in clean energy projects and infrastructure would need to amount to nearly USD 4 trillion by 2030 according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).
The private sector, and in particular the financial sector, which can direct capital towards sustainable investments, will have to play its part. In addition to the climate, biodiversity and natural resources management are the next challenges
that we must address collectively, because they have a major impact on our entire food chain and therefore on the preservation of a fair and sustainable social model.
Business models, especially in the finance industry, must adapt to the development of cognitive computing, large volumes of data to be exploited, the ramping up of platforms allowing disintermediated management, as well as continuous and direct access to unregulated and uncontrolled information. With clients demanding more complex and tailored solutions, asset management companies need to invest in agile, client-focused technology. Today, we are no longer talking about a rapidly changing environment, but rather a total paradigm shift, opening up new opportunities. The protection of data, identities, infrastructures and flows also remains one of the main IT challenges for asset managers.
In an international and highly competitive context, with employees demanding greater flexibility, having a wide diversity of complementary talents and giving meaning to work are essential assets for recruiting and retaining the best talents with the skills required for the jobs of tomorrow in the financial, technological and digital professions.
Regulatory requirements – UCITS, AIFM, MiFID2, the fifth LCB-FT Directive, MAD2, EMIR, PRIIPs, French Financial and Monetary Code, AMF General Regulation and Instructions, FCPA and FATCA laws, OFAC, Dodd Frank Act, the Green Deal for Europe, the EU taxonomy, the SFDR regulation, and so on – are being bolstered every year to provide more transparency in terms of environmental and social responsibility in financial products. Asset managers must adapt their offering, information systems and organisation to best serve their clients in a more demanding regulatory environment.

"Technology is fundamentally reshaping the investment industry landscape and the relationship between asset managers and distributors. I firmly believe that by placing technology at the centre of their value proposition and harnessing data from multiple sources at every stage of the investment value chain, asset managers will dramatically improve the client experience and thus gain a competitive edge."
GUILLAUME LESAGE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

By leveraging its diversified and resilient business model along with its broad range of investment solutions and technology services, Amundi's strategic plan for 2025 aims to capture the strong organic growth potential resulting from the changes underway in the investment and savings industry. The plan also considers the possibility of acquisitions to accelerate our development, thereby continuing to create value for all our stakeholders

"Amundi aims to enhance its global leadership in asset management. We will strengthen our organic growth worldwide thanks to our diversified asset management expertise, and to our emerging technology and services capabilities. We will seize acquisition opportunities to build on our strong consolidation track record and accelerate our development. Our 2025 strategic plan will result in attractive shareholder returns, both in terms of pay-out ratio commitment and ability to generate €2bn excess capital over the period."
VALÉRIE BAUDSON CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
1. STRENGTHEN
our leadership in asset management
in responsible investment
3. BECOME a first-class provider of technology and services across the entire savings value chain
4. PURSUE value-creative M&A
This plan builds on our differentiating strengths in a competitive and uncertain environment in order to meet the needs of our stakeholders.

(1) Relative to 2021 adjusted net income, Group share (excluding amortisation of intangible assets, Lyxor-related integration costs and Affrancamento effect) of €1,158m (normalised to exclude the exceptional level of performance fees in 2021 compared with the average 2017-2020 level). Assuming neutral market conditions in 2025 compared with the average in 2021. (2) After full realisation of Lyxor-related cost synergies.
Third-party distributors: be in the top 5 of strategic partners by building customised relationships.
Partner networks: propose tailormade solutions and set up new partnerships.
Institutional clients: grow our assets with a focus on responsible investment, bespoke solutions, passive management and Asian markets.
Active management: capitalise on our comprehensive range of expertise and solid performance, under a robust and centralised risk framework.
Passive management: build the European leader by increasing client coverage, retail penetration and responsible investment offer. Real assets: increase our footprint by making this asset class more accessible to Retail clients and by expanding further across Europe.
Europe: enhance our leadership with continued growth potential across the region.
United States: consolidate our presence in our high-performing investment hub.
Asia: become a reference player in this fast-growing region.
• Continue to strengthen our responsible investment offering across all our products and services, including the creation of a broad range aligned with the Net Zero Ambition trajectory.
• Set internal remuneration and governance objectives in line with our external commitments.

Overview of Amundi Integrated Report
1
BECOME a first-class provider of technology and services across the entire savings value chain
• Grow Amundi Technology's revenues.
• Capture new distribution trends with Fund Channel.
• Explore opportunities to enhance distribution (new partners, markets, geographical areas), strengthen our expertise and accelerate the deployment of technology and services.
• Meet our strict financial criteria: >10% return on investment within three years.
€400bn Assets under management with
third-party distributors
50% Growth in our passive assets
Assets under management in Asia
€150m Revenue generated by Amundi Technology

Aligned with our raison d'être, (1) our business model has been built since 2010 on our core businesses: asset management and responsible investment. It is evolving to adapt to new needs, especially technology and advisory services, and to continue to create sustainable value for all our stakeholders.

Retail clients and partner networks Institutional clients Third-party distributors
Active management Passive management Traditional and real assets Responsible investment Advisory and support services Technology
ALTO*(2): cutting-edge proprietary back-to-front portfolio management tools
5,400 employees Upholding our values: courage, team spirit, entrepreneurship, solidarity
Presence in Europe, Asia and the United States
Six international investment hubs (Boston, Dublin, London, Milan, Paris and
Tokyo)
assets under management Fitch Ratings: A+ with
stable outlook A solid balance sheet and a stable shareholder base: 69.2% of the capital held by the Crédit Agricole Group
Dedicated sales and marketing teams for each client segment
A department dedicated to responsible investment
Integrated active, passive and real asset management platforms
Centralised IT platform, support services and risk control

Solid organic growth Dividend pay-out ratio of 75% of net income, Group share (7)

(1) See glossary.
(2) Amundi Leading Technologies & Operations.
(6) Convention Industrielle de Formation par la REcherche (Industrial research agreement). (7) The dividend pay-out ratio is calculated on the basis of adjusted net income, Group share (€1,074m), excluding Lyxor integration costs
(-€46m after tax).
(8) Taxes and social security contributions.
Data as at 31/12/2022.
(3) Source: Morningstar Direct, Broadridge FundFile - open-ended funds and ETFs, global fund scope, over 5 years, December 2022. Share of funds in quartiles 1 and 2 expressed as a percentage of the assets under management of these funds in relation to the total of Amundi's open-ended funds ranked by Morningstar.

"In a more and more demanding environment, our networks need to be able to rely on a trusted partner that can o er them a full range of products, services and tools for each client segment. These partners have to answer the ever-growing need for digital and responsible investment solutions from fi nal clients, as well as to address their new needs for advice and support."
HEAD OF THE INTERNATIONAL PARTNER NETWORKS DIVISION

"In France, savers are particularly concerned about major environmental and societal challenges. Alongside our partner networks, we o er a complete range of Amundi solutions as well as digital tools and support services close to the networks. Our priority is to meet the expectations and preferences of all investors, regardless of their profi le."
BENOÎT TASSOU HEAD OF THE FRENCH PARTNER NETWORKS DIVISION
investment environment.
Our business lines are evolving to provide all our clients, whatever their profile, with an ever-richer offer of advice and services to support them in a rapidly changing
A RANGE OF EXPERTISE
DEDICATED TO SERVICING
THE SAVINGS VALUE CHAIN
A responsible investment approach at the heart of our investment strategies, and services and tools that respond to major savings challenges
A comprehensive range of investment and savings solutions built from all asset classes and in all investment styles
Advisory and technology services across the entire savings value chain

to understand the economic and fi nancial environment and appreciate societal and environmental challenges

"Amundi is well positioned to help third-party distributors tackle the major challenges they face as part of their transformation, providing tailor-made support combining a complete range of savings solutions, technological and digital tools as well as advice to optimise their open architecture."
HEAD OF THE DISTRIBUTION AND WEALTH DIVISION, PASSIVE AND ALTERNATIVE BUSINESS LINES

"Given the changing macro-fi nancial regime and the reorientation of capital fl ows towards the energy transition, Amundi o ers its Institutional clients tailored allocation advisory services and strategies for integrating carbon neutrality issues across all asset classes. As such, the Group is well placed to advise its Institutional clients on their medium- and long-term priorities."
HEAD OF THE INSTITUTIONAL AND CORPORATE CLIENTS DIVISION AND ESG
Equity, North American expertise, Emerging markets, Multi-Asset, Fixed income, Liquidity solutions
& SMART BETA ETFs, Equity and bond index management, Smart beta and factor investing
Private Debt, Private Equity, Infrastructure
A European leader, an expert in bespoke solutions combining capital protection and innovative strategies
A complete range of investment solutions (UCITS funds and dedicated platforms) selected by 28 managers
Technological solutions for all those involved in the savings value chain A software offering based on the ALTO* (1) range
CHANNEL Connecting asset management companies and distributors
An open architecture multi-manager platform, providing clients with access to the best strategies and expertise of external managers, complementary to those of Amundi
World-class research, integrating economic, financial, geopolitical, environmental and societal dimensions
More than 150 economists and analysts in major financial centres
ANALYSIS Assessment of the quality of issuers' environmental, social and governance (ESG) policies
1. Introduce a new environmental transition rating that assesses companies' efforts in decarbonising their operations and the development of their sustainable activities, covering actively managed open funds. (1) In order to encourage companies to make this
transformation, portfolios will overweight the companies that have made the most efforts in their environmental transition.
The methodology is under development.
Four asset classes offer a minimum of one Net Zero Ambition solution.
3. Reach €20bn of assets under management in impact funds. These funds will invest in companies that pursue positive environmental or social performance. The impact will be measured and reported annually. Increase of impact investment assets under management, reaching €8.7bn.
27% of the ETF range is composed of ESG funds.
Sustainability offer, technology analysis solution designed to support investors in decision-making regarding the environmental and social impact of their portfolio. The content of the first module of ALTO* Sustainability to be commercialized has been developed.
6. Work with 1,000 additional companies to define credible strategies to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, vote at their Annual General Meetings and link management remuneration packages to these strategies.
Our climate engagement plan has been extended to 418 new companies.
7. From 2022, exclude from our portfolios companies that generate over 30% of their activity from unconventional oil and gas production. (4)
Amundi no longer invests in such companies.
8. Take into account the level of achievement of these ESG objectives (weighting 20%) in the KPI calculation of performance shares for our 200 senior executives. We will also set ESG targets for all portfolio managers and sales representatives.
In 2022, ESG objectives were incorporated in the annual objectives of 99% of portfolio managers and sales representatives and the implementation of the "ESG Ambitions 2025" plan accounted for 20% of the criteria supporting the performance share plan awarded to 200 Amundi senior executives.
9. Reduce our own direct greenhouse gas emissions (5) by approximately 30% (vs 2018) per employee in 2025. An action plan has been launched on greenhouse gas emissions related to energy (scopes 1 and 2) and business travel (scope 3).
10. Present our climate strategy to shareholders (Say on Climate) at the Annual General Meeting in 2022.
At the Annual General Meeting on 18 May 2022, the resolution was approved by 97.72%.
(1) Scope of actively managed open funds, when an ESG methodology is applicable.
(2) Real estate, multi-asset, developed market bonds, developed market equities.
(3) Amundi Leading Technologies & Operations.
(4) Scope defined by Amundi's Responsible Investment policy -
Non-conventional extraction: oil sands, shale oil and gas. (5) For any Amundi Group entity with more than 100 employees. Presented in December 2021, the "ESG Ambitions 2025" societal plan aims to expand our commitment to a just environmental transition. The plan is in line with the Crédit Agricole Group's collective commitment and has a threefold objective: to increase the level of ambition of our savings solutions, services and technological tools; to step up our dialogue with the companies in which we invest in order to accelerate their transition to a low-carbon model; and to act ourselves, in our own activities, by ensuring that our employees and shareholders are aligned with our new ambitions. The year 2022 has already seen significant progress.

One year after joining the Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative, Amundi has clarified its initial commitment and launched the first products in its Net Zero Ambition fund range, in line with the commitment to offer such products across all asset classes (2) and investment styles. This approach requires immediate transformation efforts on three fronts: products, by increasing the number of investment solutions aligned with a Net Zero trajectory for all types of investors; clients, by advising them on how to align with the Net Zero objective; and the companies in which Amundi invests, by encouraging them, through constant dialogue, to adopt and implement credible transition plans towards the global Net Zero objective.
A DECADE AFTER ITS LAUNCH, the Amundi Finance et Solidarité fund had close to €500m in assets under management at end-2022. This fund has enabled 53 social businesses to grow and have a positive impact on society and the environment, focusing on the theme of "caring".
Launched in 2022 by Amundi Technology, the ALTO* Sustainability offering allows Institutional investors and asset managers to easily integrate sustainable investment indicators from leading data providers into the ALTO* platform to align their investment decisions with their sustainable investment objectives. By combining Amundi's renowned expertise in terms of sustainable investment and its technological know-how, ALTO* Sustainability allows investors to benefit from a comprehensive view of issuers' characteristics, integrating both financial and non-financial considerations.

RETAIL CLIENTS OF PARTNER NETWORKS AND THIRD-PARTY DISTRIBUTORS INSTITUTIONAL CLIENTS CORPORATE CLIENTS OTHER ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANIES
ACT as a long-term partner. DELIVER on the client promise. OFFER our clients, everywhere in the world, solutions that meet their needs, thanks to our dedicated local teams.
CORPORATES AND OTHER ISSUERS SUPPLIERS PARTNERS
FINANCE economic agents. SUPPORT companies in their environmental transformation by promoting the most best-in-class practices.
EXERCISE our voting rights for securities held in both active and passive management portfolios. PROMOTE a responsible purchasing policy, aiming in particular to foster inclusion and decarbonisation.

EMPLOYEES CANDIDATES SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC COMMITTEE(1) HEALTH, SAFETY AND WORKING CONDITIONS COMMITTEE(2)
PLACE individual and collective development at the heart of our responsibility as an employer. ENCOURAGE mobility in line with Amundi's professional projects and needs. PROMOTE equal opportunity and foster diversity.

(1) The body representing staff in the company. (2) Specific commission within the Social and Economic Committee.
As a committed company, Amundi works with all its stakeholders to anticipate and respond to a wide range of economic, technological and environmental challenges. Maintaining constant dialogue to understand their expectations helps foster trust.
The Group adheres to various international charters, including the United Nations Global Compact, the Principles for Responsible Investment, UNEP-FI, (3) the Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative as well as the Diversity Charter, and participates in more than 25 collective initiatives aimed at working with public authorities to encourage more sustainable practices.
SHAREHOLDERS FINANCIAL ANALYSTS RATING AGENCIES
DELIVER sustainable economic and financial performance. DELIVER sustainable non-financial performance in line with the highest standards, including climate reporting following the TCFD(4) recommendations. MAINTAIN shareholder buy-in on our climate strategy.
ECONOMIC ECOSYSTEMS TRADE ASSOCIATIONS OPINION LEADERS, MEDIA AND THINK TANKS NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS (NGOs)
ACT as a responsible, inclusive corporate citizen that respects the environment.
INFORM AND PROVIDE relevant insight into the challenges of sustainable finance, the economy and society by investing in research, publishing studies and organising the annual Amundi World Investment Forum.
ENGAGE in dialogue with all stakeholders.
REGULATORS AND LEGISLATORS NATIONAL AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES STANDARDISATION BODIES PRINCIPLES FOR RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT (PRI)…
ENSURE compliance with regulations, codes of conduct and professional standards with a rigorous Risk and Compliance function.
PROTECT the interests of our clients, the integrity of our market and the independence of our business.
PARTICIPATE in consultations in the Paris and European financial centres and promote high standards and best practices.

(3) A financial initiative of the United Nations Environment Programme. (4) Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures.
Supporting the individual and collective development of its employees, for the benefit of the company's performance, is central to Amundi's Human Resources policy.

"More than ever, companies must demonstrate that collective enterprise can meet the individual needs and aspirations of their employees."
SENÉTERRE HEAD OF HUMAN RESOURCES
More than ever, companies must demonstrate that collective enterprise can meet the individual needs and aspirations of their employees. The search for meaning and a genuine sense of utility at work, greater autonomy and flexibility in executing tasks and the growing desire to combine personal development and employability are all highly sought by the new generations. Furthermore, these aspirations are consistent with broader and more widely shared expectations of a clearer societal project.
By the nature of its business – financing the economy – and the commitment to responsible finance that presided over its creation, Amundi is fully aligned with this quest for greater meaning. Our history also reflects this focus, as we have grown in less than a decade to rank amongst the leading global asset management companies. On a day-to-day basis and as part of a collective endeavour, our teams are aware of participating in a growth story, of making projects happen and of contributing to clients' satisfaction. Because of its singular trajectory,
associated with the company's rapid development, Amundi has a strong focus on managing transformation, which calls for constant adaptation and recognition of the fact that teams require significant leeway and take on responsibilities. This notion underpins our Amundi Management Spirit programme, which we established because our managers are the ones who must galvanise teams to achieve the company's objectives. And lastly, Amundi's size and the variety of its business lines offer a wide range of career prospects that enhance the professional horizons of its employees, which benefits the development of prospects for both the individual and the company.
To continue and further enhance training to develop managerial talent, so we can combine collective projects and individual expectations while stepping up the work already underway to attract and retain talent in an environment that will remain complex.
THE GROUP IN JANUARY 2022. A considerable HR challenge: four support agreements reached with social partners, cultural integration facilitated by extensive communication and the rapid definition of a joint project, and synergies achieved with no forced departures by promoting internal mobility. A significant injection of talent for our clients and our new position as the leading European ETF provider.
(1) Full-time equivalent (FTE).
For several years now, Amundi has been implementing a series of measures and actions aimed at ensuring equal pay for men and women and helping women reach positions of responsibility. The number of women in management bodies is increasing, with 36.7% of women on the Executive Committee at end-2022.


Having signed up to the Manifesto for the inclusion of people with disabilities in economic life in 2019, Amundi's commitment in 2022 centred around four pillars: recruitment, job retention, use of the sheltered employment sector (2) and employee awareness. In France, Amundi exceeded its objectives for the sixth disability agreement, which ended in 2022, recruiting 28 people on permanent contracts and work-study contracts.
(2) Having obtained the "Responsible Supplier Relations and Purchasing" label, Amundi has made working with the sheltered employment sector a major focus of its purchasing policy. All teams are aware of and involved in the process to extend their approach to new inclusion projects and integrate the sheltered employment sector in as many calls for tender as possible.
Particular care is taken to enroll young graduates from a variety of educational and socio-professional backgrounds.
according to the latest survey conducted at end-2022. 90% understand how their work contributes to the company's strategy and 78% feel that their work contributes to their personal fulfilment.
Behaving as a responsible investor is a commitment at the core of Amundi's investment activities and development strategy. This also entails a corporate social responsibility (CSR) policy that upholds the highest standards at every level of the company.
This initiative is part of the "ESG Ambitions 2025" plan, which aims to enhance Amundi's actions as a responsible investor. Amundi has always led the way in this area, which it defined as one of its founding pillars and in which it is currently leader at the European level. (1) Amundi is determined to maintain this competitive edge by accelerating its transformation and further embarking all the teams, in a drive to have them appropriate the role of responsible investor, both at an individual and collective level.
By mobilising the company's departments cross-functionally, the Sustainable Transformation department facilitates, coordinates, and supports an accelerated transformation within the Group's various business lines.
Several cross-functional projects are currently underway, including new training courses on responsible investment. These courses are tailored to the specificities of each profession within the Group to make it easier for all employees to incorporate this approach in their day-to-day tasks. The structure
and content of these new training courses were designed jointly by teams from the Responsible Investment business line, the Human Resources department, the CSR department, and each operational entity. Another project, completed in 2022, consisted in reinforcing non-financial reporting.
Amundi is meeting this commitment through a variety of actions including building renovations, energy conservation plans and tracking the carbon footprint of business travel. Amundi also places great importance on optimising the environmental impact of its technology solutions. The company holds itself to the standards it requires of the companies it invests in.

(1) Amundi ranked No. 1 in Europe for long-term responsible investment assets (actively managed, open-ended funds) – source: Broadridge, as at 31/12/2022.
(2) A 30% reduction in CO2 emissions per FTE by 2025 (versus reference year 2018) has been set for energy consumption (scopes 1 and 2) and business travel by train or plane (scope 3).

In 2022, the range of responsible investment courses, developed for all employees, was broadened. A support programme in the form of a training course includes a compulsory e-learning common core and content specific to each business line, tailored to the needs of each employee. This training course allows them to acquire the fundamentals of responsible investment and learn about Amundi's convictions and ambitions for 2025, while constantly reinforcing the business lines' skills, both in their professional practice and with their clients.
In order to raise awareness of climate issues, Amundi has been proposing Climate Fresk workshops to all its employees since 2022. Climate Fresk is an NGO that enables people to understand the fundamental science behind climate change. More than 1,200 employees in approximately 30 countries, representing 21% of the workforce worldwide, have already taken part in this workshop and more than 70 have expressed an interest in becoming a Climate Fresk ambassador (at end-2022). The Climate Fresk campaign is continuing to be rolled out in order to raise awareness among all employees interested in attending a workshop.
In line with the "Urgence Sobriété Énergétique" (Energy Sobriety Emergency) plan launched by the Crédit Agricole Group at the instigation of the French government, Amundi has committed to working with all its employees to take concrete measures. These include reducing the temperature in offices, limiting lighting in shared spaces and adapting the power consumption of office equipment. Similar measures are being rolled out in other countries, sometimes adapted to local specificities.



19.1% CET1 RATIO (COMMON EQUITY TIER 1)

42 45
107.7
Adjusted cost/income ratio (1)
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
60.2
7

Assets under management (€bn)
Net inflows (€bn)
(%)



Number of issuers covered by Amundi's proprietary ESG rating

Number of financial products (open-ended funds, dedicated funds and mandates) classified under articles 8 and 9 (2) of the SFDR regulation
(1) Adjusted data: excluding amortisation of the intangible assets, the integration costs related to Lyxor and, for 2021, the impact of Affrancamento. (2) Article 8: products that promote environmental and/or social characteristics. Article 9: products that have sustainable investment as their objective. The SFDR (Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation) classification was introduced in 2021.
Highlights from 2022 include the successful integration of Lyxor, a high level of profitability and the confirmation of Amundi's positioning as the European leader and one of the top 10 asset management companies in the world. (3)




(3) Source: IPE "Top 500 Asset Managers" published in June 2022, based on assets under management at 31/12/2021.
(4) Rate of positive replies to the question: "Would you recommend your company to your friends and relations?" asked in the annual survey of all employees at the end of 2022.
(5) On scopes 1 and 2, excluding cooling fluids.
(6) Air and rail travel (scope 3). The increase is explained by the moderate recovery in business travel following the Covid-19 pandemic and remains far below the target reduction of 30% by 2025 vs 2018. Following the change in methodology in the data reporting from the AMEX travel company, reliability of 2020 and 2021 data is being improved.

YVES PERRIER (1) Chair since 2021
Board of Directors At 31/12/2022

PHILIPPE BRASSAC (1) Director since 2022 Chief Executive Officer of Crédit Agricole S.A.

PATRICE GENTIÉ Director since 2021 Chair of the Aquitaine Regional Bank of Crédit Agricole

HÉLÈNE MOLINARI Independent Director since 2015 Manager of AHM Conseil

VIRGINIE CAYATTE Independent Director since 2015 Financial Director of Adisseo

LAURENCE DANON-ARNAUD Independent Director since 2015 Chair of Primerose SAS

CHRISTINE GANDON Director since 2021 Chair of the Nord-Est Regional Bank of Crédit Agricole

MICHÈLE GUIBERT Director since 2020 Chief Executive Officer of the Côtes d'Armor Regional Bank of Crédit Agricole

CHRISTIAN ROUCHON Director since 2009 Chief Executive Officer of the Languedoc Regional Bank of Crédit Agricole

ROBERT LEBLANC Independent Director since 2015 Chair of Aon France

NATHALIE WRIGHT Independent Director since 2022 Chief Digital, IT and Sustainability Officer, Rexel

MICHEL MATHIEU Director since 2016 Chief Executive Officer of LCL Deputy General Manager of Crédit Agricole S.A.

JOSEPH OUEDRAOGO Director elected by the employees since 2022 Head of Investment Risk business team, Amundi Asset Management

JEAN-MICHEL FOREST Non-voting member since 2015 Chair of the Loire Haute-Loire Regional Bank of Crédit Agricole
(1) In 2021, Yves Perrier accepted the chairmanship of Amundi's Board of Directors in order to support the company during a transition period. This period will end following the Annual General Meeting which will be held on 12 May 2023. Consequently, Amundi's Board of Directors approved the following changes to the governance at its meeting of 13 March 2023: Philippe Brassac, who joined the Board of Directors in October 2022, will replace Yves Perrier as Chair following the Annual General Meeting of May 12; Yves Perrier will be appointed Honorary Chair of the company.
At its 2023 Annual General Meeting, the Board of Directors will ask shareholders to approve the appointment of two new directors, Philippe Brassac and Nathalie Wright. This proposal is in line with the Group's ambition to form a gender-balanced Board, broaden its expertise in a number of sectors and enrich the diversity of the directors' backgrounds. Over the course of her career, Nathalie Wright has gained expertise in technology and digital and more recently in sustainable development within a listed international group.
A GOVERNANCE THAT SERVES OUR
OBJECTIVE OF RESPONSIBLE GROWTH
At 31 December 2022, the Board of Directors of Amundi S.A. comprised 13 directors, 12 of whom were appointed by the Annual General Meeting and one of whom was elected under the employee representation scheme. Directors serve a term of office of three years. The Board is completed by a nonvoting member whom it appoints.

6 years AVERAGE TIME SPENT ON THE BOARD

60 years AVERAGE AGE

50% MEN (2)
In accordance with its diversity policy, the Board of Directors ensures the expertise of its members is sufficiently balanced and varied to address Amundi's challenges. The Board strives to maintain the diversity of experience of its members and balanced gender representation, while ensuring each member adheres to the company's fundamental values.
| Accounting and financial reporting 85% |
Social and environmental expertise (3) 77% |
Risk management, compliance, internal audit 70% |
Information technology and security 61% |
Asset management and financial markets 46% |
Strategic planning 61% |
Governance and compensation 77% |
Sales / Marketing 54% |
Legal requirements and regulatory framework 46% |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yves Perrier | |||||||||
| Philippe Brassac | |||||||||
| Virginie Cayatte | |||||||||
| Laurence Danon-Arnaud | |||||||||
| Christine Gandon | |||||||||
| Patrice Gentié | |||||||||
| Michèle Guibert | |||||||||
| Robert Leblanc | |||||||||
| Michel Mathieu | |||||||||
| Hélène Molinari | |||||||||
| Christian Rouchon | |||||||||
| Nathalie Wright | |||||||||
| Joseph Ouedraogo |
(2) Not including the employee-elected director. In the absence of regulatory constraints, non-voting directors are not included in the calculations. (3) In this area of expertise, particular progress has been made on climate considerations, with directors having devoted specific time to this subject during the year, in accordance with the commitments made in the framework of "Say on Climate".
The Board of Directors determines the strategic orientations of Amundi's business and oversees their implementation by Executive Management. Subject to the powers expressly attributed to it and within the limits of the corporate purpose, it deals with any issue concerning the proper functioning and future of Amundi in order to promote the creation of sustainable value for its shareholders and all its stakeholders. It appoints the executive company officers responsible for implementing the strategy, approves the financial statements, convenes the Annual General Meeting and proposes the annual dividend. It is supported by five specialised committees responsible for providing in-depth analysis.
ensures compliance with the processes for preparing the financial statements and the clarity of the financial and non-financial information communicated to the market.
3 members 4 meetings 100% attendance
proposes or issues opinions on the appointment of executive company officers, in line with the Board's need for skills and diverse backgrounds.
3 members 3 meetings/written consultations 100% attendance
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
10 meetings 92% attendance
enhances the Group's strategic planning in its various businesses, in France and around the world, and reviews its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) actions and its Responsible Investment policy (ESG).
3 members 5 meetings 100% attendance
proposes the compensation policy to the Board and verifies its compliance, in line with its strategies and its social and environmental challenges.
3 members 3 meetings/written consultations 100% attendance
reviews the risk strategy, including financial, non-financial, operational and compliance risks.
3 members 6 meetings 94% attendance
In 2022, the Board primarily centred its efforts on developing the business strategy and climate strategy. The directors focused on defining and monitoring the climate strategy, which they submitted to the Annual General Meeting for its opinion for the first time in 2022. They also voted on other external growth operations and on definition of the 2025 strategic plan. The Board also strengthened the company's governance by appointing a Deputy Chief Executive Officer, on the proposal of the Chief Executive Officer, as well as by improving its diversity with the co-option of a new independent director, an expert in digital technology and sustainable development.
Amundi's compensation policy is designed to reflect the economic strategy, the long-term objectives of the company, as well as the interests of the funds under management and of all investors. It also aims to promote sound and well-controlled risk management and compliance with Amundi's Responsible Investment policy. It applies to all employees in compliance with the principle of non-discrimination, particularly with regard to gender.
The compensation policy applicable to executive company officers was approved by the Board of Directors on 7 February 2023 on the recommendation of the Compensation Committee. This policy will be submitted to the shareholders for approval at the Annual General Meeting on 12 May 2023. The compensation policy applicable to executive company officers is defined in accordance with CRD V regulations.
This policy promotes the alignment of the long-term interests of executive company officers with those of the shareholders by paying of a portion of the variable compensation in the form of Amundi performance shares.

Criteria for determining variable compensation for 2023
| ECONOMIC CRITERIA | 70% |
|---|---|
| Amundi scope (adjusted NIGS, (1) NBI, (2) adjusted cost/income ratio, adjusted net inflows) |
60% |
| Crédit Agricole S.A. scope (NIGS, (1) cost/income ratio, RoTE) (3) |
10% |
| NON-ECONOMIC CRITERIA | 30% |
| Implement ESG projects | 12.5% |
Implement Amundi's strategic projects 10%
Participate in the deployment of the Crédit Agricole Group's CSR Societal and Environmental projects
(1) Net income, Group share.
(2) Net Banking Income.
(3) Return On Tangible Equity.
(4) Remuneration of the Chief Executive Officer allocated for 2022 compared with the average remuneration of employees in 2022.
7.5%
The General Management Committee is involved in all major business, organisational and human resources management decisions, sets strategic priorities and makes the main governance decisions for the Group.

Chief Executive Officer

NICOLAS CALCOEN Deputy Chief Executive Officer Head of the Strategy, Finance and Control Division

JEAN-JACQUES BARBÉRIS Head of the Institutional and Corporate Clients Division and ESG

GUILLAUME LESAGE Chief Operating Officer

BENOÎT TASSOU Head of the French Partner Networks Division

BERNARD DE WIT Executive Senior Manager Head of Governance and General Secretary

DOMINIQUE CARREL-BILLIARD Head of Real Assets

VINCENT MORTIER Chief Investment Officer

ÉRIC VANDAMME Chief Risk Officer
PROPORTION OF WOMEN ON THE GENERAL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
NATIONALITIES REPRESENTED 3

MATTEO GERMANO Deputy Chief Investment Officer

ISABELLE SENÉTERRE Head of Human Resources

FANNIE WURTZ Head of the Distribution and Wealth Division, Passive and Alternative business lines

FATHI JERFEL Head of the Partner Networks Division

CINZIA TAGLIABUE Head of the International Partner Networks Division
The Executive Committee ensures the strategy is coherently and efficiently deployed in all the countries where the Amundi Group is present. The Committee, which includes the heads of the main countries, monitors business development and ensures the right balance is struck between the Amundi Group's global orientations and their implementation at local level.
The Executive Committee is composed of General Management Committee members and:

DOMENICO AIELLO Chief Financial Officer

THIERRY ANCONA Head of Sales, Third-Party Distributors and Wealth

NATACHA ANDERMAHR Head of Communication

LAURENT BERTIAU Head of Japan

CÉLINE BOYER-CHAMMARD Chief Sustainable Transformation Officer
36.7%(1) PROPORTION OF WOMEN ON THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
6 NATIONALITIES REPRESENTED

ÉRIC BRAMOULLÉ Head of Marketing & Products

CATHERINE CHABREL Head of Compliance
DAVID HARTE Head of Ireland and Deputy Chief Operating Officer

MONICA DEFEND Head of the Amundi
Institute
LISA JONES Head of the Americas

DOROTHÉE PIREL Head of Internal Audit

XIAOFENG ZHONG Chairman of Greater China

ÉLODIE LAUGEL Chief Responsible Investment Officer

JULIEN FONTAINE Head of Joint Ventures and Partnerships
OLIVIER MARIÉE Chief Executive Officer of CPR Asset Management

LIONEL PAQUIN Deputy Head of Real Assets

Driven by a culture of prudence, Amundi has developed a comprehensive framework for managing the risks associated with its activities, allowing it to deal with the paradigm shifts of recent years.
Asset management is first and foremost about managing risk, which is why Amundi consistently ensures its organisation and processes are set up to identify and control risks. This approach involves sharing experience and
best practice on understanding and managing risk, including in particular:
• initiatives aimed at informing and discussing the various risks associated with the company's activity.
Maintaining a risk culture also involves making clients aware of the risks to which their assets are exposed. Amundi publishes studies for its clients that describe these risks and their economic evolution, as well as the solutions to capitalise on them.
In the course of its business, Amundi is mainly exposed to risks related to third-party asset management activities and financial risks, arising mainly from the management of its investment portfolio and the guarantees granted to certain products.
• CSR risks (including duty of care, corruption).
Earning and maintaining our clients' trust is paramount. Any failure to meet their CSR or ESG expectations could harm Amundi's reputation. In this respect, non-financial risks in the portfolios are strictly controlled by exposure limits, defined on the basis of ratings resulting from analyses carried out by a dedicated team according to ESG criteria. This work is supplemented by additional indicators and limits, depending on internal policy and/or regulatory developments (carbon footprint, risks associated with climate change, etc.). Compliance with these limits is monitored on a daily basis. The non-financial risks borne by the company are addressed by policies relating to its operations (procurement governance, human resources policies, etc.) implemented by the business lines concerned.
The Executive Management team clearly defines the roles and responsibilities for internal control and allocates the appropriate resources.
• systematic reporting to the Board of Directors on risk management, monitoring of limits, controls and results, and significant incidents; • comprehensive coverage of businesses and risks;
• a clear definition of responsibilities, through formalised and updated delegations;
• effective separation of investment and control functions.
• risk measurement, monitoring and control systems;
• a control mechanism.
262 RISK DEPARTMENT
150 COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT
29 SECURITY DEPARTMENT
49 INTERNAL AUDIT
| AMUNDI BOARD COMMITTEES |
Risk Committee and Audit Committee | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PERIODIC CONTROL LEVEL 3 |
Internal Control Committee Audit/Inspection |
|||||
| PERMANENT CONTROL LEVEL 2 |
Risk Department Checks: Investment Operational Proprietary risk |
Group Risk Committee, Compliance Committee, Security Committee Compliance Department Checks: Financial security Market integrity Ethics Client protection Fraud and corruption |
Security Department Checks: IT security Personal data Business continuity Safety-security of persons and property |
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| PERMANENT CONTROL LEVEL 1 |
Checks carried out by operating entities through the principle of separation of functions and hierarchical control |
Each client segment has its own sales, marketing and customer service teams which are often located in close proximity thanks to Amundi's presence in 35 countries. These teams are tasked with designing products and services that address the specific needs of clients. They accomplish this with the support of management platforms, back-office and risk management functions and an integrated IT infrastructure.
This type of organisation facilitates client access to Amundi's international expertise, a high level of customisation in the products offered, and economies of scale.

Retail client activities are part of Amundi's DNA. Given its origins, it has developed a unique partnership approach with distribution networks (particularly banking networks), thereby positioning the Group internationally as the key player in this segment. Most notably, Amundi's value proposition is based on a range of products, services and tools adapted to each partner distribution network. Locally based (local networks) or centralised (for cross-border flagship funds) teams exclusively serve partner networks and third party distributors to provide the best response to their specific needs, including the deployment of innovative and customised digital tools to adapt to changes in the distribution environment.
• Amundi is the market leader in France (1) thanks to the quasi-exclusivity partnership it has with the Group's networks (Crédit Agricole, LCL) and its partnership with the Société Générale Group, which was renewed for a further five years in November 2020. The terms of this partnership are that Amundi will remain the main supplier of savings products and solutions for Société Générale's networks.
(1) Source: Amundi and Broadridge Financial Solutions – FundFile & ETFGI/Open-ended funds (excluding dedicated mandates and funds) as at the end of December 2021.
• Outside France, at the time of the Pioneer acquisition in 2017, Amundi entered into a 10-year distribution agreement with the UniCredit networks in Italy, Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic. Amundi also remains the preferred supplier for the Crédit Agricole and Société Générale networks in Italy (CA Italie), the Czech Republic (SG subsidiary Komerčni Banka) and Poland (CA Polska).
This unparalleled distribution model is complemented by third-party distributors in Europe, Asia and the US,private banks, asset managers, distribution platforms and networks of independent wealth management advisers, for whom dedicated offers and specific commercial initiatives are deployed. The Amundi model relies on dedicated sales teams from nearly 200 vendors in 27 countries. In 2022, these distributors accounted for more than half of Amundi's Retail assets (excluding JVs).
• Amundi has expanded these partnerships by enhancing its solutions, services and consultancy services offering to meet the increasing needs of these third-party distributors
In addition, Amundi has joint ventures, which are predominantly Asian, operating in India with SBI (State Bank of India, the largest bank in the country (1)), in China with ABC (Agricultural Bank of China, the third-largest Chinese bank (2)), in South Korea (with Nonghyup Bank, one of the top five banking groups in the country (3)) and in Morocco (with the Wafa banking group).
Amundi is also in partnership with BAWAG P.S.K. in Austria and Resona in Japan. In July 2020, Amundi embarked on a new long-term (10-year) strategic partnership in Spain with Banco Sabadell, alongside the acquisition of Sabadell AM. In China, Amundi created a joint subsidiary with Bank of China Wealth Management.
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which seek value-added solutions, while operating in open architecture. In a rapidly changing market with all-new demands, Amundi is ideally positioned thanks to its expertise in supporting distribution networks.
• In order to better respond to the expectations of thirdparty distributors, a new Distribution & Wealth business unit was created in 2020 to bring together products and services tailored to the needs of these stakeholders. Furthermore, a subadvisory platform (Fund Channel Investment Partners) was launched at the end of 2021 to meet the needs for the selection and construction of openended investment solutions.
SBI FM maintained its leading position in the Indian market with a market share of 17.7% at the end of 2022, compared to 16.4% at the end of 2021. (4)

(1) Source: Indian Banks' Association.
(2) Source: China Banking Association (CBA).
(3) Source: Financial Supervisory Service Korea.
(4) Source: AMFI – Total Mutual Funds AUM.

(1) Including funds of funds. (2) Amundi data as at 31/12/2022 (AFG reporting).
Amundi is the trusted partner of a large number of Institutional clients. Through its dedicated sales, marketing and customer service teams, Amundi provides a wide range of products and services to its Institutional clients to address their need to optimise the yield-risk-cost triangle:
France and one of the top players in the European market (1), providing advisory and management services to a wide range of institutional investors worldwide;
Amundi is one of the only asset managers to offer its clients a diversified range of expertise pertaining to the main asset classes, in active and passive management and in real asset investment.
Furthermore, Amundi Technology – a new business line offering technology services across the entire savings value chain – was created in 2021.
(1) Source: Broadridge, end December 2022, open-ended funds domiciled in Europe.
(2) Source: AFG, data as at the end of December 2022.

Source: Broadridge (open-ended funds sold in Europe, excluding mandates, dedicated funds and EMTNs) at the end of December 2022, ETFGI (for ETFs) as at end-December 2022, Bloomberg as at end-September 2022.
In active management, Amundi has an extensive offering that includes fixed income, equities and diversified (multiasset) investments:
Responsible investment remains at the heart of our management strategies and processes, and we are constantly innovating in this area (ESG Improvers range, Social Bonds, Emerging Market green bonds etc.).
In treasury management, Amundi is the European leader in money market funds (1), on the strength of a comprehensive offer.
In structured products, Amundi is the European leader (1) in the guaranteed funds segment, thanks to a product offer that ensures full or partial protection of capital or revenue. It also

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No. 1 in Europe in guaranteed/protected funds • Structured bonds

Leader in liquid alternative management • No. 2 in managed account platforms
A rapidly growing platform • ETF: No. 2 in Europe (in terms of assets)
• Indexing
• Smart Beta and Factor Investing
Assets as at 31/12/2022: €1,608 bn (excl. JVs).
issues structured notes (EMTNs), which aim to replicate the performance of equity and real estate portfolios. Amundi systematically covers its market risk exposure on these products with leading international financial counterparties (2) .
In real and alternative assets, Amundi is rapidly developing in multiple investment segments such as real estate, private equity, private debt and infrastructure. In a rapidly growing market, Amundi has become a recognised player with €67 billion (3) in assets under management, with an average annual growth of more than 10% since 2016: €45 billion in property, €14 billion in private equity and infrastructure, and €8.0 billion in private debt. Amundi intends to continue its growth by enhancing its expertise with new strategies and by creating distribution partnerships to provide expertise not covered by the platform. Amundi also benefited from Lyxor's leadership in liquid alternative assets (€27 billion under management).
Under passive management, Amundi manages ETPs (Exchange Traded Products), which include ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds) and ETCs (Exchange Traded Commodities) as well as a wide variety of index-based products in equities, bonds and other asset classes. With the acquisition of Lyxor (€171 billion under management in ETFs at the end of 2022), Amundi became the leading European player (4) in the ETF segment with a combined market share of 13.4% (1). Amundi is also developing Smart Beta solutions, building on its own expertise.
In € billion.
(1) Source: Broadridge, December 2022, open-ended funds domiciled in Europe.
(2) See Chapter 5 of this Universal Registration Document.
(3) Excluding JV.
(4) Source: ETF GI, December 2022.
Amundi deploys its management expertise from six main management platforms: Paris, London, Dublin, Milan, Boston and Tokyo. These types of expertise are bolstered by unique know-how in internal research and analysis. A centralised and independent compliance and risk management system ensures compliance with restrictions established by regulations and by clients.

All companies are wholly owned unless stated otherwise.
Amundi is the holding company for the Amundi Group. The majority of its shares are held by the Crédit Agricole Group (69.2%). It mainly performs its asset management activities
through subsidiaries in France and abroad, through joint ventures (particularly in Asia) and through other entities.
For a list of Amundi's consolidated subsidiaries please refer to note 9.3 of the consolidated financial statements (Chapter 6).

(1) CAGR: Compound annual growth rate.
NB: Assets under management and inflows comprise 100% of the assets managed and the inflows from the Asian joint ventures. For Wafa in Morocco, the assets are shown at their proportional share.

| PREAMBLE | 52 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2.1 | THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND ITS COMMITTEES |
53 |
| 2.1.1 | Overview of the Board of Directors, its role and functioning |
53 |
| 2.1.2 | Activities of the Board of Directors during 2022 |
63 |
| 2.1.3 | Overview of the Specialised Committees and their activities in 2022 |
65 |
| 2.2 | INDIVIDUAL OVERVIEW OF THE DIRECTORS AND THE NON‑VOTING MEMBER |
76 |
| 2.3 | SENIOR EXECUTIVES AND COMPANY OFFICERS AND GROUP MANAGEMENT BODIES |
92 |
| 2.3.1 | Chairman of the Board and his duties | 92 |
| 2.3.2 | Executive directors and their powers | 92 |
| 2.3.3 | Individual information regarding senior executives and company officers |
93 |
| 2.3.4 | The Group's Management Bodies | 97 |
| 2.4 | COMPENSATION | 102 |
| 2.4.1 | General principles applicable to the compensation of all Amundi employees and senior executives |
103 |
| 2.4.2 | Compensation policy for "identified staff" (AIFM/UCITS V, IFD and CRD V) |
106 |
| 2.4.3 | Compensation of Amundi Company Officers in 2022 |
112 |
| 2.4.4 | Compensation policy for Amundi's Company Officers for the 2023 financial year |
134 |

Yves PERRIER(1) Chair of the Board of Directors since 2021

Philippe BRASSAC(1) Director since 2022 Chief Executive Officer of Crédit Agricole SA

Patrice GENTIÉ Director since 2021 Chair of the Aquitaine Regional Bank of Crédit Agricole

Hélène MOLINARI Independent director since 2015 Manager of AHM Conseil

MEMBERS
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Virginie CAYATTE Independent director since 2015 Financial Director of Adisseo

OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Laurence DANON-ARNAUD Independent director since 2015 Chair of Primerose SAS

Robert LEBLANC Independent director since 2015 Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Aon France

Nathalie WRIGHT Independent director since 2022 Chief Digital, IT and Sustainability Officer of the Rexel Group

Christine GANDON Director since 2021 Chair of the Nord-Est Regional Bank of Crédit Agricole

Michèle GUIBERT Director since 2020 Chief Executive Officer of the Côtes d'Armor Regional Bank of Crédit Agricole

Joseph OUEDRAOGO Director elected by the employees since 2022 Head of Market Risk Project Management, Amundi Asset Management

Jean-Michel FOREST Non-voting member since 2015 Chair of the Loire Haute-Loire Regional Bank of Crédit Agricole
(1) In 2021, Yves Perrier accepted the chairmanship of Amundi's Board of Directors in order to support the company during a transition period. This period will end following the Annual General Meeting which will be held on 12 May 2023. Consequently, Amundi's Board of Directors approved the following changes to the governance at its meeting of 13 March 2023: Philippe Brassac, who joined the Board of Directors in October 2022, will replace Yves Perrier as Chairman following the Annual General Meeting of May 12;Yves Perrier will be appointed Honorary Chairman of the company.
Michel MATHIEU Director since 2016
Chief Executive Officer of LCL
Deputy General Manager of Crédit Agricole SA
Christian ROUCHON Director since 2009 Chief Executive Officer of the Languedoc Regional Bank

50_ AMUNDI — 2022 UNIVERSAL REGISTRATION DOCUMENT

(2) In the absence of regulatory constraints, non-voting members are not taken into account in calculations.
(3) In accordance with Article L. 225-27 para. 2 of the French Commercial Code, the Director elected by the employees is not taken into account when calculating this percentage.
(4) Total number and overall attendance rate at Committee meetings and Board of Directors' meetings.
(5) The Management Committee, in which the Group's main business units are represented, makes it possible to efficiently strengthen the consistency of the decisions taken.
(6) The Executive Committee aims to enable the coordinated and effective deployment of the strategy in all countries in which the Amundi Group is present.
Dear shareholders,
In accordance with Articles L. 225-37 and L. 22-10-10 of the French Commercial Code and in addition to the management report, we present our annual Corporate Governance report, drawn up primarily as follows:
This report was approved by the Board of Directors during its meeting of 29 March 2023.
Its purpose is to present the key features of the Company's corporate governance, which is organised around its Board of Directors, assisted by its specialised committees (2.1). Individual information on the members of the Board of Directors will also be presented, including a list of all their offices and positions held in any company during the financial year (2.2), as well as information on the senior executives and company officers, assisted in their roles by the internal management bodies (2.3).
In accordance with Articles L. 22-10-8 and L. 22-10-9 of the French Commercial Code, this report on corporate governance also sets out in a clear and understandable way the compensation policy for Company Officers and the compensation items relating to the financial year 2022 (2.4).
Finally, chapters 4 and 8 of the Universal Registration Document present the information stipulated by Articles L. 225-37-4 and L. 22-10-11 of the French Commercial Code, specifically:
On the recommendation of Valérie Baudson, Chief Executive Officer of Amundi, the Board of Directors decided to appoint Nicolas Calcoen, Head of the Strategy, Finance and Control division of the Company as Deputy Chief Executive Officer.
The Board of Directors also decided to renew Yves Perrier as Chairman of the Board following his renewal as a director approved by the General Meeting of 18 May 2022.
The same General Meeting also renewed the term of office of the following three directors for a period of three years:
Joseph Ouedraogo, Market Risk Project Manager at Amundi Asset Management, was elected as director representing employees on 25 March 2022, replacing Estelle Ménard, who left office due to professional development within the Crédit Agricole Group.
Philippe Brassac, Chief Executive Officer of Crédit Agricole SA, the majority shareholder, was co-opted as a director by decision of the Board of Directors on 27 October 2022 to replace Xavier Musca, who resigned as part of his appointment to CA-CIB's senior management. Mr Brassac's co-option will be submitted to the 2023 General Meeting for ratification.
Lastly, Nathalie Wright, Head of Digital, IT and Sustainable Development with Rexel Group, was co-opted as independent director by decision of the Board of Directors on 9 December 2022 to replace William Kadouch-Chassaing, who resigned. Her co-option will be submitted to the General Meeting of 2023 for ratification.
The table below summarises the changes described above:
| Name | Office held in the Company | Renewal | Departure | Appointment/ Co-option |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yves Perrier | Director | AGM 18/05/2022 | ||
| Chairman of the Board of Directors | Board meeting 18/05/2022 |
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| Philippe Brassac | Director | Board meeting 27/10/2022 |
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| Virginie Cayatte | Independent director, member of the Risk Management Committee and the Audit Committee |
AGM 18/05/2022 | ||
| William Kadouch-Chassaing | Director | AGM 18/05/2022 | Board meeting 09/12/2022 |
|
| Robert Leblanc | Independent director, Chair of the Compensation Committee, member of the Audit Committee and of the Appointments Committee |
AGM 18/05/2022 | ||
| Estelle Ménard | Director elected by the employees, member of the Risk Management Committee |
31/12/2021 | ||
| Xavier Musca | Director | AGM 18/05/2022 | 01/09/2022 | |
| Joseph Ouedraogo | Director elected by the employees | 25/03/2022 | ||
| Nathalie Wright | Independent director | Board meeting 09/12/2022 |
Thus, as at 31 December 2022, the Board is composed of 12 directors, including five independent directors, six women, one director elected by the employees and one non-voting member, in accordance with the summary tables below:
| Term of office | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Gender Nationality | Number of roles in listed companies |
Number of shares held |
Date first appointed |
End of current appointment |
Years on Board |
|||
| Non-executive company officer |
Yves Perrier Chairman of the Board of Directors |
68 | M | French | 1 | 200 | 2007 | 2025 AGM (1) | 15 |
| Philippe Brassac | 63 | M | French | 2 | 200 | 2022 | 2025 AGM | 2 months | |
| Christine Gandon | 56 | F | French | 1 | 250 | 2021 | 2023 AGM | 1 | |
| Patrice Gentié | 59 | M | French | 1 | 200 | 2021 | 2024 AGM | 1 | |
| Directors | Michèle Guibert | 55 | F | French | 1 | 200 | 2020 | 2024 AGM | 2 |
| Michel Mathieu | 64 | M | French | 1 | 200 | 2016 | 2024 AGM | 6 | |
| Christian Rouchon | 62 | M | French | 1 | 200 | 2009 | 2023 AGM | 13 | |
| Virginie Cayatte | 52 | F | French | 1 | 250 | 2015 | 2025 AGM | 7 | |
| Laurence Danon-Arnaud |
66 | F | French | 4 | 480 | 2015 | 2023 AGM | 7 | |
| Independent directors |
Robert Leblanc | 65 | M | French | 1 | 200 | 2015 | 2025 AGM | 7 |
| Hélène Molinari | 59 | F | French | 2 | 200 | 2015 | 2023 AGM | 7 | |
| Nathalie Wright | 58 | F | French | 2 | 200 | 2022 | 2024 AGM | 1 month (2) | |
| the employees elected by Director |
Joseph Ouedraogo | 47 | M | French | 1 | 481.9042 Company mutual fund Amundi Actionnariat (3) |
2022 | Election before 2025 AGM |
9 months |
| member voting Non |
Jean-Michel Forest | 65 | M | French | 1 | N/A (3) | 2015 | 2024 Board meeting |
7 |
(1) Yves Perrier accepted the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors for Amundi in 2021 to accompany the company during a transitional period. This mandate expires at the General Meeting of 12 May 2023. Accordingly, at its meeting of 13 March, the Board of Directors approved the following changes to its composition:
· Philippe Brassac, who joined the Board of Directors in October 2022, will succeed Yves Perrier as Chairman at the end of the General Meeting of 12 May;
· Yves Perrier will be appointed Honorary Chairman of the Company.
(2) Nathalie Wright was co-opted at the Board of Directors' Meeting on 9 December 2022.
(3) The Director elected by the employees and non-voting members have no obligation to hold shares in the Company.
| Participation in and attendance at meetings of the specialised committees of the Board of Directors |
|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audit Committee |
Risk Management Committee |
Strategic and CSR Committee |
Compensation Committee |
Appointments Committee |
Attendance rate at Board meetings |
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| Non-executive company officer |
Yves Perrier Chairman of the Board of Directors |
✔ 100% |
✔ 100% |
✔ N/A (1) |
100% | ||
| Philippe Brassac (2) | ✔ 100% |
100% | |||||
| Christine Gandon | 90% | ||||||
| Patrice Gentié | 100% | ||||||
| Directors | Michèle Guibert | ✔ 83.4% |
80% | ||||
| William Kadouch-Chassaing (3) |
100% | ||||||
| Michel Mathieu | 60% | ||||||
| Xavier Musca (4) | ✔ 100% |
✔ 100% |
✔ 100% |
100% | |||
| Christian Rouchon | Chair 100% |
Chair 100% |
90% | ||||
| Virginie Cayatte | ✔ 100% |
✔ 100% |
100% | ||||
| Laurence Danon-Arnaud |
Chair 100% |
✔ 100% |
100% | ||||
| Independent directors |
Robert Leblanc | ✔ 100% |
Chair 100% |
✔ 100% |
90% | ||
| Hélène Molinari | Chair 100% |
100% | |||||
| Nathalie Wright | N/A (5) | ||||||
| the employees elected by Director |
Joseph Ouedraogo (6) | 90% | |||||
| Non-voting member |
Jean-Michel Forest | ✔ 100% |
✔ 100% |
80% |
(1) Yves Perrier was appointed to the Appointments Committee and the Compensation Committee by the Board of Directors on 27 October 2022.
(2) Philippe Brassac was co-opted and appointed to the Strategic and CSR Committee by the Board of Directors on 27 October 2022. (3) William Kadouch-Chassaing resigned during the Board of Directors' Meeting of 9 December 2022.
(4) Xavier Musca resigned on 1 September 2022.
(5) Nathalie Wright was co-opted at the Board of Directors' Meeting on 9 December 2022.
(6) Joseph Ouedraogo was elected by the employees on 25 March 2022.
On the recommendation of its Appointments Committee, on 7 February 2023 the Board of Directors resolved to submit to the Annual General Meeting of May 2023 the renewal of the terms of office of the following four directors for three financial years:
Finally, at the Board of directors of 13 March 2023, it was recalled that in 2021, Yves Perrier accepted the chairmanship of Amundi's Board of Directors in order to support the company during a transition period. This period will end following the Annual General Meeting which will be held on 12 May 2023. Consequently, Amundi's Board of Directors approved the following changes to the governance at its meeting of 13 March 2023:
Board Diversity Policy: In line with its diversity policy, the Board of Directors ensures that it has a collective balance and that the skills of its members are varied in light of the challenges facing Amundi. It maintains a diversity of backgrounds and gender, while ensuring that all members are committed to the company's core values.
Broad range of skills: Each director assesses their own individual set of skills, which are listed in section 2.2 "Individual overview of the Directors and the Non-Voting Member".
In accordance with banking regulations, the profile of each director was thoroughly examined by the European Central Bank (ECB) at the time of their appointment. The Appointments Committee takes this opportunity to carefully analyse the suitability, availability and skills in advance, so that the individual skill sets of the selected candidate match the collective needs of the Board.
To identify the expertise that the Board needs to function properly, the Appointments Committee first brought in the knowledge and experience recommended by the European banking authorities, and has added an ongoing requirement for skills in the fields of asset management and social and environmental issues. It has therefore defined a target matrix in line with its needs.
The Appointments Committee strives to improve this overall balance as it analyses and recommends candidates to the Board. It also assesses the development of the skills of directors already in office through training sessions organised by the Company. Following its recommendations, the Board sought to improve its level of expertise in the area of ESG and more specifically the climate, and also in the field of IT and digital.
Accordingly, in 2022, thanks to the training plan and the recent arrival of Nathalie Wright, the combined expertise of Amundi's Board of Directors was particularly strengthened in these two areas. As set out in the table below, each area of expertise is now represented on the Board, such that the Board's collective competence can be considered balanced and tailored to the Company's current and future needs. It should be noted that within the area of expertise relating to "Social and Environmental Challenges", there is particular progress in the climate component, with directors dedicating a specific amount of time to this subject during the year, in accordance with the commitments made as part of the "Say on Climate".
(1) Subject to the ratification of his co-optation as director by the Shareholder General meeting of 2023.
| ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION |
SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES (1) |
RISK MANAGEMENT, COMPLIANCE AND INTERNAL AUDIT |
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND SECURITY |
ASSET MANAGEMENT AND FINANCIAL MARKETS |
STRATEGIC PLANNING |
GOVERNANCE AND COMPENSATION |
SALES AND MARKETING |
LEGAL REQUIREMENTS AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 85% | 77% | 70% | 61% | 46% | 61% | 77% | 54% | 46% | |
| Yves Perrier |
✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Philippe Brassac |
✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Christine Gandon |
✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
| Patrice Gentié |
✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
| Michèle Guibert |
✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Michel Mathieu |
✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Christian Rouchon |
✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Virginie Cayatte |
✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||
| Laurence Danon-Arnaud |
✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
| Robert Leblanc |
✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
| Hélène Molinari |
✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||
| Nathalie Wright |
✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| Joseph Ouedraogo |
✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
(1) Within this area of expertise, there is particular progress in the climate component, with directors dedicating a specific amount of time to this subject during the year, in accordance with the commitments made as part of the "Say on Climate".
Cultural diversity: the Board of Directors' diversity policy seeks to ensure cultural diversity within its ranks in order to best meet the needs of the Company. The profiles of each Board member are presented in section 2.2 "Individual overview of the Directors and the Non-Voting Member".
Although all members are French, some have a genuinely international cultural or professional background, particularly in Asian and European regions, perfectly in line with Amundi's development strategy. For instance, Virginie Cayatte is Financial Director of Adisseo, a subsidiary of Chinese group BlueStar Chemchina, listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE). Nathalie Wright, who joined the Board at the end of the year, worked for a large US company and will strengthen Board culture in this area.
The four directors from the regional banks of Crédit Agricole contribute a local and regional culture.
This diversity policy also incorporates a gender equality policy in the composition of the Board and its committees. With a rate that improved in 2022 (50%) (1) and outperforms the applicable French legal requirements, the Board now includes six women.
In addition, the membership of each of the Board's specialised committees includes at least one woman and two of the committees are chaired by women. The Board has set itself the objective of maintaining these gender mix rates as a minimum. (see 2.1.3 – Overview of the Specialised Committees and their activities in 2022).
This desire for balanced gender representation also extends to the Company's internal organisation (see section 2.3.4 – Overview of the Group's management bodies). The gender equality policy, and specifically the objectives of this policy, the methods of implementation and the results achieved during the past financial year, are discussed each year by the Board of Directors when reviewing the Report on Professional Equality, after an in-depth analysis conducted by the Compensation Committee.
(1) In accordance with Article L. 225-27 of the French Commercial Code, the director elected by the employees is not taken into account in the calculation of the gender representation percentage required under Article L. 225-18-1 of the French Commercial Code.
The process of evaluating the independence of directors is overseen by the Appointments Committee.
The Appointments Committee, having taken into account the individual annual statements of each member, duly analyses the criteria set out in the AFEP-MEDEF Code each year; a reminder of the eight criteria and a summary of individual analyses are shown in the tables below.
As regards any business relationships with companies in which the directors, considered independent, have other positions or functions, the Committee analyses any financial flows recorded by the Amundi Group invoicing monitoring tool.
In light of the results for the 2022 financial year, the Committee decided to focus its attention on amounts greater than €20,000 as in the previous year. The three financial flows above this amount were compared to the revenue of the related entity concerned as regards outflows, and compared to Amundi's revenue as regards inflows. The calculated (rounded) ratios were all nil, with the exception of the financial flow of €159,000, representing 0.1% of the revenue for 2021 of Albingia, a company in which Hélène Molinari serves as a director. As in the previous year, in terms of both the quantitative criteria described above and the qualitative criteria related to the nature of the contract (current management mandate entered into under normal market conditions), the Board found that there were no commitments constituting dependence or that would generate conflicts of interest.
Accordingly, at its meeting of 7 February 2023, the Board of Directors was able to rely on the work of its Appointments Committee and consider Virginie Cayatte, Laurence Danon-Arnaud, Robert Leblanc, Hélène Molinari and Nathalie Wright as fulfilling all the criteria required to qualify as independent members under the AFEP-MEDEF Code.
Note that the Board of Directors refers to the following eight criteria as stipulated by Article 10 of the AFEP-MEDEF Code presented below:
Criterion 1. Employee or company officer in the last five years: Not to be or have been in the last five years:
Criterion 2. Cross-directorships: Not to be an executive officer of a company in which the corporation holds a directorship, directly or indirectly, or in which an employee appointed as such or an Executive Company Officer of the corporation (current or having been for less than five years) has held a directorship.
Criterion 3. Significant business relations: Not be a client (1), supplier, commercial banker, investment banker or advisor that is material to the Company or its Group, or for a significant part of whose business the Company or its Group accounts. The evaluation of the significant or nonsignificant relationship with the Company or its Group must be debated by the Board, and the quantitative and qualitative criteria that led to the evaluation (continuity, economic dependence, exclusivity etc.) must be explicitly stated in the report on corporate governance.
Criterion 4. Family ties: Not to be related by close family ties to a Company Officer.
Criterion 5. Statutory Auditor: Not to have been an auditor of the Company within the previous five years.
Criterion 6. More than 12 years' service: Not to have been a director of the Company for more than 12 years. Loss of the status of independent director occurs on the date on which this period of 12 years is reached.
Criterion 7. Status of non-executive Company Officer: A non-executive Company Officer may not be considered independent if they receive variable compensation in cash or securities or any compensation linked to the performance of the Company or Group.
Criterion 8. Status of major shareholder: Directors representing major shareholders of the Company or its parent company may be considered as independent so long as these shareholders do not participate in the control of the Company. However, above a 10% threshold of capital or voting rights, the Board, on the basis of a report from the Appointments Committee, shall systematically query whether the person can be considered as independent, taking into account the composition of the Company's capital and the existence of any potential conflict of interest.
(1) Or be directly or indirectly related.
The table below summarises the individual analysis of each director in relation to these eight criteria:
| Criterion 1 | Criterion 2 Criterion 3 Criterion 4 Criterion 5 | Criterion 6 | Criterion 7 | Criterion 8 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director/ Independence criterion (1) |
Employee or Company Officer in the last five years |
Cross directorships: |
Significant business |
relations Family ties | Statutory auditor |
More than 12 years' service |
No variable compensation for Chair |
Not representing a shareholder of more than 10% |
| Yves Perrier | ✖ | ✔ | ✖ | ✔ | ✔ | ✖ | ✔ | ✖ |
| Philippe Brassac | ✖ | ✔ | ✖ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | NA | ✖ |
| Virginie Cayatte | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | NA | ✔ |
| Laurence Danon-Arnaud |
✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | NA | ✔ |
| Christine Gandon | ✖ | ✔ | ✖ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | NA | ✖ |
| Patrice Gentié | ✖ | ✔ | ✖ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | NA | ✖ |
| Michèle Guibert | ✖ | ✔ | ✖ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | NA | ✖ |
| Robert Leblanc | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | NA | ✔ |
| Michel Mathieu | ✖ | ✔ | ✖ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | NA | ✖ |
| Hélène Molinari | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | NA | ✔ |
| Christian Rouchon |
✖ | ✔ | ✖ | ✔ | ✔ | ✖ | NA | ✖ |
| Joseph Ouedraogo |
✖ | ✔ | ✖ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | NA | ✔ |
| Nathalie Wright | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | NA | ✔ |
(1) In the table, ✔ represents an independence criterion that is met, and ✖ represents an independence criterion that is not met.
It should be remembered that under Article L. 225-27-1, section I, paragraph 3 of the French Commercial Code, the Company is not required to include a director representing employees on its Board of Directors, as the parent company, Crédit Agricole SA, is itself subject to this obligation. Amundi is therefore exempt from the AFEP-MEDEF Code requirements on this point.
Nevertheless, the Board of Directors wished to use the optional regime set out in Article L. 225-27 of the French Commercial Code, under which a director may be elected by the Company's employees, if permitted by the Company's Articles of Association. Since the General Meeting of 2016 that approved the amendment to the Articles of Association to this end, the Board includes a director elected by the employees. The aforementioned article also states that the director elected by the employees should not be taken into account when applying the rules relating to the requirement for gender balance under Article L. 225-18-1 of the same Code.
It is recalled that Estelle Ménard was called upon to take up the position of Director of Private Management at LCL and was forced to resign from her post, with new elections organised at the beginning of 2022.
Joseph Ouedraogo, Head of Investment Risk Business Analyst team, was elected on 25 March 2022 as Director by the Amundi UES employees and has thus been on the Board since that date. As it has done for his predecessors, the Board of Directors allocated Joseph Ouedraogo the necessary time and resources to work towards the company directorship certificate issued by IFA-Sciences Po, which he started during the year.
As at 31 December 2022, the Board of Directors included one non-voting member, Jean-Michel Forest, Chair of Regional Bank de Crédit Agricole Loire Hate-Loire. Under the Articles of Association, non-voting member, nominated by the Board, is invited to attend meetings of the Board of Directors and, where applicable, Committee meetings in a consultative capacity. In this way, non-voting member fulfil his role as advisor to the Board of Directors and may give advice and recommendations. It should be noted, however, that the Board was informed of his upcoming departure, having reached the age limit within his Regional Bank at Crédit Agricole.
Non-voting members are considered to be full members of the Board and accordingly comply with all rules applicable to directors (Stock Market Ethics Charter and Directors' Charter).
All the statements below have been drawn up on the basis of the individual statements by each director and non-voting member.
To the Company's knowledge, as of the filing date of this Universal Registration Document, there are no family ties among the members of the Board of Directors listed above and the members of the Company's Senior Management.
To the Company's knowledge, during the last five years: (i) none of the above persons has been convicted of fraud, (ii) none of the above persons has been associated with any bankruptcy, receivership or liquidation, (iii) no accusation and/or official public sanctions have been pronounced against any of the above persons by statutory or regulatory authorities (including designated professional bodies), and (iv) none of the above persons has been disqualified by a court from acting as a member of the administrative, management or supervisory body of any company, or from being involved in the management or performance of business of any company.
To the Company's knowledge, and subject to the relationships described in note 9.2 "Related Parties" of the consolidated financial statements (Chapter 6 of this Universal Registration Document), as of the filing date of this Universal Registration Document, there are no potential conflicts of interest between the duties owed to the Company by the members of the Board of Directors or the Company's Senior Management and their private interests.
However, it should be remembered that, for historical reasons linked to the Partnership Agreement of 17 June 2015 between the Company, Société Générale and Crédit Agricole, that Crédit Agricole made a commitment to Société Générale to ensure that, so long as all of the distribution agreements with Société Générale, Crédit du Nord and Komerční Banka and the
The director reads and complies with Amundi's Market Ethics Charter.
Furthermore, the director informs the Board of any conflicts of interest including potential ones, in which they could be directly or indirectly implicated. They refrain from participating in the discussions and taking decisions on the subjects concerned.
The director refrains from using for their personal benefit or for the benefit of whomsoever the inside information to management mandate with Sogecap are in effect, a director of the Company will be appointed based on a proposal made by Société Générale (1). In this capacity, William Kadouch-Chassaing was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company, even though under the renewed agreement, this is no longer an obligation. In 2022, William Kadouch-Chassaing left Société Générale to join the Eurazeo Group. Having encountered further occasional conflicts of interest, he considered it preferable to resign from his directorship at the end of the financial year.
It is recalled that a number of directors were appointed in their own name based on a proposal by Crédit Agricole, the majority shareholder: Philippe Brassac, Yves Perrier, Christine Gandon, Patrice Gentié, Michèle Guibert, Michel Mathieu and Christian Rouchon.
At the filing date of this Universal Registration Document no restrictions have been accepted by the members of the Board of Directors or the members of the Company's Senior Management on the sale of their shares in the Company, other than the following: (i) rules to prevent insider trading and (ii) recommendations of the AFEP-MEDEF Code obliging directors to hold shares (except the director elected by the employees), translated as the requirement to hold 200 shares set out in Article 10 of the Articles of Association.
Finally, no service agreement has been signed that binds any members of the administrative or management bodies to the issuer or any of its subsidiaries, and providing benefits at its conclusion, with the exception of the suspension agreements for two company officers' employment contracts, described in section 2.1.1.4.
The specific case of the new Chairman of the Board, who could find himself in a potential conflict of interest situation due to his former position as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, has been identified. The Risk Management Committee is specifically tasked with monitoring this situation and ensuring compliance with the rules adopted on managing conflicts of interest. These are identical to the rules applicable to any director and are mainly contained in the Company's Directors' Charter, as follows:
which they have access. The director refrains from carrying out any transaction on Amundi shares during the 30 calendar days that precede the publication of the yearly and half-yearly results and during the 15 calendar days that precede the publication of the quarterly financial information, as well as the day of the said publications.
The director must, in application of the Market in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II), declare any personal transaction on a financial instrument if they consider that they potentially are in a situation of conflicts of interest or if they hold confidential information likely to be considered as inside information and acquired in relation to their duties as director.
(1) It should be noted that the agreements between Société Générale and Amundi that were renewed in November 2020 released Crédit Agricole SA from this obligation.
The role of the Board is that of a Board of Directors of a French public limited company: in accordance with Article L. 225-35 of the French Commercial Code, it "determines the strategies for the Company's business and ensures their implementation, in accordance with its corporate interest, considering the social, environmental, cultural and sporting aspects of its business. [...] Subject to powers expressly reserved for Shareholders' Meetings, and within the limits of the corporate purpose, the Board of Directors may deal with any issue concerning the smooth operation of the Company and will take decisions on matters concerning the Company".
The tasks and operation of the Board of Directors are set out in the Board's rules of procedure and in the Articles of Association, more specifically Articles 12 to 14 of the Articles of Association, as well as Articles 2 to 4 of the rules of procedure, which are set out in full in Chapter 8 of this Universal Registration Document.
Rules of Procedure: The Rules of Procedure of the Group's Board of Directors are also available on the Company's website: https://about.amundi.com/our-group — see "THE GOVERNANCE".
They consist of five main sections related to the powers of the Chairman of the Board, the powers of the Board and of the Chief Executive Officer and of any deputy chief executive officers, the functioning of the Board, and to its specialised committees.
Two Charters (Directors' Charter and Stock Market Ethics Charter) are appended to the Rules of Procedure. All directors and non-voting members are required to accept these regulations individually when taking office.
During its meeting of 7 February 2023, the Board of Directors updated its rules of procedure to take account of changes to the duties of the Board and its Committees in the area of social and environmental responsibility and climate issues, in accordance with its practices and the updating of the AFEP-MEDEF Code.
From now on, social and environmental issues have been incorporated into the specific missions of each Committee (for more details, see section 2.1.3 "Overview of the specialised committees and their activities in 2022").
Duration and staggering of terms of office: In accordance with recommendation 15.2 of the AFEP-MEDEF Code, the expiry of the three-year terms of office of directors is appropriately spread over time. Each year, the term of office of four directors expires, allowing for the renewal of the entire Board over time.
Training/Seminars: The directors are usually asked to take part in two training sessions during the year, which aim both to enhance their knowledge and skills and to give them a more thorough understanding of the Company's business lines and strategic challenges.
The themes change each year, depending on the regulatory situation, changes in the Company's business, or the needs expressed by the members of the Board.
The two sessions held in 2022 kept directors abreast of changes in the Chinese market concerning asset management, the system for evaluating the performance of products managed by Amundi, and provided an overview of European regulatory news as well as a presentation of the Financial Security system and how it adapts to the needs arising from the Russia-Ukraine conflict. They also strengthened their knowledge of the activities and organisation of the ETF team and its development in connection with the Lyxor merger.
Furthermore, an exceptional meeting of the Board in July 2022 was devoted to climate matters, in accordance with the commitments Amundi made as part of the "Say on Climate". This meeting helped to reflect on the resources available to Amundi to combat global warming along with Jean Jouzel, a French climate scientist and former Vice-Chair of the IPCC. The directors also discussed the Perrier Report (1), authored by the Chairman of the Board, which provides an action plan aimed at making the Paris financial centre a benchmark in climate transition.
Lastly, the members of the Board received training on the various ESG regulations applicable to asset management, and voted on Amundi's strategy as part of the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative.
For his part, Joseph Ouedraogo also benefited from the annual training session organised across the Crédit Agricole Group for all new directors and started preparing the company directorship certificate issued by IFA-Sciences PO.
Meetings without senior executives and company officers in attendance: The two training sessions held during 2022 provided the opportunity for directors to meet without senior executives and company officers in attendance. The meetings were attended by: Virginie Cayatte, Christine Gandon, Patrice Gentié, Michèle Guibert, Robert Leblanc, Hélène Molinari, Christian Rouchon and Joseph Ouedraogo.
Assessments: In 2022, the Board carried out two formal selfassessments at the initiative of the Appointments Committee and as recommended by the AFEP-MEDEF Code. One of these assessments related to the functioning of the Board (collective self-assessment) and the other consisted of an individual self-assessment of competencies, supplemented by an individual declaration by each director, as is customary every year. All assessments take the form of online questionnaires.
Responses to the assessment of the collective functioning of the Board remain strictly anonymous to maintain freedom of expression. This assessment measures the effectiveness of the Board's operation, its composition and its organisation. In principle, the Chairman of the Board does not take part in this questionnaire assessing the operation of the Board. The members who arrived at the end of the year and who did not have sufficient time to give an opinion were not asked to do so. In 2022, each director thus gave their assessment of the preparation and implementation of the Board's work, through, among other things, an assessment of the frequency and quality of meetings and of their support. They also commented on the quality of the work of the Committees and the training sessions, the quality and completeness of the documents provided, and on the speaking time afforded to them in discussions. The Appointments Committee prepared a summary and presented it to the Board: this summary highlighted an overall satisfaction rating that was slightly lower than last year (98.47% vs. 100%). However, the average number of "very satisfied" responses (78.78%) is up slightly on last year (70.88%).
(1) Perrier Report Faire de la place financière de Paris une référence pour la transition climatique : un cadre d'actions (Making Paris the benchmark financial centre in climate transition: an action plan) | vie-publique.fr [in French]
The 2022 financial year saw the members of the Board, for the first time, give a rating of 100% as their overall assessment of the functioning of the Board, as well as of the duration and frequency of meetings. They also continue to value the availability and quality of the Board's Secretariat teams, as well as the way they are made to feel welcome and the environment. The ratings on individual contribution and collective competence, as well as access to the Boardnox tool, rose very significantly, reflecting the efforts made in this area.
The continued strengthening of the Board's international competence, particularly as regards Asia, remains an area where improvement is desired.
The self-assessment and individual declaration completed by each Board member relate to their skills and any training needs, as well as their availability, independence, identification of potential conflicts of interest, good character and compliance with ethical rules. Individual feedback enables the Appointments Committee to back up its analysis of the collective skills of the Board and the effective contribution of each of its members (see "Individual overview of the Directors and the Non-Voting Member" in section 2.2 below and the paragraph on "Skills" in section 2.1.1.1.4 above). The feedback from each member also helps to refine the training programmes according to the needs that have been conveyed.
Succession plan: The procedure relating to succession planning for senior executives, company officers and holders of key positions was updated during 2021, in particular to take account of regulatory changes. Henceforth, any proposal to dismiss the heads of the Risk Management, Compliance and Internal Audit functions, representing key positions, will be subject to prior approval by the Board. It should be noted that this succession planning procedure provides for actions by the Appointments Committee that depend on whether or not the corporate officer to be recruited is independent. No update to this procedure was deemed necessary in 2022.
The Company refers to the Corporate Governance Code for Listed Companies, published by AFEP and MEDEF (the "AFEP-MEDEF Code" as updated in December 2022). The Code can be viewed at www.afep.com or www.medef.com. The Company complies with all the recommendations in this Code.
At the end of the 2022 financial year, and after in-depth analysis, the Code's recommendations were noted as met, including as regards its new Article 5 on the consideration of social and environmental responsibility issues within the Board's tasks. However, two points should be made in relation to the financial year 2022:
"When an employee is appointed as an Executive Company Officer, it is recommended that his or her employment contract with the company or with a company affiliated to the group be terminated, whether through contractual termination or resignation."
Article 23 of the AFEP-MEDEF Code, as interpreted by the High Committee on Corporate Governance in its application guide, recommends outright termination of the employment contract when an employee becomes an Executive Company Officer.
It should be noted that in 2022, the General Meeting approved the agreement previously approved by the Board of Directors, providing for the suspension of Valérie Baudson's employment contract. In accordance with the doctrine of the Autorité des marchés financiers (French Financial Markets Authority, AMF) and the Haut Comité du Gouvernement d'Entreprise (High Committee for Corporate Governance), the Board considered that Valérie Baudson's 25-year long service and her personal situation were sufficient grounds to maintain her employment contract, while arranging for its suspension.
Although Article 23 of the AFEP-MEDEF Code does not apply to the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of a company with a Board of Directors, it should be noted that it was in this same spirit that on 28 March 2022 the Board authorised an agreement to suspend the employment contract of Nicolas Calcoen, who had recently been appointed Deputy Chief Executive Officer. Indeed, as with Valérie Baudson, given Nicolas Calcoen's cumulative years of service within the Group. it did not seem appropriate to the Board to deprive him of the benefits arising from his employment contract, which he would no longer be able to enjoy if it were terminated. This agreement will be the subject of a resolution submitted to the General Meeting called to approve the financial statements for the financial year ended 31 December 2022 in respect of regulated agreements.
In order to provide an appropriate framework for these two situations from a contractual perspective, it is specified that the aforementioned suspension agreements stipulate, for both Valérie Baudson and Nicolas Calcoen, that the suspension period will not be taken into account when calculating their length of service. Furthermore, the non-compete commitments set out in the suspension agreements last for a period of 12 months following the effective date of their termination. The financial compensation for these commitments is set at 50% of the fixed compensation to which Valérie Baudson or Nicolas Calcoen would be entitled upon reactivating their employment contract. These employment contract suspensions still mean that Valérie Baudson and Nicolas Calcoen will not be entitled, during their terms of office, to any related items of compensation, whether arising from their employment contracts, the applicable contractual stipulations or the legal and regulatory provisions in force. These officers will therefore only receive compensation in respect of their corporate office, in line with the terms and conditions described in section 2.4 of this Universal Registration Document.
Lastly, it should also be noted that, in the event that their duties are terminated, under no circumstances may the total amount of any severance pay and any indemnities that may be paid as a result of terminating their employment contract exceed an amount corresponding to two years' fixed and variable annual compensation.
"The Board of Directors specifies a minimum number of registered shares that senior executives and company officers must retain through to the end of their term of office. This decision is reviewed at least on each extension of their term of office."
The Company's Articles of Association set a minimum holding for directors of 200 shares of the Company during their term of office, which allows for a particularly effective sanction whereby directors shall be deemed to have resigned in the event of a breach. The decision to acquire additional shares is to be made by each director individually.
As the requirement to hold a minimum number of shares is imposed by the Articles of Association, this number is not reviewed at each reappointment. As such, it concerns all directors, including the Chairman of the Board of Directors. As the Chief Executive Officer and the Deputy Chief Executive Officer are not directors, they are not subject to this obligation. It should be noted, however, that until the end of their term of office, Valérie Baudson and Nicolas Calcoen are required to retain at least 20% of the performance shares acquired for each plan awarded as part of the payment of their deferred variable compensation. In addition, a significant portion of their variable compensation depends on, and/or is indexed to, the performance of Amundi shares.
In 2022, the activities of the Board of Directors were sustained through 10 Board meetings. The directors were highly involved, with an overall attendance rate of 97.74% at 31 meetings/
Climate Strategy and Medium-Term Plan were the two themes at the heart of the Board's debates in 2022.
At the beginning of the year, the Board focused on the definition of the Amundi Climate Strategy, which it submitted for the first time to the opinion of the General Meeting in 2022. After having received the favourable opinion of 97.72% of its shareholders, the Board of Directors relied on the work of its Strategic and CSR Committee to determine the list of key indicators enabling it, in a very concrete manner, to monitor the progress of this Climate Strategy on a quarterly basis and to prepare the progress report which it will submit to the opinion of its General Meeting for the first time in 2023.
In parallel with defining its own climate strategy, the directors met in July 2022, during an exceptional session dedicated to climate matters, in accordance with the commitments made in the "Say on Climate". This meeting was an opportunity to welcome Jean Jouzel, a French climate scientist and former Vice-Chair of the IPCC, to reflect on the solutions to be implemented to counter global warming. The directors also discussed the Perrier report on managing the energy transition, its issues, and the recommendations for
Following the important decisions taken in 2021 regarding the succession of the Company's Senior Management, in 2022 the Board of Directors decided to appoint, on the recommendation of the Chief Executive Officer, a Deputy Chief Executive Officer, in the person of Nicolas Calcoen, Head of the Strategy, Finance and Control division.
For consistency, the Board also approved a compensation policy for this new director fully in line with that of the Chief Executive Officer.
Lastly, the Board of Directors welcomed the Chief Executive Officer of Crédit Agricole SA, Philippe Brassac, replacing Xavier Musca who was appointed to CA-CIB's senior management. The Board also took into account the opinions of the Appointments Committee and decided, as a replacement for William Kadouch-Chassaing, who resigned in December 2022, to co-opt a new independent director, Nathalie Wright, specifically tasked with strengthening the Board's collective skill set in the field of ESG and IT.
written consultations for the Board and Committees during the course of the year. The attendance records of each of the directors are given in the summary table set about above.
making the Paris financial centre a benchmark in climate transition. The Board also took advantage of this session to clearly define its objectives for assets under management with a target of Net Zero by 2025, adopting a prudent approach to take into account the regulatory changes that will progressively come into effect.
After Climate, Amundi's Business Strategy was the second key focus of the activities carried out by the Board in 2022.
The Board relies on the work of its Strategic and CSR Committee to define the Company's future strategic priorities. The 2025 Medium-Term Plan, communicated to the market on 22 June 2022, highlights the four strategic priorities on which the Board wishes to make progress:
Lastly, the Board also focused on several growth issues, both external and organic.
In addition to these significant matters, and the usual matters that arise during the preparation of General Meetings, the work of the Board of Directors on governance and compensationrelated matters also focused on the following topics in 2022:
Each quarter the Board of Directors examined the change in overall performance of the products managed by all the management companies of the Amundi Group, as well as changes in the inflow of the various client segments. It also carefully monitored the contribution to earnings made by the joint ventures.
The Board also ensured the proper integration of Lyxor, whose various operational projects came to fruition in 2022.
Based on the work carried out by its Audit and Risk Management Committees, the Board also focused on the significant progress made by Amundi Technology since its launch two years ago.
This year, the Board ensured that risks and compliance were well managed as regards impacts arising from the Russia-Ukraine war.
It also focused on the Company's strategy on cybersecurity and ensured that the cyber resilience plan implemented within the Company was robust.
In addition, each quarter, the Board of Directors examines in detail the changes and events of internal control via a presentation by the Head of the Strategy, Finance and Control division and the report from the Risk Management Committee, presented by its Chair.
In addition to preparing the annual parent company and consolidated financial statements, the Board also examined the half-yearly and quarterly results for 2022. On each of these occasions it heard from the Statutory Auditors, who presented their findings. It approved all the financial documentation prepared in this regard, having taken into account the proposed improvements put forward by the Audit Committee.
Lastly, at the end of 2022, the Board of Directors made decisions on the presentation of the 2023 budget and the financial trajectory of the Company for the 2024–2025 period.
It also approves the annual internal control report prepared pursuant to banking regulations and provided to the ACPR, as well as the half-year report on internal control provided to the majority shareholder.
It also approves each year the brief statement concerning risk and on ICAAP and ILAAP reporting in connection with bank regulatory requirements.
During the course of the 2022 financial year, one regulated agreement within the meaning of Article L. 225-38 of the French Commercial Code was signed (1) .
The Board of Directors of Amundi, meeting on 28 March 2022, on the recommendation of the Compensation Committee, authorised, as necessary, the conclusion of an agreement to suspend the employment contract of Nicolas Calcoen between the person concerned, Amundi Asset Management and Amundi, its sole shareholder, signed on 30 March 2022. The Board considered this mechanism relevant in terms of access to senior responsibilities of Group employees who have contributed significantly to its development, thereby promoting sustainable management of the Group's human resources, without hindering the ability to freely dismiss Mr Nicolas Calcoen. The Board of Directors considered that the termination of his employment contract would have effectively deprived him of those previously established rights attached to the performance of said contract that were associated with his length of service within the Crédit Agricole Group (severance pay except in the event of gross or serious misconduct, retirement benefits, financial compensation associated with the non-compete clause).
Furthermore, in accordance with the procedure adopted in 2020 on assessing agreements relating to current transactions and concluded under normal conditions, the Board verified that the Audit Committee had carried out the work necessary to implement it properly.
It should be remembered that the procedure approved by the Board of Directors is based on the following key principles:
(1) On 28 March 2022, the Board of Directors authorised the conclusion of a regulated agreement relating to the suspension of Nicolas Calcoen's employment contract between the interested party, Amundi Asset Management and Amundi, the elements of which were published on the Company's website on the date of its conclusion, in accordance with Article L. 22-10-13 of the French Commercial Code.
In accordance with the Company's Articles of Association and the applicable banking regulations, the Board has set up specialised committees that are tasked with carrying out detailed examinations of specific matters relating to the Board of Directors' mandate. These Committees have no decision-making powers. Their task is to study any issue relating to the Company that is submitted to them by the Board or by the Chair, to carry out preliminary work and prepare for the decisions by the Board in the form of reports, proposals, opinions, information or recommendations.
The Committee members are appointed by the Board of Directors, which may remove them at any time. A member of a Committee may resign his or her functions at any time. All members of the committees and anyone attending the Committee meetings are bound by professional confidentiality.
The Chair of each Committee will call the meetings and validate the meeting agenda or the main purpose, taking into consideration the requests of members, and in accordance with the committee's powers. The Board of Directors may also make a specific request to each committee within the scope of its powers, and may ask the Committee Chair to call an exceptional meeting on that topic.
Each Committee may meet by any means, including via video or teleconference. It may also give its opinion by written consultation.
The members of each Committee must receive information sufficiently far in advance of the meeting to enable them to make an informed decision. In order to validly deliberate or give an opinion, at least half of the Committees' members must be present. Opinions and recommendations made to the Board of Directors are adopted by a majority of members present or represented.
The Chair of each Committee will lead the discussions and report the Committee's recommendations, opinions or proposals to the Board of Directors.
Minutes must be prepared and distributed to Committee members following each meeting. The minutes must include the opinion of every member. These minutes are also made available to all directors once approved.
The Committee may obtain the opinion of any person, including a third party, who may shed light on a subject being discussed.
It should be noted that the composition of the Committees remains compliant with the recommendations of the AFEP‑MEDEF Code and banking regulations. It also ensures good coordination between the various committees, as some have members in common. Accordingly, the members of the Audit Committee and the Risk Management Committee are almost identical, with Robert Leblanc, a member of the Audit Committee, acting as a link between the Compensation Committee, which he chairs, and the Appointments Committee.
As a reminder, there are five specialised committees; their composition, duties and work are detailed below.
The composition of the Strategic and CSR Committee changed in 2022 following the departure of Xavier Musca. Philippe Brassac took over from him on the Committee at the decision of the Board of Directors on 27 October 2022. Chaired by an independent director, duly qualified for the role, the Committee also includes the Chairman of the Board in order to ensure overall alignment of the Company's strategic vision with its majority shareholder.

** Philippe Brassac was appointed to the Strategic and CSR Committee by the Board of Directors on 27 October 2022.
At the request of the Committee, the Chief Executive Officer, the Deputy Chief Executive Officer, as well as the Head of the Strategy, Finance and Control division, the Head of Governance and General Secretary, the Head of ESG, and the Head of HR responsible for CSR, may be required to take part in certain meetings of the Strategic and CSR Committee.
The missions entrusted to the Strategic and CSR Committee by the Board of Directors are detailed in Article 5.3 of the Rules of Procedure featured in Chapter 8 of this Universal Registration Document. The description of its missions has been supplemented to take account of its new role in the development of the Climate Strategy, in addition to its policy on social and environmental responsibility. As a result, it now reviews, at least annually, the actions taken by the Group in these areas and the results achieved.
Its activity was sustained in 2022 with five meetings covering the work described below.
The composition of the Risk Management Committee changed little during 2022. Its existence and composition are dictated by banking regulations. Estelle Ménard, a member of the Risk Management Committee in 2021, stepped down on 31 December 2021.

In order to support these three members, Jean-Michel Forest, non-voting member, also attends Committee meetings and provides his perspective as Chair of a Regional Bank of Crédit Agricole, which is both a client and shareholder of the Company.
At the request of the Committee, the Head of Governance and General Secretary, the Heads of Risk Management, Compliance, Internal Audit, IT Security, the Head of the Strategy, Finance and Control division and the Statutory Auditors also take part in meetings of the Risk Management Committee meetings. Other individuals may be called upon to make one-off presentations on specific topics at the express request of the Committee.
The missions entrusted to the Risk Management Committee by the Board of Directors are detailed in Article 5.4 of the Rules of Procedure featured in Chapter 8 of this Universal Registration Document.
It plays an essential role and six meetings were required in 2022 to enable its members to work on the various themes described below.
At the Risk Management Committee meeting in December, it was decided that a combined Risk Management–Audit Committee meeting would be held once a year with a view to jointly analysing the Company's risk strategy and budget.
(1) ICAAP: Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process – ILAAP: Internal Liquidity Adequacy Assessment Process.
The composition of the Audit Committee did not change in 2022. Two thirds of its members are independent and it is made up of experts in finance:

In order to support these three members, Jean-Michel Forest, non-voting member, also attends Committee meetings and provides his perspective as Chair of a Regional Bank of Crédit Agricole, which is both a client and shareholder of the Company.
At the request of the Committee, the Head of Governance and General Secretary, the Head of the Strategy, Finance and Control division, the Chief Financial Officer, the Head of Risk Management and the Statutory Auditors also attend all meetings. Other individuals may be called upon to make one-off presentations on specific topics at the express request of the Committee.
The missions entrusted to the Audit Committee by the Board of Directors are detailed in Article 5.2 of the Rules of Procedure in Chapter 8 of this Universal Registration Document. These have developed in order to take into account the role that the Audit Committee now plays in analysing the non-financial indicators that the Company sends the market when its financial information is published.
At the Risk Management Committee meeting in December, it was decided that a combined Risk Management–Audit Committee meeting would be held once a year with a view to jointly analysing the Company's risk strategy and budget.
The composition of the Compensation Committee changed in 2022 following the departure of Xavier Musca. Yves Perrier, Chairman of the Board, took over from him on this Committee. Two thirds of its members are independent and it is chaired by one of them. Its three members have areas of expertise that are of specific use for the work of the Committee. It is also reminded that under Article L. 225-27-1, section I, paragraph 3 of the French Commercial Code, the Company is not required to include a director representing employees on its Board of Directors, as the parent company, Crédit Agricole SA, is itself subject to this obligation. Amundi is therefore not bound by the recommendation of the AFEP-MEDEF Code to include an employee director on its Compensation Committee.

* Xavier Musca resigned on 1 September 2022.
** Yves Perrier was appointed to the Compensation Committee by the Board of Directors on 27 October 2022.
At the request of the Committee, the Head of Governance and General Secretary, the Head of the Strategy, Finance and Control division and the Head of Human Resources of Amundi attend meetings of the Compensation Committee. In addition, the HR Director of Crédit Agricole SA and the Chief Executive Officer may occasionally attend these meetings.
The missions entrusted to the Compensation Committee by the Board of Directors are detailed in Article 5.5 of the Internal Regulations featured in chapter 8 of this Universal Registration Document. It should be noted that the Committee is specifically responsible for issuing recommendations to the Board on the compensation policy with regard to social and environmental issues.
The composition of the Appointments Committee, compliant with the AFEP-MEDEF Code and banking regulations, changed in 2022 following the departure of Xavier Musca. Yves Perrier, Chairman of the Board, took over from him on this Committee. Two thirds of its members are independent and it is chaired by one of them. Its three members have areas of expertise that are of specific use for the work of the Committee.

* Xavier Musca resigned on 1 September 2022.
** Yves Perrier was appointed to the Appointments Committee by the Board of Directors on 27 October 2022.
At the Committee's request, the Head of Governance and General Secretary and the Secretary of the Board of Directors normally attend meetings of the Appointments Committee.
The missions entrusted to the Appointments Committee by the Board of Directors are detailed in Article 5.6 of the Rules of Procedure featured in chapter 8 of this Universal Registration Document. In this regard, it is noted that the Appointments Committee's role is to make recommendations on policies for selecting and appointing members to the Board and the Committees, as well as those involved in management of the Company or the corporate bodies of its subsidiaries. In this context, they ensure that social and environmental issues and a balanced skill set are taken into account.
DIRECTOR CO-OPTED BY THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF 27 OCTOBER 2022
Member of the Strategic and CSR Committee
Age: 63 Nationality: French
Date of first appointment: 27/10/2022 Term of office ends: Ordinary general meeting called to approve the financial statements for the year ending 31/12/2024
Number of shares held: 200
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| Since 2015: • Chief Executive Officer of Crédit Agricole SA • Chair and member of the Compensation Committee of Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (CA-CIB) • Chairman of LCL – Le Crédit Lyonnais SA |
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| Since 2015: • Member of the Executive Committee of the French Banking Federation (FBF) |
From 2017 to 2018: • Chair of the Executive Committee of the French Banking Federation (FBF) |
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| Since 2022: • Chair of the Executive Committee of the French Banking Federation (FBF) |
From 2020 to 2021: • Chair of the Executive Committee of the French Banking Federation (FBF) |

Accounting and financial information
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Asset management and financial markets Risk management, compliance and internal audit Governance and compensation Legal requirements and regulatory framework
Member of the Audit Committee and the Risk Management Committee
Age: 52 Nationality: French Date of first appointment: 30/09/2015 Term of office ends: Ordinary general meeting called to approve the financial statements for the year ending 31/12/2024 Number of shares held: 250
Virginie Cayatte began her career in 1995 as an analyst in the Merger & Acquisitions team of the AXA Group, then became Head of the Financing and Cash Management Division of the AXA Group. From 2002 to 2003, she served as Deputy Head of the Savings and Financial Markets office in charge of regulations relating to management and employee savings, accounting and corporate governance, within the General Directorate of the French Treasury. She then became Head of the Savings and Financial Markets office, with responsibility for the regulation of financial markets and their operators, from 2003 until 2005. From 2006 to 2007, she was Secretary General to the Finance and Innovation Competitiveness Division. In 2007, she returned to AXA IM where she was appointed Corporate Finance and Strategy Director, then Chief Financial Officer in 2010. She became Director of AXA IM IF and left the Group at the end of 2014.
From January 2015, Virginie Cayatte was CFO with responsibility for Finance, Real Estate and Purchasing at Solocal Group, a role she left at the end of 2017.
In 2018, she joined as CFO of the Adisseo Group, whose major shareholder is the Chinese group BlueStar ChemChina and is listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
Beyond her financial expertise, she also brings her knowledge of the Chinese market to Amundi's Board of Directors.
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| None | From 2015 to 2017: • Financial Director and member of the Executive Committee of Solocal Group |
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| Since 2018: • Financial Director of Adisseo • Director of Adisseo Animal Nutrition Private Limited • Director of Asia‑Pacific Pte Ltd • Director of Adisseo Life Science (Shanghai) Co., Ltd • Director and Vice-President of Adisseo USA Inc. • Supervisor of Bluestar Adisseo Nanjing Co., Ltd • Member of the Management Committee of the Drakkar Group SA Branch • Supervisor of Nutriad Holding BV Since 2019: • Director of Adisseo España SA • Member of the Supervisory Committee of Adisseo Eurasia SARL • Director of Adisseo Venture Since 2021: • Director Of Nutriad International* |
From 2015 to 2017: • Director of Pages Jaunes SA |
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| Since 2019: • Member of the Management Committee of Association Sportive du Bois de Boulogne |
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Chair of the Strategic and CSR Committee, Member of the Compensation Committee
Age: 66 Nationality: French Date of first appointment: 30/09/2015 Term of office ends: Ordinary general meeting called to approve the financial statements for the year ending 31/12/2022
Number of shares held: 480
| Main areas of expertise | Biography |
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| Strategic planning | Laurence Danon started her career in 1984 at the Ministry for Industry. In 1989, she joined the ELF Group where she exercised commercial duties within the Polymer Division. In 1991, she became Director of the Industrial Speciality Division before being appointed in 1994 as Head of the Global |
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Division of Functional Polymers. In 1996, she was entrusted with the Executive Management of Ato Findley Adhésives, which subsequently became Bostik, a subsidiary of the Total Group, the world number two in adhesives. Appointed as Chair and CEO of Printemps and member of PPR's |
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Executive Committee in 2001, she left her post in 2007 after the successful sale of Printemps in October 2006. |
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Laurence Danon then joined Edmond de Rothschild Corporate Finance in 2007 as a Management Board member, and was then Chair of the Management Board until December 2012. She joined the investment bank Leonardo & Co. in early 2013 as Chairman of the Board of Directors. |
| Subsequent to the sale of Leonardo & Co. SAS to Natixis in June 2015, Laurence Danon joined her family business, Primerose SAS. In particular, she brings her existing managerial skills in the strategic and financial fields and oversees diversity issues. |
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From 2017 to 2021: • Director of Groupe Bruxelles Lambert* |
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| Since 2021: • Director of the Plastivaloire Group |
From 2010 to 2022: • Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of TF1 |
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* Foreign company.

Age: 56 Nationality: French Date of first appointment: 29/07/2021 Term of office ends: Ordinary general meeting called to approve the financial statements for the year ending 31/12/2022 Number of shares held: 250
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| Social and | Gourgançon in the Marne region from 1995. |
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being elected Chair in 2017. |
| Information technology and security |
An agronomist by training, specialising in economic and social sciences (Paris-Grignon), Christine Gandon held positions as IT project manager at Générale Sucrière, then head of new facilities and deputy head of manufacturing at Sucreries du Nord-Est, before becoming manager of a farm at Gourgançon in the Marne region from 1995.
She has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Fère-Champenoise and Sommesous local mutual fund since 2007. She became its Chair in 2009, and has remained Vice-Chair since 2016. She became a director of Regional Bank du Nord-Est in 2012, and was Vice-Chair from 2015, before being elected Chair in 2017.
In addition to her expertise in environmental risk in connection with her farming experience, Christine Gandon has also worked in the social and solidarity economy in her capacity as Chair of the Association and Federal Treasury at the ADMR, a position she held until 2017.
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| Since 2007: • Director of Caisse Locale de Fère Champenoise et Sommesous |
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| Since 2012: • Director of Regional Bank du Nord-Est |
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| Since 2014: • Member of the Executive Committee of Regional Bank du Nord‑Est |
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| Since 2016: • Vice-Chair of Caisse Locale de Fère Champenoise et Sommesous |
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| Since 2017: • Chair of Regional Bank du Nord-Est • Member of boards and committees of the Fédération Nationale du Crédit Agricole |
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| Since 2018: • Director of Adicam • Director of CAMCA Mutuelle • Member of the Supervisory Committee of CAMCA Courtage |
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| Since 2019: • Director of Crédit Agricole Leasing and Factoring |
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| Since 2020: • Chair of CAMCA Audit and Risk Management Committee • Director of CAMCA Assurance • Director of CAMCA Réassurance • Member of the Supervisory Board of CA Titres |
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| • Director and member of the Audit and Risk Management Committee of COFILMO |
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| • Representative of Confédération Nationale de la Mutualité, de la Coopération et du Crédit Agricole (CNMCCA), Director of Centre Exposition Concours Agricole (CENECA), Director and Treasurer of VIVEA |
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| • Director of CA Italia* | ||
| • Representative of Confederation Nationale de la Mutualité, de la Coopération et de Crédit Agricole (CNMCCA), alternate member of Codar (Commission responsible for the orientation and development of insurance for crop damage) on CNGRA (National Risk Management Committee in Agriculture) |
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| Since 2015: • Director of Luzerne Recherche Développement (L.R.D.) SAS • Representative on the Marne Agricultural Council (CAF) - Maison des Agriculteurs Since 2017: • Permanent representative of Regional Bank du Nord-Est, Director of Terrasolis • Permanent member of Regional Bank du Nord-Est, secretary, member of the Competitiveness Division of B4C - Bioeconomy For Change (formerly IAR - Industries and Agri-Resources) • Representative to the Board of Agriculture/CAF Aisne - Maison de l'Agriculture |
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| Since 1995: • Manager of Pellot Henrat EARL, a limited liability agricultural company |
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| Since 2018: • Manager of Montepreux EURL (single-owner limited liability company) |
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* Foreign company.

Age: 59 Nationality: French Date of first appointment: 10/05/2021 Term of office ends: Ordinary general meeting called to approve the financial statements for the year ending 31/12/2023 Number of shares held: 200
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Patrice Gentié began his career in 1985 as an oenologist in the Plaimont Group, then in 1986 he joined the family vine nursery business, which he still manages. |
| Information technology and security |
He joined the Crédit Agricole Group in 1998 as a director of the Caisse Locale de Sainte Livrade, then as a director of the Regional Bank du Lot-et-Garonne from 1999 to 2001. In 2004, he was |
| Sales and marketing | elected Chair of his local Caisse, and then became a director of the Regional Bank d'Aquitaine in 2007. In parallel, he was Secretary General of the French Federation of Vine Nurseries from 2006 to 2016, and administrator of the French Institute of Vine and Wine from 2012 to 2018. |
| Social and environmental issues |
He was elected Deputy Chair of the Regional Bank d'Aquitaine from 2011 to 2019, becoming Chair in 2019. |
| Besides his initiatives to promote socio-economic development in the Aquitaine region, Patrice Gentié has developed personal skills in the IT field. |
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| Since 1998: • Director of Caisse Locale de Saint Livrade Since 2004: • Chair of Caisse Locale de Saint Livrade Since 2007: • Director of Regional Bank d'Aquitaine Since 2017: • Permanent representative of Regional Bank d'Aquitaine, Director of CER France 47 Since 2019: • Chair of Regional Bank d'Aquitaine • Permanent representative of Regional Bank d'Aquitaine, member of the Supervisory Board of CA Grands Crus • Permanent representative of Regional Bank d'Aquitaine, Director of Grand Sud-Ouest Capital Since 2020: • Permanent representative of Regional Bank d'Aquitaine, Director of Grands Crus Investissement • Director of Foncaris Since 2021: • Permanent representative of Regional Bank d'Aquitaine, Director of Agri Sud-Ouest Innovation • Chair of Foncaris Since 2022: • Director of Agrica Gestion |
From 2011 to 2019: • Deputy Vice-Chair of Regional Bank of Crédit Agricole d'Aquitaine |
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| Since 2019: • Director of GSO Financement |
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| Since 1994: • Treasurer of Atavit 47 Since 1995: • Treasurer of Escola Occitana d'estiu Since 1996: • Member of the FranceAgriMer Wood and Seedling Committee Since 1998: • Director of CER France 47 Since 2000: • Manager of Pépinières Viticoles Gentié • Vice-Chair of CER France 47 Since 2003: • Director of the French Federation of Wine Nurseries Since 2005: • Deputy Chair of the Gironde Sud-Ouest Union of Vine Nurseries • Manager of Pépinières Viticoles Gentié SCA Since 2006: • Chair of the Le Guide group Since 2010: • Chair of the Le Guide civil society Since 2021: • Director of CCPMA Prévoyance |
From 2012 to 2018: • Director of the French Institute of Vine and Wine From 2000 to 2019: • Member of the Permanent Technical Committee on Selection (CTPS) Vine section From 1987 to 2021: • Director of CUMA La Vendangeuse Villeneuvoise From 2005 to 2021: • Vice-Chair of Les Archers du Castel |

Member of the Risk Management Committee
Age: 55 Nationality: French Date of first appointment: 30/07/2020 Term of office ends: Ordinary general meeting called to approve the financial statements for the year ending 31/12/2023 Number of shares held: 200
Risk management, compliance and internal audit Strategic planning Sales and marketing Governance and compensation Legal requirements and regulatory framework
Having graduated from the Institut Technique de Banque and completed a Masters degree in Applied Mathematics and IT, Michèle Guibert began her career at Regional Bank de Crédit Agricole du Morbihan, where she held posts in management control, management and then marketing. She then joined Regional Bank de Crédit Agricole du Val de France, where she worked as Specialist Distribution Manager, which included wealth management, before becoming Head of Distribution. She also performed this role at Regional Bank de Crédit Agricole Atlantique Vendée, which she joined in 2005, before being appointed Head of Development and Customer Relations in 2009, a role that included responsibility for retail markets. In 2012, she became Deputy CEO of Regional Bank de Crédit Agricole Toulouse 31. At the beginning of 2017, she joined Crédit Agricole SA where she worked as Head of Customer Relations and Innovation at the DCI division and as Chief Executive Officer of FIRECA. Since May 2019, she has worked at Regional Bank des Côtes d'Armor, where she holds the position of Chief Executive Officer.
Her experience means she can bring her expertise in the fields of retail sales/marketing as well as digital innovation.
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| Since 2019: • Chief Executive Officer of Regional Bank du Crédit Agricole des Côtes d'Armor • Chair of the Village by CA, Côtes d'Armor • Member of the Supervisory Board of Square Habitat Bretagne • Director of Crédit Agricole Protection Sécurité (CAPS-NEXECUR) • Director of UNEXO • Director of the Institut de Formation du Crédit Agricole Mutuel (IFCAM) • Director of CA Indosuez Wealth Management • Member of the Transformation and Performance Committee and the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee at FNCA Since 2020: • Deputy Secretary General of Crédit Agricole, Brittany • Member and rapporteur of the FNCA Commission Vie Mutualiste et Identité. Since 2021: • Director of COFILMO Since 2022: • Member of the Supervisory Committee of Fonds CA Transitions |
From 2017 to 2019: • Head of Customer Relations at Crédit Agricole SA • CEO of the Crédit Agricole Investment and Research Fund (FIRECA) From 2019 to 2022: • Member of the FNCA Transformation and Performance Committee From 2020 to 2022: • Deputy Secretary General of Crédit Agricole, Brittany • Member and Deputy Rapporteur of the FNCA Quality and Operations Transformation Committee |
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| Since 2019: • Member of the Association Nationale des Cadres de Direction (ANCD) • Chair of Côtes d'Armor Business Oscars • Member of the Côtes d'Armor Tourism Awards |
From 2019 to 2022: • Director of the Union Patronale Interprofessionnelle d'Armor (UPIA) |
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| Since 2020: • Director of the Syndicat National des Cadres de Direction (SNCD) |

INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
Member of the Audit Committee and of the Appointments Committee, Chair of the Compensation Committee
Age: 65 Nationality: French Date of first appointment: 30/09/2015 Term of office ends: Ordinary general meeting called to approve the financial statements for the year ending 31/12/2024 Number of shares held: 200
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| Risk management, compliance and internal audit |
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Accounting and financial information Born and raised in Morocco, Robert Leblanc is a graduate of the École Polytechnique and holds a doctorate in organisational strategy from the Université Paris-Dauphine. He started his career at Arthur Andersen as a consultant, before becoming Chief Executive Officer of the Paris Stock Exchange. He then held management positions in major insurance groups (AXA, SIACI and AON, where he has been since 1990). In parallel to his professional career, Robert Leblanc was twice Chair of the Medef Ethics Committee, was Chair of the EDC (Entrepreneurs et Dirigeants Chrétiens) from 2010 to 2014, and was then Chair of the Fondation Avenir du Patrimoine in Paris from 2014 to 2019.
Robert Leblanc has been the Chair of Aon France since 2009. Author of "Le libéralisme est un humanisme" [Liberalism is a humanism] (Albin Michel, 2017). He has also been Vice-Chair of Fondation Notre-Dame since 2019. In particular, Robert Leblanc brings his expertise in the field of governance and social issues.
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| Since 2007: • Manager of RL Conseil Since 2009: • Manager of Aon Holdings France SNC • Chair of Aon France SAS Since 2021: • Member of the Supervisory Board of Vision d'Entreprise SAS |
From 2010 to 2018: • Director of Aon Tunisia* From 2009 to 2019: • Director of International Space Brokers France – ISB France From 2019 to 2020: • Chair of Chapka, a subsidiary of Aon France • Chair of Ovatio, a subsidiary of Aon France • Chair of Apollo, a subsidiary of Aon France |
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| Since 2008: • Honorary Chair of Chambre Syndicale des Courtiers d'Assurance Since 2017: • Director of Aspen France Since 2019: • Vice-Chair of Fondation Notre-Dame |
From 2016 to 2018: • Chair of the Medef Ethics Committee From 2014 to 2019: • Chair of Fondation Avenir Patrimoine in Paris |
* Foreign company.
which have expired

as at 31/12/2022
Age: 64 Nationality: French Date of first appointment: 28/04/2016 Term of office ends: Ordinary general meeting called to approve the financial statements for the year ending 31/12/2023 Number of shares held: 200
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| Governance and compensation |
Michel Mathieu began his career at Crédit Agricole Gard in 1983. He went on to become Manager in 1990 and in 1995 joined Regional Bank du Midi as Deputy CEO. In 1999, he was appointed CEO of Regional Bank du Gard and then, from 2005, of Regional Bank du Midi. Caisses |
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| Sales and marketing | Régionales du Gard and Regional Bank du Midi were merged in 2007 and Michel Mathieu took charge as CEO of the newly created merged Bank, Regional Bank du Languedoc. In 2010, Michel Mathieu moved to Crédit Agricole SA as Deputy CEO responsible for Group central functions and, from May 2015, for asset management and insurance. In August 2015 he became Crédit Agricole SA Deputy CEO responsible for retail banking subsidiaries, including LCL and international, and for the operations and transformation function. Since April 2016, he has been CEO of LCL, and remains in charge of Crédit Agricole SA's retail banking subsidiaries division (LCL and International), Member of the Executive Committee. In his career, Michel Mathieu brings to the Board of Directors his solid knowledge of the banking world, particularly on an international level. |
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| Since 2010: • Director of CA Italia* (formerly Cariparma) • Member of the FNCA Combined Senior Executives Committee Since 2015: • Deputy CEO, Head of Subsidiaries and Local Banking division of Crédit Agricole SA Since 2016: • Chief Executive Officer of LCL • Permanent Representative of LCL, Director of Prédica • Chairman of the Board of Directors of Crédit Agricole Creditor Insurance Since 2017: • Director of the Institut de Formation du Crédit Agricole Mutuel (IFCAM) |
From 2012 to 2020: • Director of Crédit Agricole Egypt From 2015 to 2020: • Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board of Crédit du Maroc From 2017 to 2022: • Director of the Institut de Formation du Crédit Agricole Mutuel (IFCAM) |
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* Foreign company.

Chair of the Appointments Committee
Age: 59 Nationality: French Date of first appointment: 30/09/2015 Term of office ends: Ordinary general meeting called to approve the financial statements for the year ending 31/12/2022 Number of shares held: 200
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of cultural events. |
| Sales and marketing |
Hélène Molinari began her career in 1985 with Capgemini as information technology consultant. She then joined the Robeco Group in 1987 to develop the institutional sales activity. In 1991, she helped to set up AXA Asset Managers (later AXA Investment Managers), with responsibility for the Retail team, before becoming the Marketing and E-business Director in 2000. Then, in 2004, she became Global Communication and Brand Director. In 2005, she joined Laurence Parisot at the head of Medef, of which she was appointed Deputy CEO and member of the Executive Council in 2011.
In 2014, she became a corporate officer of Ahm Conseil, a company specialised in the organisation of cultural events.
Hélène Molinari, deeply committed in the sustainable development and biodiversity fields, has been the co-founding Chair of the philanthropic association SUmus since 2020, whose aim is to jointly construct a new paradigm in harmony with the Living World with a positive workplace, societal and economic impact, with Venice as its pilot city.
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| Since 2020: • Member of the Supervisory Board of IDI |
From 2012 to 2020: • Member of the Supervisory Board and Member of the Nominations, Compensation and Governance Committee of Lagardère SCA |
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| Since 2014: • Manager of Ahm Conseil Since 2017: • Manager of Ahm Immobilier Since 2019: • Director of Albingia • Member of the Supervisory Board of Financière de l'Éclosion SAS |
From 2014 to 2018: • Senior Advisor of Capival From 2013 to 2020: • Member of the Strategic Committee of Be-Bound |
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| Since 2010: • Member of the Steering Committee of the "Tout le monde chante contre le cancer" association |
From 2013 to 2018: • Director of the Boyden Foundation |
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| Since 2013: • Member of the Steering Committee for the "Prix de la femme d'influence" (Women of Influence Awards) Since 2020: • Founding Chair of the charitable association SUMus |

Age: 48 Nationality: French
Date of first appointment: 25/03/2022
Term of office ends: Ordinary general meeting called to approve the financial statements for the year ending 31/12/2024
Number of shares held: 481.9042 through the Amundi Actionnariat company mutual fund
| Main areas of expertise | Biography |
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| Accounting and financial information |
Joseph Ouedraogo began his career in 2001 at Sungard-Cadextan as an IT consultant with Crédit Lyonnais Asset Management. In 2007, he joined the Amundi Group as head of IT projects. In 2012, he joined CPR Asset Management as a financial engineer in the quantitative |
| Information technology and security |
analysis and research department, working on introducing ESG criteria to funds and making use of issuers' non-financial ratings. In 2017, he joined Amundi Technology, where he was in charge of the Pioneer integration project at Amundi. Since 2018, he has held the position of Market Risk Project Manager at Amundi Asset Management. |
| Social and environmental issues |
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| Elected by employees of Amundi UES on 25 March 2022, Joseph Ouedraogo holds a CFA | |
| Asset management and financial markets |
certificate, a DEA postgraduate qualification in Computer Science and is currently taking the Sciences PO-IFA Company Director certificate. |
| Risk management, compliance and internal audit |
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| Since 2018: • Head of Market Risk Project Management with Amundi Asset Management SAS* |
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| Since 2022: • Member of the Supervisory Board of the Amundi Actionnariat Fund* |
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* Amundi Group company.

Age: 62 Nationality: French Date of first appointment: 23/12/2009 Term of office ends: Ordinary general meeting called to approve the financial statements for the year ending 31/12/2022 Number of shares held: 200
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Christian Rouchon joined the Crédit Agricole Group in 1988 as Accounting and Finance Manager of Regional Bank de la Loire, then of Regional Bank Loire Haute-Loire in 1991, before becoming its Chief Financial Officer in 1994. In 1997, he was appointed as Information Systems Manager of |
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Regional Bank Loire Haute-Loire. In 2003, he became Deputy Chief Executive Officer in charge of the operation of Regional Bank des Savoie before joining Regional Bank Sud Rhône-Alpes in September 2006 as Deputy Chief Executive Officer in charge of development. In April 2007, he became Chief Executive Officer. Since September 2020, he has been Chief Executive Officer at Regional Bank du Languedoc. At the same time, he has various responsibilities within the national bodies of the Crédit Agricole Group, particularly as a member of the Federal Commissions, as well as in the Group's subsidiaries. |
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| Strategic planning | His background as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Information Systems Officer, combined with his long service as a director of Amundi, means he can excel in chairing the Audit and Risk Management Committees. |
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| Other positions and offices held Offices held in the last five years (2018-2022) as at 31/12/2022 which have expired |
| In Crédit Agricole Group companies | |||
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| Since 2019: • Non-voting member of Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (CA-CIB) Since 2020: • Chief Executive Officer of Regional Bank du Crédit Agricole du Languedoc Since 2020: • Member of the Supervisory Committee of Fonds CA Transitions |
From 2013 to 2018: • Chair of the Financial Organisation Committee, Rapporteur for the Finance and Risk Commission, Member of the Companies and Wealth Project Committee and the Rates Committee of the FNCA From 2016 to 2018: • Director of CA-Chèques From 2007 to 2020: • Chief Executive Officer of Regional Bank of Crédit Agricole Sud Rhône Alpes • Director of Square Habitat Sud Rhône Alpes From 2008 to 2020: • Non-partner manager of Sep Sud Rhône Alpes From 2010 to 2020: • Director of BforBank From 2018 to 2020: • Director of Credit Agricole Home Loan SFH • Member of the FNCA Financial Organisation Committee • Member of the FNCA Transformation and Performance Commission |
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Age: 58 Nationality: French Date of first appointment: 09/12/2022 Term of office ends: Ordinary general meeting called to approve the financial statements for the year ending 31/12/2023 Number of shares held: 200
| Information technology and security |
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With a Master's degree in economics, and degrees from IEA Paris and INSEAD, Nathalie Wright began her career in 1987 at Digital and then at Newbridge Networks, where she held a number of managerial positions in finance, marketing and operations. From 1999, she held various management positions at Verizon before joining AT&T in 2005 as Chief Executive Officer for France, Southern Europe and the Middle East. In 2009, she joined Microsoft France as Public Sector Director and, from 2011, as Chief Executive Officer in charge of the Large Companies and Strategic Partnerships Division. In 2017 she was appointed VP Software and a member of the Executive Committee of IBM France before joining Rexel in 2018 as Group Digital and IT Transformation Director, and a member of the Executive Committee. Since January, 2022, she has been the Group's Director of Digital, IT and Sustainable Development.
Nathalie Wright is also a member of the ChapterZero Association and the Entreprendre pour Apprendre Federation.
Co-opted in December 2022, she was chosen by the Board to strengthen the Board of Directors' skills in the Digital and IT fields, and for her expertise in climate and carbon emissions.
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| Since 2017: • Member of the Strategic and CSR Committee at Quadient Since 2018: • Head of Group Digital and IT Transformation, member of the Executive Committee of the Rexel Group Since 2022: • Head of Digital, IT and Sustainable Development of the Rexel Group |
From 2019 to 2021: • Chief Executive Officer in the Nordic region of the Rexel Group |
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| Since 2016: • Member of the Supervisory Board, Chair of the Innovation and Sustainable Development Committee, member of the Risk and Security Committee of the Keolis Group |
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| Since 2014: • Member of WIL – Women In Leadership Since 2022: • Member of the ChapterZero Association • Member of the "Entreprendre pour Apprendre" Federation |

Permanent guest on the Audit Committee and the Risk Management Committee
Age: 65 Nationality: French
Date of first appointment: 27/10/2015
Term of office ends: Board of Directors meeting called to approve the financial statements for the year ending 31/12/2023
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Loire in 2004, of which he was appointed Chair on 14 March 2011. |
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and Project. |
Jean-Michel Forest joined Crédit Agricole in 1990 as Director of Caisse Locale de Saint Germain Laval. He then went on to hold the positions of Director, then Deputy Chair of Caisse Départementale de la Loire, before taking a position as Director of Regional Bank Loire Haute-Loire in 2004, of which he was appointed Chair on 14 March 2011.
Thanks to his various positions within the FNCA, Jean-Michel Forest was one of the key players in the Human project, one of the three pillars of the Crédit Agricole Group's 2022 Medium-Term Plan and Project.
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| Since 1995: • Chair of Caisse Locale de Saint Germain Laval Since 2005: • Member of the Board of Directors of Espace Solidarité Passerelle (Association) • Director of Caisse Locale de Développement Loire Haute-Loire Since 2011: • Chair and Founding Director of Crédit Agricole Loire Haute Loire (CRCAM LHL) • Director of SA COFAM; SAS LOCAM; SAS SIRCAM (CRCAM LHL subsidiaries) and SAS Square Habitat Crédit Agricole Loire Haute-Loire Since 2013: • Member of the Executive Committee of SAS SACAM Avenir Since 2014: • Director of LCL – Le Crédit Lyonnais SA Since 2016: • Chair and Founding Director of the Crédit Agricole Loire Haute Loire Business Foundation for Innovation • Member of the Appointments Committee of LCL – Le Crédit Lyonnais SA Since 2017: • Member of the Senior Executives Committee and the National Compensation Committee of the Crédit Agricole Group Since 2018: • President of Association des Présidents de Regional Bank • Permanent guest of the Federal Office of the FNCA • Member of the Training Programmes Committee for Chairs and Directors of Caisses Régionales at the Institut de Formation du Crédit Agricole Mutuel (IFCAM) • Member of the ADICAM SARL Joint Management Committee of FOMUGEI Since 2019: • Member of the FNCA Transformation and Performance Commission Since 2021: • Chair of the Senior Executive Committee of the Crédit Agricole Group • Chair of the Steering and Promotion Committee (COP) |
From 2014 to 2019: • Chair of the Markets, Clients and Innovation Committee (formerly CRC) of the FNCA From 2013 to 2021: • Director of BFORBANK SA From 2016 to 2021: • Chair of the Auvergne Rhône-Alpes Crédit Agricole Federation (FEDE AURA, formerly FRACA) |
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| Since 2022: • Director of Onliz |
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| Since 2013: • Member of the Board of Confédération Régionale de la Mutualité, de la Coopération et du Crédit Agricole (CRMCCA) Rhône-Alpes |
From 2013 to 2020: • Chair of Confédération Régionale de la Mutualité, de la Coopération et du Crédit Agricole (CRMCCA) Rhône-Alpes From 2016 to 2021: • Member of the Board as representative, appointed as Chair of the Fédération Auvergne Rhône-Alpes du Crédit Agricole of the CRMCCA Rhône-Alpes |
In accordance with Article L. 511-58 of the French Monetary and Financial Code, which stipulates that the Board of Directors of a credit institution cannot be chaired by the Chief Executive Officer, the Board of Directors, at its meeting on 15 September 2015, decided that the functions of Chairman of the Board of Directors and of Chief Executive Officer of the Company would remain separate.
The Company is thus managed by a Chief Executive Officer whose functions are separate from those of the Chairman of the Board.
Since April 2022, this Chief Executive Officer has been assisted by a Deputy Chief Executive Officer. Valérie Baudson proposed to the Board to appoint Nicolas Calcoen, Head of Finance, Strategy and Public Affairs, as Deputy Chief Executive Officer. After consulting with the Appointments Committee, the Board of Directors agreed to this proposal and endorsed it on 28 March 2022.
There are therefore three senior executives and company officers: the Chairman of the Board and the two Executive Directors.
Since 10 May 2021, Yves Perrier has chaired the Board of Directors of the Company, which he previously headed.
In fulfilment of his legal duties, the Chairman of the Board of Directors:
In 2022, the Board of Directors decided, when Nicolas Calcoen was appointed as Deputy Chief Executive Officer, the Board resolved to follow the recommendations of the Appointments Committee and give him identical powers to those of the Chief Executive Officer.
Valérie Baudson and Nicolas Calcoen, who are in post until the Board decides otherwise, therefore have the powers set out in Article 15 of the Company's Articles of Association: "The Chief Executive Officer has the broadest powers to act in all circumstances in the name of the Company. They exercise these powers within the limit of the corporate purpose and subject to those powers that the law expressly grants to the shareholders' meetings and the Board of Directors. They represent the Company in its dealings with third parties. [...] On the proposal of the Chief Executive Officer, the Board may appoint between one and a maximum of five natural persons who will assist the Chief Executive Officer and have the title of Deputy Chief Executive Officer. The Board will determine the extent and period over which their powers may be exercised, it being however understood that, with regard to third parties, the Deputy Chief Executive Officer(s) will have the same powers as the Chief Executive Officer."
Yves Perrier is also a member of the Strategic and CSR Committee, and since October 2022, has been a member of the Appointments and Compensation Committees.
Author of the Perrier report calling for the Paris financial centre to become a benchmark for climate transition, Yves Perrier was particularly involved in the work carried out by the Strategic and CSR Committee and the Board on defining the Company's Climate Strategy in 2022.
Personal information about Yves Perrier is provided in section 2.3.3 on "Individual information regarding senior executives and company officers".
However, the rules of procedure of the Board of Directors (Article 3) specify, with regard to the Chief Executive Officer and the Deputy Chief Executive Officer, the requirement to "obtain the prior agreement of the Board of Directors for the following operations:
The personal details of Valérie Baudson and Nicolas Calcoen are listed in the following section 2.3.3, after those of Yves Perrier.

CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Member of the Strategic and CSR Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Appointments Committee
Age: 68 Nationality: French Date of first appointment: 18/09/2007 Term of office ends: Ordinary general meeting called to approve the financial statements for the year ending 31/12/2024 Number of shares held: 200
| Asset management and financial markets |
A graduate of ESSEC and a chartered accountant, Yves Perrier started his career in auditing and consulting before joining Société Générale where he held various positions, including Chief Financial Officer (1995-1999). |
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| Social and environmental issues |
In 1999 he joined Crédit Lyonnais, where he served as a member of the Executive Committee in charge of Finance, Risk Management and Audit until 2003. |
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| Strategic planning | From 2003 until 2007, he was a member of the Executive Committee of Crédit Agricole SA and Deputy CEO of Calyon (which became CACIB). |
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| In 2007, he was appointed Chair and CEO of Crédit Agricole Asset Management (CAAM). | |||
| Accounting and financial information |
In 2009, he led the successful implementation of the merger between CAAM and Société Générale Asset Management. On 1 January 2010, this merger resulted in the creation of Amundi, of which he |
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| Risk management, compliance and |
was appointed Chief Executive Officer. | ||
| internal audit Information technology and security |
Under his management, Amundi became Europe's leading asset management company, tripling both its assets under management (over €2,000 billion at the end of 2021) and its results, through a combination of organic growth and various acquisitions, including Pioneer, Sabadell, BAWAG and Lyxor. |
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Since it was listed in 2015, Amundi's market capitalisation has doubled. | ||
| Sales and marketing | From 2015 to 2021, he also acted as Deputy CEO of Crédit Agricole SA, with responsibility for Insurance, Real Estate and Asset Management. |
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| Banking regulations | On 10 May 2021, Yves Perrier handed over the reins to Amundi's new CEO, Valérie Baudson, and was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors. |
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| Yves Perrier has been recognised as CEO of the Year several times (in 2010, 2017, 2019 and 2021) by specialist financial industry publications (Funds Magazine, Institutional Investor, Financial News). |
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| More recently, he and Valérie Baudson were jointly awarded the Financier of the Year Award 2022. | |||
| Chairman of the Institut de la finance durable created in 2022, Yves Perrier is also the author of the Perrier Report: "Making the Paris financial centre a reference for climate transition: a framework for action". |
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| Yves Perrier is also Honorary Chair of the AFG and Vice-Chair of Europlace. |
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| Since 2019: • Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Médicis Committee* |
From 2007 to 2018: • Chair-CEO of Amundi Asset Management* From 2014 to 2016: • Director of LCH Clearnet SA and LCH Clearnet Group From 2015 to 2020: • Director of Pacifica and Crédit Agricole Assurances From 2015 to 2021: • Deputy Managing Director, Head of the Savings and Real Estate division of Crédit Agricole SA • Permanent representative of Crédit Agricole SA • Director of Prédica and Crédit Agricole Immobilier From 2018 to 2021: |
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| • Chair of Amundi Asset Management SAS* | ||
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| In other unlisted companies | ||
| Since 2021: • Director of Edmond de Rothschild Holding • Director of Banque Edmond de Rothschild • Director of F. Marc de Lacharrière (FIMALAC) • Chair of YP Conseil SAS |
From 2013 to 2016: • Member of the Supervisory Board of Maike Automobile SAS |
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| Since 2017: • Honorary Chair of the AFG Since 2018: • Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Paris Europlace Since 2020: • Director and Treasurer of the Fondation de France Since 2022: • Chairman of the Institut de la Finance Durable * Amundi Group company. |
From 2015 to 2017: • Chair of the AFG |
** Foreign company.

Age: 51 Nationality: French Date of first appointment: 10/05/2021 Number of shares held: 2,084.68 units of the Amundi Actionnariat fund
| Main areas of expertise | Biography | |
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| Asset management and financial markets |
Valérie Baudson began her career in 1995 in the General Inspection Department of Banque Indosuez. She then joined Crédit Agricole Cheuvreux as Secretary General, then Marketing Director for Europe. |
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| Social and environmental issues |
Valérie Baudson joined the Amundi Group in 2007 and oversaw the creation of the ETF, Index & Smart Beta business line from 2008. She became a member of the Executive Committee in |
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| Strategic planning | 2013, then a member of the Management Committee in 2016 as Chief Executive Officer of CPR AM, a subsidiary active management company recognised in particular for its thematic & ESG expertise. In 2020, she also took over management of the new division dedicated to Third-Party Distribution and Private Banking and oversaw the subsidiaries in Germany and Spain. |
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| Accounting and financial information |
In parallel, Valérie Baudson was a Director of the listed entity ERAMET from 2015 to 2016, and | |
| Risk management, compliance and internal |
became a member of the Strategic Committee of the French Financial Management Association (AFG) in 2018 and Chair of the Paris Europlace College of Institutional Investors from 2019. |
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| audit Information technology and security |
Since 10 May 2021, Valérie Baudson has been Chief Executive Officer of Amundi. She is also Deputy CEO and a member of the Executive Committee of Crédit Agricole SA |
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| Governance | In 2022, she was promoted to the rank of Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur, and also received the Financier of the Year Award 2022 jointly with Yves Perrier. |
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| and compensation | Valérie Baudson is a graduate of HEC with a specialisation in Finance and holds the Company | |
| Sales and marketing | Directorship Certificate from the Sciences Po-IFA University in Paris. | |
| Legal requirements and regulatory framework |
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| Since 2019: • Director of CA Indosuez (formerly CA Indosuez Wealth (France)) Since 2021: • Chair of Amundi Asset Management SAS* • Deputy CEO of Crédit Agricole SA Group • Non-voting member, Prédica |
From 2017 to 2021: • Chair of the Supervisory Board of Amundi Deutschland GmbH/ From 2016 to 2021: • Chief Executive Officer of CPR Asset Management • Chairman of the Board of Directors of Amundi Index Solutions/ From 2019 to 2021: • Director of CPR Asset Management • Deputy CEO of Amundi Asset Management SAS* From 2018 to 2021: |
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| • Chair of the Supervisory Board of Anatec* | ||||
| From 2016 to 2020: | ||||
| • Chairman of the Board of Directors of Amundi Suisse/* | ||||
| In other listed companies |
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| Since 2019: • Chair of the Paris Europlace College of Institutional Investors |
From 2019 to 2022: • Member of the Strategic Committee of the French Financial Management Association (AFG) |
* Amundi Group company.
** Foreign company.

Age: 50 Nationality: French Date of first appointment: 01/04/2022 Number of shares held: 13,346 shares and 2 929, 40 units of the Amundi Actionnariat fund
| Main areas of expertise | Biography | |
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| Accounting and financial information |
Nicolas Calcoen began his career at the Budget Department of the French Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry in 1998. From 2002 to 2005, he was an Economist in the |
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| Social and environmental issues | Public Finance Department of the International Monetary Fund (Washington, DC). In 2005, he joined the private staff of the finance Minister and the Minister responsible for the budget, first as a technical advisor and then as Deputy Chief of Staff to the budget Minister and budget advisor to the finance Minister. From 2007 to 2010 he was Deputy Chief of Staff of the Minister for the budget, government accounts, the civil service and state reform. In 2010 he became Head of Strategy and Development at Amundi, then Head of Finance and Strategy in 2012. Nicolas Calcoen has been Amundi's Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Head of the Strategy, Finance and Control division since April 2022. He is also a member of the Management Committee of Crédit Agricole SA |
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| Risk management, compliance and internal audit |
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| Asset management and financial markets |
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| Strategic planning | Nicolas Calcoen graduated from the École Nationale d'Administration (ENA) in 1998. He is also a graduate of the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris (1992) and holds a French postgraduate qualification (DEA) in Economics and International Finance from the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris (1994). |
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| Legal requirements and regulatory framework |
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| Other positions and offices held as at 31/12/2022 |
Offices held in the last five years (2018-2022) which have expired |
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| Since 2022: • Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Amundi Asset Management SAS • Member of the Management Committee of Crédit Agricole SA Since 2019: • Chairman of the Board of Directors of Amundi Japan Ltd/ * • Chairman of the Board of Directors of BFT Investment Managers |
From 2017 to 2022: • Represent of Amundi, Director of CPR Asset Management From 2015 to 2018: • Director of IM Square From 2012 to 2019: • Head of Finance and Strategy, Amundi Asset Management From 2012 to 2022: • Director of Amundi Intermédiation From 2014 to 2022: • Chief Executive Officer of Amundi Ventures From 2016 to 2022: • Chairman of the Board of Directors of Amundi Finance • Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of KBI Global Investors Ldt/ From 2018 to 2022: • Director of Amundi SGR S.p.A.*/ From 2019 to 2022: • Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Amundi Asset Management* |
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| In other unlisted companies | ||||
| None | ||||
| In other unlisted companies | ||||
| None | ||||
| In other entities (excluding asset structures) |
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| From 2017 to 2021: |
• Vice-Chairman, then Chairman of the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA)
* Amundi Group company.
** Foreign company.
The Company's senior managers are supported in the internal governance of the Amundi Group by a General Management Committee. The Committee meets weekly and is involved in all major decisions of a commercial, organisational and HR management nature.
Among other things, this Committee coordinates Amundi's core business lines, balances priorities and makes the Group's major governance decisions. Its composition is set out below.
In addition, a larger Executive Committee ensures the consistent and effective deployment of the strategy in all countries in which the Amundi Group is present. This Committee, the membership of which includes the Heads of the key countries in which Amundi operates, monitors business developments and ensures the right balance is struck between the over-arching policies of the Amundi Group and their interpretation and implementation at the local level. Its composition is set out below.
These two management bodies are supported by the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), a group of approximately 185 senior executives spread across the various geographic locations of the Amundi Group.
At 31 December 2022

Valérie BAUDSON Chief Executive Officer

Nicolas CALCOEN Deputy Chief Executive Officer Head of the Strategy, Finance and Control division

Dominique CARREL-BILLIARD Head of the Real Assets business line

Vincent MORTIER Chief Investment Officer

Bernard DE WIT Executive Senior Manager Head of Governance and General Secretary

Matteo GERMANO Deputy Chief Investment Officer

Isabelle SENÉTERRE Head of Human Resources


Cinzia TAGLIABUE Deputy Head of the Partner Networks division and Head of Italy

Benoît TASSOU Head of the Partner Networks France division

Éric VANDAMME Chief Risk Officer

Fannie WURTZ Head of the Distribution & Wealth Division, Passive & Alternative business lines

Fathi JERFEL Head of the Partner Networks division

Jean-Jacques BARBÉRIS Head of the Institutional and Corporate Clients Division
Guillaume LESAGE Chief Operating Officer
and ESG
The Executive Committee is composed of General Management Committee members and of:

Domenico AIELLO Chief Financial Officer

Céline BOYER-CHAMMARD Chief Sustainable Transformation Officer

Julien FONTAINE Head of Joint Ventures and Partnerships

Olivier MARIÉE Chief Executive Officer of CPR Asset Management

Thierry ANCONA Head of Sales, Third-Party Distribution and Wealth

Éric BRAMOULLÉ Head of Marketing & Products

David HARTE Head of Ireland and Deputy Chief Operating Officer

Lionel PAQUIN Deputy Head of the Real Assets business line

Natacha ANDERMAHR Head of Communications

Catherine CHABREL Head of Compliance

Lisa JONES Head of the Americas

Dorothée PIREL Head of Internal Audit

Laurent BERTIAU Head of Japan

Monica DEFEND Head of the Amundi Institute

Élodie LAUGEL Chief Responsible Investment Officer

Xiaofeng ZHONG Chairman of Greater China
The Management Bodies described above are varied in terms of geographical and gender representation, thus enabling a diversified, balanced representation of the entire Amundi Group.
In December, the Board of Directors made sure that the Group had made progress in 2022 in terms of gender equality.
After noting the steady change in the level of the Gender Equality Pay Index, which rose to 85 points in December 2022 from 84, the Board noted:
Aware of the significant progress made on the subject, the Board also noted the following commitments made by Senior Management to promote the gender equality policy within the company:
The Board of Directors mandated management to continue its efforts to improve the company's Diversity in a broad sense.
It also maintained the objective of 35% of women within the Senior Leadership Team in 2025 and, in line with the Rixain Law, is on course to attain a minimum of 40% of women on the Executive Committee by 2029.
In accordance with Article 223-26 of the AMF General Regulations, this Report provides a summary of the transactions referred to in Article L. 621-18-2 of the French Monetary and Financial Code, that have been conducted and declared during the last financial year by:
• Company Officers;
| Name and position | Transactions performed by members of the Board of Directors or senior executives for personal reasons and by closely related persons |
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| Jean-Jacques Barberis, Member of the General Management Committee and Head of the Institutional and Corporate clients and ESG division |
Sale of 3,196 Amundi shares, at a unit price of €72.6551 on 6 January 2022 |
| Valérie Baudson, Chief Executive Officer |
Sale of 5,169 Amundi shares, at a unit price of €66.7803 on 21 February 2022 |
| Pascal Blanqué (1) , Member of the General Management Committee and Chairman of the Amundi Institute |
Sale of 4,295 Amundi shares, at a unit price of €72.4384 on 6 January 2022 Sale of 3,886 Amundi shares, at a unit price of €53.8369 on 12 May 2022 Acquisition of 1,099.2030 shares of the Amundi Actionnariat Relais 2022 company mutual fund at a unit price of €36.39 on 12 July 2022 |
| Dominique Carrel-Billiard, Member of the General Management Committee and Head of the Real Assets business line. |
Acquisition of 1,099.2031 shares of the Amundi Actionnariat Relais 2022 company mutual fund at a unit price of €36.39 on 12 July 2022 |
(1) It should be noted that Pascal Blanqué left the Amundi Group at the end of October 2022 and has therefore not been considered as an "Executive" since that date.
| Name and position | Transactions performed by members of the Board of Directors or senior executives for personal reasons and by closely related persons |
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| Bernard de Wit, Second Executive Director, Member of the General Management Committee and Head of Governance and General Secretary |
Acquisition of 1,099.20 shares of the Amundi Actionnariat Relais 2022 company mutual fund at a unit price of €36.39 on 12 July 2022 |
| Guillaume Lesage, Member of the General Management Committee and Chief Operating Officer |
Acquisition of 1,099.2031 shares of the Amundi Actionnariat Relais 2022 company mutual fund at a unit price of €36.39 on 12 July 2022 |
| Vincent Mortier, Member of the General Management Committee and Chief Investment Officer |
Acquisition of 1,700 shares at the unit price of €55.00 on 4 March 2022 Sale of 1,700 Amundi shares, at a unit price of €62.25 on 16 March 2022 Acquisition of 1,099.2030 shares of the Amundi Actionnariat Relais 2022 company mutual fund at a unit price of €36.39 on 12 July 2022 |
| Cinzia Tagliabue, Member of the Executive Management Committee and Head of the International Partner Networks division and CEO of Amundi Italy |
Acquisition of 135 shares of the Amundi Actionnariat group savings plan at a unit price of €36.39 on 21 July 2022 |
| Benoît Tassou, Member of the General Management Committee and Head of the Partner Networks France division |
Acquisition of 1,099.2030 shares of the Amundi Actionnariat Relais 2022 company mutual fund at a unit price of €36.39 on 12 July 2022 |
| Éric Vandamme, Member of the General Management Committee and Chief Risk Officer |
Sale of 1,099 Amundi shares, at a unit price of €71.20 on 10 February 2022 Acquisition of 1,099 shares of the Amundi Actionnariat Relais 2022 company mutual fund at a unit price of €36.39 on 07 July 2022 |
| Fannie Wurtz, Member of the General Management Committee and Head of the Distribution and Private Banks division, and the Passive and Alternative Management business lines |
Acquisition of 1,098.68 shares of the Amundi Actionnariat Relais 2022 company mutual fund at a unit price of €36.39 on 12 July 2022 |
It should be noted that, insofar as the Company Officers and individuals with management responsibilities within the issuer are considered to be permanent insiders, the rules relating to "open or closed windows" for trading in the securities of the Company (as detailed in Amundi's Code of Conduct for Stock Exchange transactions) are applicable to them. The dates corresponding to these windows are provided to them at year-end for the following financial year.
| FIXED | VARIABLE |
|---|---|
| €350K | No variable compensation |
| FIXED €800K |
VARIABLE €1,152K down -15.3% vs 2021 |
Terms of payment of variable compensation 20% Non-deferred, Cash One-year deferred payment, |
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| Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Nicolas Calcoen | 20% Indexed cash Deferred over five years, |
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| FIXED €420K (2) |
VARIABLE €625K (2) |
60% Under continued employment and performance conditions, Amundi shares and cash, One-year holding period for shares |
| FRANCE | WORLDWIDE | |
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| Chairman of the Board of Directors | 2.9 | 2.4 |
| Chief Executive Officer | 16.1 | 12.9 |
| Deputy Chief Executive Officer | 8.6 | 6.9 |
| FIXED | VARIABLE |
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| €350K | No variable compensation |
| FIXED | VARIABLE | ||
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| €880K | Target | €1,320K | i.e. 150% of fixed compensation |
| Maximum | €1,496K | i.e. 170% of fixed compensation |
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| €420K | Target | €630K | i.e. 150% of fixed compensation | ||
| Maximum | €714K | i.e. 170% of fixed compensation |
(1) Proposals submitted to the vote of the General Meeting on 12 May 2023.
(2) Compensation expressed on an annual basis. Nicolas Calcoen was appointed Deputy Chief Executive Officer on 1 April 2022. On a pro rata temporis basis, his fixed compensation is €315,000 and his variable compensation is €468,720.
(3) Details on pages 127 and 128.
(4) Yves Perrier is Chairman of the Board until 12 May 2023 (cf. p. 136). He will receive the fixed compensation of €350,000 prorata temporis from January 1, 2023 to May 12, 2023.
Amundi's compensation policy is established in such a way as to be in line with the Company's corporate interest, its values, its economic and commercial strategy and its longterm objectives. The compensation policy aims, on the one hand, to strike a fair balance between performance and sound, controlled risk management and, on the other hand, to promote the development of increasingly responsible and sustainable investment. It thus contributes to the sustainability of the Company in the interest of all stakeholders alike: investors, shareholders, customers and employees.
Amundi's compensation policy applies to all Amundi employees, including senior executives, and is based on the principle of equal compensation for male and female employees for the same work or for work of equal value, in accordance with the EBA guidelines of 2 July 2021 and 22 November 2021 on compensation policy.
All employees are entitled to all or some of the following items of compensation, depending on the responsibilities held and place of work:
The overall amount of variable compensation is approved by the Board of Directors after review by the Compensation Committee and is determined on the basis of a percentage of the gross operating income before variable compensation.
The allocation of this overall amount within the different business lines and entities is based on the contribution of each team to the collective performance.
The individual allocation of items of variable compensation is determined on a discretionary basis and is based on management's assessment of individual risk-adjusted performance. To this end, Amundi's variable compensation scheme:
The criteria used in evaluating performance and awarding variable compensation depend on the type of functions performed:
| Extract from the 2022 compensation policy | Quantitative criteria | Qualitative criteria | |||
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| Investment | Risk-adjusted performance | IR/Sharpe over 1, 3 and 5 years | Adherence to risk, compliance, ESG policy | ||
| Management | Gross/absolute/relative performance | and legal rules | |||
| of the investment strategies (based on GIPS composites) over1, 3 and |
Quality of management | ||||
| 5 years, outlook mainly focused on | Innovation/product development | ||||
| 1 year, adjusted for the long term (3 and 5 years) |
Cross-functionality and sharing of best practices |
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| Risk-based Performance based on IR/ Sharpe over 1, 3 and 5 years |
Commercial engagement including ESG component in commercial actions |
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| Competitive positioning through Morningstar rankings |
ESG: • compliance with the ESG policy and |
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| Net inflows/Successful requests for proposals, mandates |
participation in the Net Zero offering; • Integration of ESG into investment |
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| Performance fees | processes; • ability to promote and project ESG |
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| When relevant, ESG assessment of funds according to various rating agencies (Morningstar, CDP etc.) |
knowledge internally and externally; • contribute to the expansion of ESG offerings and innovation; |
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| Compliance with the "Beat the benchmark" ESG approach, the ESG exclusion policy and the climate transition index |
• ability to strike a balance between risk and ESG (risk and ESG adjusted return). |
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| Sales | Business development and sustainability through appropriate behaviour and consideration of customer's interests |
Net inflows, notably on ESG and impact denominated products |
Adherence to risk, compliance, ESG policy and legal rules |
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| Revenues | Joint consideration of the interests of Amundi | ||||
| Gross inflows | and the interests of the customer | ||||
| Client base development and retention; product mix |
Securing/development of the business Customer satisfaction |
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| Number of commercial actions per year, | Quality of management | ||||
| particularly prospecting activities, | Cross-functionality and sharing of best practices | ||||
| Number of clients approached on their Net Zero strategy |
Entrepreneurship | ||||
| Ability to explain and promote Amundi's ESG policies and solutions |
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| Control | Project management and achievement of own targets, |
Depending on the projects managed and objectives set |
Depending on the projects managed and objectives set |
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| regardless of the results of the business monitored |
No regulatory breaches | Quality of controls | |||
| Compliance with regulations and consideration of client's interests |
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| Quality of management | |||||
| Cross-functionality and sharing of best practices | |||||
| Support | Project management and achievement of own targets |
Depending on the projects managed and objectives set |
Depending on the projects managed and objectives set |
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| Management/optimisation of expenses |
Quality of customer service and support to operational functions |
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| Improvement of company's efficiency, contribution to its development |
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| Quality of management | |||||
| Cross-functionality and sharing of best practices |
Since 2008, a portion of the variable compensation is deferred in accordance with the economic strategy, long-term objectives and sound risk management. The highest variable compensation amounts are therefore partly deferred and spread over a period of at least three years. They are only paid if the performance conditions are met and in the absence of excessive risky professional behaviour during this period.
Amundi has made responsible investment one of its founding pillars since it was created in 2010. In 2018, Amundi launched a three-year action plan aimed at integrating ESG into 100% of its open funds under active management. On 8 December 2021, with the aim of further strengthening its commitments, Amundi set up a new Ambitions ESG 2025 plan. The Group's compensation policy is aligned with the responsible investment policy and with the Ambitions ESG 2025 plan.
Compliance with the responsible investment policy is embedded in Amundi's control framework. Responsibilities are spread between the first level of controls performed by the management teams themselves and the second level of controls performed by the risk management teams, which can check the compliance with the responsible investment policy of the funds on an ongoing basis. ESG rules are monitored by the risk management teams in the same way as other investment management constraints, using the same tools and procedures.
Amundi oversees the compensation policies and practices applicable to all Amundi entities to ensure consistent compliance with Group-wide guidelines of the compensation policy and their rigorous application in compliance with applicable regulations in force (AIFM/UCITS V, IFD, CRD V and SFDR).
The Human Resources Department, under the direct supervision of the Senior Management, is responsible for implementing the compensation policy.
In accordance with regulatory requirements, permanent control functions play a role in the process of reviewing variable compensation, specifically for "identified staff". This applies primarily to the Risk Management Department and Compliance Department.
An ad hoc committee that includes the executives from the Investment business line, the Human Resources Department and the control functions reviews the respect of risk limits and compliance procedures by the risk takers of the investment management and negotiating functions.
In order to involve the Group's employees in the growth of the Company and in the creation of economic value, on 8 February 2022 the Board of Directors decided to use the delegation of powers granted by the General Meeting held on 10 May 2021 to carry out a capital increase reserved for all Amundi employees. This transaction, called We Share Amundi 2022, was a success, with more than one in three employees worldwide (36.1%) taking part, with a peak subscription of 54.5% in France. Nearly 2,000 employees in 15 countries subscribed to this capital increase for an amount close to €29 million, an increase of 15% on the amount subscribed in 2021. Employee ownership in Amundi's share capital represents 1.1% at 31 December 2022.
In addition to these controls, in accordance with Commitment No. 8 of the Ambitions ESG 2025 plan, Amundi has integrated ESG criteria in the determination of compensation. Thus:
Lastly, in 2022, assessment of the performance of the Chief Executive Officer and the Deputy Chief Executive Officer is based on ESG and CSR objectives for a minimum of 20% (taking into account the implementation of ESG projects accounting for 10% for the Chief Executive Officer and 15% for the Deputy Chief Executive Officer and the Crédit Agricole S.A. Group's Customer, Human and Societal Project accounting for 10%).
These items are referred to Senior Management and the managers concerned so that the implementation of the compensation policy takes them into account.
Amundi's Compensation Committee, which met three times during the 2022 financial year, provides an opinion on the compensation policy to enable the Board of Directors to make informed decisions. It monitors the implementation of this compensation policy in particular for the "identified staff" referred to below.
Each year, Amundi's Risk Management Committee also ensures the compatibility of the compensation policy with the Company's economic and prudential situation.
In addition, the implementation of policies applicable pursuant to the CRD V and IFD regulations falls within the scope of the compensation governance introduced by Crédit Agricole S.A..
The General Meeting held on 10 May 2021 authorised the Board of Directors to grant performance shares (existing or to be issued) to some or all of the Group's employees and company officers. This authorisation was given for up to 2% of the maximum share capital. For each financial year, the total number of shares allocated to senior executives and company officers may not represent more than 0.1% of the share capital. Pursuant to this authorisation, the Board of Directors decided on the exact terms and conditions of the performance share plans at its meeting of 28 March 2022 and determined the list of beneficiaries at its meeting of 28 April 2022. Two separate plans were implemented:
in five tranches over five years, and will all be conditional on the absence of risky professional behaviour, continued employment on the acquisition date, and the achievement of performance conditions defined by the Board of Directors. The number of shares that vest depends on the level of achievement of the annual budgetary targets from 2022-2026 in respect of net income Group share, cost-toincome ratio and net inflows, as well as annual progress in the implementation of the Ambitions ESG 2025 plan. Their level of achievement will be assessed annually.
In the "Significant events" section of the notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements, detailed information is given regarding the capital increase reserved for employees and in Note 6.5 regarding the performance share plans.
It is also made clear that no previously authorised long-term incentive plans were delivered in financial year 2022.
Since asset management represented the majority of the Group's business, Amundi's 2022 compensation policy is aligned with the regulatory framework specific to this business sector. Accordingly, for management companies, the compensation policy applicable to all of Amundi's "identified staff" is determined in accordance with the AIFM/UCITS V Directives applicable to them. For some Amundi Group entities with the status of credit institutions or investment firms, a limited number of employees are subject to CRD V and IFD regulations, as described in sections 2.4.2.1.2 and 2.4.2.1.3. The banking entities within the Amundi scope are subject to the same compensation policies as the banking entities of the Crédit Agricole S.A. Group. These policies provide for in particular:
The compensation of CRD V "identified staff" whose professional activities have a significant impact on the risk profile of the relevant entities for 2022 is the subject of an "Annual report on the compensation policy and practices applicable to CRD V identified staff" prepared in accordance with the applicable regulations and presented in section 2.4.2.3.
IFD "identified staff" are subject to specific rules described in section 2.4.2.2.3. A report on the compensation policy and practices for IFD identified staff will be published at the level of each entity to which it applies.
In addition, Amundi has put in place a mechanism allowing for the non-payment and, if applicable, the return of deferred compensation in the event of serious events arising involving questionable and unlawful practices, particularly in terms of risk-taking.
The compensation policy that applies to identified staff is aligned with Amundi's general principles and stems from a highly controlled regulatory environment that imposes rules on the structure of their compensation.
"Identified staff" includes all categories of employees who have an impact on their entity's risk profile by virtue of their function, level of authorisation or their compensation, as well as employees in the control functions of the entities concerned.
"Identified staff" are designated through a joint process between the Amundi Group functions (Human Resources and the Control functions) and its entities. This process is supervised by the Compensation Committee.
Under EU Directives AIFM 2011/61 of 8 June 2011 and UCITS V 2014/91 of 23 July 2014, the "identified staff" of asset management companies, alternative investment funds and UCITS are defined as those who simultaneously:
The CRD regulation applies to the categories of staff whose professional activities have a significant impact on the risk profile of a company with the status of credit institution.
Amundi's "identified staff" within the meaning of CRD V are identified based on the consolidated scope (Crédit Agricole S.A.) and the sub-consolidated scope (Amundi) under the joint responsibility of the Human Resources, Risk Management and Compliance departments.
The following are therefore defined as "identified staff" in accordance with the qualitative and quantitative identification criteria established by CRD V:
With the entry into force of Directive 2019/2034 ("IFD"), investment firms are subject to different compensation requirements according to their size and importance. More specifically, there are three categories of investment firms, defined in Article L. 531-4 of the French Monetary and Financial Code:
It is specified that none of the investment firms belonging to the Amundi Group fall into the category of Class 1 bis investment firms set out in paragraph 1 of Article L. 531-4 of the French Monetary and Financial Code, which are subject to CRD V regulations.
The rules that apply to Class 2 investment firms are based on the rules applicable under the AIFM/UCITS and CRD regulations. They include the obligation to establish a compensation policy, to set a ratio between fixed and variable compensation, and to make the acquisition of variable compensation subject to the achievement of performance conditions.
It is specified that Amundi's Class 2 investment firms all have a balance sheet total that falls below the threshold set out in Article 32(4)(a) of the IFD Directive and satisfy the conditions set out in Article 32(5). Consequently, and in accordance with the derogation provided for in Article 32(4) of the same Directive, the compensation rules specifically provided for in the IFD concerning deferrals, payment in financial instruments and discretionary pension benefits are not applicable for the 2022 financial year.
In accordance with the IFD regulation, an identification process was implemented under the responsibility of the Human Resources, Risk and Compliance functions within Amundi's Class 2 investment firms in order to draft the list of Amundi's "identified staff" pursuant to the qualitative and quantitative identification criteria provided for by the European Commission's delegated Regulation No. 2021/2154 and Article 533-30 of the French Monetary and Financial Code.
"Identified staff" are those employees whose professional activities have a significant impact on the risk profile of the investment firm or the assets it manages:
Amundi's compensation policy aims at ensuring an adjustment of compensation to performance in the medium- to long-term and preventing conflicts of interest.
As set out in 2.4.1.1, it is reminded that variable compensation can comprise two components, the bonus and the performance share plan (LTI). The characteristics of these performance share plans are given in 2.4.2.2.4.
Subject to the specific provisions set out in 2.4.2.2.2, variable compensation awarded to "identified staff" is deferred for a minimum of 50% of the amount awarded as of the first euro, by tranches over a minimum of three years, as soon as it attains a materiality threshold agreed upon with the regulator.
"Identified staff" are also subject to bonus vesting and indexation conditions.
Each deferred compensation tranche only becomes vested based on performance conditions, the absence of risky professional behaviour and continued employment on the vesting date. The non-achievement of these conditions may lead to a decrease, or even a definitive loss of the amount to be vested.
The deferred portion of the bonus is indexed on a basket of funds that are representative of the activity of the Group or of its entities, thus encouraging the alignment of employee compensation with the Company's performance in the medium- to long-term. The employees concerned are not authorised to use personal hedging strategies intended to counteract the effects of this indexation on the risk that is part of the management of deferred variable compensation.
The variable compensation awarded to CRD V "identified staff" may not exceed 100% of their fixed compensation; this ratio may be increased to a maximum of 200% if the General Meeting votes in favour. This limit was increased to 200% for Amundi S.A. by the 9th resolution approved by the General Meeting held on 12 May 2016 and for Amundi Finance by the 7 th resolution approved by the General Meeting held on 17 May 2022.
Variable compensation is deferred when it reaches the threshold of €50,000 or if it exceeds one-third of the total compensation (1):
At least 50% of the variable compensation, deferred or acquired immediately, is:
Each deferred compensation tranche only becomes vested based on performance conditions, the absence of risky professional behaviour and continued employment on the vesting date. The non-achievement of these conditions may lead to a decrease, or even a definitive loss of the amount to be vested.
Moreover, if it is discovered, within a five-year period after the delivery of a tranche of deferred variable compensation, either in cash or shares, that a member of "identified staff" is (i) responsible for or has contributed to significant losses to the detriment of Amundi or (ii) has engaged in particularly risky behaviour, the Group reserves the right to demand the restitution of all or some of the shares already delivered or of the sums already paid out, subject to the applicability of local law.
It should be further noted that the above principles on the variable compensation of CRD V identified staff do not, in fact, apply to members of the Board of Directors insofar as they do not receive variable compensation. The principles applicable to the compensation of members of the Board of Directors are set out in section 2.4.3.1. of this Universal Registration Document.
Amundi entities subject to IFD must respect a ratio between the variable and fixed portion of the total compensation allocated to their employees. This ratio is not set by law. It was set by Amundi at 200%; it may be increased to 300% in certain entities, in line with the local regulator's requirements, and after approval by the Risk and Compliance functions.
In addition, as set out in section 2.4.2.1.3, certain rules on variable compensation under the IFD regulations are not applicable in respect with the derogation provided for in Article 32(4)(a) of the IFD Directive. Pursuant to the Group's compensation policy, the more restrictive rules set out above in 2.4.2.1.1 regarding the deferral and payment of variable compensation in the form of instruments apply to IFD "identified staff".
When individuals are awarded performance shares, specific conditions for the vesting of the rights underlying performance share plans are set; these are shown in detail in the table below:
| 2021 plan | 2022 General Plan | 2022 CRD V Plan | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Authorisation date by the General Meeting |
16 May 2019 | 10 May 2021 | 10 May 2021 |
| Awarding date by the Board of Directors |
28 April 2021 | 28 April 2022 | 28 April 2022 |
| 18 May 2022 (CEO) | |||
| Term | 3 years | 3 years | 5 tranches over 5 years |
| Vesting date | No later than 2 May 2024 | No later than 2 May 2025 | Depending on the tranche; from no earlier than 28 April 2023 st tranche to no earlier for the 1 than 1 April 2027 for the last tranche |
| Vesting conditions of the rights | • Presence on the vesting date • Performance conditions linked to the achievement of the objectives of the 2021–2023 Business Plan and the implementation of the ESG trajectory • Absence of risky professional behaviour |
• Presence on the vesting date • Performance conditions linked to the achievement of average budgetary objectives over 2022, 2023 and 2024 and to the implementation of the Ambitions ESG 2025 plan • Absence of risky professional behaviour |
• Presence on the vesting date • Performance conditions linked to the achievement of the annual budgetary objectives for 2022-2026 and to annual progress in the implementation of the Ambitions ESG 2025 plan • Absence of risky professional behaviour |
| Holding period | No holding period | No holding period | Holding period of one year from the acquisition date |
(1) Pursuant to the exemptions provided for in point b) of Article 94(3) of CRD V, Amundi does not apply these provisions unless these thresholds exceeded. In this case, the rules on deferral and payment of variable compensation in the form of instruments set out above in 2.4.2.2.1 apply to CRD "identified staff".
Payment of guaranteed variable compensation is strictly limited to hiring situations and has a duration of no more than one year. Guaranteed variable compensation is paid according to the applicable deferred compensation plan.
Furthermore, it should be noted that under no circumstances may company officers receive guaranteed variable compensation. The specific provisions relevant to them are set out in section 2.4.3 of this Universal Registration Document.
This report concerns compensation policy and practices applicable to the individuals identified in Article L. 511-71 of the French Monetary and Financial Code and, where applicable, in application of European Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No. 2021/923 of 25 March 2021. This report was prepared for the 2022 financial year in accordance with Article 450 of Regulation (EU) No. 575/2013 of 26 June 2013, as amended by EU Regulation 2019/876 of 20 May 2019 ("CRR II").
As their principal business is asset management, the asset management companies that make up most of the Amundi Group are subject to Directive 2011/61/EU, as amended ("AIFM") and Directive 2009/65/EC of 13 July 2009 relating to UCITS-type funds, as amended ("UCITS V"), in accordance with the guidance of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA/2016/411).
Exclusively on its banking scope, Amundi is also subject to Directive 2013/36/EU of 26 June 2013, as amended, including by Directive No. 2019/878/EU of 20 May 2019, transposed into French law specifically by the Decree of 22 December 2020, which amended the Decree of 3 November 2014 on the internal control of businesses in the banking, payment services and investment services sector subject to the oversight of the French Prudential Supervision and Resolution Authority (ACPR) (CRD V).
Banking entities within Amundi's scope are subject to the same compensation policies as Crédit Agricole S.A. Group banking entities as described in paragraph 2.4.2.
The quantitative information contained in this report only applies to the "identified staff" described in Article L. 511-71 of the French Monetary and Financial Code within Amundi's banking scope, as detailed in 2.4.2.1.2, i.e. 21 people including the Chief Executive Officer, the Deputy Chief Executive Officer and the members of the Board of Directors of Amundi SA..
The compensation policy of the Chief Executive Officer and the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Amundi is outlined in section 2.4.3.3 of this Universal Registration Document.
The applicable governance for compensation is described in section 2.4.1.3 of the Universal Registration Document.
In addition, in compliance with regulatory requirements, the Group's Human Resources Department works with the control functions (Risk Management and Compliance) in the formulation of the compensation policies, and the review of the Group's variable compensation, as well as the definition of the identified staff.
The composition and role of the Compensation Committee with regard to compensation policy are presented in section 2.1.3.4 of the Universal Registration Document.
The general principles of the compensation policy applicable to all Amundi employees and outlined in section 2.4.1.1 of the Universal Registration Document apply to CRD V "identified staff".
In the specific case of Company Officers who are considered as CRD V "identified staff", the compensation policy for Company officers is outlined in section 2.4.3 of the Universal Registration Document.
The compensation policy applicable to CRD V "identified staff" also includes specific rules on the deferral and indexing of variable compensation as set out below.
The scope of Amundi CRD V "identified staff" is described in section 2.4.2.1.2 of the Universal Registration Document.
The deferred payment rules applicable to bonuses for identified staff are described in section 2.4.2.2.2 of the Universal Registration Document.
The vesting conditions of the various Amundi performance share plans are described in section 2.4.2.2.4 of the Universal Registration Document.
The conditions for payment of guaranteed variable compensation are described in section 2.4.2.2.5 of the Universal Registration Document.
and variable portion – (in € millions and number of beneficiaries)
| Members of the Board of Directors |
Senior Management |
Other | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of persons concerned | 15 | 6 | 21 | |
| Total compensation | 0.5 | 4.3 | 4.8 | |
| Of which amount of fixed portion | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 | |
| Of which amount of variable portion (including LTI) | N/A | 2.3 | 2.3 |
With regard to the members of the Board of Directors, this includes all members who served during all or some of the 2022 financial year (changes to the composition of the Board of Directors are detailed in section 2.1.1.1.1 on page 53). The compensation awarded to Yves Perrier in his capacity as Chairman of the Board of Directors is included in the "Senior Management" column.
The fixed portion includes fixed salary and benefits in kind. The variable portion includes the award of LTI in respect of the 2022 performance year, which will be awarded effectively in 2023 subject to the approval of the Board of Directors, and, where necessary, the General Meeting. The variable portion for 2022 represents €1.5 million and €0.8 million in LTI for 2022.
The variable portion of compensation represents 53% of the total compensation awarded and 110% of fixed compensation.
| Members of the Board of Directors |
Senior Management |
Other | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of persons concerned | N/A | 6 | 6 | |
| Amount vested with immediate payment | N/A | 0.6 | 0.6 | |
| Delayed payment amount, in indexed cash | N/A | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
| Conditional deferred amount (including LTI) | N/A | 1.2 | 1.2 |
The amount of deferred compensation for 2022 includes the LTI allocation for 2022, which will be awarded effectively in 2023 subject to the approval of the Board of Directors, and, if necessary, the General Meeting.
| Members of the Board of Directors |
Senior Management |
Other | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of persons concerned | N/A | 6 | 6 | |
| Payments in cash | N/A | 1.0 | 1.0 | |
| Payments in shares or other instruments | N/A | 1.3 | 1.3 |
The portion of the variable compensation awarded for 2022 in shares or instruments is 55%.
| Members of the Board of Directors |
Senior Management |
Other | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amount of deferred compensation awarded for prior years that vested in 2022 |
N/A | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
| Outstanding amounts of non-vested deferred compensation awarded for prior years |
N/A | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| For 2018 | For 2019 | For 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amount of deferred compensation paid | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Amount of reductions made to deferred compensation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Amount | Number of beneficiaries | Highest individual amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amount of guaranteed variable compensation awarded in the 2022 financial year for new hires |
|||
| and number of beneficiaries | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Compensation awarded in previous years and paid in 2022 |
Compensation awarded in the 2022 financial year with immediate payment |
Compensation awarded in the 2022 financial year with deferred payment |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Amount of severance pay | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Number of beneficiaries | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Highest amount | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| France | Europe (excluding France) | Rest of world | |
|---|---|---|---|
| From €1 million to €1.5 million | 1 | ||
| From €1.5 million to €2.0 million | |||
| From €2.0 million to €2.5 million | |||
| From €2.5 million to €3.0 million |
In accordance with Article L. 22-10-34 I of the French Commercial Code, the General Meeting of 18 May 2022 voted in its 6th resolution on the information referred to in section I of Article L. 22-10-9 of the French Commercial Code, as presented in the corporate governance report shown in Chapter 2 of the 2021 Universal Registration Document. Taking into account the approval rate of 98.42% for the resolution voted on by the General Meeting, compensation was paid to the Directors for the financial year 2021 in June 2022.
The compensation policy for Directors was drafted by the Board of Directors on the recommendation of and after review by the Compensation Committee. It was approved by the Annual General Meeting of 2022 by 99.99% (10th resolution).
In accordance with Article 22.1 of the AFEP-MEDEF Code, it features a predominantly variable portion, according to the effective participation of the directors in the various meetings of the Board and its Committees (with the exception of the Chairman of the Board, who is subject to a specific policy, whose principles are described in section 2.4.3.2).
This policy was deemed reasonable in relation to common practice among both SBF 120 companies and the Company's European peers.
As a reminder, the maximum annual amount allocated to Directors was set at €700,000 at the General Meeting of 30 September 2015 and has not changed since.
Directors' compensation for a given year is paid during the following year. As such, the amounts shown below in 2.4.3.1.2 are therefore those:
The compensation policy approved by the Meeting provides for the following allocation rules for the 2022 financial year:
The non-voting member shall receive the same amount as the directors, deducted from the annual fixed sum allocated to the directors by the General Meeting.
On 7 February 2023, the Board of Directors, acting on the recommendation of the Compensation Committee, implemented the compensation policy approved by the 2022 General Meeting and decided to allocate the total compensation package for 2022 in accordance with said policy.
The table below summarises the list of beneficiaries and the amount of compensation allocated to them for the last two financial years in accordance with the principles set out in paragraph 2.4.3.1.1.
| Gross amounts allocated for the 2020 financial year and paid in 2021 (1) |
Gross amounts allocated for the 2021 financial year and paid in 2022 (1) |
Gross amounts allocated for the 2022 financial year and to be paid in 2023 (1) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Members of the Board of Directors | (in €) | (in €) | (in €) |
| Yves Perrier (2)(13) | |||
| Compensation for Directorship | None | None | None |
| Other compensation | None | None | None |
| Henri Buecher (8) | |||
| Compensation for Directorship | 17,500 | 10,500 | |
| Other compensation | None | None | |
| Philippe Brassac (2)(3) | |||
| Compensation for Directorship | None | ||
| Other compensation | None | ||
| Virginie Cayatte | |||
| Compensation for Directorship | 37,500 | 39,000 | 55,000 |
| Other compensation | None | None | None |
| Laurence Danon-Arnaud | |||
| Compensation for Directorship | 31,500 | 42,500 | 49,000 |
| Other compensation | None | None | None |
| Jean-Michel Forest | |||
| Compensation for Directorship | 39,500 | 42,500 | 48,000 |
| Other compensation | None | None | None |
| Christine Gandon (9) | |||
| Compensation for Directorship | 10,500 | 31,500 | |
| Other compensation | None | None | |
| Patrice Gentié (10) | |||
| Compensation for Directorship | 14,000 | 35,000 | |
| Other compensation | None | None | |
| Michèle Guibert | |||
| Compensation for Directorship | 12,500 | 34,500 | 38,000 |
| Other compensation | None | None | None |
| William Kadouch-Chassaing (5) | |||
| Compensation for Directorship | 10,500 | 21,000 | 35,000 |
| Other compensation | None | None | None |
| Robert Leblanc | |||
| Compensation for Directorship | 39,500 | 44,500 | 53,500 |
| Other compensation | None | None | None |
| Michel Mathieu (2) | |||
| Compensation for Directorship | None | None | None |
| Other compensation | None | None | None |
| Estelle Ménard (8)(11) | |||
| Compensation for Directorship | 18,000 | ||
| Other compensation | None | ||
| Hélène Molinari | |||
| Compensation for Directorship | 27,500 | 34,500 | 45,000 |
| Other compensation | None | None | None |
| Gross amounts allocated for the 2020 financial year and paid in 2021 (1) |
Gross amounts allocated for the 2021 financial year and paid in 2022 (1) |
Gross amounts allocated for the 2022 financial year and to be paid in 2023 (1) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Members of the Board of Directors | (in €) | (in €) | (in €) |
| Xavier Musca (2)(4) | |||
| Compensation for Directorship | None | None | None |
| Other compensation | None | None | None |
| Joseph Ouedraogo (7) | |||
| Compensation for Directorship | 28,000 in favour of five associations |
||
| Other compensation | None | ||
| Gianni Franco Papa/Unicredit (8) | |||
| Compensation for Non-voting membership | 14,000 | 3,500 | |
| Compensation | None | None | |
| Christian Rouchon | |||
| Compensation for Directorship | 47,500 | 54,500 | 61,500 |
| Other compensation | None | None | None |
| Andrée Samat (8) | |||
| Compensation for Directorship | 17,500 | 14,000 | |
| Other compensation | None | None | |
| Renée Talamona (2)(12) | |||
| Compensation for Directorship | None | ||
| Other compensation | None | ||
| Éric Tazé-Bernard (2)(8) | |||
| Compensation for Directorship | None | None | |
| Other compensation | None | None | |
| Nathalie Wright (6) | |||
| Compensation for Directorship | 0 | ||
| Other compensation | None | ||
| TOTAL | 295,000 | 383,500 | 479,500 |
(1) Gross amount (before taxes and social charges).
(2) Yves Perrier, Philippe Brassac, Michel Mathieu, Xavier Musca, Renée Talamona and Éric Tazé-Bernard have each waived payment of the compensation for their directorships.
(3) Philippe Brassac was co-opted by the Board of Directors on 27 October 2022.
(4) Xavier Musca resigned on 1 September 2022.
(5) William Kadouch-Chassaing resigned after the Board of Directors meeting on 9 December 2022.
(6) Nathalie Wright was co-opted by the Board of Directors on 9 December 2022.
(7) Joseph Ouedraogo was elected as director elected by employees on 25 March 2022. He personally waived the collection of his compensation in favour of five associations. (8) Note that the terms of office of Henri Buecher, Estelle Ménard, Éric Tazé-Bernard, Andrée Samat and Gianni Franco Papa expired
during 2021. (9) Note that Christine Gandon was co-opted at the Board of Directors Meeting on 29 July 2021.
(10) Note that Patrice Gentié was appointed at the General Meeting of 10 May 2021.
(11) Note that Estelle Ménard replaced Eric Tazé-Bernard as director elected by the employees on 10 May 2021.
(12) Note that Renée Talamona's term of office ended during the 2020 financial year.
(13) The compensation allocated to Yves Perrier in his capacity as Chairman of the Board of Directors is set out in 2.4.3.2.
In accordance with Article L. 22-10-34 II of the French Commercial Code, the General Meeting of Shareholders must approve the fixed, variable and exceptional components constituting the total compensation and benefits in kind paid or awarded to Yves Perrier as Chairman of the Board of Directors during or in respect of the 2022 financial year.
These items arise from the application of the compensation policy applicable to the Chairman of the Board of Directors as approved by 99.92% by the General Meeting of Shareholders of 18 May 2022 in its 11th resolution. These items are detailed in full in the table below.
| Items of compensation subject to approval |
Amounts awarded in respect of the 2022 financial year and paid out during that period |
Overview |
|---|---|---|
| Fixed compensation | €350,000 | Yves Perrier's annual fixed compensation is €350,000. It was paid monthly in the 2022 financial year. |
| Annual variable compensation | None | The Chairman of the Board of Directors is not eligible for any annual variable compensation. |
| Long-term variable compensation | None | The Chairman of the Board of Directors is not eligible for any long‑term variable compensation. |
| Exceptional compensation | None | The Chairman of the Board of Directors receives no exceptional compensation. |
| Compensation in respect of directorship |
None | Yves Perrier waived the payment of compensation for duties as a director. |
| Benefits in kind | €5,295 | The Chairman of the Board of Directors has a company car provided by Amundi. This benefit is valued at €5,295 for 2022. |
| Healthcare expenses | €1,268 | The Chairman of the Board of Directors benefits from the healthcare expenses scheme applicable to all Amundi employees. The amount payable by Amundi stands at €1,268 for 2022. |
| Supplementary retirement plan | None | The Chairman of the Board of Directors does not benefit from a supplementary retirement plan in respect of his office. |
This section first presents the assessment of the performance criteria determining the award of variable compensation for 2022 for both the Chief Executive Officer and the Deputy Chief Executive Officer (2.4.3.3.1), before determining the amount of variable compensation awarded in respect of 2022 (2.4.3.3.2) and specifying the terms of payment (2.4.3.3.3). Lastly, details of the items awarded for 2022 or paid during the period will be presented for the Chief Executive Officer (2.4.3.3.4) and for the Deputy Chief Executive Officer (2.4.3.3.5).
The performance of the Chief Executive Officer and Deputy Chief Executive Officer, as set out by the 2022 compensation policy, is measured by reference to the results achieved for the various objectives set by the Board of Directors, assessed on the basis of the 2022 annual financial statements. These objectives are identical for the Chief Executive Officer and the Deputy Chief Executive Officer, but the weighting between the criteria applicable to each of them is different, leading to a different overall achievement rate.
At its meeting of 7 February 2023, on the recommendation of the Compensation Committee, and in strict application of the compensation policy approved by the General Meeting of 18 May 2022, the Board of Directors compared the results achieved with the target objectives (1) that had been established in advance for each criterion and applied the payment curves associated with each criterion. A summary of this assessment is given in the following table:
(1) The target objectives for economic criteria cannot be made public owing to their confidential nature. It should be noted that for each Amundi and Crédit Agricole S.A. economic criterion, the target objective corresponded to the amount set in the 2022 budget.
| Chief Executive Officer | Deputy Chief Executive Officer |
|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Threshold | Target | Upper limit |
Achievement rate Base 100% |
Weighting | Weighted achievement rate |
Weighting | Weighted achievement rate |
|
| AMUNDI SCOPE | 80% | 73.0% | 80% | 76.2% | ||||
| Economic criteria (annual financial statements) | 83.3% | 60% | 50.0% | 50% | 41.7% | |||
| NBI (in € millions) (1) |
50% | 100% | 150% | 84.7% | 9.0% | 7.6% | 7.5% | 6.3% |
| Cost-to-income ratio (%) (1) | 50% | 100% | 150% | 83.5% | 12.0% | 10.0% | 10.0% | 8.4% |
| Adjusted NIGS (in € millions) (1) |
50% | 100% | 150% | 90.7% | 30.0% | 27.2% | 25.0% | 22.7% |
| Net inflows (in € billions) (1) |
50% | 100% | 150% | 57.2% | 9.0% | 5.2% | 7.5% | 4.3% |
| Non-economic criteria | 115% | 20% | 23.0% | 30% | 34.5% | |||
| Implement ESG projects (2) | 150% | 110% | 10.0% | 11.0% | 15.0% | 16.5% | ||
| Complete the integration of Lyxor (2) |
150% | 120% | 10.0% | 12.0% | 15.0% | 18.0% | ||
| CRÉDIT AGRICOLE S.A. SCOPE | 20% | 23.0% | 20% | 23.0% | ||||
| Economic criteria (annual financial statements) | 105.6% | 10% | 10.5% | 10% | 10.5% | |||
| Cost-to-income ratio (%) (1) | 60% | 100% | 150% | 102.5% | 3.33% | 3.4% | 3.33% | 3.4% |
| NIGS (in € millions) (1) |
60% | 100% | 150% | 107.6% | 3.33% | 3.6% | 3.33% | 3.6% |
| RoTE (%) (1) | 60% | 100% | 150% | 106.6% | 3.33% | 3.5% | 3.33% | 3.5% |
| Non-economic criteria | 125.0% | 10% | 12.5% | 10% | 12.5% | |||
| Customer, Human and Societal Project (2) |
150% | 125% | 10.0% | 12.5% | 10.0% | 12.5% | ||
| OVERALL COMPLETION RATE | 100% | 96.0% | 100% | 99.2% |
(1) Quantitative criterion. (2) Quantitative and qualitative criterion.
For the economic criteria relating to the Amundi scope, the Board took note of the levels reached by the economic indicators given the general market climate, notably:
The Board determined the achievement rates shown in the table above, by applying to each criterion the payment curve set at its meeting of 8 February 2022. This results in an overall achievement rate on Amundi's economic targets of 83.3% on a 100% basis.
Concerning non-economic criteria relating to the Amundi scope, on the recommendation of the compensation Committee, the Board set the level of achievement by taking into account the following elements:
• Implement ESG projects:
Given the objectives that were set to the Chief Executive Officer, and the Deputy Chief Executive Officer, the Board set the achievement rate for this objective at 110%. In doing so, it took into account the progress made in implementing the 10 commitments of the Ambitions ESG 2025 plan. In addition to these achievements, the Board also noted other initiatives essential to the implementation of the Responsible Investment strategy. In detail, the Board's analysis was as follows:
(1) The 10 commitments of the Ambitions ESG 2025 plan were announced in the press release of 8 December 2021. Of these, commitments 2, 6, 7, 9 and 10 are climate commitments.
The Board set the achievement rate for this criterion at 120%, noting that:
As regards the economic objectives relating to the Crédit Agricole S.A. scope which account for 10% of the total, on the basis of Crédit Agricole S.A.'s annual financial statements, the Board noted an overall achievement rate of 105.6% on a 100% basis. The achievement rates for each of the indicators are as follows:
Lastly, for the assessment of the Crédit Agricole S.A. noneconomic criterion relating to the Group's Customer, Human and Societal Project, on the recommendation of the Compensation Committee, the Board set the achievement rate at 125% on a 100% basis, taking the following into consideration:
At its meeting of 7 February 2023, on the recommendation of the Compensation Committee, the Board of Directors determined the amount of the total variable compensation awarded to the Chief Executive Officer and the Deputy Chief Executive Officer for the 2022 financial year, by applying the
The table below summarises these items:
overall achievement rate to the target variable compensation. For the Chief Executive Officer, this results in an amount awarded of €1,152,000 down -15.3% from the compensation awarded for 2021 (€1,360,000), to be compared with an adjusted NIGS down -10.5% from 2021 and -13% pro forma including Lyxor. For the Deputy Chief Executive Officer, this results in an amount awarded of €624,960 on an annual basis.
| Amounts expressed on an annual basis | Chief Executive Officer | Deputy Chief Executive Officer | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in €) | Valérie Baudson | Nicolas Calcoen | ||
| Target total variable compensation | 1,200,000 | 630,000 | ||
| Overall completion rate | 96.0% | 99.2% | ||
| Total variable compensation awarded | 1,152,000 | 624,960 (1) | ||
| Fixed compensation | 800,000 | 420,000 | ||
| Total variable compensation awarded as a % of fixed compensation | 144.0% | 148.8% | ||
(1) i.e. €468,720 pro rata temporis from 1 April to 31 December 2022.
In summary, total compensation awarded in respect of 2022 is broken down as follows:
| Chief Executive Officer | Deputy Chief Executive Officer Nicolas Calcoen |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valérie Baudson | |||||
| Amounts expressed in euros | Annual basis | As a % of the total |
Annual basis | Pro rata temporis |
As a % of the total |
| Fixed compensation | 800,000 | 41% | 420,000 | 315,000 | 40% |
| Total variable compensation | 1,152,000 | 59% | 624,960 | 468,720 | 60% |
| TOTAL COMPENSATION | 1,952,000 | 1,044,960 | 783,720 |
Total variable compensation is expressed as a percentage of annual fixed compensation. It represents, at target, 150% of the fixed compensation, i.e.
Pursuant to the AFEP-MEDEF Code, total variable compensation is capped and may not exceed the maximum levels defined by the compensation policy. This is set at 170% of the fixed compensation, i.e.:
This maximum level is also in line with the application of Article L. 511-78 of the French Monetary and Financial Code, which provides that the General Meeting may increase the total variable compensation to a maximum of 200% of the annual fixed compensation, including in the event that objectives are exceeded.
In line with the compensation policy approved by the General Meeting of 18 May 2022, total variable compensation is allocated:
The compensation policy also specifies that the deferral and indexing terms applicable to the total variable compensation are implemented in accordance with the CRD V regulations, which stipulate that:
Thus, pursuant to the above-mentioned provisions, the terms of payment of the total variable compensation awarded to the Chief Executive Officer and the Deputy Chief Executive Officer are summarised in the table below. It is recalled that the payment of the variable compensation items is conditional upon the approval of the Annual General Meeting called to approve the financial statements for the year ending 31 December 2022.
| Chief Executive Officer |
Deputy Chief Executive Officer |
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| Valérie Baudson | Nicolas Calcoen | |||||
| Amounts expressed in euros | Annual basis | Pro rata temporis |
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| NON-DEFERRED COMPENSATION | 40% | 460,800 | 249,984 | 187,488 | ||
| Payment in cash | 50% | Non-indexed | 230,400 | 124,992 | 93,744 | |
| Payment in indexed cash, one-year delayed after holding |
50% | Indexed | 230,400 | 124,992 | 93,744 | |
| DEFERRED COMPENSATION FOR FIVE YEARS | 60% | 691,200 | 374,976 | 281,232 | ||
| Portion in the form of cash | 44% | Non-indexed | 307,200 | 166,656 | 124,992 | |
| Portion in the form of performance shares | 56% | Indexed | 384,000 | 208,320 | 156,240 | |
| TOTAL VARIABLE COMPENSATION AWARDED | 1,152,000 | 624,960 | 468,720 |
Subject to the approval of the General Meeting, the nondeferred, with immediate payment, portion of total variable compensation, i.e. 20% of total variable compensation, will be paid in May 2023, while the portion of total variable compensation with a one-year delayed payment after application of the holding period, also accounting for 20%, will be paid in March 2024.
85% of this payment is indexed on the Amundi share price evolution and 15% on the Crédit Agricole S.A. share price evolution.
As an illustration, the payments structure of the total variable compensation awarded to the Chief Executive Officer and the Deputy Chief Executive Officer for the 2022 financial year is shown below:

With regard to deferred total variable compensation, representing 60% of the total, the terms that apply to the portions awarded in the form of performance shares or of cash pursuant to the compensation policy approved, are outlined below.
At its meeting on 27 April 2023, the Board of Directors will determine the number of shares corresponding to the amounts awarded to Valérie Baudson and to Nicolas Calcoen, i.e. €384,000 and €156,240 respectively, based on the average price of Amundi shares over the 40 days preceding the Board meeting.
On the same day, the Board will allocate the 2023 plan to a select group of key executives, based on the same price.
However, with regard to Valérie Baudson and Nicolas Calcoen, the Board will not grant the shares until the end of the General Meeting scheduled on 12 May 2023, subject to the approval by this Meeting of the total variable compensation awarded to Valérie Baudson and Nicolas Calcoen for 2022.
Note that the General Meeting of 10 May 2021, in its 26th resolution, resolved that, for each financial year, the total number of shares awarded to Executive Company Officers may not represent more than 0.1% of the share capital.
Provided that the performance conditions outlined below are met, these shares will vest in five tranches over five years. Each tranche is subject to a compulsory holding period of one year from the vesting date.
As set out in the compensation policy, the Board of Directors meeting on 7 February 2023 determined the precise terms of the performance conditions, on the recommendation of the Compensation Committee. The number of Amundi shares fully vested for each tranche will be determined each year by the Board of Directors, acting on the recommendation of the Compensation Committee, based on the level of achievement of the performance conditions set out in the table below:
| Achievement rate | ||||||
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| Indicator | Weighting | Threshold (0%) | Target (100%) | Upper limit (125%) | ||
| Adjusted net income, Group share |
40% | < 50% of the target amount | 100% of the target amount | 125% of the target amount | ||
| Adjusted cost-to-income ratio | 20% | < Target rate + 10 pts | Target rate Target rate - 5 pts |
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| Adjusted net inflows | 20% | < Target amount - €50 bn | 100% of the target amount | Target amount + €25 bn | ||
| ESG & CSR criterion | 20% | < 50% of the objective | 100% of the objective | 125% of the objective |
For the three economic criteria, the rate of achievement will be determined by comparing the result obtained with the annual budget target approved by the Board of Directors (1) .
In respect of the ESG & CSR criterion:
For each tranche, the overall performance is equal to the weighted average of the achievement rates for each performance condition, with this average being capped at 100%. It should be noted that the above conditions do not give rise to any additional compensation. They simply specify the terms and conditions for payment of the deferred portion of the variable compensation. The variable compensation was already subject to a performance assessment by the Board of Directors and its payment remains subject to the ex post vote of the General Meeting called to approve the financial statements for the financial year ended 31 December 2022.
The number of vested shares for each tranche will be equal to one-fifth of the number of shares initially granted, multiplied by the overall achievement rate.
For each plan, the Chief Executive Officer and the Deputy Chief Executive Officer will be required to hold 20% of the vested shares until the termination of their terms of office. Furthermore, they will make a formal commitment not to use any hedging or insurance strategies until the availability date of the performance shares.
The portion of deferred compensation paid in cash is paid over five years in five equal tranches. The amount of each tranche paid to Valérie Baudson will be €61,440 and to Nicolas Calcoen €24,998.
The payment of each tranche is subject to the achievement of performance objectives at the level of Amundi and Crédit Agricole S.A., as set out below.
For each criterion, the following is specified:
In addition, for each tranche, the overall performance is equal to the weighted average of the achievement rates for each performance condition, with this average being capped at 100%. It should be noted that the above conditions do not give rise to any additional compensation. They simply specify the terms and conditions for payment of the deferred portion of the variable compensation. The variable compensation was already subject to a performance assessment by the Board of Directors and its payment remains subject to the ex post vote of the General Meeting called to approve the financial statements for the financial year ended 31 December 2022.
(1) The target objectives cannot be made public owing to their confidential nature.
(2) The 10 commitments set out under the Ambitions ESG 2025 plan are described in the press release dated December 8, 2021.
| Achievement rate | |||||||
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| Indicator | Weighting | Threshold (0%) | Target (100%) | Upper limit (120%) |
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| Adjusted Amundi net income Group share, for each reference period |
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| Reference period for st tranche: 2023 1 |
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| Amundi | Reference period for nd tranche: 2023–2024 2 |
< 25% of | 50% of | 60% of | |||
| 85% | Reference period for rd tranche: 2023–2025 3 |
85% | the objective (1) | the objective (1) | the objective (1) | ||
| Reference period for 4th tranche: 2023–2026 |
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| Reference period for th tranche: 2023–2027 5 |
(1) The target objectives cannot be made public owing to their confidential nature.
The performance of Crédit Agricole S.A. will be measured by three complementary criteria each accounting for 5%, the intrinsic economic performance, the relative performance of the Crédit Agricole S.A. share and the societal performance of Crédit Agricole S.A.
In the event of their departure, Valérie Baudson and Nicolas Calcoen will not be able to retain their rights to the payment of the unvested tranches of deferred compensation (in cash or in the form of shares), except in the event of retirement or exceptional circumstances with a justifiable explanation from the Board of Directors. In these cases, the unvested tranches of deferred variable compensation will be paid on their normal due date pro-rated to the level of achievement of the performance conditions originally set.
Furthermore, in line with the compensation policy, if it is discovered, within a period of five years after delivery of a tranche of deferred compensation, whether in cash or shares, that the Chief Executive Officer of the Deputy Chief Executive Officer: (i) is responsible for or has contributed to significant losses to the detriment of Amundi or (ii) has engaged in particularly risky behaviour, the Board of Directors reserves the right to demand the restitution of all or some of the shares already delivered or the sums already paid out, subject to any legal constraints that may apply under French law.
In accordance with Article L. 22-10-34 II of the French Commercial Code, the General Meeting of Shareholders must approve the following fixed, variable and exceptional items constituting the total compensation and benefits in kind paid during the financial year ending 31 December 2022 or awarded in respect of the said financial year to Valérie Baudson, Chief Executive Officer. These items arise from the application of the compensation policy of the Chief Executive Officer for the 2022 financial year as approved by 97.77% by the General Meeting of Shareholders of 18 May 2022 in its 12th resolution. These items are detailed in full in the table below.
It should be noted that Valérie Baudson had an employment contract until 10 May 2021. As set forth in 2.1.1.4, an agreement to suspend her employment contract was concluded on 10 May 2021, after authorisation by the Board of Directors under the regulated agreements. In accordance with the provisions of Article L. 225-40 of the French Commercial Code, this agreement was submitted to the vote and approved by 99.99% of the General Meeting on 18 May 2022 in its 4th resolution.
| Items of compensation subject to approval |
Amounts awarded for the 2022 financial year (1) |
Overview |
|---|---|---|
| Fixed compensation | €800,000 | Valérie Baudson's fixed compensation is €800,000. This fixed compensation was determined by the Board of Directors on 31 March 2021 and has remained unchanged since that date. |
| Total variable compensation |
€1,152,000 | As outlined in 2.4.3.3.1, page 115, at its meeting of 7 February 2023, the Board of Directors, on the recommendation of the Compensation Committee, set the total achievement rate of the objectives set for the 2022 financial year at 96.0%, after application of the projected curves. |
| As outlined in 2.4.3.3.2, by applying this overall achievement rate to the target total variable compensation, the Board of Directors set the total variable compensation awarded to Valérie Baudson for the 2022 financial year at €1,152,000, i.e. 144.0% of her fixed compensation, which is lower than the 170% ceiling set out in the compensation policy. |
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| This variable compensation is down -15.3% with respect to the compensation allocated in respect of 2021 (i.e. €1,360,000), compared with a decrease in adjusted NIGS of -10.5% compared to 2021 and -13% pro forma including Lyxor. |
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| Of which non‑deferred variable compensation |
€230,400 | The non-deferred portion with immediate payment of the total variable compensation, i.e. 20%, will be paid in May 2023 subject to approval by the 2023 Annual General Meeting. |
| Of which variable compensation paid with a one-year delay |
€230,400 | The portion of the total variable compensation with a one-year delay payment, i.e. 20%, will be paid in March 2024 subject to the approval of the Annual General Meeting 2023. |
| Of which deferred variable compensation |
€691,200 | 60% of the total variable compensation is deferred over five years. It is paid in cash for €307,200 and in the form of performance shares for €384,000 according to the terms set out in 2.4.3.3.3. |
| Stock options, | None | No stock options were awarded or paid to Valérie Baudson for the 2022 financial year. |
| performance shares or any other long term compensation |
None | If the Annual General Meeting approves the items of compensation awarded to Valérie Baudson for the 2022 financial year, then performance shares will be granted to Valérie Baudson after the General Meeting. This grant, valued at €384,000, will be made pursuant to the conditions described above in 2.4.3.3.3. |
| Exceptional compensation |
None | No exceptional compensation was awarded or paid to Valérie Baudson for the 2022 financial year. |
| Compensation in respect of directorship |
None | Valérie Baudson is not a director of the Company. |
| Benefits in kind | €19,758 | In accordance with the compensation policy, Valérie Baudson has a company car provided by Amundi (value of the benefit: €6,800) and private unemployment insurance taken out with GSC under the conditions detailed on page 143 of this Universal Registration Document. The contribution, paid in full by Amundi, represented a benefit in kind of €12,958. |
| Severance payment: Termination payment |
No payment was made in respect of 2022 |
Valérie Baudson is entitled to severance payment in the event of forced departure (termination of her office at Amundi's initiative or due to a change of strategy or control) under the conditions authorised by the Board of Directors on 31 March 2021 and approved by the General Meeting of 10 May 2021. Details of this severance payment are set out on page 142 of the Universal Registration Document. |
| Non-compete | No payment was | Valérie Baudson is not subject to a non-compete clause in respect of her office. |
| compensation | made in respect of 2022 |
Pursuant to her employment contract, suspended for the duration of her office, she is subject to a non-compete clause that prohibits her from accepting a job in any business that competes with Amundi's business. The suspension agreement for the employment contract authorised by the Board of Directors on 10 May 2021 after approval by the General Meeting held on the same day increased the term of the non-compete clause to 12 months from the termination of her employment contract. This commitment is accompanied by a financial indemnity equal to 50% of the fixed compensation to which Valérie Baudson would be entitled upon reactivation of her employment contract. |
| Health and Provident scheme |
€2,672 | Pursuant to the decision of the Board of Directors of 31 March 2021 and the approval of the General Meeting of 10 May 2021, Valérie Baudson is entitled to the same provident and health insurance plans as Amundi employees. The amount of contributions at Amundi' s charge for the 2022 financial year are: • healthcare expenses: €1,268; |
| • provident scheme: €1,404. | ||
| Supplementary defined-contribution retirement plan |
None | Amundi decided to terminate, as of the 2022 financial year, the supplementary defined-contribution retirement plan previously in effect for all Amundi employees. |
(1) With regard to the amounts paid, the only amounts paid to Valérie Baudson in respect of her mandate during the 2022 financial year correspond to:
- €800,000 in respect of fixed compensation;
- the non-deferred variable compensation part allocated in respect of 2021 and paid after the approval of the General Meeting of 18 May 2022 for €175,936.
These items are listed in Table 2 of section 2.4.3.5.
In accordance with Article L. 22-10-34 II of the French Commercial Code, the General Meeting of Shareholders must approve the fixed, variable and exceptional components constituting the total compensation and benefits in kind paid during the period from 1 April 2022 to 31 December 2022 or awarded in respect of the said period to Nicolas Calcoen, Deputy Chief Executive Officer. These items arise from the application of the compensation policy of the Deputy Chief Executive Officer for the period from 1 April to 31 December 2022 as approved by 97.77% by the General Meeting of Shareholders of 18 May 2022 in its 13th resolution. These items are detailed in full in the table below.
As set out in 2.1.1.4, it is recalled that Nicolas Calcoen held an employment contract which was suspended by way of a suspension agreement entered into on 28 March 2022 after authorisation by the Board of Directors in respect of regulated agreements. In accordance with the provisions of Article L. 225-40 of the French Commercial Code, this suspension agreement will be submitted for the approval of the next General Meeting, which will vote on the statutory auditor's special report relating to regulated agreements.
| Items of compensation subject to approval |
Amounts awarded for the period from 1 April 2022 to 31 December 2022 (1) |
Overview |
|---|---|---|
| Fixed compensation | €315,000 | Nicolas Calcoen's fixed compensation was set at €420,000 on an annual basis by the Board of Directors on 28 March 2022. It was paid on a pro rata temporis basis from 1 April 2022 to 31 December 2022. |
| Total variable compensation |
€468,720 | As outlined in 2.4.3.3.1, page 115, at its meeting of 7 February 2023, the Board of Directors, on the recommendation of the Compensation Committee, set the total achievement rate of the objectives set for the period from 1 April 2022 to 31 December 2022 at 99.2%, after application of the projected curves. |
| As outlined in 2.4.3.3.2, by applying this overall achievement rate to the target total variable compensation, the Board of Directors set the total variable compensation awarded to Nicolas Calcoen for the period from 1 April to 31 December 2022 at €468,720, i.e. 148.8% of his fixed compensation, which is lower than the 170% ceiling set out in the compensation policy. |
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| Of which non‑deferred variable compensation |
€93,744 | The non-deferred portion with immediate payment of the total variable compensation, i.e. 20%, will be paid in May 2023 subject to approval by the 2023 Annual General Meeting. |
| Of which variable compensation paid with a one-year delay |
€93,744 | The portion of the total variable compensation with a one-year delay payment, i.e. 20%, will be paid in March 2024 subject to the approval of the Annual General Meeting 2023. |
| Of which deferred variable compensation |
€281,232 | 60% of the total variable compensation is deferred over five years. It is paid in cash for €124,992 and in the form of performance shares for €156,240 according to the terms set out in 2.4.3.3.3. |
| Stock options, performance shares |
None | No stock options were awarded or paid to Nicolas Calcoen for the period from 1 April 2022 to 31 December 2022. |
| or any other long term compensation |
None | If the Annual General Meeting approves the items of compensation awarded to Nicolas Calcoen for the period from 1 April 2022 to 31 December 2022, performance shares will be granted to Nicolas Calcoen after the General Meeting. This grant, valued at €156,240, will be made pursuant to the conditions described above in 2.4.3.3.3. |
| Exceptional compensation |
None | No exceptional compensation was awarded or paid to Nicolas Calcoen for the period from 1 April to 31 December 2022. |
| Compensation in respect of directorship |
None | Nicolas Calcoen is not a director of the Company. |
| Benefits in kind | €11,261 | In accordance with the compensation policy, Nicolas Calcoen has a company car provided by Amundi (value of the benefit €2,622 on a pro rata temporis basis) and private unemployment insurance taken out with GSC under the conditions detailed on page 143 of this Universal Registration Document. The contribution, paid in full by Amundi, represented a benefit in kind of €8,639 on a pro rata temporis basis. |
| Severance payment: Termination payment |
No payment was made in respect of 2022 |
Nicolas Calcoen is entitled to severance payment in the event of forced departure (termination of his office at Amundi's initiative or due to a change of strategy or control) under the conditions authorised by the Board of Directors on 18 May 2022 after approval by the General Meeting held on the same day. Details of this severance payment are set out on page 142 of the Universal Registration Document. |
| Non-compete compensation |
No payment was made in respect of 2022 |
Nicolas Calcoen is not subject to a non-compete clause in respect of his office. |
| Pursuant to his employment contract, suspended for the duration of his office, he is subject to a non-compete clause that prohibits him from accepting a job in any business that competes with Amundi's business for 12 months after the termination of his employment contract. This commitment is accompanied by a financial indemnity equal to 50% of the fixed compensation to which Nicolas Calcoen would be entitled upon reactivation of his employment contract. |
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| Health and Provident scheme |
€2,004 | Pursuant to the decision of the Board of Directors of 28 March 2022 and the approval of the General Meeting of 18 May 2022, Nicolas Calcoen is entitled to the same provident and health insurance plans as Amundi employees. The amount of contributions at Amundi's charge for the period from 1 April 2022 to 31 December 2022 is: • healthcare expenses: €951; • provident scheme: €1,053. |
| Supplementary defined-contribution retirement plan |
None | Amundi decided to terminate, as of the 2022 financial year, the supplementary defined contribution retirement plan previously in effect for all Amundi employees. |
(1) With regard to the amounts paid, the only amounts paid to Nicolas Calcoen in respect of his mandate over the period from 1 April 2022 to 31 December 2022 correspond to his fixed compensation, i.e. €315,000. They are listed in Table 2 of section 2.4.3.5.
It is also noted for information that, in respect of his duties as an employee for the period from 1 January to 31 March 2022, the compensation awarded (fixed, variable and benefits in kind) to Nicolas Calcoen amounted to €218,374. This is detailed in section 2.4.3.5.
The total compensation (fixed and total variable compensation) awarded to Valérie Baudson, Chief Executive Officer, for the 2022 financial year amounts to €1,952,000 (excluding benefits in kind). Between 2021 and 2022, on an annual basis, the Chief Executive Officer's total compensation decreased by -9.6%, to be compared against a -10.5% fall in adjusted NIGS and a -14.4% (1) decline in accounting net income over the same period.
The ratio of the compensation awarded to the Chief Executive Officer compared to the average compensation of employees in France is thus 16.1, down by 1.1 point compared to 2021. This fall in the pay ratio between 2021

Compensation awarded to Yves Perrier for the financial year (in €k)
A specific benchmark analysis is conducted by an external consultant each year in order to compare the Chief Executive Officer's compensation with that of her peers. The results of this study show that the Amundi Chief Executive Officer's total compensation is in the lowest range of the market. In fact, the total compensation of Valérie Baudson is positioned far below the lowest quartile of a panel of more than 20 international asset managers with assets under management of one trillion dollars on average.

The two tables below present the items set out in points 6 and 7, section I of Article L. 22-10-9 of the French Commercial Code.
The first table shows the annual change over the last five years in:
The second table shows the ratios, and their annual changes over the last five years, between the level of compensation of the positions of Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer and Deputy Chief Executive Officer and:
For clarity and in accordance with the AFEP/MEDEF guidelines in the event of a change in governance during the financial year, all compensation amounts are shown on an annual basis.
* After waiver by the Chief Executive Ocer of half of his variable compensation awarded in respect of 2019.
(1) This change is calculated on the basis of a 2021 reported accounting net income of €1,369 million, restated for the impact of Affrancamento tax mechanism for €114 million, giving accounting net income of €1,255 million euros in 2021, compared with accounting net income of €1,074 million in 2022.
The following elements of the methodology are to be noted:
| France scope | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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| CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS | |||||
| Compensation of Xavier Musca until 10 May 2021 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Change compared to the previous year (%) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Compensation of Yves Perrier from 11 May 2021 | - | - | - | 350 | 350 |
| Change compared to the previous year (%) | - | - | - | - | 0.0% |
| CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | |||||
| Compensation of Yves Perrier until 10 May 2021 | 3,000 | 2,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | - |
| Change compared to the previous year (%) | - | (33.3%) | +50.0% | 0.0% | - |
| Compensation of Valérie Baudson from 11 May 2021 | - | - | - | 2,160 | 1,952 |
| Change compared to the previous year (%) | - | - | - | - | (9.6%) |
| DEPUTY CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | |||||
| Compensation of Nicolas Calcoen from 1 April 2022 | - | - | - | - | 1,045 |
| Change compared to the previous year (%) | - | - | - | - | - |
| EMPLOYEES | |||||
| Average compensation of employees | 116.0 | 120.3 | 118.7 | 125.3 | 121.1 |
| Change compared to the previous year (%) | - | +3.7% | (1.3%) | +5.6% | (3.3%) |
| Median compensation of employees | 84.7 | 88.7 | 88.3 | 94.0 | 87.8 |
| Change compared to the previous year (%) | - | +4.7% | (0.5%) | +6.4% | (6.6%) |
| COMPANY PERFORMANCE | |||||
| Accounting net income (in € millions) | 855 | 959 | 910 | 1,255 (1) | 1,074 |
| Change compared to the previous year (%) | - | +12.2% | (5.1%) | +37.9% | (14.4%) |
| Adjusted net income Group share (in € millions) | 946 | 1,009 | 962 | 1,315 | 1,178 |
| Change compared to the previous year (%) | - | +6.7% | (4.7%) | +36.7% | (10.5%) |
(1) Reported accounting net income of €1,369 million, restated for the impact of the Affrancamento tax mechanism in the amount of €114 million.
(1) As the awards are only made at the end of April, it is not possible to perform an IFRS valuation to date.
| France scope | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, YVES PERRIER, FROM 11 MAY 2021 |
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| Ratio compared to the average compensation of employees | - | - | - | 2.8 | 2.9 |
| Change compared to the previous year (in pts) | - | - | - | - | +0.1 |
| Ratio compared to the median compensation of employees | - | - | - | 3.7 | 4.0 |
| Change compared to the previous year (in pts) | - | - | - | - | +0.3 |
| CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | |||||
| Yves Perrier, until 10 May 2021 | |||||
| Ratio compared to the average compensation of employees | 25.9 | 16.6 | 25.3 | 23.9 | - |
| Change compared to the previous year (in pts) | - | (9.3) | +8.6 | (1.3) | - |
| Ratio compared to the median compensation of employees | 35.4 | 22.6 | 34.0 | 31.9 | - |
| Change compared to the previous year (in pts) | - | (12.8) | +11.3 | (2.1) | - |
| Valérie Baudson, from 11 May 2021 | |||||
| Ratio compared to the average compensation of employees | - | - | - | 17.2 | 16.1 |
| Change compared to the previous year (in pts) | - | - | - | - | (1.1) |
| Ratio compared to the median compensation of employees | - | - | - | 23.0 | 22.2 |
| Change compared to the previous year (in pts) | - | - | - | - | (0.8) |
| DEPUTY CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, NICOLAS CALCOEN, FROM 1 APRIL 2022 |
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| Ratio compared to the average compensation of employees | - | - | - | - | 8.6 |
| Change compared to the previous year (in pts) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ratio compared to the median compensation of employees | - | - | - | - | 11.9 |
| Change compared to the previous year (in pts) | - | - | - | - | - |
In addition to these provisions resulting from Order No. 2019- 1234 of 27 November 2019, Amundi has calculated and voluntarily disclosed a pay ratio since 2018 based on a representative scope of its global business. This calculation, which is based on financial data (salaries and wages, average headcount) compared to the compensation awarded to the Chairman of the Board of Directors, (1) to the Chief Executive Officer and to the Deputy Chief Executive Officer, also allows comparison with other businesses. Based on the compensation awarded to Valérie Baudson in her capacity as Chief Executive Officer, this global equity ratio was 12.9 for 2022, down -0.6 points compared with 2021. In the same way as in France, this fall in the pay ratio between 2021 and 2022 reflects a greater fall in compensation for the Chief Executive Officer than for employees worldwide over the same period.
(1) As regards Yves Perrier, Chairman of the Board of Directors, the ratio of the compensation awarded to him compared to the average compensation for worldwide employees is 2.4 for 2022.
| Worldwide scope | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMPENSATION AWARDED (in € thousands) | |||||
| Compensation of the Chief Executive Officer, Yves Perrier | 3,000 | 2,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | - |
| Compensation of the Chief Executive Officer, Valérie Baudson | - | - | - | 2,160 | 1,952 |
| Compensation of the Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Nicolas Calcoen |
- | - | - | - | 1,045 |
| Average compensation of employees | 137.3 | 144.5 | 143.1 | 160.0 | 151.3 |
| Change compared to the previous year (%) | +5.2% | (1.0%) | +11.8% | (5.5%) | |
| CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | |||||
| Yves Perrier, until 10 May 2021 | |||||
| Ratio compared to the average compensation of employees | 21.9 | 13.8 | 21.0 | 18.7 | - |
| Change compared to the previous year (in pts) | (8.1) | +7.2 | (2.2) | - | |
| Valérie Baudson, from 11 May 2021 | |||||
| Ratio compared to the average compensation of employees | - | - | - | 13.5 | 12.9 |
| Change compared to the previous year (in pts) | - | - | - | - | (0.6) |
| DEPUTY CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, NICOLAS CALCOEN, FROM 1 APRIL 2022 |
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| Ratio compared to the average compensation of employees | - | - | - | - | 6.9 |
| Change compared to the previous year (in pts) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yves Perrier Chairman of the Board of Directors from 11 May 2021 |
Gross compensation awarded for the 2021 financial year (in €) |
Gross compensation awarded for the 2022 financial year (in €) |
|---|---|---|
| Compensation awarded for the financial year (detailed in Table 2) | 207,555 | 350,000 |
| Valuation of stock options granted during the financial year | - | - |
| Valuation of performance shares granted during the financial year | - | - |
| Valuation of other long-term compensation plans | - | - |
| TOTAL | 207,555 | 350,000 |
| Yves Perrier Chief Executive Officer from 1 January to 10 May 2021 |
Gross compensation awarded for the 2021 financial year (in €) |
Gross compensation awarded for the 2022 financial year (in €) |
|---|---|---|
| Compensation awarded for the financial year (detailed in Table 2) | 1,082,206 | - |
| Valuation of stock options granted during the financial year | - | - |
| Valuation of performance shares granted during the financial year | - | - |
| Valuation of other long-term compensation plans | - | - |
| TOTAL | 1,082,206 | - |
| Valérie Baudson Chief Executive Officer from 11 May 2021 |
Gross compensation awarded for the 2021 financial year (1) (in €) |
Gross compensation awarded for the 2022 financial year (in €) |
|---|---|---|
| Compensation awarded for the financial year (detailed in Table 2) | 1,408,657 | 1,971,758 |
| Valuation of stock options granted during the financial year | - | - |
| Valuation of performance shares granted during the financial year (2) | - | - |
| Valuation of other long-term compensation plans | - | - |
| TOTAL | 1,408,657 | 1,971,758 |
(1) In her capacity as Chief Executive Officer. In addition, the compensation awarded to Valérie Baudson for her duties as an employee for the period from 1 January 2021 to 10 May 2021 amounts to €551,904.
(2) It is noted that performance shares granted in May N+1 for financial year N are an integral part of the annual variable compensation awarded for financial year N and are therefore included in the amount of compensation awarded for financial year N shown in the first line. As an illustration, the shares granted in May 2022 for the 2021 financial year in the amount of €258,730 are included in the amount of €1,408,657 for 2021. Similarly, the amount of €1,971,758 includes the €384,000 to be allocated in the form of performance shares in May 2023.
| Nicolas Calcoen Deputy Chief Executive Officer with effect from 1 April 2022 |
Gross compensation awarded for the 2021 financial year (1) (in €) |
Gross compensation awarded for the 2022 financial year (2) (in €) |
|---|---|---|
| Compensation awarded for the financial year (detailed in Table 2) | - | 794,981 |
| Valuation of stock options granted during the financial year | - | - |
| Valuation of performance shares granted during the financial year (3) | - | - |
| Valuation of other long-term compensation plans | - | - |
| TOTAL | - | 794,981 |
(1) Nicolas Calcoen was not a company officer during the 2021 financial year.
(2) In his capacity as Deputy Chief Executive Officer. In addition, the compensation awarded to Nicolas Calcoen for his duties as an employee for the period from 1 January 2022 to 31 May 2022 amounts to €218,374.
(3) It is noted that performance shares granted in May N+1 for financial year N are an integral part of the annual variable compensation awarded for financial year N and are therefore included in the amount of compensation awarded for financial year N shown in the first line. As such, the amount of €794,981 includes the €156,240 to be allocated in the form of performance shares in May 2023.
The following table provides a breakdown of the fixed and variable compensation and other benefits due and paid to senior executives and company officers during the 2021 and 2022 financial years.
| 2021 Financial year | 2022 Financial year | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yves Perrier Chairman of the Board of Directors from 11 May 2021 |
Amounts awarded (2) |
Amounts paid (3) |
Amounts awarded (2) |
Amounts paid (3) |
|
| Fixed compensation (1) | 204,167 | 204,167 | 350,000 | 350,000 | |
| Annual variable compensation (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Exceptional compensation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Compensation in respect of directorship (4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Benefits in kind (company car) | 3,388 | 3,388 | 5,295 | 5,295 | |
| TOTAL | 207,555 | 207,555 | 355,295 | 355,295 |
(1) Gross compensation before tax.
(2) Compensation awarded in respect of positions held during the year, regardless of payment date.
(3) Compensation paid in respect of positions held during the year.
(4) Yves Perrier waived the payment of compensation for his duties as a director.
| 2021 Financial year | 2022 Financial year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yves Perrier Chief Executive Officer from 1 January 2021 to 10 May 2021 |
Amounts awarded (2) |
Amounts paid (3) |
Amounts awarded (2) |
Amounts paid (3) |
| Fixed compensation (1) | 360,000 | 360,000 | - | - |
| Annual variable compensation (1) | 720,000 | 2,082,664 (5) | - | 1,083,300 (6) |
| Non-deferred variable compensation | 144,000 | 600,000 | - | 144,000 |
| Variable compensation with a delayed payment | 144,000 | 245,100 | - | 0 |
| Deferred variable compensation, indexed and conditional | 432,000 | 1,237,564 | - | 939,300 |
| Exceptional compensation | 0 | 0 | - | - |
| Compensation in respect of directorship (4) | 0 | 0 | - | - |
| Benefits in kind (company car) | 2,206 | 2,206 | - | - |
| TOTAL | 1,082,206 | 2,444,870 | - | 1,083,300 |
The compensation and benefits paid by Crédit Agricole S.A. to Yves Perrier under his employment contract are 80% re-invoiced to Amundi each year, the remaining 20% being charged to Crédit Agricole S.A. The information presented corresponds to 100% of Yves Perrier's compensation.
(1) Gross compensation before tax.
(2) Compensation awarded in respect of positions held during the year, regardless of payment date.
(3) Compensation paid in respect of positions held during the year.
(4) Yves Perrier waived the payment of compensation for his duties as a director for the 2021 and 2022 financial years.
(5) Of the variable compensation paid in 2021, €845,100 corresponded to the non-deferred and the delayed payment portion of variable compensation in respect of 2020 (part-indexed to the Crédit Agricole S.A. share price) and €1,237,564 to variable compensation granted in respect of previous years (2017, 2018 and 2019). These latter payments were deferred and indexed in accordance with the applicable regulations (see Table 2 bis for details).
(6) Of the variable compensation paid in 2022, €144,000 corresponded to the non-deferred variable compensation in respect of 2021, and €939,300 to variable compensation granted in respect of previous years (2018, 2019 and 2020). These latter payments were deferred and indexed in accordance with the applicable regulations (see Table 2 bis for details).
| 2021 Financial year | 2022 Financial year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valérie Baudson Chief Executive Officer from 11 May 2021 |
Amounts awarded (2) |
Amounts paid (3) |
Amounts awarded (2) |
Amounts paid (3) |
| Fixed compensation (1) | 517,460 | 517,460 | 800,000 | 800,000 |
| Annual variable compensation (1)(4) | 879,683 | 0 | 1,152,000 | 175,936 |
| Non-deferred variable compensation | 175,936 | 0 | 230,400 | 175,936 |
| Variable compensation paid with a delay of one year | 175,937 | 0 | 230,400 | 0 |
| Deferred variable compensation, indexed and conditional | 527,810 | 0 | 691,200 | 0 |
| Exceptional compensation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Compensation in respect of directorship | - | - | - | - |
| Benefits in kind (company car and unemployment insurance) | 11,514 | 11,514 | 19,758 | 19,758 |
| TOTAL | 1,408,657 | 528,974 | 1,971,758 | 995,694 |
(1) Gross compensation before tax.
(2) Compensation awarded in respect of positions held during the year, regardless of payment date.
(3) Compensation paid in respect of positions held during the year.
(4) The criteria used to determine this compensation are described in section 2.4.3.3.1.
With regard to compensation awarded or paid to Valérie Baudson in respect of her previous duties as an employee:
| 2021 Financial year | 2022 Financial year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicolas Calcoen Deputy Chief Executive Officer with effect from 1 April 2022 |
Amounts awarded (2)(4) |
Amounts paid (3)(4) |
Amounts awarded (2) |
Amounts paid (3) |
| Fixed compensation (1) | - | - | 315,000 | 315,000 |
| Annual variable compensation (1)(5) | - | - | 468,720 | 0 |
| Non-deferred variable compensation | - | - | 93,744 | 0 |
| Variable compensation paid with a delay of one year | - | - | 93,744 | 0 |
| Deferred variable compensation, indexed and conditional | - | - | 281,232 | 0 |
| Exceptional compensation | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Compensation in respect of directorship | - | - | - | - |
| Benefits in kind (company car and unemployment insurance) | - | - | 11,261 | 11,261 |
| TOTAL | - | - | 794,981 | 326,261 |
(1) Gross compensation before tax.
(2) Compensation awarded in respect of positions held during the year, regardless of payment date.
(3) Compensation paid in respect of positions held during the year.
(4) Nicolas Calcoen was not a company officer during the 2021 financial year.
(5) The criteria used to determine this compensation are described in section 2.4.3.3.1.
Compensation awarded to Nicolas Calcoen in respect of his duties as an employee for the period from 1 January to 31 March 2022 was €218,374, which breaks down as follows: fixed compensation of €75,000, variable compensation of €142,500 which will be paid in subsequent financial years, benefits in kind, €874.
During the financial year 2022, Nicolas Calcoen also received the amounts corresponding to variable compensation granted in respect with previous financial years (2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021), a total of €378,574. He also received collective variable compensation of €20,703 for 2021.
Table 2 bis is not applicable to Yves Perrier in his capacity as Chairman of the Board of Directors or to Valérie Baudson in her capacity as Chief Executive Officer. Indeed, the first tranche of deferred variable compensation awarded in 2022 for 2021 will not be paid to her until 2023. Nor does this table apply to Nicolas Calcoen in his first year in office.
The meeting of the Board of Directors on 8 February 2022 noted the level of achievement for the financial year 2021 of each performance objective prior to payment in 2022 of the deferred tranches awarded in 2019, 2020 and 2021, as set out in the table below.
| Level of achievement of performance conditions 2021 Financial year |
Weighting | Deferred variable compensation awarded in 2019 |
Deferred variable compensation awarded in 2020 |
Deferred variable compensation awarded in 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amundi financial performance | 85% | 120% | 120% | 120% |
| Intrinsic financial performance of Crédit Agricole S.A. |
5% | 120% | 120% | 120% |
| Relative performance of the Crédit Agricole S.A. share |
5% | 106% | 92% | 88% |
| Crédit Agricole S.A. societal performance | 5% | 105% | 105% | 105% |
| OVERALL ACHIEVEMENT RATE CAPPED AT 100% |
100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
The overall payment condition was thus fully satisfied and the following payments were made in 2022:
| Yves Perrier | 2020 Financial year | 2021 Financial year | 2022 Financial year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Executive Officer until 10 May 2021 | In cash | In cash | In cash |
| Deferred variable compensation awarded in 2017 | 366,880 | ||
| Deferred variable compensation awarded in 2018 | 318,028 | 397,664 | |
| Deferred variable compensation awarded in 2019 | 493,000 | 618,200 | 423,600 (1) |
| Deferred variable compensation awarded in 2020 | 221,700 | 153,100 (2) | |
| Deferred variable compensation awarded in 2021 | 362,600 (3) | ||
| TOTAL | 1,177,908 | 1,237,564 | 939,300 |
(1) Allocation in respect of 2018 of a €400,000 tranche of deferred variable compensation conditional upon and indexed to the Crédit Agricole S.A. and Amundi share prices evolution.
(2) Allocation in respect of 2019 of a €200,000 tranche of deferred variable compensation conditional upon and indexed to the Crédit Agricole S.A. and Amundi share prices evolution.
(3) Allocation in respect of 2020 of a €400,000 tranche of deferred variable compensation conditional upon and indexed to the Crédit Agricole S.A. and Amundi share prices evolution.
This table is set out in section 2.4.3.1.2.
Company Officers were not granted any options in 2022.
Company Officers did not exercise any options during 2022.
| Company | Number of | Valuation of shares according to the method used for the consolidated financial statements |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Officer beneficiaries |
Awarding date |
shares granted during the year |
Valuation per share |
Total valuation |
Vesting date | Availability date |
Performance conditions |
|
| Valérie Baudson |
18 May 2022 | 4,300 | €194,816 | No earlier than 18 May 2023 |
No earlier than 18 May 2024 |
Yes | ||
| in five equivalent tranches: | NIGS, CIR, | |||||||
| Tranche 1: 860 shares | €53.60 | €46,096 | Net inflows, Ambitions ESG |
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| Tranche 2: 860 shares | €49.62 | €42,673 | 2025 plan | |||||
| Tranche 3: 860 shares | €45.47 | €39,104 | ||||||
| Tranche 4: 860 shares | €41.08 | €35,329 | ||||||
| Tranche 5: 860 shares | €36.76 | €31,614 |
It should be noted that this grant of 4,300 shares corresponds to the payment of part of the total variable compensation awarded in respect with 2021, i.e. €258,730. In accordance with the compensation policy, the number of shares was determined by the Board of Directors at its meeting of 28 April 2022 on the basis of the average price of Amundi shares over the 40 days preceding the Board meeting, i.e. €60.21. This grant was approved by the Annual General Meeting of 18 May 2022 in its 9th resolution (ex-post vote on the compensation awarded for 2021). It represents 0.002% of the share capital.
On 7 February 2023, the Board of Directors resolved to award a portion of total variable compensation in the form of performance shares to Valérie Baudson in respect of her role as Chief Executive Officer for financial year 2022 and to Nicolas Calcoen in respect of his role as Deputy Chief Executive Officer for the period from 1 April 2022 to 31 December 2022. These awards will only be made following the 2023 Annual General Meeting if it has approved the items of variable compensation awarded to Valérie Baudson and Nicolas Calcoen for 2022.
| Number of shares that became available |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Company Officer beneficiaries | Plan date | during the year | Vesting conditions | |||
| None | None | None | None | |||
No performance shares granted to senior executives and company officers in respect of their offices became available during the year.
No performance shares granted free of charge in respect of the roles held by Valérie Baudson and Nicolas Calcoen as employees until 10 May 2021 and 31 March 2022 respectively became available during the 2022 financial year.
Amundi has not issued any stock option plans.
This table is shown in note 6.5 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements. It should be noted that the only plan detailed in this table that benefited a company officer is the 2022 CRD V Plan. Information relating to the grant made to Valérie Baudson, Chief Executive Officer, is given in table 6 above.
Company Officers do not receive multi-year variable compensation.
| Employment contract |
Supplementary retirement plan |
Severance or other benefits due or likely to become due as a result of termination or change of office |
Compensation non–compete clause |
under a | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Company Officers | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Yves Perrier | ||||||||
| Chairman of the Board of Directors | ||||||||
| Term of office starts: 11 May 2021 | ||||||||
| Term of office ends: see (1) | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Valérie Baudson | ||||||||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||
| Start of current appointment: 11 May 2021 | ||||||||
| End of term of office: none | X (2) | X | X | X | ||||
| Nicolas Calcoen | ||||||||
| Deputy Chief Executive Officer | ||||||||
| Start of current appointment: 1 April 2022 | ||||||||
| End of term of office: none | X (3) | X | X | X |
(1) Yves Perrier was appointed Chairman for the duration of his term of office as director, which was renewed for a period of three years by approval of the Annual General Meeting of 18 May 2022.
(2) As a reminder, Valérie Baudson's employment contract is suspended during her term of office, as described in section 2.1.1.4 of this Universal Registration Document. (3) As a reminder, Nicolas Calcoen's employment contract is suspended during his term of office, as described in section 2.1.1.4 of this
Universal Registration Document.
The post-employment benefits to which Valérie Baudson and Nicolas Calcoen are entitled are given in paragraph 2.4.4.4.
Pursuant to Article L. 22-10-8 II of the French Commercial Code, the Annual General Meeting called to approve the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2022 will be asked to approve the compensation policy for company officers for the 2023 financial year.
The compensation policy applicable to company officers is set by the Board of Directors on the recommendation of the Compensation Committee and then submitted to the vote of the General Meeting of Shareholders through separate resolutions, thus allowing the shareholders to vote specifically on each of them, and the Company to take greater account of the result of these votes. The compensation policy is consistent with Amundi's corporate interest, contributes to its sustainability and aligns with its strategy, both from a commercial standpoint and as a responsible investor, as set out in Chapter 1 of this Universal Registration Document. To this end, it complies with the general framework described in section 2.4.1, particularly for executive senior executives and company officers, for whom a variety of mechanisms such as the indexation of deferred compensation on the Amundi share price evolution promote the alignment of their interests with those of shareholders.
Detailed proposals on the implementation and revision of this policy are analysed by the Compensation Committee. Two thirds of the members of this committee are independent directors and it is chaired by an independent director. The proposals are then discussed by the Board of Directors, which is responsible for drafting the compensation policy. The Board is required to comply with the principles laid down in the AFEP-MEDEF Code and the Company's Directors' Charter, particularly with regard to the management of potential conflicts of interest. These Board decisions relate both to the items of compensation for the past financial year and to the compensation policy for the upcoming financial year. They take into account the votes and any opinions expressed by the shareholders during the previous General Meeting or during regular stakeholder discussions. The work of the Board of Directors is based on analyses that enable a comparison to be drawn with the compensation of other executives. For the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Board refers to executives from SBF 120 listed companies and for the CEO to executives from a panel of more than 20 international asset managers holding an average of one trillion dollars in assets under management. With regard to the Deputy Chief Executive Officer, whose scope of responsibility is specific to Amundi, the Board's reference is a panel of Chief Financial Officers also responsible for control functions at a dozen international asset managers. The Board of Directors also takes into account the compensation and employment conditions of the employees when taking decisions regarding company officers. In particular, it analyses changes in the Company's performance over the past five years, as well as employees' average and median compensation.
This policy and the components of its implementation have been submitted to the vote of the General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company since 2018.
In this context, the Company complies with the provisions of the following regulations:
The provisions of the compensation policy applicable to Company Officers, subject to their approval by the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders called to approve the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2022, are intended to apply to newly appointed company officers or those whose appointment is renewed after the General Meeting, on the understanding that the Board of Directors, on the recommendation of the Compensation Committee, reserves the right to decide on the adjustments required to take account of the individual situation of the executive officer in question and of the responsibilities conferred by their appointment. These items will apply until the next General Meeting of Shareholders called to approve the compensation policy for Company Officers in accordance with Article L. 22-10-8 II of the French Commercial Code.
In exceptional circumstances (such as an exceptional change in market conditions or unforeseen changes that substantially affect the Company's business), the Board of Directors may allow an exception to the application of the compensation policy. In accordance with Article L. 22-10-8 III of the French Commercial Code, this exemption must be temporary, in line with the corporate interest, and necessary to guarantee the continuity or viability of the Company. The Board of Directors shall rule, after seeking the advice of the Compensation Committee and after obtaining any necessary or useful advice if required, in order to decide on the principle and procedures of this exception in line with the applicable rules. The policy items to which an exception may apply are, exclusively, the variable items allocated to the Chief Executive Officer and/or the Deputy Chief Executive Officer, with the sole objective of taking into account, as fairly as possible, the impact of the exceptional circumstance in question on the calculation of the quantitative objectives set out in this compensation policy, in compliance with the cap set for total variable compensation. Where appropriate, the use of this option will be communicated by the Company and, in any event, will be described in the corporate governance report for the year in question, along with an explanation of the nature of the exceptional circumstances and an indication of the items to which the exception has been applied, in accordance with point 10, section I of Article L. 22-10-9 of the French Commercial Code.
The proposed changes to the compensation policy for Amundi's Company Officers for the 2023 financial year, compared to the policy for 2022, relate to directors' compensation (details in 2.4.4.2), the fixed compensation of the Chief Executive Officer (details in 2.4.4.4) and the criteria for the variable compensation of the Chief Executive Officer and the Deputy Chief Executive Officer (details in 2.4.4.4).
As part of these proposed changes, the Board of Directors took into account the votes cast by the General Meeting of Shareholders of 18 May 2022 and, in particular, the approval of the compensation policies applicable to the Chairman of the Board of Directors (11th resolution, 99.92% approval), the members of the Board of Directors (10th resolution, 99.99% approval), the Chief Executive Officer (12th resolution, 97.77% approval), the Deputy Chief Executive Officer (13th resolution, 97.77% approval) as well as the information referred to in Article L. 22-10-9, I of the French Commercial Code (6th resolution, adopted with 98.42% approval).
The compensation policy for directors (1) comprises, firstly, the elements common to all Company Officers as set out in section 2.4.4.1, and, secondly, the specific elements set out below.
Directors are paid exclusively via a fixed annual sum allocated by the General Meeting and distributed by the Board of Directors.
This aggregate amount was set at €700,000 at the General Meeting of 30 September 2015.
As a reminder, the compensation in respect of one year is paid during the following year. Accordingly, the compensation policy applicable to directors in 2023, subject to approval by the General Meeting, will be paid in 2024 for the 2023 financial year.
On 7 February 2023, the Board, on the advice of its Compensation Committee, decided to review the compensation policy for directors, which had not been amended for three years. It proposed changes to the compensation policy as follows:
This compensation policy is consistent with the compensation of directors of SBF 120 (2) companies and complies with Article 22.1 of the AFEP-MEDEF Code, since it features a predominantly variable portion, according to the effective participation of the directors in the various meetings of the Board and its Committees (with the exception of the Chairman of the Board, who is subject to a specific policy whose principles are described in section 2.4.4.3).
The non-voting member shall receive the same amount as the directors, deducted from the annual fixed sum allocated to the directors by the General Meeting.
As a reminder, the payment of the amount awarded to directors as compensation for their work may be suspended (i) under the second paragraph of Article L. 225-45 of the French Commercial Code, when the Board of Directors is not constituted in accordance with Article L. 225-18-1 of said Code, and (ii) under the conditions of Article L. 22-10-34 of the French Commercial Code, when the General Meeting does not approve the draft resolution on the information referred to in I of Article L. 22-10-9 of the French Commercial Code.
In accordance with Article L. 22-10-8 II of the French Commercial Code, the following resolution will be submitted to the Annual General Meeting called to approve the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2022:
In accordance with Article L. 22-10-8 II of the French Commercial Code, the General Meeting, ruling under the quorum and majority conditions required for ordinary general meetings and having reviewed the report by the Board of Directors and the corporate governance report setting out the compensation policy for company officers, approves the compensation policy for directors drafted by the Board of Directors for the 2023 financial year as presented in the corporate governance report set out in section 2.4.4.2 of the Company's 2022 Universal Registration Document."
(1) Information about Directors, particularly the length of their terms of office, is provided in section 2.1.1.
(2) See in particular the Spencer Stuart Board Index 2021 France.
The compensation policy for the Chairman of the Board of Directors includes the items common to all company officers as set out in section 2.4.4.1, the items applicable to members of the Board of Directors set out in section 2.4.4.2 and the specific items set out below.
The meeting of the Board of Directors of 7 February 2023 resolved to maintain the annual compensation of Chairman of the Board of Directors unchanged at a fixed lump-sum amount of €350,000. This compensation was determined at the time of Yves Perrier's appointment in May 2021, taking into account the compensation observed for non-executive chairman positions in major listed companies. In order to guarantee his independence in the performance of his duties, the Chairman of the Board of Directors will not be eligible for any variable compensation, including performance share award plans.
As a director, the Chairman of the Board of Directors is also eligible for the compensation set out in section 2.4.4.2. It should be noted, however, that Yves Perrier waived the payment of compensation for his duties as a director.
At the Board of Directors' Meeting of 13 March 2023, it was recalled that Yves Perrier accepted the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors for Amundi in 2021 to accompany the company during a transitional period. This period will come to an end at the General Meeting of 12 May 2023. Accordingly, the Board of Directors, on the recommendation of the Appointments Committee, approved the following changes to its governance:
Under the following conditions:
| Items of the compensation policy | Overview |
|---|---|
| Fixed compensation | From 11 May 2021, the annual compensation of the Chairman of the Board of Directors was set at €350,000. |
| However, it is specified that Philippe Brassac has waived his right to receive this compensation for the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors as at 12 May 2023. |
|
| Compensation in respect of directorship | The Chairman of the Board of Directors is eligible for compensation paid to directors. |
| It should be noted, however, that Yves Perrier and Philippe Brassac waived the payment of compensation for their duties as directors. |
|
| Annual variable compensation | The Chairman of the Board of Directors is not eligible for any annual variable compensation. |
| Long-term variable compensation | The Chairman of the Board of Directors is not eligible for any long term variable compensation. |
| Benefits in kind | The Chairman of the Board of Directors is entitled to a company car provided by Amundi. |
| This benefit is valued at an estimate of €5,295 for 2023, on the basis of a full year for Yves Perrier. As Chairman of the Board of Directors, he will benefit from this until 12 May 2023. |
|
| Philippe Brassac will not have a company car provided by Amundi. | |
| Healthcare expenses | The Chairman of the Board of Directors is entitled to benefit from the healthcare expenses scheme applicable to all Amundi employees. |
| Amundi's contribution for 2023 is estimated at €1,300 on the basis of a full year for Yves Perrier. As Chairman of the Board of Directors, he will benefit from this until 12 May 2023. |
|
| Philippe Brassac will not benefit from the Amundi healthcare expenses scheme. |
In accordance with Article L. 22-10-8 II of the French Commercial Code, the following resolution will be submitted to the Annual General Meeting called to approve the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2022:
In accordance with Article L. 22-10-8 II of the French Commercial Code, the General Meeting, ruling under the quorum and majority conditions required for ordinary general meetings, and having reviewed the corporate governance report, approves the compensation policy for the Chairman of the Board of Directors drafted by the Board of Directors for 2023, as presented in the corporate governance report set out in section 2.4.4.3 of the Company's 2022 Universal Registration Document."
The compensation policy for senior executives and company officers, i.e., the Chief Executive Officer and Deputy Chief Executive Officer, includes, firstly, the items common to all the company officers as set out in section 2.4.4.1, and, secondly, the specific items set out below.
The Board of Directors, which met on 7 February 2023, decided, on the recommendation of the Compensation Committee, to change the following two points of the compensation policy that was applicable in 2022:
At the time of her appointment, the Chief Executive Officer's fixed compensation was €800,000. It was decided to increase her fixed compensation to €880,000, taking into consideration the following factors:
It should also be noted that the Board of Directors maintained the target variable compensation at 150% of fixed compensation and the maximum variable compensation at 170% of that same fixed amount.
As a result, with Lyxor now fully integrated (this accounted for 10% in 2022), the Board of Directors decided that one of the criteria determining variable compensation for 2023 would be the development of various strategic projects for Amundi, also giving it a weight of 10.0%. These strategic projects are the development of Amundi Technology and services, the development of Asia and Europe and the development of real assets and passive management.
• simplify the vesting conditions of tranches of deferred variable compensation paid in cash. The 85% condition corresponding to the Amundi Group's adjusted NIGS is unchanged. However, the three conditions specific to Crédit Agricole S.A. that accounted for 15% in 2022, have been replaced by a single condition. This condition, which will also count for 15%, will pertain to Crédit Agricole S.A.'s pre-tax RoTE. This is in line with the proposed change for Crédit Agricole S.A.'s senior executives and company officers.
At the time of the appointment of the Chief Executive Officer and the Deputy Chief Executive Officer, the Board of Directors deemed, in accordance with AMF and HGCE guidance, that Valérie Baudson's and Nicolas Calcoen's years of service and their personal circumstances justified the maintenance of their employment contracts while the suspension of these contracts was being organised as specified in 2.1.1.4.
In this regard, an agreement to suspend Valérie Baudson's employment contract was concluded on 10 May 2021, after authorisation by the Board of Directors under the regulated agreements. In accordance with the provisions of Article L. 225-40 of the French Commercial Code, this agreement was submitted to the vote and approved by the General Meeting on 18 May 2022.
Similarly, an agreement to suspend Nicolas Calcoen's employment contract was concluded on 28 March 2022, after authorisation by the Board of Directors under the regulated agreements. In accordance with the provisions of Article L. 225-40 of the French Commercial Code, this suspension agreement will be submitted for the approval of the next General Meeting, which will vote on the statutory auditor's special report relating to regulated agreements.
Each executive company officer will thus only receive compensation in respect of their corporate office, in line with the terms and conditions described below.
| Items of the compensation policy |
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| Fixed compensation | The amount of fixed compensation is set by the Company's Board of Directors on the recommendation of the Compensation Committee, taking into consideration market practices, the compensation packages observed for the same or similar functions in other major French listed companies and European listed asset management companies, as well as the individual situation of the Executive Company Officer, in particular their experience. |
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| The Compensation Committee analyses the Chief Executive Officer's and Deputy Chief Executive Officer's compensation once a year, with no presumption that the review will result in any change. In fact, in accordance with Article 26.3.1 of the AFEP-MEDEF Code, fixed compensation should in principle only be reviewed at relatively long intervals. |
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| On 7 February 2023, on the recommendation of the Compensation Committee, the Board of Directors decided, for the reasons set out above, to increase Valérie Baudson's fixed compensation to €880,000. It also decided to keep Nicolas Calcoen's fixed compensation unchanged. Fixed remuneration for 2023 will therefore be as follows: • Valérie Baudson: €880,000 from 1 January 2023; • Nicolas Calcoen: €420,000, unchanged since his appointment on 1 April 2022. |
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| Payment of the fixed compensation items is not conditional on the ex-post approval of the General Meeting. | ||||
| Total variable compensation |
Type of total variable compensation Total variable compensation will be awarded: • partly in the form of a cash bonus; • partly in the form of performance shares according to the procedures set out in detail below. |
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| Target level of total variable compensation The target total variable compensation is 150% of fixed compensation, unchanged from 2022. |
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| Up to this target amount, the said variable compensation is allocated: • for two-thirds of the total, in the form of a cash bonus; • for one-third of the total, in the form of performance shares. |
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| Valérie Baudson | Nicolas Calcoen | |||
| Target total variable compensation | €1,320,000 | €630,000 | ||
| of which cash bonus | €880,000 | €420,000 | ||
| of which performance shares | €440,000 | €210,000 |
Any allocation above the target will be made exclusively in the form of cash bonus. The maximum total variable compensation may reach 170% of fixed compensation in the event of outperformance (percentage unchanged from 2022), i.e.:
• Valérie Baudson: €1,496,000;
• Nicolas Calcoen: €714,000.
This is also in line with the application of Article L. 511-78 of the French Monetary and Financial Code, which provides that the General Meeting may increase the total variable compensation to a maximum of 200% of the annual fixed compensation, including in the event that objectives are exceeded. Under the 9th resolution approved by the Annual General Meeting of 12 May 2016, this ceiling was increased to 200%.
The proposed compensation structure can be summarised as follows:

Total variable compensation: Terms and conditions of determination Terms and conditions for determining the total variable compensation On the recommendation of the Compensation Committee, the Board of Directors will determine the amount of total variable compensation awarded for 2023, after the end of the 2023 financial year, by comparing the result obtained with the objectives set in advance at the start of the financial year for each economic and
For 2023, the weighting of economic criteria is 70% and the weighting of non-economic criteria is 30% for both the Chief Executive Officer and the Deputy Chief Executive Officer.
The weighting of the criteria relevant to the Amundi scope was increased to 82.5% compared to 80% previously, while the criteria for the Crédit Agricole S.A. scope now weigh for 17.5% compared to 20% previously.
non-economic criterion.
The economic criteria selected reflect the financial and operational performance of Amundi and Crédit Agricole S.A. For each criterion, the target objective to be achieved has been set on the basis of the budget approved by the Board of Directors (the values of which are confidential). It is specified that the values set out in the budget correspond to the target values.
The Amundi non-economic criteria chosen by the Board of Directors are in line with the Company's strategic ambitions for 2025 as set out in the press release of 22 June 2022, date of Investors' Day. These strategic ambitions include strengthening leadership in asset management, continuing to lead the way in responsible investment and establishing the Company as a leading provider of technology and services throughout the savings value chain.
At the end of financial year 2023, the Board will use quantitative and qualitative factors to evaluate the achievement of:
The non-economic criteria for Crédit Agricole S.A. also concern the senior executives and company officers of Crédit Agricole S.A. However, the environmental CSR criterion is adapted for Amundi's senior executives and company officers to take account of their sphere of influence. These criteria are therefore as follows:
The Board will assess the level to which these criteria have been fulfilled on the basis of the achievements in 2023.
Accordingly, taking into account the criteria relating to the implementation of Amundi's ESG projects and the Crédit Agricole Group's societal and environmental CSR, 20% of the variable compensation of senior executives and company officers is linked to CSR and ESG issues. It should be noted that in accordance with recommendation 26.1.1 of the AFEP-MEDEF Code as revised in December 2022, several of these criteria relating to social and environmental responsibility are linked to Amundi's climate objectives. These are commitment numbers 2, 6, 7, 9 and 10 of the Ambitions ESG 2025 plan.
The criteria for variable compensation for 2023, based on the annual financial statements, and subject to approval by the 2023 Annual General Meeting, are as follows:
| Weighting | Threshold | Target | Upper limit | |
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| AMUNDI SCOPE | 82.5% | |||
| Economic criteria (annual financial statements) | 60.0% | |||
| NBI (in € millions) (1) | 9.0% | 50% | 100% | 150% |
| Adjusted CIR (in %) (1) | 12.0% | 50% | 100% | 150% |
| Adjusted NIGS (in € millions) (1) | 30.0% | 50% | 100% | 150% |
| Adjusted net inflows (in € billions) (1) | 9.0% | 50% | 100% | 150% |
| Non-economic criteria | 22.5% | |||
| Implementation of ESG projects (2) | 12.5% | 150% | ||
| Strategic projects (2) | 10.0% | 150% | ||
| CRÉDIT AGRICOLE S.A. SCOPE | 17.5% | |||
| Economic criteria (annual financial statements) | 10.0% | |||
| CIR (%) (1) | 3.33% | 60% | 100% | 150% |
| NIGS (in € millions) (1) | 3.33% | 60% | 100% | 150% |
| RoTE (%) (1) | 3.33% | 60% | 100% | 150% |
| Non-economic criteria | 7.5% | |||
| Societal CSR (2) | 3.75% | 150% | ||
| Environmental CSR (2) | 3.75% | 150% | ||
| TOTAL | 100% |
(1) Quantitative criterion.
(2) Quantitative and qualitative criterion.
For each economic criterion:
The maximum achievement rate for each non-economic criterion may not exceed 150%.
The total achievement rate will be calculated as the weighted average of the achievement rates for all criteria, both economic and non-economic. It will apply to total target variable compensation as a whole, capped at 113.3%.
The maximum total variable compensation will be €1,496,000 for Valérie Baudson and €714,000 for Nicolas Calcoen, i.e. 113.3% of the target compensation or 170% of the fixed compensation.
| Total variable compensation |
Terms and conditions for deferral and indexation of total variable compensation The deferral and indexing procedures applicable to total variable compensation are defined in compliance |
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| Terms and conditions of deferral and indexation |
with the CRD V Directive, which stipulates that: • 50% of the total variable compensation awarded is paid in the form of instruments; • 60% of the total variable compensation awarded is deferred over a five-year period; • tranches paid in the form of instruments (indexed cash or performance shares) are subject to a holding period of one year. |
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| The calculation of the compensation to be deferred in respect of the financial year is based on the total variable compensation including performance shares awarded in respect of that year. |
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| Non-deferred portion of total variable compensation, accounting for 40% of the total, paid entirely in cash 40% of the total variable compensation is acquired immediately at the time it is awarded by the Board of Directors, subject to the ex-post approval of the General Meeting. This non-deferred portion will be paid in two tranches: 1. one half, i.e. 20% of the total, within 15 days after the General Meeting called to approve the financial statements for the year in which this compensation is awarded, i.e. May 2024 for compensation awarded in respect of the 2023 financial year; 2. the other half, i.e. 20% of the total, will be paid one year after it is awarded, i.e. in March 2025 for the compensation awarded in respect of the 2023 financial year. |
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This second portion of variable compensation will be 85% indexed on the Amundi share price evolution and 15% on the Crédit Agricole S.A. share price evolution.
To encourage the senior executives and company officers to create long-term value and to align their interests with those of the Company and its shareholders, a portion of their total variable compensation will be awarded in the form of shares subject to performance conditions. It should be noted that in accordance with the 26th resolution of the 2023 Annual General Meeting, the total number of shares awarded to Executive Company officers may not represent more than 0.1% of the share capital.
The number of Amundi shares corresponding to the portion of the variable compensation awarded for 2023 in the form of performance shares will be determined by the Board of Directors on the basis of the average price of Amundi share over the 40 business days prior to the Board meeting. As these performance shares represent a form of payment of the variable compensation, their effective grant will only take place after the ex post vote of the Annual General Meeting called to approve the financial statements for the 2023 financial year.
Subject to the performance conditions being met, these shares will vest in five tranches over five years. Each tranche is subject to a compulsory holding period of one year from the vesting date.
The number of Amundi shares fully vested for each tranche will be determined each year by the Board of Directors, based on the level of achievement of the performance conditions defined at the time of the initial grant. These conditions will encompass the adjusted NIGS, the adjusted cost-to-income ratio, adjusted net inflows and criteria reflecting the implementation of Amundi's ESG and CSR policy. The precise terms and conditions, such as the weighting and vesting scale, will be decided by the Board of Directors at the time of the grant and described in the reports on the compensation granted to the Chief Executive Officer and Deputy Chief Executive Officer for 2023, which will be submitted to the ex-post vote of the General Meeting called to approve the financial statements for the 2023 financial year.
The senior executives and company officers will be required to hold 20% of the vested shares in respect of each plan until the end of their term of office. They will also make a formal commitment not to use any hedging or insurance strategies until the availability date of the performance shares.
The bonus paid in cash is paid over five years in five equal tranches.
The payment of each tranche is subject to the achievement of two performance conditions determined by the Company's Board of Directors on the recommendation of the Compensation Committee. The overall completion rate regarding these two conditions cannot exceed 100%. These conditions are weighted as follows:
Payment methods for total variable compensation
• 15% on Crédit Agricole S.A.'s pre-tax RoTE in excess of 5%.
In the event that the performance shares granted do not represent at least 50% of the compensation to be deferred, then each tranche will be paid partly in cash and partly in the form of indexed cash, 85% of which will be indexed on the Amundi share price evolution, and 15% on the Crédit Agricole S.A. share price evolution. The payment of these tranches would also be subject to a one-year holding period and to the same performance conditions as for non-indexed cash tranches.
Terms and conditions of payment
The payment of items of variable compensation (including the effective grant of performance shares) is conditional upon their approval by the Annual General Meeting called to approve the financial statements for the year ending 31 December 2023.
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| Total variable compensation: Conditions in the event of departure and clawback clause |
Conditions applicable to the deferred portion of total variable compensation in the event of departure In the event of their departure, senior executives and company officers will not be able to retain the rights to the payment of the unvested tranches of deferred compensation (in cash or in the form of shares), except in the event of retirement or exceptional circumstances with a justifiable explanation from the Board of Directors. In these cases, the unvested tranches of deferred variable compensation will be paid on their normal due date pro-rated to the level of accomplishment of the performance conditions originally set. |
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| Clawback clause applicable to the deferred portion of total variable compensation If it is revealed, within a period of five years after delivery of a tranche of deferred compensation, whether in cash or shares, that the Chief Executive Officer or Deputy Chief Executive Officer: (i) is responsible for or has contributed to significant losses to the detriment of Amundi or (ii) has engaged in particularly risky behaviour, the Board of Directors reserves the right to demand the restitution of all or some of the shares already delivered or the sums already paid, subject to applicability under French law. |
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| Exceptional compensation |
There is no exceptional compensation, except in specific circumstances related to transactions that affect the Company's structure. In the event of exceptional compensation, the sum of this exceptional compensation and the total variable compensation may in no case exceed the cap of 200% of fixed compensation. |
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| Payment of items of exceptional compensation is conditional in all circumstances upon their being approved at the General Meeting called to approve the financial statements for the year ending 31 December 2023. |
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| Amounts due to members of the Board of Directors |
The Chief Executive Officer and the Deputy Chief Executive Officer are not members of the Board of Directors. Therefore, they do not receive any compensation for a directorship. |
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| Retirement benefits | Under their suspended employment contract, Valérie Baudson and Nicolas Calcoen qualify for the retirement benefits scheme that applies to all employees under the Amundi collective agreement. |
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| Severance payment: | Eligibility for severance pay | |||||
| Termination payment | With regard to Valérie Baudson: in the event that her term of office as Chief Executive Officer is terminated, her employment contract is reactivated under the compensation conditions set out in the suspension agreement. These compensation conditions are equivalent to the average of the compensation awarded to members of Amundi's General Management Committee, excluding corporate officers, during the last financial year prior to the end of her corporate office. This compensation may not be lower than that awarded to Valérie Baudson for the 2020 financial year. |
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| With regard to Nicolas Calcoen: in the event that his term of office as Deputy Chief Executive Officer is terminated, his employment contract is reactivated under the compensation conditions set out in the suspension agreement: the fixed compensation will be equal to the average of the fixed compensation awarded to members of Amundi's General Management Committee, excluding corporate officers, during the last financial year prior to the end of his corporate office, and the total variable compensation will be equal to two-thirds of the total variable compensation awarded on this same basis. In any case, this compensation may not be lower than that awarded to Nicolas Calcoen for the 2021 financial year. |
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| Upon termination of their terms of office as Chief Executive Officer or Deputy Chief Executive Officer, if, within three months, Amundi is unable to offer them an equivalent or comparable role to that currently exercised by members of the Amundi General Management Committee in the form of an offer of at least two positions, they will be eligible, if the termination of their terms of office was instigated by Amundi or was due to a change of control or strategy, for severance pay under the conditions described below and in accordance with the recommendations of the AFEP-MEDEF Code. |
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| However, this severance pay will be excluded if Valérie Baudson or Nicolas Calcoen elect to leave the Company to take up a new position, or if they change duties within the Group. Furthermore, this severance pay shall not be due in the event that Valérie Baudson or Nicolas Calcoen (i) are responsible for or contributed to significant losses to the detriment of Amundi or (ii) have engaged in particularly risky behaviour. This severance pay shall also not be due if the Chief Executive Officer or Deputy Chief Executive Officer is able to retire on their full pension. |
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| The severance payment will be calculated based on twice the compensation (fixed and variable) awarded in respect of the calendar year preceding the year in which the term of office comes to an end. |
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| It is made clear that this severance payment includes all other payments due upon termination of the employment contract in any form and in any capacity whatsoever, in particular contractual severance pay and, where applicable, non-compete compensation. |
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| This severance payment will depend on the achievement of budget targets of Amundi Group's business lines over the two financial years preceding the date of termination of the corporate office, based on indicators, taking into account the growth of its business as well as its results, namely: net banking income, net inflows, cost-to-income ratio and adjusted NIGS. |
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| It is noted that these performance conditions only apply to severance pay due upon termination of the office, excluding any amounts paid upon termination of the employment contract. |
| Items of the compensation policy |
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| Non-compete | Valérie Baudson and Nicolas Calcoen are not subject to a non-compete clause in respect of their office. |
| compensation | Pursuant to their employment contracts, they are subject to a non-compete clause that prohibits them from accepting a job in a company that develops an activity competing with that of Amundi. This commitment applies for a 12-month period as of the termination of the employment contract. In exchange, they will receive for the duration of the prohibition, an indemnity equal to 50% of the fixed compensation set in connection with the reactivation of the employment contract, as described above. |
| In accordance with Recommendation 26.5.1 of the AFEP-MEDEF Code, the Board of Directors will make a decision regarding the application of this clause on the departure of the Chief Executive Officer or Deputy Chief Executive Officer. |
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| As indicated above, any amount to be paid in respect of this non-compete fee will be taken into account when calculating the severance pay in order to meet the two-year compensation ceiling set by the AFEP-MEDEF Code. |
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| Unemployment insurance |
The Company took out private unemployment insurance with the French Association for the Social Guarantee of Company Directors and Managers ("Association pour la garantie sociale des chefs et dirigeants d'entreprise", GSC) to allow the Chief Executive Officer and Deputy Chief Executive Officer to receive compensation in the event of loss of their professional activity. |
| From the second year of affiliation, the maximum compensation period that Valérie Baudson may be entitled to will be increased to 24 months, capped at a total amount determined using the scale in force. |
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| The maximum compensation period to which Nicolas Calcoen could be entitled to, after the initial 12-month affiliation period which will end on 30 April 2023, would be 12 months, for a total amount capped according to the scale in force. From the second year of affiliation, the maximum compensation period that Nicolas Calcoen could be entitled to will be increased to 24 months. |
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| The contribution will be paid in full by Amundi and will be considered as a benefit in kind. | |
| This contribution amounts to €35,039 per year for Valérie Baudson. | |
| For Nicolas Calcoen's first year of affiliation, ending on 30 April 2023, this contribution is, based on the current scale, €12,974 on an annual basis. For the second year of affiliation, which begins on 1 May 2023, the contribution will be increased to €35,039 on an annual basis. |
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| Benefits in kind | The senior executives and company officers have company cars provided by Amundi. |
| In 2023, this benefit is estimated to be €6,800 for Valérie Baudson and €3,500 for Nicolas Calcoen. | |
| Payment of the items of compensation corresponding to benefits in kind is not conditional upon the approval of the General Meeting. |
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| Health and Provident | The senior executives and company officers benefit from the same health insurance schemes as employees. |
| scheme | For information, taking into account the scales applicable in 2023, the contributions remaining at Amundi's charge are the same for Valérie Baudson and Nicolas Calcoen and are estimated at: • healthcare expenses: €1,300; • provident scheme: €1,450. |
| Supplementary defined-contribution retirement plan |
As of 2022, Amundi has decided to terminate the supplementary defined-contribution retirement plan applicable within Amundi. Thus, the senior executives and company officers no longer benefit from any mandatory contribution paid by Amundi, as it is the case for all Amundi employees. |
In accordance with Article L. 22-10-8 II of the French Commercial Code, the two following resolutions will be submitted to the Annual General Meeting called to approve the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2022:
In accordance with Article L. 22-10-8 II of the French Commercial Code, the General Meeting, ruling under the quorum and majority conditions required for ordinary general meetings and having reviewed the report by the Board of Directors and the corporate governance report setting out the compensation policy for company officers, approves the compensation policy for the Chief Executive Officer drafted by the Board of Directors for the 2023 financial year as presented in the corporate governance report set out in section 2.4.4.4 of the Company's 2022 Universal Registration Document."
In accordance with Article L. 22-10-8 II of the French Commercial Code, the General Meeting, ruling under the quorum and majority conditions required for ordinary general meetings and having reviewed the report by the Board of Directors and the corporate governance report setting out the compensation policy for company officers, approves the compensation policy for the Deputy Chief Executive Officer drafted by the Board of Directors for the 2023 financial year as presented in the corporate governance report set out in section 2.4.4.4 of the Company's 2022 Universal Registration Document."


| 3.1 | AMBITION | 147 |
|---|---|---|
| 3.2 | ACTING AS A RESPONSIBLE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION |
148 |
| 3.2.1 | Governance ensuring the deployment of an ambitious responsible investment strategy |
149 |
| 3.2.2 | A responsible investment policy to support the economy's transition towards a more sustainable model |
151 |
| 3.2.3 | Savings and technology solutions for responsible investment |
155 |
| 3.2.4 | Responsible investment: a responsibility shared by all employees |
157 |
| 3.2.5 | A stronger commitment to Amundi's other stakeholders |
162 |
| 3.2.6 | Transparent implementation | 162 |
| 3.2.7 | Amundi's climate strategy | 162 |
| 3.3 | KEEPING THE PROMISE TO CLIENTS | 170 |
| 3.3.1 | Developing a long-lasting relationship with partner networks and their clients |
171 |
| 3.3.2 | Establishing relationships of trust with our corporate and institutional clients and offering them solutions tailored to their needs |
172 |
| 3.3.3 | Guarantee our commitments to our clients through compliance, security and risk management |
174 |
| 3.3.4 | Data protection (GDPR) | 176 |
| 3.4 | ACTING AS A RESPONSIBLE EMPLOYER |
176 |
| 3.4.1 | Amundi Human Resources Data as at 31 December 2022 |
177 |
| 3.4.2 | An employment, training and compensation policy that promotes long‑term development |
178 |
| 3.4.3 | Consistent attention to health, safety and quality of life at work |
180 |
| 3.4.4 | Respect for the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion |
182 |
| 3.4.5 | Encouraging social dialogue and employee participation |
185 |
| 3.4.6 | A long-standing commitment to sponsorship and solidarity actions |
187 |
| 3.5 | ACTING AS AN ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE CITIZEN |
188 |
| 3.5.1 | Employee awareness initiatives | 188 |
| 3.5.2 | Direct environmental footprint | 189 |
| 3.5.3 | Green IT policy | 192 |
| 3.5.4 | Responsible purchasing | 192 |
| 3.6 | DUTY OF VIGILANCE AND RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS |
193 |
| 3.7 | CHARTERS AND PRACTICES TO WHICH WE ARE COMMITTED |
194 |
| 3.8 | METHODOLOGY AND INDICATORS | 196 |
Acting as a responsible financial institution

(1) IMR (accountability index) survey conducted by Willis Towers Watson among all Amundi employees – statement: I am proud to work for my company. (2) Scopes 1 and 2, excluding refrigerants.
(3) Business travel by air and rail. (4) In France.
The Amundi share is included in the British FTSE4Good index and the Euronext Vigeo Eiris indices: World 120, Europe 120, Eurozone 120 and France 20.
Amundi's raison d'être is to work every day in the interests of its clients and society. Societal engagement is thus one of the four founding pillars of the company. It is based on three convictions:
In December 2021, Amundi presented its new 2022–2025 action plan, the ESG Ambitions 2025 plan (details in insert). The plan sets out three objectives:
Amundi has strengthened its governance to steer its strategy as a responsible investor and a responsible company, in particular through the establishment of a CSR Committee in 2022. This governance operates at two levels:
The ESG Ambitions 2025 plan comprises ten key objectives:
For its savings and technology solutions offering, Amundi has committed to:
Amundi's ESG Ambitions 2025 plan is part of the Crédit Agricole Group's collective commitment to its Social Project. Since 2012, the Group has also deployed the FReD initiative in its various entities, including Amundi. This tool for managing and measuring progress in the area of CSR promotes the involvement of the executives and of the entire
workforce. Since 2019, FReD has been a tool for the appropriation and operational rollout of the Crédit Agricole Group's CSR challenges. The participative approach consists in defining six projects each year to be implemented in each entity in the three areas of CSR: respect for the client, respect for the employee and respect for the planet.
Amundi has been a signatory of the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) since 2006 and is a pioneer in responsible investment, which lies at the heart of its development strategy. This strategy is based in particular on the widespread inclusion of ESG criteria in all open-ended funds actively managed by Amundi (3), in order to offer its clients investment solutions that seek to reconcile financial performance and the achievement of non-financial objectives while complying with the level of risk they have chosen. Having confirmed its position as European leader (4) in responsible investment at the end of 2021 by finalising its 2018-2021 ESG strategic plan, in December 2021 Amundi announced that it would further bolster its commitments to a fair environmental transition through a new ESG Ambitions 2025 plan.
To meet the core challenges of responsible investment, Amundi continues to strengthen its position in six key areas (described in this section):
(1) Scope of activity of open-ended funds for which a environmental transition rating method is applicable
(2) ALTO : Amundi Leading Technologies & Operations.
(3) Where technically possible. A number of exceptions have been identified, including funds with limited scope for active management, such as "Buy and Watch" funds or securitisation vehicles, real estate and hedge funds, funds not managed on Amundi's investment platforms and delegated funds, funds with a high concentration in the index or those with limited coverage of rated issuers, and products on fund hosting platforms.
(4) Source: Broadridge.
Furthermore, at its 2022 General Meeting, Amundi submitted its climate strategy (described in section 3.2.7.2) to a consultative vote of its shareholders, thus becoming the first asset manager to present a "Say on Climate". The resolution received 97.7% of votes in favour, reflecting the strong support it received among shareholders. In addition to the need for a scientific approach and the search for social and economic progress that guarantees an acceptable energy transition, Amundi's climate strategy is based on the conviction that companies must be supported in their transition and that exclusions must be limited to highemission sectors for which viable alternatives exist.
Amundi's "Say on Climate" shows how climate issues are integrated into the conduct of Amundi's business, demonstrating its willingness to align external and internal stakeholders around a transparent climate strategy. It also details how Amundi is integrating climate change into its financial
statements and seeking to accelerate the alignment of its investments with the Net Zero target by 2050. Finally, it describes Amundi's actions regarding the companies in which it invests, in particular the deployment of ambitious resources in the area of engagement, in order to support them in their necessary transformation towards decarbonised development models.
Amundi will continue to adjust its climate strategy in the coming years, according to the scientific reference scenarios and in close connection with its clients' objectives, both by developing investment solutions to accelerate the transition and by progressively aligning its portfolios with the 2050 neutrality objective.
In line with the commitment made by Amundi in 2022, the progress made in the implementation of this climate strategy (detailed in section 3.2.7.1) will be submitted to the consultative vote of its shareholders at its 2023 General Meeting.
Because acting as a responsible financial institution is an essential part of Amundi's strategy, its governance structure integrates the challenges of responsible management. The responsibilities related to the achievement of its ESG objectives – in particular climate objectives – are reflected in the supervisory and management bodies, as well as in the operation of the governance bodies.
The missions of the Board of Directors relate to the definition of the strategic orientations of Amundi's activity, while ensuring their operational implementation by the senior management. The responsible investment strategy is therefore fully integrated within the scope of its deliberations and decisions. This role is described in detail in Article 2 of its Rules of Procedure: "It regularly reviews, in connection with the strategy it has defined, the opportunities and risks such as financial, legal, operational, social and environmental risks as well as the measures taken as a result".
The Board of Directors thus ensures that Amundi fulfils its role as a responsible financial player. In 2022, it determined that Amundi, as a pioneer in responsible investment and a committed player on climate issues, should participate in the transparency movement concerning climate strategies, in line with its expectations towards the companies in which it invests. With this in mind, the Amundi Board of Directors decided to table a "Say on Climate" resolution at its 2022 General Meeting as one of the ten objectives of its ESG Ambitions 2025 plan. The purpose of this resolution is to allow shareholders to vote on the company's climate strategy and to seek an annual consultative vote on the progress made in implementing this strategy, thereby ensuring an ongoing dialogue on environmental issues.
In accordance with the commitments made in the framework of the climate strategy, the members of the Board participate in an annual training session on climate issues, in addition to the discussions on responsible investment challenges during Board meetings. As such, in 2022, the directors deepened their knowledge of climate issues and carbon neutrality ("Net Zero") by devoting an extraordinary session to this issue, during which various experts spoke, including the climatologist and IPCC member Jean Jouzel.
Finally, the Board of Directors monitors the key indicators for measuring progress in the implementation of the climate strategy.
The Board of Directors relies in particular on the in-depth work carried out by its specialised committees, as described in chapter 2, including the Strategic and CSR Committee described below. The other committees (Audit etc.) also contribute within their own scope.
(1) Source : 2021 PRI Assessment Report – Amundi, 2021 PRI Public Transparency Report – Amundi, 2021 PRI Public Climate Report Amundi (https://www.amundi.com/institutional/Responsible-investment-documentation).
With regard to responsible investment, the Board of Directors relies primarily on the work of the Strategic and CSR Committee. Pursuant to Article 4.6 of the Board of Directors' Rules of Procedure, the Board's mission is to further the Group's strategic thinking in its various businesses lines, both in France and internationally. Chaired by an independent director and comprising three members, it formulates an opinion on the company's climate strategy as well as its social and environmental responsibility policy and examines, at least annually, the actions taken by the Group in this area and the results obtained. At the request of the Committee, the senior management, the Responsible Investment business line or other ad hoc participants may be asked to attend some of its meetings. The work and opinions of the Strategic and CSR Committee are reported to the Board of Directors by the Chair of the Committee or by a member of the Committee appointed by the latter.
In 2022, the Committee recommended the adoption of the "Say on Climate" to the Board of Directors. It was also asked to further monitor the progress of Amundi's ESG and climate strategy. In the future, the Strategic and CSR Committee will also check annually the quality of Amundi's progress report on the ESG and climate strategy.
Four Committees regularly monitor the work carried out.
This Committee meets on a monthly basis and is chaired by the Chief Executive Officer. It defines, validates and steers Amundi's ESG and climate strategy, as well as the responsible investment policy. More specifically, its mission is to:
Chaired by the Chief Responsible Investment Officer, this Committee meets every month with the aim to:
This Committee is chaired by the member of executive management in charge of Responsible Investment supervision. It meets once a year to approve the voting policy, and on an ad hoc basis during the rest of the year to:
This weekly Committee is chaired by the member of executive management in charge of Responsible Investment supervision. It focuses on the definition and implementation of the responsible investment strategy by the responsible investment team, including monitoring of business development, HR, budgeting, regulatory projects, audits, ESG communication campaigns, market initiatives and specific communication topics.
The Chief Responsible Investment Officer also participates in the Group's Investment Committee.
The implementation of Amundi's climate strategy can only be done by raising awareness among all its stakeholders. This means aligning the employee compensation policy with Amundi's ESG and climate strategy. This decision is implemented as follows:
Amundi's analysis methodologies are described in the Amundi Responsible Investment Policy, which is updated every year.
ESG analysis is the responsibility of the responsible investment team and is integrated into Amundi's portfolio management systems. It is available in real time in the tools used by portfolio managers so as to provide them, in addition to financial ratings, with immediate access to the ESG scores of corporates and sovereign issuers.
Amundi has defined its own analytical framework and developed its ESG rating methodology. This methodology is both proprietary and centralised, thereby promoting a consistent approach to responsible investment across the organisation, in line with Amundi's values and priorities.
On listed markets, Amundi has developed two main ESG rating methodologies, one for corporates and the other for sovereign entities. Our approach is based on international frameworks, such as the UN Global Compact, the OECD Guidelines on Corporate Governance, the International Labour Organisation (ILO), and the United Nations Framework Agreement on Climate Change (UNFCCC), among others.
The ESG rating aims to measure the ESG performance of an issuer, e.g. its ability to anticipate and manage the sustainability risks and opportunities inherent to its sector and particular situation. The ESG rating also assesses the ability of the company's management to address the potential negative impact of their activities on the sustainability factors (1) that may affect it.
Our analysis is based primarily on 22 external data providers.
Amundi applies a "best in class" approach in its corporate ESG analysis. Each company is assessed by a numerical score scaled around the average of its sector, so as to distinguish between the best and worst practices in the sector. Amundi's assessment is based on a combination of external nonfinancial data and qualitative sectoral and thematic analyses. Amundi allocates its ratings on a scale from A, for the best practices, to G, for the worst. Companies that are rated G are excluded from our actively managed funds (2) . The issuer's rating is taken into account in the selection process in accordance with the philosophy and objective of the fund.
Our analysis methodology is based on 38 criteria, including 17 generic criteria, common to all sectors, and 21 specific criteria, relevant to the challenges of the various sectors. These criteria are designed to assess the impact of ESG issues on companies as well as how fully companies integrate them. Both the impacts on sustainability factors and the quality of ESG risk mitigation measures taken by companies are considered in the analysis. All these criteria are available in the portfolio managers' management tools.
ESG ratings are updated on a monthly basis, based on raw data provided by our external suppliers. The ESG research team closely monitors changes in issuers' ESG practices. ESG analysts regularly adjust their analysis and rating methodology in line with the environment and any events that may affect it.
ESG ratings are based on data provided by specialised companies and are subject to a specific selection process. Amundi guarantees its clients transparency regarding the data used.
Portfolio managers and analysts from the various management platforms thus have permanent access to issuers' ESG ratings, as well as related ESG analyses and metrics. More than 18,000 issuers are given an ESG rating.
The sovereign issuers rating methodology is designed to assess their ESG performance. The E, S and G factors may have an impact on the ability of States to repay their debts in the medium and long term. They may also reflect the way countries pursue policies on key sustainability issues that affect global stability.
Amundi's methodology is based on around 50 ESG indicators deemed relevant by Amundi's ESG research to address sustainability risks and factors (1). Each indicator may combine several data points, drawn from different sources, including open international databases (such as those of the World Bank Group, the United Nations etc.) or proprietary databases. Amundi has defined the weight of each ESG indicator that contributes to the final ESG score and the different components (E, S and G). The indicators are obtained from an independent provider.
The indicators are grouped into eight categories for greater clarity, with each category falling into one of the E, S or G pillars. As with the corporate ESG rating scale, the ESG analysis of sovereign issuers is translated into an ESG rating ranging from A to G.
(2) Over which Amundi has full discretion.
(1) Sustainability risk means an environmental, social or governance event or condition that, if it occurs, could cause a negative material impact on the value of the investment. Principal adverse impacts are the impacts of investment decisions that result in negative effects on sustainability factors. Sustainability factors mean environmental, social and employee matters, respect for human rights and antibribery matters.
As part of its ESG Ambitions 2025 plan, Amundi announced that it wanted to further integrate non-financial objectives related to climate into its active portfolio management. Amundi is thus working on the implementation of a rating methodology in order to assess, via a best-in-class approach, the transition efforts of issuers in relation to a net zero scenario, specifically through the effort made to decarbonise their business and develop their green activities.
Amundi's engagement efforts are documented in an Engagement Report, which is updated every year.
For Amundi, engagement is an ongoing process to influence the activities or behaviour of companies so that they improve their ESG practices and their impact on key sustainable development issues. It focuses on concrete results to be achieved within a given timeframe, is proactive and is part of our overall responsible investment strategy.
A major pillar of the responsible investment policy, engagement occurs throughout the year via discussions between analysts and the companies in which we invest, and through individual or collaborative actions on major sustainable development issues, in order to promote real change and the shift towards a sustainable, inclusive and low-carbon economy.
Engagement has two main objectives:
Amundi engages the companies in which it invests or will potentially invest, regardless of the type of holding (investment, financing etc.). Engaged issuers are selected primarily on their level of exposure to an engagement issue. Amundi's engagement extends over different continents and takes specific local circumstances into account. The aim is to have the same level of ambition worldwide, but with gradual expectations according to different geographical areas.
All managers have access to the ESG ratings and analyses of the companies concerned, and use them in their own way depending on the management process. For example, different management platforms have developed alphageneration approaches based on the prospects of improving the ESG profile of invested companies.
Amundi engages issuers on six key themes:
Global warming and the deterioration of ecosystems, which cause destructive chain reactions, are priority themes in our engagement campaigns.
As part of its ESG Ambitions 2025 plan, Amundi has launched a cycle of engagement on climate issues in 2022 that will see an additional 1,000 companies engaged by 2025. Amundi specifically requests that businesses publish a detailed climate strategy based on specific indicators and setting out objectives for each carbon emission scope and on the corresponding capital expenditure (investment plan). In 2022, Amundi engaged an additional 418 companies on the climate issue.
This engagement covers all environmental, social and governance issues. Beyond the specific topic of climate change, in 2022, specific thematic commitments included the circular economy, biodiversity, for which a specific report was published on our website, deforestation, ocean protection, strategy for alignment with the Paris agreement, the just transition, human rights, living wage as well as fair distribution of added value within companies.
Amundi's Voting Policy is publicly available and updated annually.
Amundi's voting policy is based on the conviction that the consideration of environmental, social and good governance issues by the Boards of Directors is essential to the sound management of a business. Amundi intends to play its full role as a responsible investor and is thus gearing itself up to support resolutions on climate or social issues.
The voting policy is reviewed annually, based on the lessons learnt from the previous campaign. The Corporate Governance team submits proposals for changes to their voting practices on the following main pillars: Shareholders' rights, Boards, Committees and Executive Bodies, Financial Operations and Executive Compensation Policies. Policy changes are approved by the Voting Committee.
We focused on checking that the compensation policies and/or the compensation reports submitted for voting included an ESG criteria component, as well as climate criteria for sectors with a significant impact. In addition, we very often supported shareholder resolutions demanding greater transparency on matters of ecological and the energy transition. We thus record 87% of votes in favour of climaterelated shareholder resolutions at the General Meetings of companies in which Amundi participated as an investor.
In the context of exercising the voting rights of its Undertakings for Collective Investment (UCIs), Amundi may be faced with situations of potential conflicts of interest. Measures to prevent and manage this risk have therefore been put in place. The first preventive measure is the definition and publication of the voting policy validated by the management bodies of the Group's management companies. The second measure involves submitting to the Voting Committee, for validation ahead of the General Meeting, the voting proposals for resolutions relating to a pre-established list of listed companies that are considered sensitive due to their links with Amundi. In addition to these previously identified issuers, the Corporate Governance team also submits to the Voting Committee any conflicts of interest that may arise from the analysis of General Meeting resolutions.
Details of Amundi's exclusion policy are available in Amundi's Responsible Investment Policy, which is regularly updated.
Convinced that we must support the transition of the companies we invest in, rather than encourage divestment, our action plan for issuers is based on the rollout of ambitious means for "engagement", to support them and back the necessary transformations towards decarbonised development models. In this context, the use of exclusion policies linked to climate issues is considered relevant when such policies target comapnies exposed to activities that jeopardise the transition, and for which there is no viable alternative.
As part of its fiduciary responsibility, Amundi applies a targeted exclusion policy to all its portfolios. These rules are applicable to all active management strategies over which Amundi has full discretion. They are also applicable to passive management ESG funds whenever possible (with the exception of highly concentrated indices).
They concern issuers exposed to the exclusion rules and thresholds set out in our sector policy, issuers that do not comply with internationally recognised agreements and/or frameworks or national regulations. This exclusion policy is implemented in the portfolios subject to compliance with applicable laws and regulations, and unless otherwise requested by clients.
The ESG and Climate Strategy Committee defines the rules of the exclusion policy and the ESG Rating Committee approves the rules of application. Excluded issuers are flagged in the front office tools and transactions on these names are blocked ahead of management decisions. The Risk Department is responsible for second-level controls.
In 2022, 954 issuers (corporates and sovereigns were excluded from the managed portfolios.
Amundi excludes the following activities:
In 2022, new exclusions were introduced for the following activities:
• issuers involved in the production, sale, storage of nuclear weapons of States that are non-parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons;
In 2022, in order to best fulfil its responsibility as an investment mangement company in the exclusive interest of its clients, Amundi decided to exercice the voting rights of a large majority of its managed UCIs, regardless of their management strategy.
These are G-rated issuers according to Amundi's rating system.
Furthermore, Amundi implements targeted sector exclusions specific to the coal and tobacco industries, and extended this to non-conventional oil and gas industries at the end of 2022. These sector exclusions apply to passively managed ESG funds (2) and, by default, to all active management strategies (3) .
Tobacco not only has a negative impact on public health, but its value chain faces human rights abuses, has an impact on poverty, has environmental consequences, and bears substantial economic costs, believed to be more than USD 1 trillion a year globally, according to World Health Organisation estimates (4) .
Amundi introduced a tobacco exclusion policy in 2018. In 2020, Amundi became a signatory to the Tobacco-Free Finance Pledge and strengthened its sector policy.
Amundi thus applies the following rules:
As coal is the largest single contributor to human-induced climate change, Amundi is committed to phase out thermal coal from its investments by 2030 in OECD and EU countries and by 2040 in other countries. In order to achieve this, Amundi introduced a specific sector policy on thermal coal in 2016, which has been strengthened every year since, and which results in the exclusion of certain companies and issuers. These commitments result from the Crédit Agricole Group's climate strategy. Consistent with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the 2015 Paris Agreement, this strategy is based on the research and recommendations of a Scientific Committee, which takes into account the energy scenarios of the IEA (International Energy Agency), Climate Analytics Report and of the Science-Based Targets initiative.
(2) With the exception of highly concentrated indices.
(1) United Nations Global Compact: "A call for companies to align their strategies and operations with universal principles on human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption, and to take action to promote societal objectives".
(3) Subject to compliance with applicable laws and regulations, and unless otherwise requested by clients.
(4) https://www.hrw.org/report/2014/05/13/tobaccos-hidden-children/hazardous-child-labor-united-states-tobacco-farming
In 2020, Amundi extended its policy to coal developers. In 2022, Amundi lowered the tolerance thresholds to further strengthen its efforts.
Amundi thus excludes:
In addition, companies with coal projects in earlier stages of development, including announced or proposed projects with pre-permitted status, are monitored on a yearly basis and submitted to engagement campaigns.
This exclusion policy is conducted in conjunction with engagement actions, whereby Amundi seeks to exercise its role as an investor to influence issuers to phase-out thermal coal. As such, Amundi calls on companies exposed to thermal coal and in which it is a shareholder to publish a thermal coal phase-out policy in line with the 2030/2040 phase-out schedule.
For companies excluded from Amundi's active investment universe under our responsible investment policy, and for those whose thermal coal policies Amundi deems insufficient, Amundi's policy is to vote against the discharge of the Board or Management or the re-election of the Chairman and certain Directors.
Since the end of 2022, Amundi also excludes companies whose activity is exposed to exploration and production of unconventional oil & gas (covering "shale oil and gas" and "oil sands") by over 30%. This is one of the commitments made in the ESG Ambitions 2025 plan.
The integration of ESG risk factors into Amundi's products and strategy is a key issue. Reflecting Amundi's engagement as a responsible investor, all actively managed open-ended funds now include ESG criteria where technically possible. In addition, Amundi's ESG analysis now covers over 18,000 issuers.
Amundi has defined and developed numerous indicators to identify and manage risks and opportunities related to environmental transition: carbon footprint for portfolios,
The issue of biodiversity, intrinsically linked to that of climate change, is becoming increasingly important in our societies, in research, but also in economic considerations. The economic impact of biodiversity and ecosystem degradation, as well as the depletion of finite natural resources, is a serious risk to the economy and society. It is also a complex subject due to its multi-dimensional nature and is therefore difficult to analyse.
Biodiversity is one of the themes addressed in Amundi's ESG analysis. It is reflected in the methodology grid through the "Biodiversity & Pollution" criterion and thus contributes to the construction of an issuer's ESG rating. Amundi also pays particular attention to biodiversity-related controversies. In 2022, Amundi continued its actions to better integrate biodiversity into internal analysis and investment processes. The subject was also one of the ESG Research team's priority areas of analysis in 2022, resulting in a ten-part series of research papers entitled "Biodiversity: it's time to protect our only home". The first two were published in early December 2022 on the occasion of the opening of the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the Biodiversity Agreement. The other eight parts, which comprise a focus on specific sectors, will be made available online in 2023. In this way, Amundi seeks to participate in the dissemination and sharing of knowledge in line with the principles of the "Finance for Biodiversity Pledge".
alignment of companies based on data from the Science Based Targets initiative, energy transition rating, just transition rating, and so on. Using this wide range of indicators, Amundi is able to set short, medium and longterm climate targets.
All these climate-related indicators are set out in Amundi's annual Climate and Sustainability Report, available on Amundi's website (https://about.amundi.com/).
In its dialogue with the companies in which Amundi invests, the subject of biodiversity is a particular focus point. Following the campaigns launched on plastics in 2019, on the circular economy in 2020, and on biodiversity in 2021, Amundi strengthened its active dialogue with companies in 2022 by continuing its dedicated engagement campaign on biodiversity in eight different sectors. Due to the limited data available on the subject, the primary objective of this engagement is to establish a baseline of how companies take biodiversity into account, and then to ask them to assess the sensitivity of their activities to biodiversity loss, as well as to manage the impact on biodiversity of their activities and products. In 2022, 119 companies were engaged in their biodiversity strategy. As part of this commitment, Amundi provides recommendations to improve the integration of this theme within their strategies. Amundi has also strengthened its shareholder dialogue on the preservation of natural resources. In 2022, 344 companies (2) were engaged through various programmes (including the promotion of a circular economy and better management of plastic, the prevention of deforestation, and various topics including pollution control or sustainable management of water resources).
The issue of companies' impact on biodiversity is fundamental. In 2022, Amundi began deploying data that will enable it to calculate the biodiversity footprint of its
(1) Amundi conducts an analysis to assess the quality of the phase-out plan.
(2) A company can be engaged on multiple issues.
portfolios. The metric used to display the biodiversity footprint is the MSAppb* per billion euros (1). This makes it possible to quantify the impact of companies' activities and their value chain on their environment.
Finally, in 2022 Amundi maintained its commitment to local initiatives and working groups dedicated to biodiversity. In 2021, Amundi joined the "Finance for Biodiversity Pledge" collective investor initiative and thus committed to collaborate and share its knowledge, to engage with businesses and to assess its impacts and set targets about biodiversity, as well as to disclose them publicly. In 2022, following the release of the first nature and biodiversity risk and opportunity framework by the Taskforce on Naturerelated Financial Disclosures (TNFD), the latter launched pilot groups to test the feasibility of this framework on different issues. Amundi joined a pilot group led by UNEP-FI and CDC Biodiversity to test the TNFD approach, and more specifically the application of the GBS (Global Biodiversity Score) for financial institutions.
Amundi's ESG investment solutions cover a wide range of strategies (active, passive, quantitative, bespoke solutions etc.), regions and asset classes. They are designed to meet the various ESG preferences of our clients and fall into several broad categories:
Amundi's ESG integration process is applied by default to all actively managed open-ended funds (master and feeder funds), whenever technically possible. The objective of each fund is to achieve a better weighted average ESG score than the weighted average ESG score of its ESG benchmark. Numerous individual products or fund ranges also benefit from deeper ESG integration, through higher selectivity, rating or non-financial indicator upgrade, thematic selection etc.
Impact investments are investments made with the intention to generate positive, measurable, social and environmental impact alongside a financial return.
Impact is measured in relation to specific impact goals that have been defined ex-ante and are based on the intentionality of investors or, where applicable, of the companies in which they invest. To qualify impact products, Amundi has developed an internal Impact Fund Scorecard, assessing funds alongside the three critical dimensions of impact investing: Intentionality, Measurability, and Additionality. Funds must have a minimum score across all three dimensions and minimum requirements met in the Intentionality dimension to be categorized as Impact products.
Under the ESG Ambitions 2025 plan, Amundi has committed to expanding the range of impact investment solutions to €20 billion.
Amundi has decided to develop Net Zero transition products. To ensure that these products are managed in such a way that their carbon footprint follows a trajectory aligned with the global goal of carbon neutrality by 2050, these funds must meet, at a minimum, the following criteria:
Developing its Net Zero Ambition range is one of the commitments made by Amundi in the ESG Ambitions 2025 plan. By 2025, Amundi is committed to offering open-ended funds in all asset classes with a Net Zero 2050 management objective. By providing an active range of transition funds, Amundi aims to channel savings towards investment solutions that will support issuers' transitions, while offering our clients the means to align their portfolios with their own Net Zero commitments. Savers will thus have the choice to invest their savings in funds that fully incorporate this Net Zero transition objective. Amundi also continues to develop its passive management climate range.
(1) MSAppb*/€bn (BIA, Biodiversity Impacts Analytics - Carbone 4 Finance): aggregates both static and dynamic data for land and aquatic environments: static impacts result from the past accumulation of biodiversity loss; dynamic impacts represent impacts that occurred in the year under consideration. The MSAppb* compared to enterprise value is equal to the biodiversity footprint of a company, the MSA.ppb*/€bn.
In 2022, Amundi stepped up the development of its Net Zero Ambition range with the launch of the following investment solutions:
In 2022, Amundi stepped up the development of its responsible investment range with the launch of new investment solutions, including:
Amundi develops solutions to finance the energy transition through innovative partnerships with major public investors. We encourage initiatives that stimulate both supply and demand, contributing to the development of sustainable capital markets and the growth of responsible financing and investment solutions.
Between 2018 and 2022, Amundi developed strategies with the following four partners:
In passive management, in 2022 Amundi also launched:
Both launches are in line with the ESG Ambitions 2025 plan's commitment to broaden the range of passive management responsible investment strategies and to ensure that by 2025, 40% of the ETF product range will be ESG ETFs.
In addition, launch of the \$500 million Asia Climate Bond Portfolio in 2020. Investing in labelled green bonds and unlabelled climate bonds, it engages with issuing companies to help them evolve their business models to increase climate resilience and green leadership.
(1) Carbon Risk Real Estate Monitor.
All of Amundi's employees are involved in the company's social project under the guidance and support of the dedicated responsible investment team.
Strategic alignment and cooperation between the active management and responsible investment teams are ensured through committees of decision makers from both teams.
Senior executives of the responsible investment business line are members of the key governance bodies of the Investment business line:
Likewise, senior executives of the active management business line are members of the decision-making Responsible Investment Committees. The global Chief Investment Officer (CIO) is a member of the ESG & Climate Strategy Committee and the Voting Committee.
Amundi's ESG integration process is applied by default to all actively managed open-ended funds (master and feeder funds), whenever technically possible. The objective of each fund is to achieve a better weighted average ESG score than the weighted average ESG score of its benchmark. This means that all relevant portfolio managers take into account the issuers' ESG scores, as defined by our proprietary rating system, in order to meet their funds' objectives.
ESG criteria, as well as financial criteria, are an integral part of the overall analytical framework. The financial model assessment integrates ESG factors relevant to the company and the sector concerned.
The engagement policy is defined by the Responsible Investment team, in conjunction with the investment teams. It is deployed through dialogue with issuers, with the involvement of investment platforms. The engagement aims to encourage and incentivise companies to take into account social, environmental and governance issues, with a view to improving their financial and non-financial performance.
Amundi's voting policy supplements the engagement strategy. It is based on an integrated approach to the company, and analyses in particular the consideration of environmental and social issues by its Board of Directors and within its governance. The Voting Committee is the governance body that validates the voting policy. Several investment platform managers are members of the Voting Committee and participate in all decisions taken.
In addition, Amundi Institute is developing research capabilities to integrate ESG issues into macro-economic scenarios, particularly with regard to climate.
For the Amundi Institute's research teams, the integration of ESG issues focuses on the following areas:
The investment teams have access, in a seamless way, to all ESG data and models via Amundi's proprietary portfolio
The passive management platform teams work closely with the responsible investment teams and in particular the quantitative research teams. This cooperation makes it possible to broaden discussions regarding the implementation of new ESG or Climate solutions for clients or to coordinate dialogue with index providers.
In addition, the passive management platform participates in the ESG & Climate Strategy Committee and the ESG Rating Committee, thereby ensuring coordination between the teams in the implementation of the Group's responsible investment strategy.
Amundi's passive management fully takes part in the Group's ambitions in terms of responsible investment.
Moreover, the intrinsic characteristics of index management and ETFs in particular – simplicity, accessibility and low cost – make these products effective tools for broadening access to responsible investment.
Responsible investment in Amundi's passive management is based on three pillars:
Amundi has the widest range of responsible ETFs on the European market. This covers the main asset classes and geographical regions for a diversified portfolio allocation.
In line with the ESG Ambitions 2025 plan, Amundi intends to continue to expand this range with the objective to have 40% of the total ETF range in ESG ETFs by 2025.
management tool, ALTO*. Dedicated ESG configurations are available, allowing portfolio managers to monitor ESG indicators at both the individual issuer and portfolio level.
Achieving this objective requires not only the launch of new products, but above all a proactive approach to transforming funds from replicating traditional indices to responsible indices.
With regards to Climate/Net Zero solutions, Amundi's passive platform was a pioneer in the development of indexbased solutions with the co-creation of the first low-carbon indices with MSCI, AP4 and the Fonds de Réserve des Retraites in 2014. Since then, Amundi has continued to innovate and was one of the first players to launch ETFs replicating the "EU Climate Transition" and "EU Paris Aligned Benchmark".
The development of fully dedicated responsible index solutions is one of the strengths of the passive management platform.
It leverages in-depth knowledge of equity and bond market indices, ongoing dialogue with index providers and continuous cooperation with the Group's quantitative research teams. In addition, the Solutions and Engineering team within the investment team supports clients in their ESG or Net Zero transition objectives by carrying out simulations and illustrating in a tangible way the impacts of ESG and Climate filters and optimisation on their portfolio.
Finally, Amundi believes that being a responsible passive asset manager goes beyond developing and managing responsible products and solutions. It requires a robust engagement strategy and voting policy to promote the transition to a more sustainable, low carbon and inclusive economy. Amundi's actions in terms of engagement and voting apply to all its asset management activities, both passive and active.
In line with the commitments made in 2021 within Amundi Real Assets (ARA) to put ESG at the heart of the platform's various areas of expertise, a dedicated integrated team has been created. This new structure reinforces the close collaboration that has existed for several years between the investment teams of the ARA platform and Amundi's ESG Research team, in order to integrate and implement the ambitions of Amundi's ESG Ambitions 2025 plan at the heart of ARA's strategy.
The commitments of Amundi Real Assets in favour of responsible investment are based on three major pillars:
In order to ensure transparency on the governance principles, policy and strategy that guide the integration of ESG criteria in its investment policy, Amundi Real Assets has established a Responsible Investment Charter and published its first responsible investor report in 2022.
To reinforce its commitment to ESG and to strengthen its support for small and medium-sized companies by encouraging the exchange of best practices, in September 2022 Amundi Real Assets organised a first ESG meeting dedicated to the small and medium-sized companies that ARA supports in private equity and private debt. This first edition was dedicated to ESG and focused on the following theme: "What role should ESG play in today's small and medium-sized companies". It brought together almost 50 leaders from 25 small and medium-sized companies.
With €44 billion of assets under management, Amundi Immobilier has been placing ESG at the heart of its management and investment processes for over 10 years. Amundi Immobilier has been committed in this area since 2010 when it implemented an ESG Charter, becoming one of the founding members of the Sustainable Real Estate Observatory (Observatoire de l'Immobilier Durable, OID), where it also acts as Secretary. Amundi Immobilier also contributes to market association projects whose objective is to bring transparency and greater consideration of environmental, social and governance aspects throughout the value chain of the real estate business.
Amundi Immobilier actively contributes to various initiatives to promote biodiversity or to take account of these issues at European level, such as:
As an active member of the Commission of the French Association of Real Estate Investment Companies (ASPIM) for the extension of the SRI label to real estate funds, Amundi Immobilier continued its efforts to obtain labels for its funds with the Génépierre fund in 2022. This brings Amundi Immobilier's SRI-labelled assets under management to €16 billion, making it the leading real estate management company in terms of labelled assets under management (1) .
Since 2014, the ESG approach has been a lever for creating value for Amundi Private Equity Funds (PEF), which has integrated it into its investment decisions and throughout the holding period of its investments.
For its fund of funds activity (3), the ESG policies of the investment managers are carefully reviewed. They form part of the overall assessment of an investment proposal. To expand this approach during the investment period, Amundi PEF analyses pertinent quantitative and qualitative ESG indicators, across managers and across their underlying investments.
For its direct funds, the ESG due diligence questionnaire has been revised to incorporate new requirements:
This new methodology helps to accelerate the implementation of ESG roadmaps for each of the portfolio companies. It ensures that companies fulfil their regulatory obligations in terms of ESG and assists them in defining or improving their CSR strategy. As an active shareholder involved in corporate governance, Amundi PEF (direct funds) makes ESG a subject of shareholder dialogue. It ensures that ESG issues are addressed by the Board of Directors or Supervisory Board and that the company makes progress throughout the investment period. Our commitment approach involves recommendations covering periods that vary in length, adapted to the company and its sector.
Consideration of ESG criteria is an integral part of the private debt investment process, from the investment selection phase and until the loans and bonds mature.
Each opportunity presented to the Investment Committee is subject to due diligence relating to the ESG risks identified and the improvement commitments made by the company. This due diligence informs the credit analysis, which is carried out simultaneously. ESG due diligence is carried out by the ARA ESG team, in collaboration with the ESG Research team and the Private Debt investment team. It includes sending out ESG questionnaires, discussions with management and reviews of sector-specific studies by nonfinancial rating agencies. It is also an opportunity for the Private Debt team to engage with businesses, helping them to improve their environmental and social practices.
Last year, the Private Debt team initiated and participated with the ESG team in market working groups, primarily on the theme of Sustainability-Linked Loans (financing solutions whose margin is partly indexed on ESG indicators) in order to define market standards. These working groups resulted in the publication of a reference guide at the end of 2022, reflecting the ESG ambition that Amundi Private Debt seeks to promote through these new instruments, under the aegis of France Invest (4) .
In 2022, the Group continued to implement impact-oriented strategies and improve ESG practices within the Private Debt business. The fourth round of private corporate debt is pursuing an ambitious impact strategy. One of the challenges of the fund is to provide each issuer with a carbon footprint and an action plan for reducing its carbon emissions. At the same time, a new ESG reporting format, incorporating a greater amount of data and analysis, was sent to investors in all funds.
Finally, in the area of real estate debt, cooperation with the ARA and Amundi Real Estate ESG teams enabled a more effective integration of regulatory issues, particularly those related to the SFDR (Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation), into the tools used to measure the ESG performance of assets.
(1) Observatory of SRI labelling practices for real estate funds – Aspim – OID – Novethic March 2022.
(2) Direct fund activity and fund of funds activity.
(3) Private equity funds, infrastructure or unlisted debt.
(4) French Association of Investors for Growth.
Amundi Transition Energétique (ATE) is an asset management company that was created in 2016 and is dedicated to green infrastructure and the energy transition. It promotes a robust and sustainable energy model in the face of the challenges of energy supply, changes in prices, resource depletion and environmental protection.
ATE has €2 billion in investment capacity. At the end of 2022, the investment already made in cogeneration units, solar and wind farms in France, Belgium, Sweden, Spain and Italy make up more than 350 assets with a total installed capacity of over 1.5 GW.
In 2022, ATE reviewed and updated its Responsible Investor Policy to incorporate the new provisions of Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 (SFDR) on sustainability-related disclosures in the financial services sector (the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation). The inclusion of sustainability risks has therefore been made explicit. Similarly, negative sustainability impact indicators have been added to the information collected from investee companies.
Each year, ATE publishes an impact report for the investors of each of the funds under management. The reports present the relevant ESG indicators for the last and previous financial years. The 2022 reports will be enhanced with the new indicators and information required under the SFDR.
In 2022, Amundi continued to reinforce its social and solidarity impact investment activity in line with its ambition, announced in 2018, to become the sector leader. The Amundi Finance et Solidarité fund, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, confirmed its position as the leading social and solidarity investment fund in France with €481 million in assets under management at the end of 2022.
Although a return to a pre-crisis situation was expected in 2022, the outbreak of war in Ukraine has had far-reaching economic and financial consequences, the duration of which remains uncertain.
Against this backdrop, Amundi continued to give priority to supporting its portfolio companies, reinvesting more than €50 million. The fund has also increased its exposure to circular economy companies. It has also invested €18 million in new companies, mainly in the areas of natural resource conservation (Algo Paint, IlluMexico, Tolv, and Valoregen), employment (GoJob) and inclusive housing (Résidences Comme Toit).
After a year of record inflows in 2021, there was more moderate growth in assets under management in 2022, which was partly hampered by the market effect. The rate of inflows confirms the interest of private individuals, via solidarity-based employee savings. It is also driven by the clients of the Group's private banks and the small and medium-sized companies in the retail networks, who are increasingly inclined to invest part of their liquid assets in meaningful investments.
The investment themes have a core focus on "taking care" of people, by giving them access to proper housing, recognised work, appropriate care and suitable training. They also focus on "taking care" of the planet: preservation of land and natural resources and development of the circular economy. Environmental impact and social impact are closely linked. A combination of the two is a guarantee of greater social cohesion.
Amundi Finance et Solidarité invests mainly in companies in the social and solidarity economy (SSE), by supporting the change in size and scaling up. The website https:// amundi.oneheart.fr provides details of each of the companies financed and follows their developments throughout the year. The portfolio companies are represented there in a playful way within a virtual village to illustrate paths of revival, animation and inclusion. Lastly, the Partners' Club, organised every year by the Impact management team, allows our whole ecosystem to meet, initiate joint discussions and develop synergies.
The Responsible Investment business line defines and implements all aspects of Amundi's responsible investment strategy in conjunction with all of the Group's major business lines. It supports the various asset management activities, which integrate responsible investment into every aspect of their work: analysis and rating of companies, engagement and voting, integration of ESG factors and design of sustainable investment solutions, key sustainability indicators for portfolios, ESG promotion, and participation in industry projects and initiatives.
This team coordinates the Responsible Investment Department's projects with the Group's support functions, produces business monitoring dashboards (Business, Budget, IT, Audit, Projects) and oversees major cross-functional projects.
The team is based in Paris, London, Tokyo and Singapore. Analysts meet, engage and maintain a dialogue with companies to improve their practices and performance on ESG issues. They are also responsible for rating these companies and establishing exclusion rules. The team includes specialists in the implementation of the voting and engagement policy.
This team of quantitative analysts and financial engineers is responsible for maintaining and developing Amundi's proprietary ESG rating system and ESG data management systems (which includes the selection of external data providers to create ESG ratings). They help analysts and portfolio managers integrate ESG considerations into their investment decisions. They also support business development teams in creating innovative solutions by integrating ESG data into financial products (ESG ratings, climate data, impact indicators, controversies etc.). They oversee the development and integration of ESG tools into Amundi's portfolio management systems and the systems for providing information to clients. They are also responsible for implementing client-specific ESG exclusion rules.
This team is in charge of developing and promoting ESG solutions tailored to the needs and challenges of investors, and offering ESG advice and services to all Amundi clients. It is also responsible for managing communication campaigns on key ESG issues with all stakeholders, centralising collaborative actions with sustainable finance initiatives and developing training programmes for our clients and employees.
Within the ESG department, this team is responsible for ESG regulatory issues. It supports Amundi's development by anticipating the impact of future ESG regulations, and contributes to the financial sector's work on the continuous strengthening of the ESG investment framework in all jurisdictions.
The industry's methodological and analytical frameworks are still incomplete. They develop as scientific and technological advances are made in understanding the impacts of climate change. The need for research is also crucial so that our investment professionals can make informed decisions and so that climate issues can be incorporated into investment strategies.
Amundi increased the size of its Responsible Investment business line by almost 55% in 2022. It has grown to 62 employees by the end of the year. This will strengthen the qualitative and quantitative research efforts that focus on the analysis of risks and opportunities related to major ESG issues (including climate and carbon neutrality objectives), and their impact on macroeconomic scenarios, on the different sectors and on companies.
To this end, Amundi invests in data and the development of decision-making tools. In order for investment professionals to have access to the information necessary to make informed decisions, Amundi has significantly expanded its data coverage by increasing the number of ESG data providers to 22. Amundi has also stepped up its investment in IT systems over the past few years. In particular, the management tool ALTO* has been enhanced by more efficient calculation engines and a set of new climate and ESG functionalities.
Amundi is strengthening the teams both in terms of the integration and processing of climate-related non-financial data and in terms of technology, and plans to continue enhance analytical coverage by incorporating functionalities designed by our internal experts.
In order for each employee to fully participate in the company's development, Amundi supports them in understanding and implementing the Responsible Investment strategy.
To this end, it has set up a training and support system covering a wide range of subjects to familiarise them with Responsible Investment in general and to understand how Amundi operates as a responsible investor. This system covers definitions, stakeholders, regulations, social, environmental and governance (ESG) challenges, and details the missions of Amundi's ESG research, ESG policies and proprietary methodologies as well as the dedicated tools.
These topics are presented in the form of compulsory e-learning modules, but also webinars, videos and other teaching materials.
The Responsible Investment business unit, the training team and the Amundi Institute all contribute to the production of this content, which is made available on the "ESG Suite" digital platform managed by the Responsible Investment team.
In 2022, it was strengthened with the launch of the Responsible Investment Training Programme. This programme, which is currently being rolled out, offers dedicated training journeys per business line. The training journeys are based around a common set of compulsory training units. They also include modules whose content and level of expertise are adapted to the needs and expectations of each business line. These training journeys designed jointly by the Responsible Investment, Training and CSR teams and the business lines, aim to help employees understand Amundi's responsible investment strategy, particularly the Climate Strategy, so that everyone can make a full contribution at their own level. Deployment among all business lines and employees will be finalised during 2023.
Furthermore, particular attention is paid to training Amundi's senior executives so that they have the knowledge required to ensure a robust and effective implementation of Amundi's responsible investment strategy.
In addition to training, employees also receive expert support (in particular the Responsible Investment team, "ESG champions") to help them implement good responsible investment practices. The "ESG champions" within the management platforms serve as ambassadors of responsible investment issues for their colleagues and are key contributors to cross-functional projects related to responsible investment (e.g. the definition of the Sustainable Investment Framework).
As part of its ESG Ambitions 2025 plan, Amundi has set itself the goal of training 100% of its employees in responsible investment by the end of 2023.
Amundi sees collaboration with its peers as a way to contribute to best practices in its ecosystem. Amundi is actively involved in initiatives that are essential for improving market standards.
Amundi is also committed to helping its clients align their investment portfolios with the Net Zero trajectory, and makes its research on climate issues and Net Zero trajectories available to them. It organises training on ESG and Net Zero issues. It is gradually offering its Institutional clients the opportunity to manage their portfolios with a view to alignment.
Lastly, to better contribute to the empowerment of its clients on climate issues, and as part of its ESG Ambitions 2025 plan, Amundi announced the launch of ALTO Sustainability, a technological analysis and decision-making solution for investors on environmental and societal issues.
Amundi Technology thus strengthens its support for responsible investment and sustainable finance. ALTO Sustainability is an innovative modular solution that provides clients with additional flexibility and helps them align investment decisions with their ESG and Climate objectives. It will allow users to:
ALTO Sustainability will facilitate the implementation of regulatory reporting obligations. This will allow investment professionals to effectively implement ESG investment strategies.
Transparency has always been the cornerstone of Amundi's strategy. All its policies and reports in the area of responsible investment and the climate can be consulted on its website.
The manner in which Amundi integrates the climate challenge and ESG issues into its investment policy, as well as the policy relating to its use of voting rights, is set out in various documents:
• the responsible investment policy sets out Amundi's approach in this area, including a description of our ESG assessment methodology, which comprises several climate-related components, and its exclusion policy;
The Engagement and Voting Reports summarise the campaigns conducted by Amundi in its shareholder dialogue, and the use of its voting rights (individual votes are also published on its website).
The Climate and Sustainability Report fulfils the requirements of Article 29 of the Energy and Climate Act and the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-Related
In line with the commitment made in the ESG Ambitions 2025 plan, Amundi submitted its climate strategy to a consultative vote of its shareholders at its 2022 General Meeting. This "Say on Climate" resolution received 97.7% of votes in favour.
• the voting policy sets out the principles that guide our voting activity, and in particular how we integrate both ESG and climate issues. This policy is published in advance of the voting campaign.
In addition, Amundi publishes an annual Stewardship Report on how it complies with the various Stewardship codes to which it is a signatory.
Financial Disclosures (TCFD) This Annual Report describes Amundi's strategy and the operational framework in place to implement its responsible investment and climate strategy.
In line with the good practice of reporting annually on the state of implementation of the climate strategy, Amundi will present an ex-post Say on Climate resolution at the 2023 General Meeting, detailing the progress made during the year. A table detailing the progress made point by point is provided below. Amundi has also set out its initial commitment as a member of the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative.
(1) ALTO* Investment is an integrated front-to-back and back-to-front portfolio management platform offering a 360° view of portfolios.
✔ : Achieved ➜ : In line with the objective : Aim of the ESG 2025 Ambition plan All the notes in this table can be found on page 165
| Target/ ex-post measure ment |
Maturity | Achieved at 31/12/2022 |
Progress status |
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| 1. INTEGRATION OF CLIMATE ISSUES INTO THE CONDUCT OF BUSINESS | |||||||
| A. Putting climate at the centre of governance, aligning and empowering | |||||||
| Role of the Board of Directors |
"Concerned with developing their skills in this area, every year since 2020 members of the Board have received training on topics related to climate issues." |
• Number of hours devoted by the Board of Directors to climate issues |
No. of hours |
Annual | 4 | ➜ | |
| • Average attendance rate at sessions on Climate and Responsible Investment |
>80% | Annual | 94% | ➜ | |||
| Employee Alignment System, through a new compensation policy |
"The implementation of the climate strategy can only be achieved by raising awareness among all Amundi's stakeholders and by aligning the employee compensation policy with Amundi's ESG and climate strategy. This decision is currently being rolled out." |
• Existence of a compensation plan for the CEO indexed to ESG and CSR objectives |
100% | Annual | 100% | ✔ | |
| • Existence of a compensation plan for 200 senior executives indexed to ESG and CSR objectives |
100% | Annual | 100% | ✔ | |||
| • % of employees with ESG objectives in the group in question sales representatives and portfolio managers |
100% | Annual | 99% (1) | ✔ | |||
| B. Setting objectives for reducing direct emissions | |||||||
| Aligning the CSR "A 30% reduction in its CO2 policy with the Net emissions from energy Zero 2050 challenges consumption (scopes 1 and 2) and from business travel (scope 3), between now and 2025 in comparison with the 2018 reference year." Elements relating to climate change and aiming to reduce the carbon footprint generated by purchasing (scope 3) will be included in the purchasing policy from 2022. And suppliers will be engaged in an approach to objectives." |
• Reduction in energy-related GHG emissions (Scope 1 + 2) per FTE compared to 2018 (2) |
-30% | 2025 | -51% (3) | ✔ | ||
| evaluate their CO2 emissions with a view to setting decarbonisation |
• Reduction in GHG emissions related to business travel (Scope 3) per FTE compared to 2018 (2) |
-30% | 2025 | -75% (3) | ✔ | ||
| • Integration of the carbon footprint reduction objective into the Purchasing policy |
Objective to be defined in 2023 |
2025 | Work in progress within the Crédit Agricole Group |
➜ | |||
| C. Deploying the resources necessary to achieve the objectives | |||||||
| Deployment of resources dedicated to our ESG and climate commitments |
"As such, Amundi has almost doubled the size of its ESG team over the past three years, reaching 40 employees, and its target is to increase it by a further 40% in 2022." |
• 40% increase in the number of employees in the ESG – Responsible Investment team |
100% | 2022 | 100% | ✔ | |
| Continuous training of employees |
"From 2022 onwards, a climate and ESG training programme created with Amundi experts and covering all staff will be implemented, with modules tailored to different levels of expertise, to ensure that over time every employee receives bespoke climate and ESG training." |
• Percentage of employees trained in Responsible Investment (4) |
100% | 2023 | Launch of the "Responsible Investment Training" programme for all employees |
➜ |
| Target/ ex-post measure ment |
Maturity | Achieved at 31/12/2022 |
Progress status |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "In addition, ensuring that senior executives and members of key committees have the necessary climate knowledge is essential to enabling the robust, high-quality implementation of a climate strategy.Amundi is thus developing a specific training programme for this audience." |
• Number of training hours dedicated to Climate issues provided to the SLT (Senior Leadership Team) |
No. of hours |
Annual | 3 | ✔ | ||
| Contribution to industry efforts |
"Amundi is actively involved in market initiatives that are essential for improving market standards." |
• Activity report on collective commitments |
Activity report |
Annual | 100% | ✔ | |
| "Furthermore, Amundi is committed to helping its clients as they align their investment portfolios. To this end, Amundi is making available its research and education documents relating to the climate challenge and the terms of net zero trajectories." |
• Activity report on Climate-related research published by Amundi on the Amundi Research Center website |
Activity report |
Annual | Scheduled for Q1 2023 |
➜ | ||
| "It is gradually offering its Institutional clients the opportunity to manage their portfolios with a view to alignment." |
• Number of Institutional clients canvassed on Net Zero challenges |
Number of clients |
Annual | 3 | ➜ | ||
| "Lastly, to better contribute to the empowerment of its clients on climate issues, and as part of its Ambition 2025 Plan, Amundi announced the launch of ALTO Sustainability, a technological analysis and decision-making solution for investors on environmental and societal issues." |
• ALTO* Sustainability marketed and number of modules offered |
No. of modules marketed |
Date of distribution & 2025 |
Content of first module defined |
➜ | ||
| D. Implementing this strategy in a fully transparent manner | |||||||
| Voting and responsible investment policies |
"The manner in which Amundi integrates the climate challenge and ESG issues within its investment policy, as well as within its use of voting rights, is explained in various documents ()." |
• Voting policy | Publications | Annual 2022 |
100% | ✔ | |
| • Responsible investment policy |
100% | ✔ | |||||
| The Stewardship Report |
"This report, which meets the standards of the UK Stewardship Code as well as other similar codes (), provides an annual summary of actions implemented in the delegation of management for third parties in order to fully enhance our clients' interests. The Engagement Report and Voting Report, both published annually, summarise the campaigns conducted by Amundi in its shareholder dialogue, and the use of its voting rights." |
• Stewardship Report approved by the FRC |
Scheduled for Q4 2023 |
➜ | |||
| • Voting Report | Scheduled for Q1 2023 (5) |
➜ | |||||
| • Engagement Report |
Scheduled for Q1 2023 (5) |
➜ | |||||
| The Climate Report – TCFD |
"This Annual Report, which meets the requirements of the TCFD (), describes the governance structure in place to address climate issues, risk management and initiatives to support transitions to a low-carbon economy." |
• Climate and Sustainability Report |
Scheduled for Q2 2023 (5) |
➜ |
| Target/ ex-post measure ment |
Maturity | Achieved at 31/12/2022 |
Progress status |
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| into actively managed open ended funds | 2. INTEGRATING CLIMATE CHANGE INTO ITS MANAGEMENT FOR THIRD PARTIES A. Systematically incorporating the assessment of transition |
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| Incorporating 100% of the assessment of transition into actively managed open-ended funds (6) |
"Amundi is thus working on the implementation of a rating methodology in order to assess, via a best-in-class approach, the transition efforts of issuers in relation to a net zero scenario, specifically through the effort made to decarbonise their business and develop their green activities. By 2025, the stated objective of the portfolios in question will be to have a better environmental transition profile than their benchmark investment universe." |
• Implementing environmental transition assessment in the investment process |
100% | 2025 | Preliminary work started |
➜ | |
| B. Developing Net Zero 2050 transition funds on major asset classes | |||||||
| Active management Net Zero range on the main asset classes |
"By 2025, Amundi will also offer open-ended funds for all major asset classes asset classes, open ended funds for the transition to the Net Zero 2050 objective." |
• Number of asset classes offering a Net Zero transition investment product |
6 | 2025 | 4 | ✔ | |
| C. Contributing to the energy transition financing effort | |||||||
| Supporting the energy transition financing effort |
"In 2022, Amundi will continue its efforts to develop solutions aimed at investing in businesses or financing projects that make a positive environmental contribution". |
• Activity report on green solutions, climate |
Activity report |
Annual | Scheduled for Q1 2023 |
➜ | |
| 3. INTEGRATION OF CLIMATE ISSUES INTO BUSINESS INITIATIVES | |||||||
| Unconventional hydrocarbons >30% (7) |
"Amundi is committed to publishing its exclusion policy for the oil and gas sectors, following the announcement of its intention to divest from companies with more than 30% exposure to unconventional hydrocarbons by the end of 2022." |
• Published policy & eligible scope disinvested (7) |
100% | 2022 | 100% | ✔ | |
| A. Establishing an active dialogue to speed up and further urge the transformation of models | |||||||
| Climate Commitment extended to over 1,000 companies (8) |
"As part of its Ambition 2025 Plan, Amundi will begin a cycle of engagement with 1,000 additional businesses by 2025." |
• Additional number of committed companies on climate (8) |
+1,000 | 2025 | +418 | ➜ | |
| B. Promoting a socially acceptable energy transition |
| Activity report on the "Fair Transition" |
"The social dimension of the energy transition remains an important focus for Amundi, which will continue to invest resources in terms of both research and commitment." |
• Activity report on the "Fair Transition" |
Activity report |
Annual | Scheduled for Q1 2023 |
➜ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(1) Based on employees present in April 2022.
(2) Measurement carried out on entities with more than 100 FTE, in intensity. Excluding refrigerants.
(3) 2022 data is not significant as it is still strongly impacted by the pandemic (closure of premises, no travel).
(4) Training scope = Amundi training catalogue, individual or group training, local certifications, and webinars conducted within the framework of the Investment Academy; data monitored by DRH Formation.
(5) In 2022, these reports were published on 2021 data.
(6) Scope of actively managed open-ended funds, where a transitional rating methodology is applicable.
(7) Scope of application defined by Amundi's Responsible Investment policy – Non-conventional extraction: oil sands, shale oil and gas.
(8) For information: 547 climate-related commitments from a scope of 464 companies at the end of 2021.
Since its creation, responsible investment has been one of Amundi's founding pillars, based on three convictions:
Achieving a successful energy transition requires aligning key players on short, medium, and long-term strategies:
Based on its progress following its previous ESG plan (2018- 2021) and especially aware of the efforts that still need to be made to ensure that all sectors and companies adopt a strategy of alignment with the Paris Agreements, Amundi wishes to go further, on the theme of Climate.
Climate change is undoubtedly the greatest challenge of our time. Through the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero, the financial sector has committed to a common goal: to use its own resources to support a low-carbon global economy and meet the objectives of the Paris Agreements.
Aware of the challenges and the means required for deployment, Amundi believes that shareholders must be fully informed of the way in which companies intend to contribute to this collective effort.
As a shareholder, Amundi therefore strongly encourages the companies in which it invests to submit their climate strategy to an advisory vote at their General Meetings.
As a listed company, Amundi also believes that it has a responsibility to be transparent with its shareholders about its climate strategy.
In addition, the presentation of this strategy, its ambitions and its annual progress is an exercise that we believe is essential to a balanced dialogue with shareholders.
Given that shareholders may have multiple motives at the time of such a vote, we state that in the event that the resolution is not adopted, the Board of Directors would use any means at its disposal to discuss with and gather information from its shareholders regarding the reasons behind their decision not to support the proposed draft resolution, should this occur. It would inform all its shareholders of the outcome of this process and put forward the measures to take into consideration these conclusions.
Therefore, Amundi wishes to submit its climate strategy to the annual advisory vote at its 2022 General Meeting. From 2023, Amundi will also request an advisory vote on the progress made in implementing this strategy.
Aware of its responsibility and obligations to the clients it invests for, Amundi must adopt a progressive approach in setting the ambitions of a long-term climate strategy, with intermediate steps.
Determining a company's alignment with the objectives of the Paris Agreement remains a challenge to date. Scientific knowledge and methodologies continue to grow and evolve. The broad spectrum of asset classes and regions of the world in which Amundi invests does not yet benefit from the analytical frameworks and data necessary for a comprehensive action plan. Nevertheless, the means can already be deployed.
Amundi's climate strategy will therefore evolve in line with methodological developments, protocols for defining ambitions, regulatory frameworks and the data available for assessing alignment with a 2050 carbon neutrality objective.
In addition, recent circumstances, linked to the conflict in Ukraine, will have consequences for the evolution of energy systems. In particular, they require a strengthening of energy independence in Europe as in all the countries in which Amundi invests. While it is too early to measure the impact, short-term adjustments in energy trajectories are likely and will influence the strategy of progressive alignment of investment portfolios.
While the financial system can in no way substitute for action by States and governments to combat the climate crisis, Amundi nevertheless considers that it is part of the solution.
Based on our commitment to climate issues and our responsibility to our clients, Amundi's climate strategy is dynamic and steady, with short- and medium-term objectives.
It is based on three convictions:
In addition to joining the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative, Amundi is putting in place a Climate 2022–2025 Action Plan based on three key mechanisms:
the integration of climate change within its business operations, namely the resources implemented within its organisation, the alignment of its employees, its governance and its commitments to reducing direct greenhouse gas emissions;
At the end of 2020, the Board of Directors decided to integrate social and environmental issues within its governance. Since May 2021, the Board has been analysing the progress made against key climate and ESG indicators on at least a quarterly basis. Concerned with developing their skills in this area, every year since 2020 members of the Board have received training on topics related to climate issues.
Lastly, for the first year in 2021, a one-day strategic seminar allowed members of the Board to focus on the strategy to be deployed in this area and to develop specific ways in which to implement the new the new ESG 2025 Ambition Plan.
In implementing governance, the Board is also supported by its Strategic and CSR Committee, chaired by an independent director who annually reviews the progress made in the Annual Report with regard to social, environmental and societal data, including that related to climate issues, constituting Chapter 3 of the Universal Registration Document.
In 2021, and through its work on strategy, it was asked to recommend to the Board of Directors the adoption of the Group's plan relating to strategic climate and ESG ambitions.
In the future, the Strategic and CSR Committee will also check the quality of Amundi's progress report on the ESG and climate strategy.
Governance implemented at Board level is also part of the Company's internal organisation.
This monthly Committee, chaired by the Chief Executive Officer, defines and validates the ESG and climate policy thus applicable to investments, as well as Amundi Group's strategic guidelines in this area. Its purpose is to:
This Committee draws upon the ESG Rating Committee, chaired by the Director of the ESG Department, in charge of the responsible investment policy and associated methodologies, and on the Voting Committee, chaired by a member of senior management in charge of the voting policy.
The implementation of the climate strategy can only be achieved by raising awareness among all Amundi's stakeholders and by aligning the employee compensation policy with Amundi's ESG and climate strategy. This decision is currently being rolled out.
Thus, the integration of ESG and climate criteria into the remuneration policy will be done in two stages:
As part of its ESG Ambitions 2025 Plan, Amundi has set itself two objectives for controlling its direct environmental footprint:
In a context where the methodological and analytical frameworks at industry level are still only partial, building up as and when scientific advances and technologies are made available for understanding the impact of climate change, the need for research is crucial so that our investment professionals can make informed decisions and so that climate issues can be incorporated into investment strategies.
As such, Amundi has almost doubled the size of its ESG team over the past three years, reaching 40 employees, and its target is to increase it by a further 40% in 2022, thereby strengthening its research programme efforts in terms of analysing the risks and opportunities related to the climate and the carbon neutrality objectives at macroeconomic scenario, sector and business level. Although it is already part of our ESG sector analysis for the sectors that are highly exposed to climate change, it remains dependent on available data and credible net zero trajectory methodologies.
To support and supplement this effort, Amundi invests in data and the development of decision-making tools. In order for investment professionals to have access to the information necessary to make informed decisions, Amundi has significantly expanded its data coverage by increasing the number of ESG data providers from 4 to 14, thus giving access to 100 million items of non-financial data per month. Furthermore, Amundi has increased the IT budget fivefold over the last three years. In particular, the management tool has been enhanced by more efficient calculation engines and a set of new climate and ESG functionalities.
Amundi is strengthening the teams both in terms of the integration and processing of non-financial data and at IT level, and plans to enhance analytical equipment on climate issues on a continuous basis by incorporating functionalities designed by our internal experts.
While it is necessary to engage Amundi's entire workforce and roles in the implementation of this climate strategy, the training issue is key and should complement the resource strengthening plans.
In 2021, several training sessions were held on climate, net zero and ESG issues more globally for investment professionals. An enhanced training offer was made available to all staff and implemented during the year.
From 2022 onwards, a climate and ESG training programme created with Amundi experts and covering all staff will be implemented, with modules tailored to different levels of expertise, to ensure that over time every employee receives bespoke climate and ESG training.
In addition, ensuring that senior executives and members of key committees have the necessary climate knowledge is essential to enabling the robust, high-quality implementation of a climate strategy. Amundi is thus developing a specific training programme for this audience.
Amundi values collaboration with its peers as a way to contribute to best practices in its ecosystem. Amundi is actively involved in market initiatives that are essential for improving market standards (1) .
Furthermore, Amundi is committed to helping its clients as they align their investment portfolios. To this end, Amundi is making available its research (2) and education documents relating to the climate challenge and the terms of net zero trajectories, and is gradually offering its existing Institutional clients the opportunity to manage their portfolios with alignment in mind.
Lastly, to better contribute to the empowerment of its clients on climate issues, and as part of its Ambition 2025 Plan, Amundi announced the launch of ALTO Sustainability, a technological analysis and decision-making solution for investors on environmental and societal issues.
Transparency remains the cornerstone of our approach to implementing this strategy. All our policies and reports relating to ESG and the climate can be consulted on our website (3) .
The manner in which Amundi integrates the climate challenge and ESG issues within its investment policy, as well as within its use of voting rights, is explained in various documents:
This report, which meets the standards of the UK Stewardship Code as well as other similar codes (in particular the Japanese, Australian, Canadian and Italian codes), provides an annual summary of actions implemented in the delegation of management for third parties in order to fully enhance our clients' interests. The Engagement Report and Voting Report, both published annually, summarise the campaigns conducted by Amundi in its shareholder dialogue, and the use of its voting rights (votes also published on our website (5)).
This Annual Report, which meets the requirements of the TCFD (Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures), describes the governance structure in place to address climate issues, risk management and initiatives to support transitions to a low-carbon economy.
Amundi works proactively to speed up the alignment of its investments with the Net Zero by 2050 target, thus contributing to the collective effort required for the transition to a low-carbon economy. Though Amundi has a policy of excluding issuers exposed to certain activities, its philosophy is clearly to accompany, support and influence the transition of issuers in order to have a positive impact on the real economy. To do so, Amundi has developed and intends to continue developing a wide range of actions.
Amundi has developed its own ESG rating methodologies to measure an issuer's non-financial performance, which specifically include climate-related performance indicators, selected according to sector and the materiality of their impact. Since 2021, all (6) open-ended active management funds have incorporated an ESG rating target which exceeds that of the investment universe.
(1) See list of holdings in the Stewardship Report.
(2) https://research-center.amundi.com/esg
(3) https://about.amundi.com/A-committed-player/Documentation
(4) Covering Amundi Aalan Sdn Bhd (Malaysia), Amundi Asset Management, Amundi Austria, Amundi Canada, Amundi Deutschland, Amundi Hong Kong, Amundi Iberia, Amundi Immobilier, Amundi Ireland, Amundi Japan, Amundi Luxembourg, Amundi Sgr, Amundi Singapore mandates, Amundi UK Ltd, BFT IM, CPR AM, Etoile Gestion, Lyxor Asset Management, Lyxor International Asset Management, Lyxor Fonds Solutions, Sabadell Gestion d'actifs, Société Générale.
(5) https://about.amundi.com/Sites/Amundi-Corporate/Pages/Legal-Documentation/Proxy-voting-policy
(6) Scope of actively managed open-ended funds, where an ESG methodology is technically applicable.
As part of its Ambition 2025 Plan, Amundi announced that it wanted to further integrate non-financial objectives into its active portfolio management in relation to the climate issue. Amundi is thus working on the implementation of a rating methodology in order to assess, via a best-in-class approach, the transition efforts of issuers in relation to a net zero scenario, specifically through the effort made to decarbonise their business and develop their green activities. By 2025, the stated objective of the portfolios in question will be to have a better environmental transition profile than their benchmark investment universe.
By 2025, Amundi will also offer open-ended funds for all major asset classes asset classes, open-ended funds for the transition to the Net Zero 2050 objective. By providing an active range of transition funds, Amundi aims to guide savings towards investment solutions that will support issuer transitions, while offering our clients the means to align their portfolios with the net zero commitments they have made. Savers will thus have the choice of investing their savings in funds that fully incorporate this net zero transition objective. Amundi is also continuing to develop its passive climate management range.
A sharp increase in capital and R&D spending is needed if we are to reach the Net Zero by 2050 target. To contribute to this financing, Amundi has, over the past three years, accelerated its development of innovative solutions to finance climate-friendly developments and the energy transition. These solutions are part of a range of financial innovations and strategic partnerships with major public institutions to generate both supply and demand for new green financing projects. At the end of 2021, green bond solutions totalled €5.3bn, covering developed and emerging markets.
In 2022, Amundi will continue its efforts to develop solutions aimed at investing in businesses or financing projects that make a positive environmental contribution.
Convinced that we must support the transition of the businesses we invest in, rather than encouraging divestment, our action plan for issuers is based on the rollout of ambitious means in terms of "engagement", to help support them and to back the necessary transformations towards decarbonised development models. Accordingly, the use of exclusion policies linked to climate issues is considered relevant when such policies target businesses exposed to activities that jeopardise the transition.
Amundi applies a range of exclusion policies, which is one of the pillars of its managerial responsibility. They exclude companies that do not comply with its responsible investment policy (1), in addition to activities that do not comply with international agreements and national regulatory frameworks (2). Moreover, Amundi implements targeted sector exclusions specific to industries that compromise the achievement of net zero objectives and the environment in general, through its shareholder investment.
As coal is the largest single contributor to human-induced climate change, Amundi has implemented a sector-specific policy on thermal coal since 2016, resulting in the exclusion of certain companies and issuers. Every year since 2016, Amundi has gradually strengthened its coal exclusion policy. In 2020, Amundi further extended its exclusion policy to any company developing or planning to develop new thermal coal operating capacities.
Accordingly, today Amundi excludes (3):
Amundi is committed to being coal-free by 2030 in OECD countries and by 2040 in other countries. To this end, Amundi has committed all the businesses in its coalexposed portfolios to provide a gradual exit plan by 2030–2040, depending on the location of their activities. This engagement will continue and will be complemented by the addition of voting rights, in line with the progress made in terms of this dialogue.
Furthermore, Amundi is committed to publishing its exclusion policy for the oil and gas sector, following the announcement of its intention to divest from companies whose business is more than 30% exposed to unconventional hydrocarbons by the end of 2022 (within the scope of Amundi's exclusion policy (4)).
(4) See Amundi's Responsible Investment Policy.
(1) https://about.amundi.com/A-committed-player/Documentation
(2) These exclusions are applied subject to compliance with applicable laws and regulations, and unless other contractual provisions are agreed for the dedicated products or services. They apply to all active management strategies over which Amundi has full portfolio management discretion, and to ESG ETF passive management products, except for highly concentrated indices.
(3) On the scope of application of the exclusion policy set out in the responsible investment policy.
A major pillar in our vision as a responsible investor, engagement occurs via discussions between analysts and the businesses in which we are invested throughout the year, and through individual or collaborative engagement actions on major sustainable development issues, in order to promote real change and the shift towards an inclusive, sustainable and low-carbon economy. Global warming and the deterioration of ecosystems, which threaten to cause destructive chain reactions, are a priority theme in our engagement campaigns.
Amundi engaged with 472 and 547 businesses respectively in 2020 and 2021 on climate issues. As part of its Ambition 2025 Plan, Amundi will begin a cycle of engagement with 1,000 additional businesses by 2025. As part of this dialogue, Amundi requests that businesses publish a detailed climate strategy based on specific indicators and objectives for each carbon emission scope, and on the corresponding capital expenditure (investment plan).
In addition to the commitment, since 2019 Amundi has included the consideration of climate issues in the exercise of its voting rights as one of its priority themes, based on the conviction that the consideration of these challenges by Boards of Directors is essential for the sound management of a company.
In this sense, Amundi supports the resolutions that aim to implement better reporting and transparency on businesses' climate strategies.
The voting policy aims to check that the compensation policies and/or the compensation reports submitted for voting include a non-financial component. For businesses in the energy sector (oil and gas, power utilities and mining companies), a climate criterion must be included in the variable compensation parameters.
It also consists of voting against the discharge of the Board or senior management, or against the re-election of the Chairman and certain Directors within a scope of targeted businesses excluded from the investment universe covered by Amundi's Responsible Investment Policy or with an insufficient climate strategy despite operating in sectors in which the transition is essential.
Amundi believes that the transition to a low-carbon economy must be inclusive and sustainable. We must thus consider the social impact as well as the impact on preserving natural capital. Given that the impact analysis for these issues is still in its infancy, Amundi has decided to dedicate specific engagement programmes to these themes based on proprietary research.
In addition, Amundi co-founded "Investors for a Just Transition", the first investor coalition on the just transition, in order to support collaborative efforts to rise to this complex challenge.
Amundi also launched two major engagement programmes around the circular economy and biodiversity (as well as related research) to raise awareness of this topic, their exposure and impact, and to ask issuers to set out a solid strategy (1) .
The social dimension of the energy transition remains an important focus for Amundi, which will continue to invest resources in terms of both research and commitment.
Amundi will continue to adjust its climate strategy in the coming years, according to the scientific reference scenarios and in close connection with its clients' objectives, both by investing in solutions to accelerate the transition and by progressively aligning its portfolios with the 2050 neutrality objective.
Our commitment is to provide our clients with savings, investment and technology solutions
Amundi is organised to meet the specific requirements of each of its major client groups:
• individual clients of partner networks and third-party distributors in France and abroad;
Since 2016, Amundi has been hosting an Advisory Committee composed of leading experts to discuss the global economic and geopolitical outlook, analyse its impacts on the financial markets in each of the major geographic regions and sharpen our understanding of clients' financial needs, particularly in countries where we have decided to establish a presence.
(1) See commitment report: https://www.amundi.fr/fr_instit/ezjscore/call/
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Amundi is a historic partner in four major banking networks in France (Crédit Agricole Regional Banks, LCL, Société Générale and Crédit du Nord) and has established strong long-term partnerships with over 16 networks in Europe and Asia. This includes partnerships in Italy, Austria, Spain, Germany and the Czech Republic.
Beyond the partner networks, Amundi is also developing a growing business relationship with wealth management banks, asset managers and other French and foreign distributor networks (banks, insurance companies, brokers), which most often distribute savings solutions built by Amundi using open architecture and intended for clients of their networks.
Amundi's dedicated teams in charge of these partnerships rely on the very good knowledge held by each of these networks, partners and distributors of the varied needs of their different client segments. Amundi's teams work closely with their correspondents to identify the investment vehicles and services that are best suited to the needs of their clients. In this way, the characteristics of each product, the composition of the ranges on offer and the associated services and communication are developed together and validated periodically by "Products and Services Committees".
Amundi works to ensure active regulatory and competitive monitoring centrally from its Paris headquarters and also locally with its contacts in each of the markets where its partner networks supply their products. The aim is to keep up-to-date with local developments in savings behaviour and potential new savings solutions made possible by regulatory changes. It also involves monitoring the products and services offered by competitors in order to help our contacts provide the best response to their individual clients' needs.
To this end, meetings between Amundi's product teams and those of its partners are organised both locally and globally throughout the year in order to anticipate the most appropriate responses to be provided in terms of products and solutions. In 2022, for example, this consultation enabled the presentation of complementary solutions such as discretionary mandate management for clients wishing to delegate their portfolios in full, Buy and Watch (a "buy and
For Amundi, developing the expertise of advisors of our partner networks when it comes to our savings products and solutions is a priority. Amundi has endeavoured to provide dedicated local support, in the field or in digital format, to best meet the expectations of both the networks and their clients. The teams in charge of distribution networks have adapted their communication plan, by providing numerous video-conference training sessions and by setting up regular hold" bond strategy) for those wishing to take advantage of rising interest rates, or accumulation products. By investing progressively in a given theme, they give investors who wish to mitigate market volatility the opportunity to capture part of the market's rise.
As a company with a strong local presence, Amundi offers each of its partners a unique ability to differentiate its offering, in line with local culture, trends, expectations, regulations and taxation, while benefiting from all the expertise and execution power of a major global player.
The theme of responsible savings is receiving increasing interest from savers. For the past three years, Amundi has conducted an annual survey on French investors and responsible investment. This study identifies the expectations of individual clients and provides operational elements to guide our action.
videoconference calls with their clients. Online awarenessraising campaigns were also carried out for advisors. All events are available digitally. For example, the videoconferences for clients of Crédit Agricole's Regional Banks were attended by almost 100,000 people in 2022. They can be accessed live or on replay. This interactive format is popular and particularly well suited to the context.
French savers are particularly sensitive to major environmental and societal challenges. In order to address these challenges, and in line with the Crédit Agricole Group's Societal Project, Amundi continued to develop its range of "Committed and Responsible" solutions in 2022. These investments are made in companies committed to sustainable growth.
Alongside LCL, Amundi has also continued to expand its two dedicated investment ranges, which include investment vehicles that fight global warming. These launches included an extensive and fully digital range of support and communication tools: podcasts, product videos, sales pitches, teaching guides, communication kits for advisors etc.
For Société Générale, a range of labelled funds has been developed. It is part of the new range of Responsible Funds launched in 2021. This range comprises funds with an environmental theme and/or which have obtained a label (SRI or Greenfin). It covers the money-market, bond and equity asset classes.
In order to apply this approach to employee savings and pensions, a range of SRI-labelled FCPEs has been created.
Responsible investment was also given priority at events organised by Amundi or in which Amundi participated and spoke throughout the year.
In 2022, many distributors set up responsible ranges for their clients. Amundi supported them in this process by helping them to define their range, by labelling new funds and by providing regular support on regulatory developments in Europe.
The Products and Services Committee, a decision-making and governance body chaired each month by the Head of Marketing & Products, formally validates the creation and development of investment vehicle ranges and the associated services offered by Amundi. No product can be marketed without the favourable opinion of the Risk, Legal
Amundi is mindful of the opinions of its distributors and in 2022 it continued to regularly measure the satisfaction of its partner networks through the Customer Recommendation Index (IRC). In 2022, campaigns were conducted in six countries, with nine partner networks: the Crédit Agricole Regional Banking and LCL networks in France, Crédit Agricole and UniCredit in Italy, KB and UniCredit in the Czech Republic, UniCredit in Slovakia, the BAWAG PSK network in Austria and Sabadell in Spain. This satisfaction survey carried out among our partner networks provides operational elements to guide our action. The IRC (1) survey conducted by and Compliance business lines represented on this Committee. Approval requests to supervisory authorities are then completed before the teams responsible for distribution deploy all the necessary resources in conjunction with the partner networks.
Amundi on the Crédit Agricole and LCL networks in 2022 shows remarkably positive levels, with a rate of 34% for Crédit Agricole and a record 84% for LCL.
Amundi's close contact, day-to-day collaboration and constant search for feedback with each of its networks, partners and distributors, both in France and abroad, contribute to the overall increase in this satisfaction level, but, above all, they allow Amundi to share and pool with its partners worldwide all the progress made in the area of retail savings.
Institutional clients (Sovereign, Institutional, Corporate) expect an asset manager to have a detailed and thorough understanding of their specific needs and to provide appropriate solutions, all within a relationship of trust built over time.
In 2022, the Institutional and Corporate Clients division acquired several external studies and surveys on the investment trends and challenges of institutional investors.
These surveys are carried out each year with clients and prospects in order to assess their experience with Amundi in five key areas: client relations and service, commercial activity, brand positioning (with a focus on the perception of Amundi's leadership in responsible investment), investment capabilities and pricing. Based on the results of these studies, Amundi builds remediation plans to improve the client experience in the areas for improvement. For example, Amundi reviewed the way in which the investment philosophy and process was presented by the different management platforms in order to remind clients of the fundamentals of investing and to provide greater clarity. Similarly, Amundi has strengthened the transfer of intellectual capital to its clients by launching a series of documents such as ESG Thema, a short document on responsible investment issues and their consequences. Through its targeted communication efforts, Amundi has further highlighted its leadership in responsible investment and its wide and diversified range of investment solutions.
In addition, the annual Amundi CREATE survey of European pension funds, launched in 2014, was renewed. Each year, a main topic of interest is chosen for the survey, depending on the market environment and the priorities of the pension funds. The 2022 survey was conducted among more than 150 pension funds. It covers the challenges faced by pension schemes following the recent surge in inflation in Western economies, its impact on their asset allocation and the evolution of ESG investment in the pension universe. The results of the report are used to guide research and adapt Amundi's product offering to best meet pension funds' requirements.
(1) The Customer Recommendation Index (IRC) is a tool for measuring client satisfaction, which focuses on the degree of client engagement for a brand as well as the health of client relationships. It is carried out by a third party (polling company) via direct client surveys. A score of 20 and above is considered to be in the high range of scores across all business sectors.
The pandemic accelerated the digital transformation. It is for this reason that Amundi has introduced comprehensive digital solutions to support its clients and maintain regular contact with them. These solutions include more frequent digital events aimed at specific client segments (e.g. Amundi Pension Fund Club), and market events (e.g. live communications and webinars following the invasion of Ukraine) that are likely to resonate with a wider audience. The annual Amundi World Investment Forum returned in 2022 in a hybrid format (in person and digital). The sessions held in Paris with clients from all over the world were also broadcast online. This year's theme was 'The Great
Transformation; Building Resilience in a Time of Unknowns'. The event brought together numerous renowned speakers, who participated in panels and dedicated workshops.
Amundi also organises several types of training programmes for its Institutional clients. The annual Executive Training Programme for senior managers (CIOs, Heads of Asset Allocation, Heads of Reserve Managers) took place in May on the theme of "Chinese Assets". Amundi has also set up an internal training programme. This intensive course covers the fundamentals of investment, risk and ESG. It is offered to middle managers of our Institutional clients.
Numerous initiatives were carried out in 2022 to promote Amundi's responsible finance strategy and solutions.
Amundi offers its clients and prospects an increasing number of training and knowledge transfer opportunities on ESG topics.
Equally important is the regular training of our institutional sales teams on ESG issues. It ensures that they are aware of ESG regulatory changes (e.g. the integration of sustainability preferences in the implementation of MiFID II and SFDR Level II regulations) and informs them of new ESG initiatives and solutions. These training courses are delivered by videoconference. They involve Amundi's ESG, management and marketing teams.
Awareness of responsible finance and developments in this area is also raised through a series of multimedia publications – research articles, podcasts and videos. These include ESG Thema educational articles on key ESG issues such as Net Zero, biodiversity and key outcomes of the Conferences of the Parties (COP). The more academic publications are accompanied by a summary of their findings and a series of videos explaining their main elements, so that they remain accessible to as many people as possible.
Committed to transparency in investment, Amundi produces and publishes annual impact reports on specific impact strategies. They specifically include green and social bond strategies (such as Amundi's emerging market green bond partnership with the International Finance Corporation – Amundi Planet Emerging Green One). In 2022, Amundi published its first report on its social bond strategy. Amundi also published its approach to the "Say on Climate"
Amundi offers client service that meets the expectations and needs of its clients, whether in setting up a dedicated fund or mandate, or as part of the operational, administrative and reporting aspects of its day-to-day client relationships.
The Client Service Department stands behind the quality of service, the responsiveness and the honouring of the Group's commitments made to its clients and partners through its everyday interactions with all the links in the Amundi value chain. The company strives continuously to improve the quality of its service. To date, this requirement has led Amundi to receive a very limited number of complaints.
Amundi is committed to handling these as promptly as possible and to providing consistent and systematic quality in its answers. Where necessary, the implementation of action plans is monitored by the Risk Management Department's Permanent Control team. The complaints resolutions in 2022. This document sets out the information that Amundi expects from companies pursuant to these resolutions and how their climate strategy will be analysed.
Furthermore, in line with the Ambition 2025 plan and our commitments to the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative, Amundi supports the Net Zero transformation of its Institutional clients. The institutional sales force engages in discussions with its customer base to understand their Net Zero needs, challenges and commitments, in order to provide options that incorporate Net Zero goals into existing strategies.
Regarding its Institutional clients, Amundi has continued to expand its range of responsible investment solutions, with the launch of the "Net Zero Ambition" range of solutions and further expansion of the ESG Improvers strategies. It also continues to promote previously launched products and solutions (e.g. the ESG ETF range, Amundi Just Transition for Climate, and specific green or social bond funds).
Lastly, to help its Institutional clients in their energy transition, Amundi has continued its partnership with the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). This is based on an investment process which assesses an issuer's alignment with climate change mitigation and adaptation, as well as low-carbon transition objectives. A new partnership with IFC was also launched, building on the previous success of the EM Green Bond initiative. This time the focus will be on creating a broader market for sustainable bonds in emerging countries, while supporting long-term sustainable and resilient growth in these countries.
monitoring process is part of the set of monthly performance indicators. The majority of complaints in 2022 related to the quality of the offering (dissemination of Net Asset Values or reporting), with the remainder linked to one-off or specific issues.
In 2022, Client Services paid particular attention to clients arriving from Lyxor (following the acquisition of Lyxor by Amundi), to ensure continuity and quality of service in line with Amundi's standards.
Lastly, Amundi once again achieved ISAE 3402 certification, the internationally recognised standard for assessing the quality of risk management policies. It measures the relevance and operational effectiveness of key controls in respect of services delivered to clients, and reflects continuous rigour in the organisation and application of processes.
A rigorous product innovation and validation process within the Institutional and Corporate Clients division allows all Amundi stakeholders to validate the creation and development of the investment solutions range. Research is conducted into how the product can integrate with the Amundi range. Additionally, in-depth feedback on the proposed product, gathered from the global institutional sales team, is used to better understand client requirements in terms of product features and to give an initial indication of market demand.
Amundi continues its efforts to improve the quality of its services by measuring the satisfaction of its Institutional clients through satisfaction questionnaires. After analysis, the feedback obtained allows corrective actions to be taken, thus ensuring the continuous improvement of services provided to Institutional clients. These questionnaires include the Net Promoter Score (NPS) measure, inaugurated in 2019 for our major European clients, and extended to Asia and the US in 2021. This measure is now a well-established habit.
Regular interaction with clients after the launch of a fund or mandate designed for them is another way to get their feedback.
Amundi has an integrated and independent control system to respect the orientations and constraints set by its clients. In this way, the Risk, Compliance and Security functions (as described in chapter 5 of this Universal Registration Document) help strengthen the reliability of Amundi's products and services and help us meet our obligations to our clients.
The Compliance teams play a key role in ensuring compliance with regulations, codes of conduct and professional standards. They look after the clients' interest, ensure the integrity of the financial markets, and protect financial security.
In order to ensure that clients are protected, the Compliance teams validate product creations and substantial modifications, going above and beyond the regulatory requirements. They ensure marketing and sales documentation is compliant, both for direct clients/prospects and for distribution networks. Lastly, they check that client complaints are handled and processed in accordance with the appropriate laws, regulations and procedures.
To conduct its mission, the Compliance Department has formalised a "Set of Compliance Procedures" detailing the compliance rules that apply in the code of conduct, policies and procedures. This set of procedures is made available to all employees and applies to all Group entities.
The topic of Sustainable Finance and ESG was the subject of intense and continuous work in 2022, in order to analyse the impacts of the regulations progressively published in this area, and to ensure Amundi's compliance, in conjunction with the ESG, Risk, Marketing, Management and Legal teams. The entire Group is committed to providing an offer that meets the expectations of clients and regulators, and one that provides clear, accurate and transparent communication in this respect. A control plan has been defined in order to comply with the rules of responsible communication in force.
The policy on preventing and managing conflicts, updated in September 2022, now incorporates vigilance and supervision measures in respect of conflicts of interest implemented within the Group and pertaining to Socially Responsible Investment.
The plan to strengthen controls in this area, launched in late 2020, was finalised in 2022 at the first level (portfolio management and trading in financial instruments) and at the second level, specifically via significant IT development on the market abuse monitoring system.
2022 was marked by the implementation of massive sanctions against Russia. Amundi complied with the sanctions programmes (asset freezes, embargoes etc.) issued by several jurisdictions and applicable to its clients, its investments, and more generally to all its business relationships.
In 2022, Amundi finalised its anti-corruption system, which is specifically based on:
Amundi's anti-corruption policy, published on its website, presents the main measures implemented to avoid breaches of probity (specifically corruption and influence peddling) by Amundi itself, its managers, its employees and the third parties with which it has a relationship.
Compliance teams also have a role in training, raising awareness and monitoring the ethics of staff. Compliance with ethical standards is an essential element of the quality of service that Amundi is committed to delivering to its clients. This is a strategic priority for the Group. All Group employees and managers undertake to comply strictly with the applicable ethical standards in accordance with the law, and with the regulations and codes of conduct in force.
Amundi's code of conduct, which is regularly updated, is shared with all stakeholders (employees, suppliers, clients, investors etc.). It is available to the public on the Amundi website. It applies to all members of the company, regardless of their position, in France and abroad. It aims to guide them in their daily actions, decisions and conduct, in full compliance with the law, Amundi's values and ethical rules. It is composed of 27 themes, presented in four sections:
Controlling risks and honouring its obligations are basic to the relationship of trust that Amundi has with its clients. Within Amundi's entities, the Amundi Risk Management function provides the Group with a consistent, systematic approach to measuring and monitoring risks for all its activities.
It is based on a worldwide online business line organisation and the sharing of methodologies and tools common to all Risk teams. The organisation and controls deployed regularly change, thus always adapting the risk framework to the company's challenges and ensuring our clients' compliance with our explicit commitments and with regulatory obligations. Investments are audited by staff who are independent of fund management personnel. Through a dedicated information system, the Risk Management Department ensures compliance with the investment constraints requested by clients or those arising from applicable regulations.
Risk control personnel install and monitor an internal system to regulate management processes, in three phases:
• The systematic development of internal control rules and regulations specific to each investment strategy, based on a preliminary identification of the risk factors that underlie performance;
"Client and supplier relations", "Social and environmental", "Anti-corruption" and "Protecting the Group and its reputation", the code sets out the behaviours to adopt, as well as those to avoid. These principles are illustrated with examples. It can be adapted locally in line with the specific characteristics of certain subsidiaries.
The promotion of the Group's ethical culture was the subject of employee communication campaigns in 2022.
"Compliance" culture is an essential aspect of best practice in asset management and contributes to Amundi's reputation. In 2022, it is structured around four main themes: respect for market integrity, financial security (including international sanctions and anti-money laundering/combating the financing of terrorism), professional ethics and the prevention of fraud and corruption. All employees of the Group's entities in France and abroad are concerned.
As part of its commitment to preventing unethical, criminal and delinquent behaviour and its legal obligations in this area, Amundi introduced a tool for "whistleblowers" in 2020. This tool, known as BKMS, is used to support any company employee, external employee or supplier wishing to exercise their right to alert in accordance with the law.
BKMS, also deployed within all Crédit Agricole Group entities, guarantees an environment of strict confidentiality that allows the facts to be exposed and discussed with the person designated to handle whistle-blowing via a secure dialogue box, while protecting the whistle-blower's identity.
All of Amundi's third parties were informed of this scheme by way of a communication campaign conducted in 2022.
To uphold the principle of fiduciary responsibility, Amundi drafts and makes available two documents to its clients: the prospectus and the KIID (Key Investor Information Document). They describe the conditions according to which the funds' assets are managed, and the relationship between profitability and the level of risk associated with the said management. Several indicators reflecting the risk level of funds are included in these documents. They are calculated independently by the Risk Management Department.
Amundi regularly updates its risk management system in the light of new regulations, new activities and market challenges. More specifically, for 2022, as part of its responsible investment commitments, Amundi strengthened the framework of its risk monitoring system to ensure that constraints linked to French and European regulations and labels were taken into account, in the interest of its retail and Institutional clients.
In this context, ESG analysis of investments covers aspects of an issuer's transactions that may impact its ability to meet its long-term financial obligations. These risks and opportunities associated with ESG vary depending on the country, the business sector and characteristics specific to an issuer (size, geographical footprint etc.). In this respect, risk management strategies, including investment and risk rules, are established individually for each investment process or
In a context where everybody communicates personal data in an online environment, the Crédit Agricole Group has drawn up a charter for using its clients' personal data based on five principles: usefulness and loyalty, ethics, transparency and education, security and clients' control over the use of their data. The charter provides all employees with a reference framework both in France and internationally. It underlines the commitments made by the Group and the good practices that need to be observed.
Amundi provides its clients with information on the implementation of rights and procedures for processing the personal data it collects.
investment process group managed by an investment team or office. This formalised approach ensures that the Company meets both its explicit and implicit commitments (including ESG). A risk strategy is used to identify and monitor all risks (investment risk, ESG risk, liquidity risk, credit risk, operational risk etc.) associated with an investment process or group of investment processes from the perspective of investors or from the Company's point of view.
As an employer, Amundi guarantees that the personal data of its employees will be protected and that their private life will be respected by means of an employee charter. A charter for job applicants is also available.
Amundi has also increased staff awareness of the protection of personal data by reminding internal auditors of the obligations related to these regulations so that they can systematically monitor compliance with this regulation during their audits.
Amundi has also implemented a training module on the handling of personal information which has been compulsory for all employees since 2021.
Amundi has a rich corporate culture, defined by:
Amundi's HR policy, which supports this culture, is based around five main principles:
Amundi's HR policy also aligns with the philosophy of the Crédit Agricole Group's Human Resources Project, which aims to empower employees to play an active role in the transformation process.
In 2022, the year the pandemic phase ended and Lyxor was integrated, as a responsible employer, Amundi was specifically attentive to:
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Amundi's employment policy supports the company's strategy. This is based on two pillars: employee development and operational efficiency.
Amundi tailors its workforce to its productivity and growth challenges. There is a focus on internal staff, which allows for long-term investment in the company's Human Resources. Amundi's employment policy encourages employees to develop their skills and maintain their employability over time.
The change in the Group's headcount reflects the continuation of its growth strategy.
At the end of December 2022, Amundi had a total of 5,384 internal full-time equivalent employees (FTEs), i.e. a net increase of 572 FTEs since the end of 2021. This increase is linked to:
This increase in our workforce allowed us to strengthen our activities with a high development potential, specifically the Amundi Technology business line (+40 FTEs), responsible investment (+22 FTEs), Amundi Real Assets (+25 FTEs), and in our support and control functions (+58 FTEs).
The resignation rate for permanent employees (excluding resignations linked to synergies) is 2.7% over 2022 for France and 6.6% internationally. Amundi's employer brand helped to foster recruitment. Young people under the age of 30 accounted for 37.8% of new hires.
Internal mobility is a key component of Amundi's HR policy. This priority focus on adapting employment acts on:
• functional mobility to anticipate changes in business lines and encourage employees to move towards developing sectors;
• geographical mobility, to support the development of certain places of business and encourage the sharing of culture and business practices between countries. In 2022, despite a difficult public health situation, Amundi recorded 222 transfers between business lines, and 45 transfers internationally.
Policies, governance, processes and tools are structured and driven by the HR teams. These aim to support employees, with special monitoring for those who change business line, and to enhance all the company's business lines. Management Committees comprised of the HR managers of each business line regularly review the positions that need to be filled and the transfer requests, thereby promoting the coordination of supply and demand. Via the MyJobs site, employees have access to job vacancies available in France and abroad. In 2022, internal mobility helped to ensure the integration of Lyxor employees in positions corresponding to their skills. An internal mobility guide was drafted specially as part of this integration project in order to provide support to employees.
In terms of individual support, in addition to interviews and career management, Amundi innovated by organising the first internal job forum in France, offered in both face-to-face
As a tool, professional training helps to drive the company's development. Amundi implements a set of actions whose objectives aim to satisfy its strategic ambitions:
The skills development plan is drafted annually. It meets individual and collective needs, in harmony with the company's structuring projects and with regulatory and technical developments in business lines.
Job mobility enhances employee development and commitment. Each employee is followed up individually and appropriate training is provided at their request or that of their manager. Similarly, employees returning from long-term leave are trained, without prior arbitration and over the course of the year as soon as the need is reported.
In tandem with traditional training plan roll-out, Amundi has implemented a programme to support new remote and hybrid working methods: Amundi Management Spirit – Remote. This programme, which is mandatory for managers, was also offered to all employees in an appropriate format.
The principles of this programme are those of Amundi Management Spirit. This reference framework asserts our management convictions, in line with Amundi's four values, the Crédit Agricole SA human project, and our social and societal commitments. This framework aims to help managers reflect on their managerial practices. It also encourages sharing between peers, as well as within the teams, to find solutions tailored to the issues, and as close as possible to individual needs. It is a matter of developing a "mindset", rather than imposing systematic solutions or training schemes.
Each employee has a dedicated HR manager and individual career management to support their development and growth. Working together with management, individual management teams also contribute to tailoring resources to the company's requirements. Organisation of this management is aligned with the management structure. and distance learning formats. During the forum, Amundi employees were able to meet the heads of the business lines that are recruiting and discuss their careers. This scheme was a great success and will be renewed in France and rolled out internationally.
To develop international mobility and improve the management of the Group's various employment pools, a monthly international Mobility Committee was also set up.
Lastly, a manager dedicated exclusively to mobility and recruitment joined our HR teams at the end of 2022 to help structure and boost our actions in favour of internal mobility.
Managers are also at the core of internal mobility, particularly as regards the annual professional review, part of which is devoted to dialogue and enquiring as to preferences about geographical and job mobility.
Its roll-out was communicated to all managers and countries. Amundi Management Spirit is based on eight pillars: feedback, evaluation, 360° vision, training, the specific role of managers of managers, coaching, co-development between peers and co-construction within teams. These actions all aim to develop the skills of individual managers, rather than selecting or assessing.
It should also be noted that for the 2022–2023 assessment campaign, a mandatory objective regarding the quality of team management was included for managers of managers and first-line managers.
Amundi Management Spirit has been developed into training actions for the entire management line. New courses have been designed and implemented to support new operational managers and managers of managers. These courses cover the fundamental themes of management, in short modules that encourage discussion between peers. This offer is expanded by individual and collective support solutions (360, development assessment, classic or digital coaching, feedback workshops, co-development cycles).
The Responsible Investment training offer was strengthened in 2022 with the addition of a "Responsible Investment Training" programme. Aimed at the entire Amundi workforce, it notably requires employees to acquire a common foundation of knowledge, in the form of an elearning course. This course includes the fundamentals of responsible investment along with Amundi's convictions and ambitions for Responsible Investment by 2025. Certain areas of expertise (investment middle office, risk, etc.) will benefit from a specific offer, which may include ESG certification when relevant, thus ensuring a high level of skill in responsible investment, both in professional practice and with clients.
As such, it takes into account the matrix dimension of the company's organisation and first comes into play at local level, pertaining to the direct hierarchy, before being organised by business lines, with specific contacts for each one and a cross-functional approach.
Human Resource Managers (HRMs) play a role at several levels:
Amundi's compensation policy reflects individual and collective performance. It takes into account the economic environment, competitiveness and the labour market, factors that may vary from one country to another. It also incorporates the ESG and Climate strategy (as described in 3.2.1.3). It is also tailored to local situations and regulations. The compensation policy is reviewed annually by the Compensation Committee chaired by an independent director and composed of directors that are either independent or who do not hold an executive function within Amundi. It complies with regulatory standards (AIFMD/ UCITS V, MIFID, CRDV, SFDR, and IFR/IFD).
The key components of Amundi's compensation scheme are as follows:
Exchanges between HR and management are an opportunity to identify employees with high potential for development within the business. Talent management is in the process of evolving. A manager whose main remit is this task, was appointed at the beginning of 2023. The aim is to enhance the selection of profiles at Group level, to provide them with local HR support, while developing local activities and activities by business line.
benchmark figure adjusted for changes in net income, in assets under management, and in the cost-to-income ratio. In 2022, the average amount of collective variable compensation was more than €11,000, in line with Amundi's 2021 results.
In addition, an exceptional bonus of €1,000 gross was awarded in 2022 to employees (excluding Executive Committee, United States and Country Managers) still present at the time of the payment, in recognition of their contribution to good results in 2021.
Amundi offers a working environment that helps maintain the good health of its employees, providing a range of information, prevention and support services based on three principles: prevention of psychosocial risks, a health policy and well-being at work. The employee health prevention policy is based on a continuous improvement approach, integrated into HRD policies and marked by a multidisciplinary approach (Managers, Human Resources, Occupational Health and Prevention Department, social worker, harassment officers, employee representative bodies (1)). This gives rise to extensive social dialogue with employee representatives.
(1) Employee representative bodies.
Numerous agreements set out the commitments made by Amundi on these issues:
In France, the prevention of psychosocial risks (PSR) is subject to specific corporate governance. It is led by a Watchdog Committee which meets quarterly. It detects collective situations that may lead to PSR, in particular by analysing monitoring indicators, and identifies collective preventive actions to be implemented. A monthly Management Committee is dedicated to the HR monitoring of sensitive individual situations. At the same time, all HR stakeholders and the Occupational Health and Prevention Department are on hand to provide personalised support to employees who are experiencing difficulties (all dialogue remains confidential).
In 2022, Amundi:
• made the most of the psychosocial risk prevention actions already in place: a listening space, monitoring of long absences in partnership with the Occupational Health and Prevention Department, training for managers and employees on stress prevention and management, the Responsage platform (information and advice service for family carers) and extension of teleworking for employees who are carers, a support system for teleworking managers and employees (self-diagnosis, virtual classes on remote management, workshops on the hybrid team charter, co-development cycles, coaching for managers, teleworking guide, webinars and conferences);
In 2022, preventive actions in the area of physical health were still an essential part of Amundi's health policy, both in France and internationally.
In recent years, they have been very focused on the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic (screening, vaccinations) and are also reflected in a number of specific actions, tailored to local requirements.
In France:
Internationally, entities are also committed to the prevention of psychosocial risks by offering management training, by launching awareness campaigns, and by carrying out specific actions. For example, in Germany, training courses have been conducted on such topics as work-life balance and stress management. In the UK, an "emergency leave" system of three days per year has been set up to help employees deal with emergencies in their private lives (illness of a child, a relative etc.).
screening", "Cancer and work, understanding the effects of the disease and easing the return to work", prevention of breast and colon cancer, as well as an awareness initiative entitled "Cancer and employment: let's talk it over!";
• in 2022, the Occupational Health and Prevention Department renewed its vaccination campaigns for Covid-19 and seasonal flu.
Internationally, the three main categories of health actions were as follows:
Convinced that sustainable performance must strike a balance between the search for efficiency and the well-being of employees, Amundi has implemented measures to improve the quality of life at work and to promote a better work-life balance of its employees.
In France, the agreement on quality of life and working conditions was signed with labour and management on 8 February 2022. Its main pillars are:
Amundi goes beyond what is required by legislation in a number of areas by acting on:
Following the signing of the QWL agreement, Amundi organised its first Quality of Life and Working Conditions Week in June 2022 on its sites in Paris and Valence, alongside a series of conferences on various topics that included uncertainty, dealing with the unexpected, millennials and non-violent communication. Amundi also takes part in National Carers Day on 6 October, organising five webinars in 2022 with its partner Responsage. Internationally too, Amundi is committed to improving the quality of life at work for its employees. 2022 saw the renewal of hybrid working in many entities, via local agreements that establish a number of fixed or flexible teleworking days per week. On a case-by-case basis, some entities also offer more flexible working time arrangements that take account of individual situations, in both the United States and Ireland. Some countries, such as Spain and Italy, provide an allowance that covers part of the costs of teleworking (ergonomic chairs, screens, WiFi, energy etc.).
In Austria, an annual assessment of the working environment, and particularly of individual workstations, is carried out. In Ireland, virtual events and webinars were organised on the theme of well-being to celebrate National Workplace Wellbeing Day in April.
Amundi believes that the diversity of all its employees, their integration and the promotion of all talents are essential to help spearhead its development. Respect for the equal opportunities principle is the driving force behind its HR policy.
Amundi considers that all forms of discriminatory behaviour are unacceptable, depriving people of the respect they are due and harming their well-being at work. To combat stereotypes and overcome the cognitive bias that fuels prejudice, Amundi raises awareness of non-discrimination issues among its executives, managers and employees.
Promoting equal opportunities for all, regardless of age, nationality, ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background or disability, is not just a matter of legal or ethical compliance. Encouraging internal cohesion and a sense of belonging is also a factor of performance.
The equality, diversity and inclusion policy applies to all Amundi employees. It complies with the national laws and regulations in force, which explains why it can be adapted locally, as is the case in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Austria.
It is embodied by:
Amundi's non-discrimination and diversity policy is based on the main principles laid down in French and international texts, of which the Group has long been a signatory, such as:
Amundi's Board of Directors has set a target for the number of women across all management bodies, to ensure a balanced gender representation in the company's governing bodies:
In so doing, Amundi is on track to comply with Article 14 of the French "Rixain" law which sets out the obligation of balanced gender representation among senior executives and members of the management bodies of companies, accompanied by an obligation of transparency. For the record, the legal target is set at 30% from 1 March 2026. This objective will be 40% from 1 March 2029.
The action plan dedicated to professional equality for all employees is based on two major areas:
Amundi set up a gender equality index in 2019, which has made regular progress since that date. In 2022, it settled at 85 out of a maximum of 100 points, based on the following indicators: equality of rates of individual wage increases (excluding promotions), promotion rate, proportion of female employees whose wages were increased after returning from maternity leave.
To help reduce or prevent unjustified discrepancies, Amundi has implemented several initiatives in recent years:
Amundi's Equality, Diversity and Inclusion policy aims to eliminate all types of discrimination, placing particular emphasis on four themes: gender equality; parenthood; age and intergenerational links; and the inclusion of people with disabilities.
In order to support women who wish to take up positions of responsibility in the company, and to help remove obstacles from their career path, Amundi acts across four main topics:
Throughout the year, Amundi contributes to numerous events and initiatives worldwide to raise public awareness about the place and role of women in the workplace:
(1) The Senior Leadership Team (SLT) brings together 185 Amundi Group executives (excluding members of the Executive Committee).
As part of its Equality, Diversity and Inclusion policy, Amundi asserts that career development is compatible with parenthood, specifically via the introduction of minimum leave in each country:
On 1 January 2020, Amundi signed up to Crédit Agricole SA's international framework agreement and has since introduced 16 weeks' maternity leave across all of its locations.
Since 2020, non-prorating of the bonus during maternity leave has been implemented.
In France, the following actions took place in 2022:
Internationally, entities are also committed to parenthood: in the United States, a childcare system was set up to support parents who need occasional assistance (teleworking, care, unexpected absence from school etc.) – summer camps offered in Germany – Babysitter coupons offered in Japan. Several entities also offer support to employees returning from parental leave, either face-to-face or through webinars, to help them return to work with peace of mind by striking the right work-life balance. For instance, Ireland offers three annual sessions to organise this return in the best possible conditions.
Amundi wishes to strengthen the links and synergies between the generations at work, for the mutual benefit of young people, seniors and the company.
With this in mind, Amundi contributes to the professional integration of young people, providing a host of initiatives to give them work experience or initial immersion:
• the company is also involved through actions set out in the "Plan Jeunesse" young person's plan, supported by the Crédit Agricole SA Group. This is a comprehensive, collective approach to support the integration and employment of young people.
Amundi was awarded the HappyTrainees label for the ninth consecutive year; this recognises companies for the quality of the welcome and assistance they offer young people. In 2022, it also won an "Employer of Choice" award from "Engagement Jeunes". Amundi won a special award in the "Best Image" category.
Internationally, the entities are also active in the Young People's policy: hosting interns and VIEs, interventions in schools, partnerships with associations in favour of minorities or promoting finance professions to students, as is the case in the UK or Ireland.
As part of its career and talent management policy, Amundi also encourages the development of intergenerational links between young people gaining their first work experience and seniors ready to share their skills. Based on voluntary work, this cooperative work between the generations strengthens team spirit, one of the company's values.
In this way, Amundi wishes to help young people integrate by inviting experienced employees to pass on their knowledge and explain the company's codes to ease their immersion in its culture. It is also a way of highlighting the experience of seniors. These opportunities for discussion and openness are a source of mutual enrichment.
To strengthen intergenerational ties, Amundi renewed its partnership with the Télémaque association for the mentoring of secondary school students, involving 20 volunteer employees. In addition, each young trainee who joins the company is offered mentoring.
Finally, Amundi supports its long-serving employees throughout their careers. The company offers them job mobility opportunities as well as a skills upgrading/retraining programme where relevant and – depending on the countryspecific context – support for their phased retirement.
This proactive policy in favour of senior employees aims to prevent age discrimination, while ensuring that they enjoy the same career development opportunities as the rest of the
Training, awareness, communication and the fight against unconscious bias and stereotypes are an integral part of Amundi's global action plan to achieve progress on the issues of diversity and non-discrimination.
In 2022, in France, the awareness-raising programme for employees and managers continued, thanks to a serious game available to all on the Phileas training platform. A "Diversity Management" module has been included in the
With a presence in 35 countries and with more than 80 nationalities, Amundi nurtures and promotes cultural diversity.
Amundi firmly believes that the cultural wealth of its teams, united around a common goal, strategy and values (courage, team spirit, entrepreneurship, solidarity) is a key factor in its success.
While common principles guide Amundi entities around the world, particular attention is paid to consideration of local workforce. As they approach the end of their careers, schemes are in place to simplify the transition from work to retirement and to facilitate the transfer of their skills and expertise.
As in France, several international entities (Japan, Italy etc.) are facing changes in their local regulations regarding retirement age. Others, such as the United States, France and Austria, are facing challenges related to the "seniorisation" of their employees, which leads them to run specific coaching, mentoring or succession planning programmes.
training programme for managers taking up their posts and for Human Resources professionals involved in recruitment. This topic is also addressed in the training provided to the mentors of students on work-study programmes at Amundi. During Diversity Month, several events were organised to raise awareness among employees, in particular through a campaign using floor stickers, inviting people to "trample on stereotypes".
social and societal realities. Consequently, countries can build on the diversity, equality and inclusion policy and are responsible for its local implementation. A global HR Management Committee, chaired by the Amundi Group HR Director, bringing together all the HR Directors of the Amundi entities, meets every week to ensure that specific local circumstances are taken into account and to encourage the exchange of best practices.
Amundi believes that the quality of social dialogue and respect for the role and operation of employee representative bodies are factors in cohesive, balanced social relations and contribute to the development of the company.
A driver of economic efficiency and social progress, social dialogue is one of the pillars of its responsible employer policy.
The company respects freedom of association and therefore considers the exercise of trade union rights, staff representation and collective bargaining to be a fundamental right. A number of commitments have been made to ensure the exercise of trade union rights, notably in the agreement on the exercise of trade union rights (2018), the international framework agreement (2019), and the agreement on the establishment of the European Works Council (2008).
All these texts, referred to in the Ethical Charter of the Crédit Agricole SA Group, apply to Amundi.
It is within this framework that Amundi conducts a constructive social dialogue with the various employee representatives, whether through formal bodies or through the implementation of ad hoc bodies.
In 2022, social dialogue was strengthened through:
• further features of 2022 were the "Amundi Village" real estate redevelopment project in Paris and the preparation and organisation of professional elections for the members of the Amundi UES (1) Economic and Social Committee, whose terms of office expire in the first quarter of 2023.
The 2022 social agenda was also marked by the planned integration of Lyxor, whose acquisition was completed on 31 December 2021, with:
• regular, sustained discussions with employee representatives to support the integration of employees and implement the organisational changes made necessary by the merger of the companies. In addition to the information-consultation processes before the Economic and Social Committee, these discussions led to the conclusion of three agreements dedicated solely to this project (substitution agreement, framework agreement on social procedure, social support agreement relating to the implementation of a new structure);
Every year, Amundi carries out a survey to measure the commitment of its employees. This approach, this year renamed the "Responsibility Index" is common to all Crédit Agricole Group entities. In 2022, Amundi carried out the survey in France and in all its other places of business around
The development of employee share ownership is an integral part of Amundi's compensation and social benefits policy. As has been the case every year since 2018, a capital increase transaction reserved for employees was carried out in mid-2022. This transaction offered eligible employees the opportunity to subscribe to Amundi shares at a 30% discount on the market price for the fourth consecutive year. Nearly 2,000 employees, in 15 countries, have subscribed to this capital increase.
As a signatory in 2019 to the "Manifesto for the inclusion of people with disabilities in economic life", Amundi based its 2022 commitment on four pillars: recruitment, job retention, use of sheltered sector companies (2) and employee awareness.
In France, the sixth three-year agreement on disability signed at Crédit Agricole SA Group level is coming to an end. Between 2020 and 2022, it set Amundi the target of recruiting eight people with disabilities across all contract types: permanent, fixed-term, work-study and temporary. Thanks to its proactive policy, Amundi significantly outperformed its recruitment targets and hired 28 people over the duration of the agreement (four permanent contracts and 24 work-study contracts).
Amundi therefore had 80 employees with disabilities in 2022.
Furthermore, aware that the inclusion of people with disabilities requires a "tailor-made" approach to respond to specific individual situations, Amundi has launched several initiatives, such as:
• the recruitment of one disabled person under a "springboard" fixed-term contract (CDD Tremplin) signed with Compéthance;
More generally, the Lyxor integration project was an opportunity for Amundi to reaffirm its responsible management approach to integration. This approach is guided by three objectives: supporting employees in the context of restructuring, guaranteeing equal treatment, and meeting the needs of organisations and business lines. It forms part of the international framework agreement and the specific framework negotiated with the representative trade unions for each significant integration.
the world. More than 5,200 employees were approached. The participation rate was 81%. More specifically, Amundi's recommendation score remained stable at 81% and the proud to work for Amundi score was 87%.
This transaction, which falls within the framework of the existing legal authorisations approved by the General Meeting of 10 May 2021, reflects Amundi's desire to involve its employees not only in the company's development, but also in the creation of economic value. It also strengthens their sense of belonging. Employee ownership in Amundi's share capital now represents more than 1%, compared to 0.8% before the transaction.
More generally, a portion of the company's apprenticeship tax (the non-quota portion) is also set aside to support schools and charities working to promote disability and inclusion in France. At the international level, there are inclusion initiatives for people with disabilities, such as financial support and inclusive partnerships in Italy, additional leave in Germany and awareness raising in Ireland.
(1) Unité Économique et Sociale (Economic and Social Unit).
• project management for the integration of new employees, characterised by:
(2) Amundi has been awarded the "Responsible Purchasing and Supplier Relations" label and has made the use of sheltered sector companies a major focus of its purchasing policy. All the teams are aware of and involved in extending their approach to new inclusion projects and include sheltered sector companies in as many calls for tender as possible.
The Sponsorship Committee, consisting of five members, was established in 2021. It meets twice a year to consider various requests for institutional support for causes related to culture, education, solidarity and the environment. The allocation procedure is composed of five phases: analysis, decision, conclusion of the contract, control and traceability.
In the cultural sphere, Amundi continues to support the Villa Medicis, for which it has been the main sponsor for the past 18 years, as well as the Château de Vaux le Vicomte, of which it has been a partner since 2019. Amundi also makes a lasting contribution to regional preservation and development via the Crédit Agricole Pays de France foundation. In addition, Amundi has signed an agreement in France to support the National Guard, to strengthen the commitment of the company and reservists to community service, and to encourage values such as courage, team spirit and solidarity.
Throughout the world, either directly or through its subsidiaries, Amundi makes commitments at various geographical levels and timescales. A significant number of solidarity initiatives were undertaken in 2022. Some are related to the news, as is the case with the conflict in Ukraine. In Poland, the contribution to Polska Misja Medyczna (the Polish Medical Mission) helped to set up emergency facilities; in Germany, the Kinderdorf charity, which takes special care of displaced children and families, received valuable financial support. This was also the case with the Covid epidemic. After the lockdowns in France, the budgets allocated to internal events cancelled for health reasons were, following a vote by employees, allocated to five charities working to promote the inclusion of people with disabilities.
Other actions are the result of long-standing and regular commitments. Notably in France, the financial support given to the charity Autistes Sans Frontières is one such example. The Italian entity supported the creation in Milan of PizzAut, a pizzeria that only employs young people with autism. The Singapore entity has developed a new charitable arm as part of its collaboration with the digital platform Endowus, in particular for the benefit of the Rainbow Centre for people with disabilities. Finally, the Slovak entity supported Dobry Skutok, a charity which works to improve the quality of life of people with motor, sensory, mental, cognitive and psychological disabilities.
In the area of social inclusion in the broadest sense, the North American entity's Corporate Grants Program continues to provide financial support for initiatives to help vulnerable people, such as The Home for Little Wanderers, which assists families and children in difficulty, and On the Rise and Rosie's Place, which provide safety and support to homeless women.
Among numerous education-related initiatives, Amundi's local subsidiaries support BeCode in Belgium (an apprenticeship structure that helps disadvantaged people to develop in the new digital professions) and Relq by Simplon.co in Armenia (another structure for training young people in the professions of the future in the digital sector). The US subsidiary has worked on improving the literacy of both children (with 826 Boston and Raising a Reader MA) and adults in difficult circumstances (with First Literacy). Meanwhile, Italy continued its three-year project, shared with other Crédit Agricole Group entities in Italy, to improve the digital skills and active citizenship of school children in its disadvantaged areas. The project has been rolled out to 100 schools and involves 6,000 pupils and 250 teachers.
Environmental commitments multiplied in 2022. For example, the German entity made financial contributions to renewable energy projects in Indonesia, drinking water projects in Sierra Leone and reforestation projects in Brazil, as well as to the creation of edutainment equipment and awarenessraising activities on global warming in schools. In the spirit of direct action, in the Czech Republic and Taiwan, the entities have organised reforestation initiatives with employees in order to restore natural environments and fight against global warming.
Amundi ensures that its institutional commitments are in line with its activity as a fund manager worldwide. In Spain, for example, an Ethics Committee is dedicated to allocating part of the management fees of the local fund "Sabadell Inversión Ética y Soldaria" to solidarity projects. The Committee has supported social inclusion and development projects in Spain, Kenya, India and Ethiopia.
Amundi's commitment to social responsibility has also led to involving individual employees in solidarity projects.
In France, for the 10th consecutive year, Amundi organised its annual "Give A Hand" sponsorship programme, which provides support to solidarity projects organised by employees that are involved in the voluntary sector. Fourteen projects dealing with humanitarian causes, the environment, disability, health or social issues were presented by employees. They were the subject of internal awareness-raising and co-financing by Amundi.
In 2022, employees once again generously contributed to the collection of clothing (for people in social rehabilitation supported by the charity La Cravate Solidaire) and toys (for the renovation and resale sector run by the charity Rejoué): approaches that are both socially and environmentally responsible. Twice as many employees as the previous year also volunteered for the Duo Day, a day of sharing and discovering the world of business, during which some 20 schoolchildren with disabilities were welcomed to the Paris offices. Finally, there is the ongoing partnership with Télémaque, a French school-business mentoring network. No fewer than 20 employees volunteered to become mentors for a young person attending school in a disadvantaged area, providing them with an insight into the cultural world and the workplace and giving them the opportunity to develop their full potential.
Amundi's employees worldwide continue to work with numerous local charitable projects that tackle humanitarian, health and solidarity issues. For example, teams in China gave their time and energy to young people and the elderly with the Shanghai Charity Foundation; Swiss employees joined the teams of Kitchens Without Borders to serve meals to people in vulnerable situations; and London employees contributed en masse to a Wrap Up London clothing drive for vulnerable communities. In Japan (with FIT) and in France (with ACF – Action Contre la Faim and Challenge Mon Hôpital), employees took part in sporting challenges to raise funds for actions in the field of health, children and the fight against poverty.
The following initiatives are also of note:
• the continuation of sustainability initiatives, such as the commitment of Dublin employees to the Barretstown charity. These employees participate annually in the maintenance and improvement of a centre for children with serious illnesses in the countryside. In the US, employees continue to 'give back' to local communities and charities, supported by the US entity's US Helping Others Program, which supercharges employees' financial donations through a Matching Gift Program.
Finally, Amundi is once again organising its ESG Spirit sports challenge at the beginning of 2023, which involved more than 500 employees in 23 countries in 2021, for the benefit of social and/or environmental charities. Amundi is also preparing to introduce salary donations and skills-based sponsorship in the near future, so as to further increase the internal momentum and external impact of its commitment to solidarity. The annual amount contributed by Amundi to sponsorship and solidarity actions throughout 2022 amounted to €3.7 million.
Amundi is committed to raising its employees' awareness of environmental issues and supports numerous global and local initiatives in which its employees take action to reduce environmental pressure.
In order to raise awareness of climate issues, since 2022 Amundi has offered all its employees "Fresque du Climat" workshops, an NGO that makes scientific knowledge readily understandable to promote understanding of the causes and consequences of climate change. More than 1,200 employees in some 30 countries have already attended a Fresque du Climat workshop, and more than 70 have expressed interest in becoming La Fresque ambassadors within the company. The roll-out is ongoing in order to raise awareness among all employees who wish to participate.
In France and abroad, Amundi regularly encourages its employees to adopt eco-friendly practices. In 2022, all employees were asked to choose their new "Go Green" initiative. The employees chose Gobi, an eco-designed, reusable water bottle to eliminate plastic bottles. Each bottle saves 3 kg of waste and 7 kg of CO2 per year and per employee. They are assembled in an ESAT (assisted employment centre for people with disabilities) to promote inclusive employment and also distributed in France by an ESAT, to promote inclusive employment.
Previous Go Green initiatives have included: removing plastic cups from coffee machines and plastic cutlery, removing individual printers and raising awareness of responsible printing and waste sorting and reduction.
Each year, employee participation in eco-friendly practices is enhanced by new initiatives:
Every three years, Amundi prepares a complete carbon footprint, enabling it to account for its scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions across the entire company. The latest footprint focuses on data for the 2021 reference year. It is calculated according to the GHG protocol (Greenhouse Gas Protocol). The scope was enlarged and the input categorisation (purchases and fixed assets) adjusted for the 2021 carbon footprint. (1) recorded in 2021 amounted to 41,100 tonnes of CO2 equivalent (CO2eq), i.e. 8.5 tonnes of CO2eq per employee. The reduction in emissions compared to those recorded in 2018 (47,000 tonnes), is in particular due to the impact of the pandemic, and greener electricity (2) .
Distribution of Scope 1, 2 and 3 GHG emissions by item (2021 data)

In 2021, Amundi conducted an in-depth analysis of its CO2 emissions. It resulted in the setting of reduction targets for two high-impact items with low calculation uncertainty: energy and business travel.
A 30% reduction in CO2 emissions per FTE by 2025 compared to the reference year of 2018 was the target set for energy consumption (scopes 1 and 2) and business travel (3) by rail and by air (scope 3).

Energy-related carbon emissions remained stable in absolute terms in 2022 despite the integration of the Lyxor teams and the end of lockdowns, which led to the reopening of some premises that had been partially closed during 2021. The FTE ratio has continued to fall, thanks in particular to the continued use of greener electricity and the renovation of premises.
(1) The scope was enlarged and the input categorisation (purchases and fixed assets) adjusted for the 2021 carbon footprint.
(2) Excluding methodology-related impacts (e.g. adjustment of emissions factors).
(3) Following the change in the reporting methodology for AMEX data, the reliability of 2020 and 2021 data is being improved.
Since 2016, the main buildings in Paris (1) have been powered using electricity from 100% renewable sources, mainly hydroelectric. Other countries, such as Germany and Austria, have been using 100% green electricity for several years.
During 2022, Italy and Japan switched their power supplies to renewable electricity. This conversion process will be continued internationally in 2023.
Amundi's registered office at 91 boulevard Pasteur in Paris complies with environmental standards. It has a BBC (2) Effinergie label and HQE Exploitation (3) and BREEAM (4) certification. In 2019, as part of the complete renewal of its HQE Exploitation certification, Amundi was rated as "Exceptional" in terms of Management and Sustainable Use. This rating has been maintained thanks to Amundi's regular improvement initiatives.
In Paris, the Amundi Village project launched in 2021 with the initial aim of moving from Agoram 90, a 1970s building that consumes a lot of energy, to more environmentally friendly premises:
The four Amundi offices in Munich, Boston, Taiwan and Milan are also all within LEED Platinum-certified premises.
In 2022, Amundi US received the Building Synergies Excellence Award for its renovation project and Amundi Japan obtained one of the best environmental certifications for its new premises.
In accordance with the regulations, Amundi's premises in Paris are subject to regular energy audits. The last audit was carried out in 2019. Amundi continues to implement the actions in place since 2015, such as reducing the operating times of ATUs (5), installing LED lighting and fitting window switches to cut fan units when windows are open.
A process to improve the energy efficiency of sites is also underway in all international entities, favouring low-energy electronic devices and optimising automated lighting, heating and air conditioning systems. In 2022, several entities including Austria, Ireland, Germany and the United States changed their lighting to LED and motion-sensor systems.
All entities also reinstated the automatic computer switch-on/ off system that had been suspended during the pandemic.
In line with the "Emergency Energy Efficiency" plan launched by the Crédit Agricole Group at the instigation of the French government, Amundi has undertaken to implement concrete measures with all its employees to reduce its electricity consumption:
A similar plan has been introduced in other European countries, notably Italy.
After two years of the pandemic, 2022 saw a limited recovery in business travel. Nevertheless, Amundi intends to capitalise on the new habits developed during the lockdowns to contain this resumption.
Amundi's travel policy, which applies to all its entities worldwide, reflects its desire to reduce its CO2 emissions. Among other things, it imposes the requirement for prior authorisation from a member of senior management for foreign travel, compulsory rail travel for journeys of less than three hours and the categorisation of hire vehicles according to the number of passengers. Several years ago, new functionality was added to the reservation system to strengthen the justification for travel (within the Group or outside it, for a conference or a client visit, for example) and to avoid travel when a video-conference is more appropriate. The sharp reduction in business travel between 2020 and 2022 demonstrated Amundi's ability to continue its development despite the health restrictions. The Company will continue its efforts to reduce its carbon footprint by 2025, by reducing emissions related to business travel (scope 3) by 30% per employee compared to the reference year of 2018.
Amundi also encourages its employees to reduce their emissions during their commute to work. It contributes to public transport expenses in order to ensure its employees prioritise these forms of transport. In France, Amundi covers 80% of public transport expenses (e.g. Navigo card or Vélib' card in Paris).
In France, Ireland, Italy and the United Kingdom, Amundi is putting support in place to encourage its employees to opt for cycling to get to their workplaces: setting up bicycle mileage allowances, assistance with purchasing a bicycle, a self-service bicycle offering and an increase in the number of bicycle parking places.
In France, several electric charging points have been installed in Amundi car parks. When selecting company cars, Amundi favours the use of fuel-efficient and hybrid vehicles.
(5) Air Treatment Unit.
(1) Excluding data centres.
(2) BBC: Bâtiment Basse Consommation, Low Energy Building.
(3) High Environmental Quality. For more information on certification: https://www.certivea.fr/offres/certification-nf-hqe-batimentstertiaires-neuf-ou-renovation.
(4) Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method.
In addition to the carbon footprint, in 2021 the Crédit Agricole Group rolled out the Greenway platform, a platform that collects non-financial information. This tool, which, among other things, monitors direct environmental footprint indicators, is used to steer the trajectory for reducing CO2 emissions. It calculates and reports key indicators that are quantified, transparent and auditable.
Amundi has a responsible paper policy both in France and abroad, aimed at reducing consumption, increasing the use of eco-friendly paper and recycling used paper.
Finally, several initiatives were launched or continued in 2022 to reduce paper consumption or increase the use of recycled paper. At the Paris headquarters, the process of switching newspaper and magazine subscriptions to digital versions is ongoing. In the United Kingdom, only 10% of employees still subscribe to paper publications. Contracts are signed electronically and receipts from the company restaurant are no longer automatically printed. Internationally, several entities are also continuing their efforts to go paperless: creation of electronic signatures in Italy, digitalisation of meeting handouts and reports.
Amundi has implemented a responsible waste management policy for several years in France and has promoted selective sorting through the voluntary use of recycling bins since 2013.
In 2022, 92% of the waste produced was recycled.
Recyclable waste (1) (paper, plastic cups and bottles, cans, printer supplies, batteries and waste electrical and electronic equipment [WEEE]) is managed by CEDRE, a sheltered workshop employing people with disabilities. In addition to selective sorting, Amundi runs a Cleaning Week scheme each year at its Paris premises to sort and clear superfluous
Since 2019, Amundi has been integrated in the Crédit Agricole SA carbon offsetting programme. via the Livelihoods funds in order to offset its CO2 emissions linked to energy and business travel, i.e. 5,500 metric tonnes of CO2 per year. These funds finance agroforestry, rural energy and ecosystem restoration projects.
paper. Every year, the recycling work entrusted to CEDRE creates 9.84 Beneficiary Units (disabled employment equivalents).
Biodegradable consumables were introduced into the cafeteria of the Paris site from 2019. Bio-waste is collected from company restaurants (9.25 tonnes in 2022). The grease traps are biologically treated in-house in both buildings (Procession and Tombe-Issoire), resulting in less waste and fewer truck movements to clean the traps and dispose of the grease at an external station.
For the new restaurants, some dishes are cooked in an external facility, which in the long term will lead to a decrease in the bio-waste generated locally (of which vegetables represent on average 60%).
Finally, as part of the Amundi Village project, leaving the Agoram 90 building provided an opportunity to make donations to charity, and to sell or recycle furniture.
Every year, Amundi strives to integrate more recyclable materials into its sorting line. In 2018, a cigarette butt recycling initiative was installed at our buildings in Paris. In 2021, this was supplemented by a system for sorting used pens, and in 2022, one for surgical masks and coffee grounds (the new coffee machines in France no longer use capsules). Coffee capsules are recycled in the UK, Austria and Ireland. And in Japan, waste sorting bins can be used to sort 15 different types of waste.
The partner of the Paris Company restaurant carefully manages its services in order to minimise the amount of food wasted on a daily basis.
When the new Tombe-Issoire building was opened, any food surplus to requirements was given to charity through the association "Le Chaînon Manquant" ("The Missing Link (2)").
In Japan, recyclable bags are made available to employees to reduce the use of disposable bags when shopping for lunch outside. In France, coffee machine cups were removed early in 2020. In Italy, plastic coffee stirrers were replaced in 2021 by 100% recyclable wooden stirrers. In Ireland, stirrers were completely removed in 2020. And coffee breaks in the United States are now entirely plastic-free.
(1) Non-recycled waste.
(2) "Le Chaînon Manquant" is an association that fights against food waste and food insecurity.
Amundi attaches considerable importance to the environmental impact of its IT system, and does so in several ways, including optimising its hardware and how it is used, and implementing innovative solutions.
The volume of hardware has been optimised: the move carried out as part of the Amundi Village real estate project provided the opportunity to reduce the number of devices. The last personal printers have been removed (225 devices), as have 1,800 fixed telephones. 254 duplicate devices have been removed. All this hardware, on 51 pallets, was disposed of through ATF Gaia (1) .
Electricity consumption is under control: all user equipment (screens, workstations, telephones, printers) complies with international energy saving standards. Likewise, all IT equipment purchased is TCO-certified. This label is awarded to high-quality, low-energy electronic equipment that reduces environmental and health risks. Personal computers, shared printers and all equipment that can be, are all switched off at night.
Purchasing habits are changing: 265 items of hardware have been repaired, 500 screens have been purchased secondhand and the life span of laptops has been extended from three years to four, or even five.
The Crédit Agricole Group has adopted a Responsible Purchasing Policy (4), which contributes to the company's overall performance. This policy is part of the Group's Ethical Charter and is based on commitments including the United Nations Global Compact, the Diversity Charter and the Charter on the Mediation of Responsible Supplier Relations. All of the commitments set forth in these texts relate to respect for human rights and compliance with labour
The Agricole Group intends to make purchasing a driver of employment for vulnerable groups, thus contributing to employment in the regions. It identifies inclusive services in its expenses. It trains its buyers, according to various purchasing types: interbank disability information sheets have been drawn up in order to increase awareness among suppliers in various business sectors (communication, events, marketing, administrative services, IT, general services, waste treatment, printing and reprographics, catering).
Amundi has committed to this process by once again assigning €0.4 million in 2022 to companies in the protected and adapted work sector (EA/ESAT (5)), the same amount as it assigned in 2021. For example, in connection with the calls for tenders relating to the Amundi Village project, the suppliers providing removal services, maintenance of water fountains, floral decorations and recycling of furniture do so in collaboration with ESATs.
Recycling is prioritised for end-of-life devices: office IT equipment (workstations, printers, laptops, small items etc.) is recycled by the service provider ATF GAIA, a WEEEcertified (2) company contracted by the Crédit Agricole Group. Hardware that cannot be resold is automatically sent to a certified partner. Amundi also recycles its used (3) cartridges. Bins for collecting used toner cartridges are provided on all floors. In the United States, an end-of-life device management programme is in place. Devices are recycled or put up for sale on the second-hand market.
The development of the applications base and the use of cloud technology is under control: limited growth in the number of applications (including during mergers), use of primarily open source software, implementation of the FinOps approach to optimise i-cloud resources, for example.
Finally, Amundi is implementing innovative solutions to improve energy efficiency: the new generation of data centres has helped to improve energy efficiency by 30%, by creating cold corridors that reduce the energy consumption of air conditioning systems.
regulations, the fight against all forms of discrimination, the promotion of diversity, environmental protection and business ethics.
In 2022, Amundi signed up to three CSR aspects of the Crédit Agricole Group's Medium-Term Purchasing Plan: inclusion, decarbonisation and optimisation of invoice processing times.
As part of the new Purchasing 2025 strategic plan, new objectives were set for all the Group's purchases:
(1) An adapted company that specialises in the purchase, reconditioning and resale of professional computer and mobile phone equipment.
(2) In reference to the EU directive governing the management of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE).
(3) Magnetic cartridges are computer backup devices.
(4) The responsible purchasing policy is set out in chapter 3 of the Crédit Agricole S.A. Group Non-Financial Performance Statement.
(5) EA: Adapted company/ESAT: Establishment and service for assistance through work.
Since January 2022, calls for tender have included a qualitative evaluation of the carbon footprint of goods and services, based on information provided by the bidder regarding the methodology it adopts and its action plan.
Furthermore, Amundi is working with the Crédit Agricole Group to define a roadmap for 2023 based on three workstreams:
In 2022, new communication campaigns were launched to inform suppliers that they could send their invoices to a dedicated email address. In the event of delay or dispute, a generic escalation address is used to process reminders as soon as possible.
More generally, Amundi considers CSR risk when evaluating these suppliers. Accordingly, the weighting allocated to CSR issues in the multi-factor matrices for analysing shortlisted bids has increased from 15% to 35%. Following the rating campaigns that have been in place since 2020 with Ecovadis (trusted third party), Amundi began monitoring the CSR risk of suppliers (Ecovadis rating <35) in its ongoing audits. Quarterly reports are provided to all buyers/business lines at Purchasing Committee meetings, to alert them to the economic, social and environmental risks involved. In the second half of 2022, 99% of Amundi suppliers rated by Ecovadis had a rating of more than 35.
A weekly report on invoices awaiting processing is sent to the Finance Department and the business lines responsible for approving them. In 2022, the proportion of invoices paid on time was 82%.
The French law on the duty of vigilance of parent companies and contracting companies applies to the Crédit Agricole SA Group.
As the parent company, the corporate entity Crédit Agricole SA decided to create a vigilance plan and to report on the effective implementation of this plan for Crédit Agricole SA. In accordance with the law, this vigilance plan includes specific reasonable measures to identify the risks and to
The commitment to respect human rights is fundamental at Amundi, both as an advocate of responsible management and as an employer. Respect for human rights is one of the criteria used to rate issuers and, together with the environmental criteria, constitutes the basis for Amundi's exclusion policy (see section 3.2.2.4). Specifically, respect for human rights is taken into account in the ESG rating through the criterion "Local communities and human rights". When a business commits serious and repeated human rights violations without taking effective measures to remedy those violations, this constitutes a breach of the 10 principles of the Global Compact. Following discussions with that business, Amundi can therefore exclude it from its investment universe. For several years, Amundi has maintained a shareholder commitment with many companies prevent serious infringements of human rights and fundamental freedoms, or the health and safety of persons and the environment, which could potentially result from the activity of Crédit Agricole SA, including Amundi.
Further details on the Crédit Agricole S.A. Group's vigilance plan are presented in Chapter 3 of the 2022 Universal Registration Document.
on the subject of the living wage in order to ensure that direct employees, regardless of their country of establishment and the development of social law in that country, receive a salary that enables them to live with dignity and to meet their needs and those of their family. The results of this commitment are used to refine the ESG rating of companies supplied by Amundi and taken into account by managers when setting up funds. The human rights aspect is also present in the analysis of the supply chains of businesses in some sectors where vigilance is particularly important in order to prevent human rights violations. This commitment is also reflected in Amundi's HR policy, in the form of actions to promote diversity, the fight against discrimination, the importance of social dialogue and collective bargaining, and compliance with freedom of association (see section 3.4).
Amundi conducts its CSR strategy on a voluntary basis in accordance with the values and principles articulated in the following charters:
| Charters – Amundi as an asset manager | Date of entry or signature |
|---|---|
| Founding member of the Principles for Responsible Investment | 2006 |
| UNEP FI | 2014 |
| Operating Principles for Impact Management | 2019 |
| Charters – Amundi as a company | Date of entry or signature |
|---|---|
| United Nations Global Compact | 2003 |
| Charte de la Diversité (Diversity Charter) | 2008 |
| Charte de la Parentalité (Parenthood Charter) | 2015 |
| UK Modern Slavery Act | 2017 |
| Women in Finance Charter (Amundi UK) | 2019 |
| Manifesto for the inclusion of people with disabilities in economic life | 2019 |
| International Framework Agreement | 2019 |
| Women's Empowerment Principles of the UN Global Compact | 2022 |
In addition to these major charters, Amundi complies with its own internal charters and codes (Crédit Agricole Group Ethical Charter, Amundi Code of Conduct, Crédit Agricole Group Responsible Purchasing Charter).
Amundi is an active participant in working groups conducted by market bodies aimed at moving responsible finance, sustainable development and corporate governance forward. Specifically, Amundi is a member of (non-exhaustive list): AFG (1), EFAMA, IFA, ORSE, SFAF, EUROSIF and the French, Spanish and Swiss Sustainable Investment Forums. Amundi is also a member and director of FAIR (formerly Finansol), and a member of the French association "Entreprises pour l'Environnement".
Amundi's Chief Executive Officer chairs the Paris Europlace Investors' Committee and a member of Senior Management is a member of the Executive Board of the Institut de la Finance Durable (IFD, the Paris Institute for Sustainable Finance, formerly Finance for Tomorrow).
Amundi's Director of Public Affairs chairs the Paris Europlace Working Group on financial and non-financial data, and also on social investments. Finally, another member of the Responsible Investment Department represents the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) on the Sustainability Reporting Board of EFRAG, the entity responsible for providing technical support to the European Commission in order to establish European nonfinancial reporting standards.
As a key player in asset management, Amundi has played an active part, whether directly or via market associations, in the work and consultations surrounding the European plans for the regulation of ESG investment: The Disclosure Regulation, the Taxonomy Regulation, delegated acts and guidelines issued by the European supervisory authorities on the integration of clients' sustainability preferences (MiFID2), the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, European and international reporting standards (EFRAG and ISSB, respectively) etc. Amundi has contributed to the work of the AFG, in particular that of the "Responsible Investment Committee", as well as to its counterparts within the EFAMA or other local associations. Amundi strives to reconcile the effectiveness of markets and of its asset management business with the promotion of a more responsible investment model. As a European leader in asset management and pioneer of responsible investment, Amundi seeks to share its vision and expertise with a range of different European stakeholders and institutions.
More generally, Amundi has contributed to the regulatory work carried out by the AFG, France Invest, ASPIM and AMAFI and Paris Europlace for France, as well as that of the EFAMA in Brussels and the ICMA in London. Amundi's subsidiaries in Europe also belong to the professional associations of their respective countries. Furthermore,
(1) AFG: Association Française de la Gestion financière (French Asset Management Association); ASPIM: Association française des Sociétés de Placement Immobilier (French Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts); AMAFI: Association française des Marchés Financiers (French Association of Financial Market Professionals); EFAMA: European Fund and Asset Management Association; ICMA: International Capital Market Association; IFA: Institut Français des Administrateurs (French Directors' Institute); ORSE: Observatoire de la Responsabilité Sociétale des Entreprises (Corporate Social Responsibility Observatory); SFAF: Société Française des Analystes Financiers (French Society of Financial Analysts); SIF: Sustainable Investment Forums.
Amundi has made a direct contribution to European and French regulatory work. Consequently, in 2022, Amundi responded to at least 10 public consultations on European or French regulations that were under development or being revised. Finally, Amundi applies strict rules of professional conduct in its interactions with the French and European authorities, as set out in the Amundi Group Code of Conduct (Chapter 18), and also complies with European and French transparency regulations (making declarations to the EU transparency register and the HATVP – the French high authority for transparency in public life – respectively).
Amundi is a member or signatory of numerous international initiatives aimed at addressing environmental, social and good governance issues. The main aim of these investor coalitions is to urge governments to adopt incentives and encourage companies to improve their ESG practices. These initiatives contribute in particular to the development of tools and methodologies that facilitate the integration of ESG issues within corporate governance and asset management.
Amundi contributes to this collaborative commitment by providing expertise on responsible investment and, where applicable, logistical support. These initiatives also give Amundi employees the opportunity to broaden their knowledge of existing ESG matters and to acquire new knowledge on emerging ESG issues.
| RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT | |
|---|---|
| 2003 | UN Global Compact |
| 2006 | PRI – Principles for Responsible Investment |
| 2017 | Institut de la Finance Durable (formerly Finance for Tomorrow) |
| 2017 | IFC Operating Principles for Impact Management |
| 2021 | WBA – World Benchmarking Alliance |
| 2022 | GISD – Global Investors for Sustainable Development Alliance |
| 2022 | European Commission High-Level Expert Group on Scaling up Sustainable Finance in Low and Middle-income countries |
| ENVIRONMENT | |
| 2003 | IIGCC – Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change |
| 2004 | CDP – Disclosure Insight Action |
| 2010 | Water Disclosure Project |
| 2016 | CBI – Climate Bonds Initiative |
| 2017 | Climate Action 100+ |
| 2017 | ICMA – Green Bonds Principles |
| 2017 | TCFD – Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures |
| 2017 | CDP – Non-Disclosure Campaign |
| 2019 | Initiative Climat International (iCi) – Private Equity Action on Climate Change |
| 2019 | One Planet Sovereign Wealth Fund Asset Manager Initiative |
| 2019 | The Japan TCFD Consortium |
| 2020 | CDP Science-Based Targets (SBTs) Campaign |
| 2020 | AIGCC – Asia Investor Group On Climate Change |
| 2020 | PPCA – Powering Past Coal Alliance |
| 2020 | FAIRR – Farm Animal Investment Risk & Return |
| 2021 | Finance for Biodiversity Pledge |
| 2021 | NZAM – Net Zero Asset Managers |
| SOCIAL | |
| 2010 | Access to Medicine Index |
| 2010 | FAIR – Financer Accompagner Impacter Rassembler |
| 2013 | Access to Nutrition Index |
| 2015 | PRI Human Rights Engagement |
| 2017 | ICMA – Social Bond Principles |
| 2017 | WDI – Workforce Disclosure Initiative |
| 2018 | PLWF – Platform for Living Wage Financials |
| 2020 | Investor Action on AMR initiative (lead by both the FAIRR Initiative and Access to Medicine Foundation) |
| 2020 | The 30% Club France Investor Group |
| 2020 | Tobacco-Free Finance Pledge |
| 2021 | Coalition Finance for Tomorrow's "Investors for a Just Transition" |
| GOVERNANCE | |
| 2013 | ICGN – International Corporate Governance Network |
| 2022 | CII – Council of Institutional Investors |
Amundi calculates the amount of responsible investment assets within the scope of open-ended funds, dedicated funds and mandates for the Group as a whole.
These assets cover open-ended funds and dedicated solutions that incorporate ESG characteristics into their investment process.
They are broken down as follows:
Dedicated funds and mandates managed on behalf of clients: these incorporate, at the client's request, specific ESG investment criteria relating either to all ESG issues or to a specific theme (environmental, social or governance).
Amundi has developed a specific analysis method for impact companies, assessing the continuity of the company's economic model and its impact objectives as well as its results. This analysis is based on a sector-wide approach comprising quantitative and qualitative criteria as well as criteria specific to the company. For each company, Amundi measures the number of beneficiaries and then calculates its impact ratio: this is the number of beneficiaries created per €10,000 invested. Based on Amundi's investment in the company, this ratio allows reporting of the aggregated total number of beneficiaries, per impact theme, generated since the fund was created in 2012.
Amundi's ESG analysis measures companies' carbon footprints using a database of private issuers' carbon emissions collected by Trucost, the world leader in environmental and climate data. Assets in the portfolio that can be rated (excluding derivatives or government-issued securities, for example) are used in the calculation of the portfolio's carbon footprint. Amundi has developed two carbon footprint indicators: carbon emissions in million euros invested and carbon emissions in million euros of revenue. These data and methodologies are used in fund reporting and to clarify Amundi's strategy in order to reduce the carbon footprint of investment portfolios.
Amundi, together with other Crédit Agricole Group entities, has developed an "Energy Transition" score to incorporate the challenges and opportunities of the energy transition into investment decisions. This is a measure of the level of commitment and the ability of corporates to adapt their economic model to the challenges posed by combating global warming and the energy transition.
In 2021, Amundi developed a "Just Transition" score to assess how issuers maximise the positive impacts and minimise the negative impacts of the socially inclusive transition to a low-carbon economy. An issuer is assessed by considering four social components of a just transition: having an impact on workers, consumers, territories and society in general.
All these climate-related indicators are set out in Amundi's Annual Climate Report, available on Amundi's website.
| 3.8.1.2 | Table of Indicators – Responsible Financial Institution | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| --------- | --------------------------------------------------------- | -- | -- | -- |
| Type | Indicators | Unit | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets under management |
Total assets under management | € billions | 1,904 | 2,061 | 1,729 |
| Responsible investment assets |
Assets under management | € billions | 799.7 | 846.9 | 378.3 |
| Responsible investment assets in passive management | € billions | 111 | 95 | NA | |
| Proportion of ESG ETFs in total number of ETFs | % | 27% | NA | NA | |
| Impact solution assets | € billions | 8.7 | NA | NA | |
| Amundi Finance et Solidarité fund assets | € millions | 481.0 | 440.0 | 331.0 | |
| Amundi Immobilier assets labelled SRIs | € billions | 16.0 | 15.8 | NA | |
| Human and technical system |
Number of employees in the Responsible Investment team | FTE | 62.1 | 40 | NA |
| Issuers rated on ESG criteria (Amundi ESG world) | Number | 18,275 | 13,500 | >10,000 | |
| Number of ESG data providers | Number | 22 | 15 | NA | |
| Carbon footprint of the portfolios |
Assets subject to a carbon footprint calculation (1) | € billions | 644 | 566 | 474 |
| Carbon emissions in million euros of turnover (1) | t CO2eq | 239 | 269 | 259 | |
| Carbon footprint of private issuers invested in (2) | t CO2eq | 109 | 150 | 175 | |
| Portfolios' exposure to thermal coal |
Weighted exposure of portfolios | € millions | 946 | 1,024 | 670.2 |
| Proportion of portfolios exposed to thermal coal | % | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
| Engagement policy | Number of issuers excluded | Number | 954 | 833 | 617 |
| Total number of companies engaged | Number | 2,115 | 1,364 | NA | |
| Number of additional companies involved in ongoing dialogue on climate issues |
Number | 418 | NA | NA | |
| Number of clients contacted as per Net Zero | Number | 3 | NA | NA | |
| Voting policy | Number of resolutions subject to vote | Number | 107,297 | 77,631 | 49,968 |
| Number of General Meetings subject to vote | Number | 10,208 | 7,309 | 4,241 | |
| Level of support for climate shareholder resolutions | % | 87 | 86 | NA | |
| Average opposition rate | % | 21 | 20 | 20 | |
| Compliance and ethics |
Number of complaints (4) | Number | 5,295 | 949 | 1,788 |
| Number of employees trained in anti-money laundering procedures (AML-CFT) (3) |
Number | 5,744 | 1,116 | 4,200 | |
| Number of employees trained in external anti‑fraud procedures (3) |
Number | 6,030 | 477 | 855 | |
| Number of employees trained in international sanctions procedures |
Number | 6,015 | 4,909 | 4,757 |
(1) Following a change in methodology and in order to ensure comparability of data over time, the 2020 and 2021 figures have been modified.
(2) New indicator, replaces carbon emissions in € million invested.
(3) Internal and external anti-corruption training is included within the modules on Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML-CFT). These training courses are not run every year.
(4) Since 1 January 2022, the amount of complaints includes complaints from individual clients received via distributors and processed within the regulatory deadlines by the Amundi BOC entity. For information purposes and for comparison with the year 2021, at constant scope (i.e. excluding Amundi BOC), the amount of claims received amounts to 1324 claims.
Amundi's carbon footprint was calculated according to the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol. Amundi has chosen to calculate its carbon emissions on scopes 1, 2 and 3, which correspond to the entity's direct and indirect emissions. The data was collected over 2021 for all Amundi Group entities with more than 100 employees, i.e. a coverage rate of 87%. The data was extrapolated for entities with fewer than 100 employees.
The HR reporting scope covers the entire Amundi Group as at 31 December 2022. The workforce of the consolidated and non-consolidated Amundi Group entities is taken into account (excluding minority joint ventures).
Certain HR indicators are only available for France. This data is identified as such in the table of indicators. The scope for France includes the following entities: Amundi SA, Amundi Asset Management, CPR Asset Management, Étoile Gestion, Société Générale Gestion, BFT Investment Managers, Amundi Finances, Amundi Immobilier, Amundi Intermédiation, Amundi Private Equity Funds, Amundi IT Services, Amundi ESR and Amundi Transition Énergétique (1) .
Presentation of HR data: unless otherwise indicated, the population covered is that of "active" employees, presented as full-time equivalent (FTE). The concept of "active employees" implies a legal bond in the form of a standard permanent or fixed-term employment contract (or similar, for international activities), a presence on the payroll and in the position on the last day of the period, and working hours equal to or greater than 50%.
The environmental reporting scope covers France and subsidiaries with more than 100 employees. In 2022, the scope was extended to three new entities and includes: the French entities, Amundi UK, Amundi Deutschland, Amundi Austria, Amundi Italy, Amundi Japan, Amundi USA, SABAM, Amundi Luxembourg and Amundi Czech Republic.
The environmental data covers 89% of the Amundi Group workforce.
| Theme | Type | Indicators | Unit | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of employees | Number | 5,463 | 4,885 | 4,702 | ||
| Number of employees | FTE | 5,383.9 | 4,811.6 | 4,627.3 | ||
| Headcount | Proportion of external personnel on the Amundi staff | % 8.5 % 22.4 FTE 2,687.6 FTE 1,727.6 FTE 447.1 FTE 521.6 FTE 2,696.3 FTE 1,311.7 FTE 1,029.2 FTE 2,560.5 FTE 482.6 FTE 257.9 FTE 149.0 FTE 28 FTE 47.7 Number 5,410 % 99.0 Years 43.8 Years 12.1 Number 388 Number 297 % 8.0 |
9.3 | 6.3 | ||
| Proportion of managers | 22.7 2,313.0 1,602.5 415.1 481 2,498.6 1,189.4 1,002.1 2,221.6 398.6 NA NA NA NA 4,831 98.9 44.1 12.4 277 188 5.9 |
20.8 | ||||
| Human Capital | Number of employees in France | 2,224.3 | ||||
| Breakdown of workforce by geographic region |
Number of employees in Europe (excluding France) | 1,532.8 | ||||
| Number of employees in Asia | 384.8 | |||||
| Number of employees in the Americas | 484.4 | |||||
| Number of employees internationally | 2,403.0 | |||||
| Investment Management | 1,135.0 | |||||
| Breakdown of workforce by major business line |
Sales and Marketing | 1,028.1 | ||||
| Support and IT functions | 2,079.8 | |||||
| Control functions | 379.4 | |||||
| • of which Risk Department staff | NA | |||||
| • of which Compliance Department staff | NA | |||||
| • of which Security Department staff | NA | |||||
| • of which Audit Department staff | NA | |||||
| Breakdown of | Number of permanent staff | 4,661 | ||||
| workforce by contract |
Percentage of permanent staff | 99.1 | ||||
| Average age | 44 | |||||
| Age | Average length of service in the Crédit Agricole Group | 12.3 | ||||
| Permanent | Departures (1) | 232 | ||||
| contract | Of which resignations | 124 | ||||
| departures | Departure rate | 5.1 |
(1) Amundi Transition Energétique is not part of the scope of financial consolidation.
| France % 6.5 NA NA Permanent contract Europe (excluding France) % 8.1 NA NA departure rate Asia % 12.1 NA NA by geographic area Americas % 11.4 NA NA Recruitments (permanent + fixed-term contracts) Number 644 439 494 Recruitments Recruitments (permanent contracts) Number 575 375 444 Proportion of permanent-contract recruitments % 89.3 85.4 89.6 France Number 254 138 162 Permanent contract Europe (excluding France) Number 180 116 201 recruitments Asia Number 74 82 54 by geographical area Americas Number 67 39 27 Median annual gross fixed salary €000 72.3 69.0 68 Average annual gross fixed salary €000 83.2 83.9 83 Average overall compensation €000 151.3 160.0 143.1 Gender salary equality index (in France) Score out 85 84 84 Compensation of 100 Global equity ratio index 12.9 13.5 NA Weighting of criteria linked to Responsible Investment objectives in the performance share plan of over % 20 20 NA 200 senior executives Mobility Mobility between business lines Number 222 185 206 of permanent contract Mobility between countries (2) Number 45 50 26 employees €000 Budget allocated to training (excl. 3,509 2,807 2,452 tax) Percentage of employees trained % 64 67 62 France % 65 67 77 Europe (excluding France) % 59 Asia % 40 Americas % 92 Number of employees trained Number 3,479 3,257 2,493 France Number 1,780 1,584 1,760 Europe (excluding France) Number 1,044 Asia Number 177 Non-regulatory training (6) Americas Number 478 Number of training hours Number 56,198 45,295 28,072 France Number 31,690 24,030 18,259 Europe (excluding France) Number 21,559 Asia Number 1,037 Americas Number 1,912 Average number of training hours per employee Number 16.2 13.9 10.4 trained France Number 17.8 15.2 11.6 Europe (excluding France) Number 20.7 Asia Number 5.9 Americas Number 4.0 Number of persons trained Number 6,160 Regulatory Number of training hours Number 28,071 training (6) Number of training hours per person trained Number 4.56 |
Theme | Type | Indicators | Unit | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theme | Type | Indicators | Unit | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of life | Part-time employees | % | 6.5 | 6.9 | 7.5 | |
| in the workplace |
• of which women | % | 87.6 | 89 | 88.1 | |
| Working hours | • of which men | % | 12.4 | 11 | 11.9 | |
| Percentage of countries with a teleworking agreement (3) |
% | 100 | NA | NA | ||
| Workplace | Frequency rate of work-related accidents | % | 0 | 0 | 4.8 | |
| accidents in | Number of work-related accidents | Number | 5 | 3 | 4 | |
| France | Number of work-related accidents (commuting) | Number | 16 | 15 | 13 | |
| Absenteeism in France |
Absenteeism rate due to illness | % | 2 | 1.9 | 2 | |
| Employee Engagement |
Employer employee |
Number of employee representatives | Number | 38 | 42 | 46 |
| communication | Number of meetings of the ESC and its committees | Number | 40 | 49 | 46 | |
| in France | Number of agreements or amendments signed | Number | 16 | 7 | 4 | |
| Percentage of employee shareholders | % | 55 | NA | NA | ||
| Participation rate in the Accountability Index | % | 81 | NA | NA | ||
| Proud to work for Amundi score | % | 87 | 87 | 86 | ||
| Commitment | Amundi recommendation score | % | 81 | 82 | 81 | |
| Collective variable compensation France | €000 | 11.2 | 9.1 | 9.5 | ||
| Percentage of assessment interviews | % | 95 | 9 | 93 | ||
| Diversity | Breakdown of workforce by gender |
Women | Number | 2,250 | 2,029 | 1,961 |
| Men | Number | 3,213 | 2,856 | 2,741 | ||
| Proportion of women | % | 41.2 | 41.5 | 41.7 | ||
| Proportion of men | % | 58.8 | 58.5 | 58.3 | ||
| Percentage of women in talent pool | % | 41.0 | 43.0 | NA | ||
| Gender equality | Percentage of women in management positions | % | 34.5 | 35.2 | 35.0 | |
| Percentage of women in executive positions (SLT) | % | 32.4 | 34.5 | 30.1 | ||
| Percentage of women on the Executive Committee (GMC + Comex) |
% | 36.7 | 29.6 | 28.6 | ||
| Percentage of women on the Board of Directors | % | 50.0 | 41.7 | 41.7 | ||
| Percentage of women in investment departments (4) | % | 24 | NA | NA | ||
| Percentage of women that are country managers with more than 20 employees |
% | 40.0 | 40 | NA | ||
| Proportion of women in the highest-paid 10% | % | 19.1 | 19.3 | 18.7 | ||
| Disability employment rate | % | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.8 | ||
| Inclusion | Number of people with disabilities hired or integrated | Number | 8 | 11 | 9 | |
| Number of employees with disabilities | Number | 80 | 71 | 65 | ||
| Percentage of staff aged under 30 in permanent contract recruitments |
% | 37.8 | 43.5 | 33.1 | ||
| Number of young people recruited and trained | Number | 1,300 | >1,000 | NA | ||
| Generation | Number of interns, work/study staff, and summer jobs (5) |
Number | 801 | 703 | 873 | |
| Number of work/study staff recruited | Number | 148 | 180 | NA | ||
| Employment rate for those aged 55 years and over on permanent contracts |
% | 15.7 | 15.0 | 13.5 | ||
| Communities/ sponsorship |
Sponsorship | Budget allocated to sponsorship | €m (HTD) |
3.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
(1) Exceptionally high number of departures linked to the integration of Lyxor, to be compared with 2018 (611 departures) when Pioneer was integrated.
(2) Adjusted data for 2020 and 2021.
(3) Entities with over 100 FTEs. (4) Based on an analysed scope of 900 FTEs.
(5) Including VIE and CIFRE contracts.
(6) Since training classifications have been revised, historical data is not always comparable.
| Type | Indicators | Unit | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energy consumption (1) | MWh | 21,568 | 19,372 | 22,019 | |
| Share of green electricity (2) | % | 78 | 73 | 52 | |
| Energy consumption per employee (1) | MWh/FTE | 4.5 | 4.8 | 5.5 | |
| Energy | Scopes 1 + 2 CO2 emissions (1) | t CO2eq | 2,324 | 2,286 | 3,671 |
| Scopes 1 + 2 CO2 emissions per employee (1) | t CO2eq/FTE | 0.48 | 0.56 | 0.95 | |
| Consumption of refrigerants | kg | 160 | NA | NA | |
| Energy-related scope 3 CO2 emissions | t CO2eq | 133 | NA | NA | |
| km travelled by air and rail | km | 13,058,112 | 3,679,937 | 7,212,333 | |
| Business travel (4) |
CO2 emissions from business travel by air and rail | t CO2eq | 2,551 | 646 | 1,741 |
| CO2 emissions from business travel by air and rail per employee | t CO2eq/FTE | 0.53 | 0.16 NA 61 19,753 63 0.4 78 |
0.44 | |
| Energy + Business travel |
Energy-related (scopes 1 and 2) and business travel-related (scope 3) CO2 emissions per employee |
t CO2eq/FTE | 1.02 | NA | |
| Paper | Share of responsible paper in total paper consumption (3) | % | 78 | 63 | |
| Water | Water consumption | m3 | 29,764 | 21,476 | |
| Waste | Share of waste recycled (2) | % | 92 | 57 | |
| Responsible | Purchases from sheltered sector companies in France | € millions | 0.4 | 0.4 | |
| purchasing | Percentage of invoices paid on time in France (2) | % | 82 | 82 |
(1) Excluding refrigerants.
(2) Adjusted data for 2021.
(3) Adjusted data for 2020.
(4) Following the change in the reporting methodology for AMEX data, the reliability of 2020 and 2021 data is being improved.

| 4.1 | FRAMEWORK FOR PREPARING THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
204 |
|---|---|---|
| 4.1.1 | Accounting methods and principles | 204 |
| 4.1.2 | Scope of consolidation | 204 |
| 4.2 | MARKET CONTEXT IN 2022 | 204 |
| 4.2.1 | Macro-economic and financial environment |
204 |
| 4.2.2 | The asset management market | 206 |
| 4.3 | ACTIVITY AND CONSOLIDATED RESULTS OF AMUNDI FOR 2022 |
209 |
| 4.3.1 | Strong business momentum | 209 |
| 4.3.2 | A high level of net income | 212 |
| 4.3.3 | Alternative Performance Indicators (API) |
214 |
| 4.3.4 | Dividend policy | 215 |
| 4.4 | BALANCE SHEET AND FINANCIAL STRUCTURE |
216 |
| 4.4.1 | Amundi consolidated balance sheet | 216 |
| 4.4.2 | Off-balance sheet items | 218 |
| 4.4.3 | Financial structure | 219 |
| 4.5 | STOCK MARKET DATA | 221 |
| 4.5.1 | Strong creation of shareholder value | 221 |
| 4.5.2 | Amundi on the stock markets | 222 |
| 4.5.3 | Dividend policy | 224 |
| 4.5.4 | 2023 Financial Communication Calendar and contact |
224 |
| 4.5.5 | Information about share capital and shareholders |
225 |
| 4.6 | OTHER INFORMATION | 231 |
| 4.6.1 | Transactions with related parties | 231 |
| 4.6.2 | Main risks and internal control | 231 |
| 4.7 | RECENT EVENTS AND OUTLOOK | 231 |
| 4.8 | ANALYSIS OF THE RESULTS OF AMUNDI (PARENT COMPANY) |
232 |
| 4.9 | INFORMATION ON PAYMENT PERIODS FOR SUPPLIERS AND CLIENTS |
233 |
The accounting principles and policies and their changes are described in note 1 of the notes to the consolidated financial statements as at 31 December 2022.
The scope of consolidation and its changes are described in note 9.3 of the notes to the consolidated financial statements as at 31 December 2022.
For the record, on 31 December 2021 Amundi acquired Lyxor from Société Générale, which impacted the recovery of the balance sheet and the assets under management on that date, but had no impact on the consolidated income statement or inflows for 2021, whereas Lyxor was fully integrated for financial year 2022.
The majority of the economic and financial year 2022 was marked by stagflation (slowdown in growth and very high inflation), due in particular to the delayed impact of the Covid crisis, which was compounded by the effect of the Ukrainian conflict. The vast majority of central banks tightened their monetary policies very suddenly, prioritising the curbing of inflation over the risk of further impeding business activity. Specific difficulties plagued China, where significant anti-Covid restrictions persisted for most of the year. On the markets, bond yields recovered sharply while equities fell.
Barely clear of Covid restrictions, the eurozone economy suffered the effects of the Russian invasion of Ukraine from the end of February onwards: strong pressure on commodity prices (starting with energy) and a jolt to confidence linked to fears of a wider conflict and a shortage of natural gas during the winter period. Furthermore, anti-Covid restrictions in China weighed on industrial value chains. Inflation accelerated rapidly (reaching double digits in October), resulting in the ECB introducing, from June, the most rapid series of key interest rate hikes since its creation. At the same time, governments turned their attention (in piecemeal fashion, coordination being difficult) to relieving the burden of energy bills for businesses and households. From the end of the summer, however, certain data turned out to be slightly better than expected. In particular, the price of natural gas fell sharply (although it remained much higher than the average for previous years), the risks of shortages subsided and indicators for the fourth quarter were that the decline in economic activity remained moderate. The main event on the domestic political front was the arrival of a new government in Italy, headed by a Prime Minister who was previously considered to be Eurosceptic, but whose arrival in office did not, in 2022 at least, trigger any major tensions on the markets or with other eurozone countries.
After anti-Covid restrictions continued to blight the very start of the year, economic activity bounced back from February onwards. However, inflation quickly became the headline: already very high at the end of 2021, it proved more persistent than expected, gradually spreading from the price of imported staples (especially energy and goods) to the price of services. In addition to eating into household purchasing power, this inflation (despite an initial decline during the summer) led the Federal Reserve to raise its key rates much more quickly than had been expected at the start of the year (by a total of 425 basis points over the full year 2022), hampering activity in a number of sectors, starting with real estate. As a result, the trend for the majority of economic indicators was one of deceleration in the second half of the year (with GDP being the exception, as the adverse effects of volatile components in the first half of the year proved to be misleading). That said, at the end of the year, the labour market remained buoyant and business surveys indicated that activity was still strong in the services sector. On the political front, the mid-term elections in November enabled the Republicans to take control of the House of Representatives, with the Democrats retaining the Senate.
2022 began on a positive note with the majority of economies reopening and forecasts that the adverse effects of the pandemic were subsiding. From February onwards, however, Russia's invasion of Ukraine tarnished this scene, with the prices of oil, gas and certain cereals soaring. These price increases gradually spread to all sectors, leading to a sharp rise in global inflation. This inflationary climate, combined with a rise in aversion to market risk, heavily penalised emerging assets, front and centre of which are their currencies. The central banks in emerging countries had no choice but to tighten their monetary policy ahead of those in developed countries. Declining household purchasing power, rising costs of credit, increasing production costs etc., are all factors that started to drag on growth, especially since, in the wake of the pandemic, there appears to be limited room for manoeuvre in many countries' budgets to offset this shock. Not all countries were affected in the same way by this crisis. Asian countries, for example, were spared to a greater extent than the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, where it struck with full force, as a result of their proximity to the conflict and their just-in-time labour markets. With elections in many countries, particularly in Latin America, domestic politics was also a factor in the volatility of emerging assets in 2022. The sudden reopening of China was the headline event of this year-end.
Interest rates increased particularly sharply in 2022, something not seen since the 1980s. The yield on the 10-year German Bund started the year in negative territory and ended it above 2.3%. The US 10-year rate exceeded 4% in October/November, compared to a low point of 1.5% in January. The driving force behind these rate increases was a change in inflation and monetary policy forecasts. At the start of the year, the markets were much too optimistic about the inflation trajectory and underestimated the central banks' commitment to reduce inflation to 2%. Recent signs that global inflation had begun to moderate were not enough to reassure central bankers. The Fed remains deeply 4
concerned about tensions in the labour market and inflation in basic services. The ECB expects the pressure on prices to remain high in all sectors due to the impact of high energy costs. Christine Lagarde also emphasised that non-targeted fiscal support measures are likely to exacerbate inflationary pressures. In this environment, the spreads of peripheral countries held up rather well.
Equity markets fell sharply in 2022. The MSCI World AC was down -17.5% over the year. The tone was set at the beginning of the year by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, significantly increasing energy prices and, as a result, inflation levels, which had already been very high at the end of 2021. In response, the central banks maintained the tightening of their monetary policies to address inflationary risk, triggering a sharp rise in bond yields. Despite the resilience of the US economy and its job market, the MSCI USA (-20.8%) performed less well than its European counterpart (-10.9%). Due to the high concentration of growth stocks (particularly major technology stocks), the US market suffered more from the increase in real interest rates. Faced with the downward trend, the MSCI Japan proved to be even more resilient than Europe, ending the year at -6.6%, while the MSCI Emerging Markets index, meanwhile, ended the year more deeply in the red (-17.9%). In Europe, at country level, the euro zone (-14.5%) underperformed the MSCI Europe, in light of the resilience of the British market (+3.0%). Within the euro zone, southern countries performed better than "core" countries. Portugal led the way (+4.1%), followed by Spain (-3.4%). France (-9.8%) fared better than Germany (-19.3%) and the Netherlands (-24.6%). At sector level, all European sectors finished in the red with the exception of the energy sector (+35.8%), which profited from the rise in energy prices. Also among the major contributors this year, the banking sector (-0.6%) and the insurance sector (-1.3%) topped the table, partly due to a surge in the fourth quarter. Unsurprisingly, the real estate sector brought up the rear and put in a negative performance of -39.4%. Lastly, still in Europe, value stocks (-3.1%) considerably outperformed growth stocks (-18.5%).
While 2021 saw a remarkable comeback of investors to medium- and long-term products with record inflows (+€2.5 trillion), 2022 saw them disappear again just as quickly, with the war in Ukraine and rising inflation. Around €600 billion in medium- and long-term funds were therefore redeemed by investors around the world in 2022, a year that will go down in the annals of the asset management industry as being associated with the largest outflow in its history.
Bond investors sounded the retreat, redeeming €424 billion worth of units in bond funds up to the end of December 2022, corresponding to nearly 3.6% of the assets under management invested in this type of fund at the start of the year.
At the other end of the spectrum, only equity funds managed to stay in the black with inflows that nevertheless shrunk dramatically to around €4 billion as at the end of December, rescued in the nick of time by Asian subscribers who identified a way into the markets following the price collapse at the start of the year. Staying with medium- and long-term products, from the point of view of assets under management by strategy type, it was alternative strategies (hedge funds) embedded in open-ended funds that fell most sharply, with outflows in the order of €30 billion, i.e. more than 6.8% of this class's assets under management of €484 billion at the start of the year.
In this worrying environment for investors lacking direction, even money market funds failed to fill the gaps. Inflows on these funds amounted to around €100 billion as at the end of December, almost five times smaller than last year.
Another effect of this unusual market environment was passive management, which further consolidated its appeal for investors, who continued to invest in index-linked funds and ETFs with positive net flows of more than €760 billion over the period. Although flows in this category are down sharply compared to 2021 (around €1,105 billion), they remain up compared to 2020 (around €520 billion). At the end of the period, the active management market share fell from 69% to 67%. This increase in the passive management market share was corroborated in virtually all markets (Asia, North America, Europe, MEA), with investors from all countries prioritising redemptions of active management funds and continuing to invest via passive management funds.
Within the scope of active management, if being characterised as a fund with an investment policy including at least one responsible and sustainable investment (ESG) component was not enough to harvest positive inflows over the period, it is clear that this seems to have been a consideration when prioritising redemptions. While investments in "sustainable" funds accounted for 38% of positive net inflows in 2021 (nearly €550 billion), in a pressurised market, the same funds only suffered 7.5% of net outflows in 2022, at just over €100 billion.
(in € billions) 362 -34 -79 -234 -521 Asia-Pacific Latin America Africa & Middle East Europe North America
(1) Sources: Amundi and Broadridge Financial Solutions – FundFile & ETFGI/Open-ended funds (excluding dedicated mandates and funds) as at the end of December 2022. The net inflows of multi-distributed products (cross-border) have been reallocated in full in Europe.

Having peaked at the very beginning of 2022 at more than €15 trillion, thanks to inflows of more than €750 billion in 2021, the assets under management in European funds were doubly victimised by negative performance on the markets and massive withdrawals by investors. At the end of December 2022, overall assets under management in European funds had fallen back below €14 trillion.
Outflows were particularly pronounced on bond funds, with redemptions of around €170 billion, mainly driven by redemptions of emerging bond funds (around -€80 billion) and flexible bond funds (around -€70 billion). Conversely, heightened risk aversion resulted in investors favouring sovereign bond issuers in developed countries, as demonstrated by positive inflows on US government bonds.
With inflows of more than €29 billion, fixed-term bond funds nevertheless made a major comeback, as they enabled some investors to better control the impact of inflation on their yields.
Equity funds were able to manage the decline better than bond funds, however, with outflows in the order of just over €60 billion. Global equity funds were among the few strategies to post positive inflows, with nearly €29 billion, as they are more broadly diverse than eurozone equity funds (around -€77 billion) and UK funds (around -€29 billion).
In a context of growing awareness of climate issues, so-called "climate" equity funds raised €14 billion in 2022, although these inflows were nevertheless lower than in 2021 (€29 billion).
(in € billions)

Others = ABS, derivatives, forex, property, commodities etc.
With positive inflows in the order of €266 billion on mediumand long-term products and €96 billion on money market instruments, Asia-Pacific cut its own path in 2022. More specifically, while inflows on equity and bond funds were sluggish in the other two major regions, North America and Europe, funds in Asia-Pacific distinguished themselves by capturing assets under management of €195 billion for equities and €74 billion for bonds.
The driving force behind bond inflows was the relative dynamism of the Chinese bond market (around +€96 billion), where almost all of the inflows in this sector were directed. The trend on the equity funds market was not the same, with inflows clearly split between categories as diverse as Indian equities (around +€31 billion), North American equities (around +€22 billion) and Chinese equities (around +€21 billion), as well as Emerging Tech equities (around +€19 billion), to name but a few.
The only blot on the landscape of a relatively resilient Asian fund market was diversified strategies, where inflows fell from more than €220 billion in 2021 to redemptions in the region of €18 billion over the year.
Passive management absorbed 56% of inflows this year, 65% of which went to ETFs. Flows on ETFs and index-linked funds were trending upwards compared to last year.
Assets under management in "sustainable" strategies, which take non-financial ESG factors into account, remained relatively stable year on year.
(in € billions)
4

Others = ABS, derivatives, forex, property, commodities etc.
Although outflows on the North American market (approximately -€521 billion) for all assets combined were greater than on the European market (approximately -€234 billion), the proportions remain approximately the same in terms of market size, as the North American market is twice the size of Europe's market.
North American outflows focused on the bond market with withdrawals of €338 billion over the period, followed by equity funds (-€103 billion) and multi-asset funds (-€97 billion). Only the money market held up well, with positive inflows of €30 billion.
Passive management meant that outflows on the North American market were limited. While actively managed funds faced redemptions of nearly €1,000 billion over the period, ETFs collected around €400 billion and index-linked funds had inflows of nearly €70 billion.
In terms of assets under management, responsible management remains a relatively uncharted segment in this market, accounting for approximately 1.4% of total assets under management, unchanged year on year.
30.4

(in € billions)

In 2022, and in the context described above, Amundi:
The full integration of Lyxor, achieved in less than nine months, has provided access to a fully operational platform and enabled the first synergies to be generated more quickly than expected.
Inflows for the year were positive at +€7 billion: business remained at a good level, with a favourable mix for margins, since the Retail segment (excluding joint ventures) raised +€10 billion and MLT assets (excluding joint ventures) generated +€8 billion overall.
Adjusted net income (1)(2) came to €1,178 million: profitability remained high after a year marked by exceptional performance fee levels in 2021. Income was more or less stable in 2022 compared to the previous year once this exceptional situation had normalised.
Assets managed by Amundi reached €1,904 billion as at 31 December 2022, and were therefore down 7.7%, or -€160 billion, over one year, due to the negative market effect (-€167 billion) and despite a positive net inflow of +€7 billion over the year.
It should be noted that the assets as at the end of 2021 included €148 billion in assets under management at Lyxor, which has been integrated since 31 December 2021. However, the 2021 inflow figures did not include any contribution from Lyxor.
(in € billions)

(1) Net income, Group share.
(2) Adjusted data: excluding amortisation of intangible assets, costs associated with the integration of Lyxor and, in 2021, the impact of Affrancamento (see section 4.3.3).
(3) Assets under management (including Lyxor with effect from 31 December 2021) and net inflows (including Lyxor in 2022), including advised and marketed assets and comprising 100% of the assets managed and the net inflows from the Asian joint ventures; for Wafa in Morocco, assets under management are shown at their proportional share.
Net inflows of +€ 7.0 billion break down as + €7.8 billion in medium- to long-term (MLT) assets, excluding joint ventures (JVs), +€14.0 billion for joint ventures and a net outflow of -€14.9 billion in treasury products.
| AuM | AuM | change % | Inflows | Inflows | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in € billions) | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 | 31/12/2021 | 2022 | 2021 |
| French networks | 119 | 128 | (7.5%) | 0.4 | 0.9 |
| International networks | 156 | 174 | (10.3%) | 0.1 | 18.9 |
| of which Amundi BOC WM | 7 | 11 | (36.3%) | (3.9) | 10.1 |
| Third-party distributors | 287 | 324 | (11.3%) | 9.4 | 23.6 |
| RETAIL (EXCL. JVS) | 562 | 626 | (10.3%) | 9.9 | 43.5 |
| Institutional (1) and sovereign | 453 | 486 | (6.9%) | (8.2) | 0.4 |
| Corporates | 102 | 108 | (5.3%) | (2.4) | 3.3 |
| Employee savings | 76 | 78 | (2.9%) | 1.2 | 2.5 |
| CA & SG insurers | 415 | 479 | (13.2%) | (7.7) | (0.8) |
| INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS | 1,046 | 1,151 | (9.1%) | (17.0) | 5.4 |
| JVs | 296 | 286 | 3.2% | 14.0 | 11.4 |
| TOTAL | 1,904 | 2,064 | (7.7%) | 7.0 | 60.2 |
(1) Including funds of funds.
In 2022, by client segment, Retail generated +€9.9 billion, JVs +€14.0 billion and institutional investors ‑€17.0 billion.
For Retail clients, inflows were mainly in the form of MLT assets (+€7.9 billion), driven by all segments excluding Amundi BOC WM:
Inflows in MLT assets from Institutional clients amounted to + €5.7 billion, excluding CA & SG Insurers, thanks to the acquisition of several large mandates in index-based and multi-asset management in particular. The outflow from CA & SG Insurers (-€5.8 billion) reflects withdrawals by specific clients in the traditional life insurance segment (euro funds). Treasury products recorded outflows (-€16.9 billion) primarily from business clients over the first nine months of 2022.
JV inflows remained high in 2022, at + €14.0 billion, in spite of the continued outflows from channel business (2) (-€5.3 billion, following -€18.4 billion in 2021) and the adverse economic environment in China. Meanwhile, the JV in India, SBI MF, made further gains in terms of market share, claiming 17.7% of the open-ended funds market at the end of December 2022, and generated +€18.0 billion over the year as a whole.
(2) Low-margin run-off products in China.
(1) Assets under management (including Lyxor as of 31 December 2021) and net inflows (including Lyxor as of 2022), including advised and marketed assets and comprising 100% of the assets managed and the inflows from the Asian joint ventures; for Wafa in Morocco, assets under management are shown at their proportional share.
| AuM | AuM | change % | Inflows | Inflows | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in € billions) | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 | 31/12/2021 | 2022 | 2021 |
| Equities | 406 | 447 | (9.1%) | 13.4 | 22.8 |
| Multi-asset | 286 | 330 | (13.2%) | (2.8) | 38.0 |
| Fixed Income | 605 | 679 | (10.9%) | (3.0) | 14.9 |
| Real, alternative and structured assets | 125 | 121 | 3.2% | 0.1 | (0.2) |
| MLT ASSETS EXCL. JVS | 1,423 | 1,577 | (9.8%) | 7.8 | 75.5 |
| Treasury Products excl. JVs | 185 | 200 | (7.4%) | (14.9) | (26.6) |
| ASSETS EXCL. JVS | 1,608 | 1,777 | (9.5%) | (7.1) | 48.8 |
| JVs | 296 | 286 | 3.2% | 14.0 | 11.4 |
| TOTAL | 1,904 | 2,064 | (7.7%) | 7.0 | 60.2 |
| O/W MLT ASSETS | 1,689 | 1,830 | (7.7%) | 26.3 | 83.6 |
| O/W TREASURY PRODUCTS | 215 | 234 | (8.3%) | (19.3) | (23.4) |
Inflows in MLT assets excluding JVs, Amundi BOC WM and CA & SG Insurers reached +€17.5 billion, including +€14.5 billion in assets under passive management and +€3.0 billion in assets under active management, structured products and real/alternative assets. Broken down by area of expertise, these figures reflect the following trends:
Overall, inflows in 2022 provided a favourable mix for margins, as Retail and MLT assets posted the best performances.
distributors in the first half of the year.
to a number of large index-linked institutional mandates in particular and very strong inflows from third-party
| AuM | AuM | change % | Inflows | Inflows | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in € billions) | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 | 31/12/2021 | 2022 | 2021 |
| France | 877 | 999 | (12.2%) | (23.0) | (16.0) |
| Italy | 194 | 215 | (9.7%) | 8.1 | 12.0 |
| Europe excl. France and Italy | 334 | 347 | (3.7%) | 13.4 | 31.7 |
| Asia | 378 | 372 | 1.5% | 16.5 | 30.4 |
| Rest of world | 121 | 130 | (7.2%) | (8.0) | 2.0 |
| TOTAL | 1,904 | 2,064 | (7.7%) | 7.0 | 60.2 |
| TOTAL EXCL. FRANCE | 1,027 | 1,064 | (3.5%) | 30.0 | 76.2 |
(1) Assets under management (including Lyxor as of 31 December 2021) and net inflows (including Lyxor as of 2022), including advised and marketed assets and comprising 100% of the assets managed and the inflows from the Asian joint ventures; for Wafa in Morocco, assets under management are shown at their proportional share.
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In 2022, adjusted net income (1)(2) reached €1,178 million, down 10.5% on the figure published in 2021 (1) and down 13.0% on a like-for-like basis (3) , i.e. including Lyxor from 2021. This decline is mainly due to the exceptional level of performance fees in 2021, at €427 million; a return to a more normal level of €171 million was seen in 2022.
With performance fees dropping from their extraordinary heights in 2021 back down to the 2017–2020 average, normalised and adjusted net income was more or less stable in 2022 compared to 2021 and down slightly on a like-forlike basis.
This high level of income in volatile and bearish markets is due to a number of factors.
Adjusted net revenue (1) was €3,137 million.
It should be noted that the decline in adjusted revenue (1) on a like-for-like basis (3) (-8.2%) is almost entirely due to the fall in performance fees over the two financial years.
Operating expenses (1) remained well under control at €1,671 million, an increase of 8.9% compared to 2021, but were down by 1.1% on a like-for-like basis (3). Investments and adverse currency effects were offset by productivity gains and the first synergies generated by the integration of Lyxor, which came to around €20 million in 2022. Generation of synergies is ahead of the target of €60 million by 2024, which was based on the achievement of a minimum amount in 2022, stepping this up further in 2023 and full realisation in 2024 (€60 million over the full year).
Thanks to this management of expenses, the adjusted costto-income ratio (1) was kept at 53.3%. As a reminder, in 2021 the adjusted cost-to-income ratio (1) was 49.4% based on a like-for-like comparison (3) , i.e. including Lyxor from 2021, in a much more favourable market environment and thanks to an exceptional performance fee level, and 52.5% excluding this exceptional effect.
Adjusted gross operating income (1) (EBIT) therefore came to €1,466 million, down 12.2% on the figure reported in 2021 and 15.1% on a like-for-like basis (3) .
The contribution from equity-accounted companies, which reflects Amundi's share of net income from JVs in India, China (ABC-CA), South Korea and Morocco, increased by 4.6% to €88 million.
Accounting net income amounted to €1,074 million and included the costs associated with the Lyxor integration over the full year (€46 million after tax in 2022), the amortisation of intangible assets (client contracts) also linked to the acquisition of Lyxor (€10 million after tax, which only began in 2022) and the amortisation of distribution agreements (stable compared to 2021 at €49 million after tax).
Accounting net earnings per share stood at €5.28.
(2) Net income, Group share.
(1) Adjusted data: excluding amortisation of intangible assets, costs associated with the integration of Lyxor and, in 2021, the impact of Affrancamento (see section 4.3.3).
(3) Like-for-like basis, including Lyxor in 2021.

| In € millions | 2022 | 2021 | Δ 2022/2021 | Δ 2022/2021 combined |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADJUSTED NET REVENUE (1) | 3,137 | 3,204 | (2.1%) | (8.2%) |
| Net asset management revenue | 3,136 | 3,184 | (1.5%) | (7.7%) |
| o/w net management fees | 2,965 | 2,757 | 7.6% | 0.2% |
| o/w performance fees | 171 | 427 | (59.9%) | (61.2%) |
| Technology | 48 | 36 | 35.3% | 35.3% |
| Net financial income and other net income | (48) | (15) | NR | NR |
| GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES (1) | (1,671) | (1,534) | 8.9% | (1.1%) |
| ADJUSTED GROSS OPERATING INCOME (1) | 1,466 | 1,670 | (12.2%) | (15.1%) |
| Adjusted cost/income ratio | 53.3% | 47.9% | 5.4 pts | 3.8 pts |
| Cost of risk & Other | (8) | (12) | (34.0%) | (43.8%) |
| Equity-accounted companies | 88 | 84 | 4.6% | 4.6% |
| ADJUSTED PRE-TAX INCOME (1) | 1,546 | 1,742 | (11.2%) | (14.0%) |
| Adjusted income tax (1) | (368) | (430) | (14.5%) | (17.5%) |
| Minority interests | 0 | 3 | NR | NR |
| NET INCOME, GROUP SHARE (1) | 1,178 | 1,315 | (10.5%) | (13.1%) |
| Amortisation of intangible assets after tax | (59) | (49) | 20.5% | 20.5% |
| Integration costs, net of tax | (46) | (12) | NR | NR |
| Affrancamento impact (2) | - | 114 | NR | NR |
| ADJUSTED NET INCOME, GROUP SHARE, INCL. AFFRANCAMENTO |
1,074 | 1,369 | (21.6%) | (23.8%) |
| Accounting net earnings per share (net EPS) (in €) | 5.28 | 6.75 | (21.8%) | |
| Adjusted net EPS (1) (in €) | 5.79 | 6.49 | (10.8%) |
(1) Adjusted data: excluding amortisation of intangible assets, costs associated with the integration of Lyxor and, in 2021, the impact of Affrancamento (see section 4.3.3).
(2) Accounting net income for 2021 included an exceptional tax gain (net of a substitution tax) of +€114 million (with no cash flow impact): the "Affrancamento" scheme pursuant to the Italian finance law for 2021 (Law no. 178/2020), leading to the recognition of a deferred tax asset on intangible assets (goodwill); item excluded from adjusted net income.


The average margin on AuM increased on a like-for-like basis to 17.8 basis points compared to 17.5 basis points in 2021, including Lyxor, due to a more favourable client/product mix effect.
(1) Average margin: net asset management revenues (excl. performance fees)/average AuM excl. JVs.

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Information for the full years 2021 and 2022 corresponds to data after amortisation of intangible assets (see below); in 2021, Lyxor integration costs in Q4 (€12 million after tax and €16 million before tax) and the impact of Affrancamento (1) (€114 million net of taxes); in 2022, Lyxor integration costs (€46 million after tax and €62 million before tax).
To present an income statement that is closer to the economic reality, the following adjustments have been made: restatement
A record level of performance fees was posted in 2021 (€427 million). This amount is significantly higher than the average recorded between 2017 and 2020 (approximately €170 million per year). In order to make a fair comparison
of amortisation of intangible assets recognised as a deduction from net income (distribution agreements with Bawag, UniCredit, Banco Sabadell and, in 2022, intangible assets representing Lyxor client contracts), Lyxor integration costs and the impact of Affrancamento in 2021.
In 2022, €82 million before tax and €59 million after tax; in 2021, €68 million before tax and €49 million after tax.
with the 2022 data, Amundi has recalculated the standardised data to exclude the effect of these exceptional performance fees. See Alternative Performance Measures (APM) table below.
amortisation is €10 million over the full year (i.e. €13 million before tax). This amortisation has been deducted from net income and added to the existing amortisations of distribution agreements.
• €77 million in pre-tax integration costs was recorded, including €16 million before tax recognised in the fourth quarter of 2021 and €62 million in 2022 (see above).
(1) The "Affrancamento" scheme pursuant to the Italian finance law for 2021 (Law no. 178/2020), leading to the recognition of a deferred tax asset on intangible assets (goodwill); item excluded from adjusted net income.
In order to present a performance measure that is closer to economic reality, Amundi publishes adjusted net income, which is reconciled with accounting net income, Group share in the following manner:
| In € millions | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Net revenues (a) | 3,056 | 3,136 |
| + Amortisation of intangible assets before tax | 82 | 68 |
| ADJUSTED NET REVENUES (B) | 3,137 | 3,204 |
| - Exceptional performance fees | 0 | (261) |
| Standardised adjusted net revenue (c) | 3,137 | 2,944 |
| Operating expenses (d) | (1,733) | (1,550) |
| + Pre-tax integration costs | 62 | 16 |
| Adjusted operating expenses (e) | (1,671) | (1,534) |
| - Additional operating expenses in connection with the exceptional level of performance fees | 0 | 44 |
| Standardised adjusted operating expenses (f) | (1,671) | (1,490) |
| GROSS OPERATING INCOME (G) = (A) + (D) | 1,323 | 1,586 |
| Adjusted gross operating income (h) = (b) + (e) | 1,466 | 1,670 |
| Standardised adjusted gross operating income (i) = (c) + (f) | 1,466 | 1,454 |
| Cost-to-income ratio (%) (d)/(a) | 56.7% | 49.4% |
| Adjusted cost-to-income ratio (e)/(b) | 53.3% | 47.9% |
| Standardised adjusted cost-to-income ratio (f)/(c) | 53.3% | 50.6% |
| Cost of risk and other (j) | (8) | (12) |
| Equity-accounted companies (k) | 88 | 84 |
| PRE-TAX INCOME (L) = (G) + (J) + (K) | 1,403 | 1,658 |
| Adjusted pre-tax income (m) = (h) + (j) + (k) | 1,546 | 1,742 |
| Standardised adjusted pre-tax income (n) = (i) + (j) + (k) | 1,546 | 1,526 |
| Income tax (o) | (329) | (292) |
| Adjusted income tax (p) | (368) | (430) |
| Standardised adjusted income tax (q) | (368) | (371) |
| Minority interests (r) | 0 | 3 |
| NET INCOME, GROUP SHARE (S) = (L) + (O) + (R) - (V) | 1,074 | 1,255 |
| Adjusted net income, Group share (t) = (m) + (p) + (r) - (v) | 1,178 | 1,315 |
| Standardised adjusted net income, Group share (u) = (n) + (q) + (r) - (v) | 1,178 | 1,158 |
| Affrancamento impact (v) | 0 | 114 |
| NET INCOME, GROUP SHARE INCLUDING AFFRANCAMENTO (S) + (V) | 1,074 | 1,369 |
The Board of Directors has decided to propose a cash dividend of €4.10 per share to the Annual General Meeting to be held on 12 May 2023, which is the same as the dividend paid in May 2022 for the 2021 financial year.
This dividend represents a pay-out ratio of 75% of net income, Group share (1) (excluding integration costs), and a 6.6% yield based on the share price on 6 February 2023 (€62.45 at market close). Shares shall be designated ex‑dividend on 22 May 2023 and dividend will be paid out as from 24 May 2023.
Since the listing, the TSR (2) (total shareholder return) has been 81% (3), including the dividend, which will be distributed in May 2023 following the vote of the Annual General Meeting.
(3) As at 3 February 2023.
(1) The dividend pay-out ratio is calculated based on the adjusted accounting net income, Group share (€1,074 million in 2022), excluding Lyxor integration costs (-€46 million net in 2022).
(2) The TSR (Total Shareholder Return) includes the total return for a shareholder: increase in the share + dividends paid from 2016 to 2021 + dividend subject to the AGM of May 2022 + preferential subscription rights detached in May 2017.
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| In € millions | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cash, central banks | 503 | 948 | (46.9%) |
| Derivatives | 2,518 | 3,079 | (18.2%) |
| Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss | 12,383 | 11,390 | 8.7% |
| Financial assets at fair value through equity | 840 | 702 | 19.6% |
| Financial assets at amortised cost | 1,197 | 2,000 | (40.1%) |
| Current and deferred tax assets | 347 | 319 | 8.8% |
| Accruals and sundry assets | 2,862 | 2,276 | 25.8% |
| Interests and shares in equity-accounted entities | 443 | 385 | 15.1% |
| Property, plant and equipment | 343 | 397 | (13.7%) |
| Intangible assets | 451 | 519 | (13.0%) |
| Goodwill | 6,731 | 6,704 | 0.4% |
| TOTAL ASSETS | 28,617 | 28,718 | (0.4%) |
| In € millions | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Derivatives | 2,890 | 2,393 | 20.8% |
| Financial liabilities recorded under the fair value option through profit and loss | 10,096 | 9,694 | 4.1% |
| Financial liabilities at amortised cost | 1,427 | 1,814 | (21.3%) |
| Current and deferred tax liabilities | 243 | 344 | (29.5%) |
| Accruals, deferred income and sundry liabilities | 2,484 | 3,316 | (25.1%) |
| Provisions | 93 | 126 | (25.9%) |
| Subordinated debt | 303 | 304 | (0.4%) |
| Equity, Group share | 11,026 | 10,671 | 3.3% |
| • Share capital and reserves | 3,007 | 3,033 | (0.9%) |
| • Consolidated reserves | 6,886 | 6,331 | 8.8% |
| • Unrealised or deferred gains or losses | 59 | (63) | NA |
| • Net income, Group share | 1,074 | 1,369 | (21.6%) |
| Non-controlling interests | 55 | 56 | (1.8%) |
| TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES | 28,617 | 28,718 | (0.4%) |
As at 31 December 2022, the balance sheet total was €28.6 billion, compared with €28.7 billion as at 31 December 2021.
Derivatives reported as assets represented €2,518 million as at 31 December 2022 (compared to €3,079 million as at 31 December 2021).
This amount mainly represents the following items:
Derivatives reported as liabilities represented €2,890 million as at 31 December 2022 (compared to €2,393 million as at 31 December 2021).
These amounts mainly reflect the negative fair value of derivatives contracted as part of the structured funds or EMTN business and relate to the corresponding asset item, as described above.
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss showed balances of €12,383 million as at 31 December 2022, compared to €11,390 million as at 31 December 2021, up by 8.7%. They mostly comprised:
Financial liabilities optionally designated at fair value through profit and loss in the amount of €10,096 million as at 31 December 2022 compared with €9,694 million as at 31 December 2021, a rise of +4.1%, represented the fair value of the structured EMTNs issued by the Group as part of broadening its range of solutions for Retail clients.
Financial assets designated at fair value through equity showed assets of €840 million as at 31 December 2022 compared with €702 million as at 31 December 2021, an increase of +19.6% over the year. This item presents nonconsolidated equity securities optionally recognised at fair value through non-recyclable equity through profit and loss in the amount of €251 million as at 31 December 2022, compared with €169 million as at 31 December 2021, up by +48.3%, as well as government securities (€588 million as at 31 December 2022 compared with €533 million as at 31 December 2021, an increase of +10.5%), held under the EMIR regulation to underwrite derivatives.
Financial assets at amortised cost were made up of loans and receivables from credit institutions and amounted to €1,197 million as at 31 December 2022, compared with €2,000 million as at 31 December 2021, a decrease of 40.1%. As at 31 December 2022, they broke down as €1,031 million of short-term deposits and cash and €166 million of mediumto long-term loans.
Liabilities at amortised cost are made up of debts owed to credit institutions and amounted to €1,427 million as at 31 December 2022, compared with €1,814 million as at 31 December 2021. As at 31 December 2022, amounts due to credit institutions were made up of short-term loans totalling €677 million and medium to long-term loans totalling €750 million with the Crédit Agricole SA Group. This decrease is the result of the amortisation or early repayment of cash reserves built up in the context of the 2020 health crisis.
Subordinated debt, which totalled €303 million as at 31 December 2022, partially comprised subordinated debt subscribed with Crédit Agricole SA as part of the financing of the acquisition of the Pioneer Group subsidiaries (this subordinated debt matures in 2027). In August 2022, a tranche of €100 million was repaid and a new subordinated debt of €100 million was set up with a 10-year term, due to mature in 2032.
Accruals, prepayments and sundry assets amounted to €2,862 million as at 31 December 2022, compared to €2,276 million as at 31 December 2021, up by 25.8%. This item records the collateral paid for Amundi swap intermediation activity for €816 million (compared with €219 million as at 31 December 2021) and other accruals, prepayments and sundry assets for €2,046 million (compared with €2,057 million as at 31 December 2021), particularly management fees outstanding.
Accruals, deferred income and sundry liabilities amounted to €2,484 million as at 31 December 2022 compared with €3,316 million as at 31 December 2021. This item records the collateral received for the intermediation activity for €38 million (compared with €662 million as at 31 December 2021) and other accruals, deferred income and sundry liabilities for €2,447 million (compared with €2,655 million as at 31 December 2021), particularly the refunds to be paid to distributors.
Intangible assets amounted to €451 million as at 31 December 2022, compared to €519 million as at 31 December 2021. This change is mainly due to the amortisation of the value of distribution agreements in the UniCredit, Bawag and Banco Sabadell networks, as well as the value of client contracts recognised as part of the Lyxor acquisition.
Goodwill totalled €6,731.2 million as at 31 December 2022 compared to €6,703.6 million as at 31 December 2021. This change was caused primarily by exchange rate fluctuations during the period under review.
Goodwill includes the following principal items:
Provisions amounted to €93 million as at 31 December 2022 compared with €126 million as at 31 December 2021.
The Group's shareholders' equity, including earnings for the period ended 31 December 2022, was €11,026 million, compared to €10,671 million as at 31 December 2021, up by 3.3%. This positive net change of +€355 million is mainly due to the net effect of the following items:
In summary, the breakdown of the investment portfolio between seed money and voluntary investments by asset class over the last two financial years is as follows:
| Asset classes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31/12/2022 In € millions |
Money market instruments |
Fixed Income* |
Equity and multi-asset |
Other | Total |
| Seed money | 0 | 129 | 155 | 147 | 431 |
| Voluntary and other investments | 390 | 1,478 | 52 | 84 | 2,004 |
| TOTAL | 390 | 1,607 | 207 | 231 | 2,435 |
* Including €586 million of Emir sovereign securities in voluntary investments and €125 million of financial assets at amortised cost.
| 31/12/2021 In € millions |
Asset classes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Money market instruments |
Fixed Income* |
Equity and multi-asset |
Other | Total | |
| Seed money | 1 | 62 | 105 | 108 | 276 |
| Voluntary and other investments | 378 | 2,160 | 55 | 71 | 2,664 |
| TOTAL | 379 | 2,222 | 160 | 179 | 2,940 |
* Including €530 million of Emir sovereign securities in voluntary investments and €125 million of financial assets at amortised cost.
The Group's most material off-balance sheet commitments are:
| In € millions | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Structured funds | 4,712 | 5,288 |
| Constant proportion portfolio insurance (CPPI) funds | 4,398 | 5,866 |
| Italian pension funds | 2,679 | 2,888 |
| Other guarantees | 1,125 | 4,218 |
| TOTAL OFF-BALANCE SHEET COMMITMENTS | 12,914 | 18,260 |
Structured funds are intended to deliver a predefined return based on a specified structure.
CPPI funds are intended to provide partial exposure to the returns of risky assets while offering a guarantee of total or partial capital protection.
The only commitment received was the financing guarantee received under the syndicated multi-currency revolving loan agreement for €1,750 million renewed on 28 July 2022 with an international syndicate of lenders.
• change in "gains and losses recognised directly in equity" at +€122 million.
Non-controlling interests came to €55 million as at 31 December 2022 and corresponded to the share held by BOC Wealth Management in the equity of Amundi BOC Wealth Management.

The financial structure remained solid at the end of 2022: tangible equity(1) amounted to €3.9 billion, compared to €3.5 billion at the end of 2021, and at 19.1% the CET1 ratio was well above regulatory requirements.
Amundi's balance sheet total amounted to €28.6 billion as at 31 December 2022.
In order to analyse the Group's financial position from an economic standpoint, Amundi also presents a condensed statement of financial position aggregating certain items to show the effects of offsetting between certain lines.
As a reminder, in May 2022, rating agency Fitch reiterated Amundi's A+ rating with a stable outlook, the best in the sector.
This economic presentation of the balance sheet points to a total of €15.2 billion after offsetting and aggregation:
| In € millions | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Property, plant and equipment | 343 | 397 |
| Investments in equity-accounted entities | 443 | 385 |
| Investment portfolio (incl. Emir sovereign bonds) and non-consolidated equity interests | 2,796 | 3,221 |
| • investments | 2,436 | 2,940 |
| • non-consolidated equity securities | 360 | 281 |
| Central banks | 503 | 948 |
| Net cash collateral | 779 | |
| Short-term net cash | 133 | 1,304 |
| Assets representing structured EMTNs | 10,178 | 9,682 |
| TOTAL ECONOMIC ASSETS | 15,175 | 15,937 |
| In € millions | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Equity net of goodwill and intangible assets | 3,898 | 3,505 |
| Provisions | 93 | 126 |
| Subordinated debt | 303 | 304 |
| Long-term senior debts | 750 | 1,519 |
| Cash collateral | - | 443 |
| Structured EMTN issues | 10,097 | 9,694 |
| Accruals & net sundry liabilities | 34 | 347 |
| TOTAL ECONOMIC EQUITY AND LIABILITIES | 15,175 | 15,937 |
(1) Equity excluding goodwill and intangible fixed assets.
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The solvency ratios as at 31 December 2022 include a proposed dividend equal to the dividend paid in respect of the 2021 result: €4.10 per share, representing 75% of 2022 net income, Group share (excluding integration costs). This dividend will be submitted to the Annual General Meeting on 12 May 2023 for approval.
As at 31 December 2022, Amundi's CET1 solvency ratio was 19.1%, compared to 16.1% at the end of December 2021, an increase of 300 bps due primarily to the effect of retained earnings (+ 190 bps) and the reduction of risk-weighted assets in the guaranteed funds business.
With a CET1 ratio of 19.1% and 20.9% in total capital (including subordinated Tier 2 debt), Amundi is well above the regulatory requirements.
| In € millions | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Core Equity Tier 1 (CET1) | 2,623 | 2,261 |
| Tier 1 capital (CET1 + AT1) | 2,623 | 2,261 |
| Tier 2 capital | 246 | 285 |
| TOTAL REGULATORY CAPITAL | 2,869 | 2,546 |
| TOTAL RISK-WEIGHTED ASSETS | 13,712 | 14,039 |
| of which, Credit risk (excl. threshold allowances and CVA) | 5,064 | 5,876 |
| of which, effect of threshold allowances | 1,285 | 1,112 |
| of which, Credit value adjustment (CVA) effect | 404 | 514 |
| of which, Operational risk and Market risk | 6,959 | 6,537 |
| OVERALL SOLVENCY RATIO | 20.9% | 18.1% |
| SOLVENCY RATIO CET1 | 19.1% | 16.1% |
As at 31 December 2022, Amundi's financial position is that of a net lender of €1,744 million (compared to €2,001 million as at 31 December 2021), as indicated in the table below:
| In € millions | 31/12/2022 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| a. Net cash | 1,290 | ||
| b. Voluntary investments (excl. seed money) in money market funds and short-term bank deposits | 611 | ||
| c. Voluntary investments (excl. seed money) in fixed-income funds | 766 | ||
| d. Liquidity (a + b + c) | 2,667 | ||
| e. Position net of margin calls on derivatives (1) | (779) | ||
| of which, in balance sheet assets | 816 | ||
| of which, in balance sheet liabilities | 38 | ||
| f. Short-term debts to credit institutions | 651 | ||
| g. Current portion (< 1 year) of medium and long-term amounts due to credit institutions | 0 | ||
| h. Current financial amounts due to credit institutions (f + g) | 651 | ||
| i. Long-term portion (> 1 year) of medium and long-term debts to credit institutions | 1,050 | ||
| j. Non-current financial debts to credit institutions | 1,050 | ||
| k. Net financial debt (economic perspective) (h + j + e - d) (1) | |||
(1) The main variation factor in the Group's cash position came from margin calls on collateralised derivatives. This amount varies depending on the market value of the underlying derivatives.
(a) Net cash means asset and liability balances of current accounts with credit institutions, as well as cash and central bank accounts.
(h) and (i) Liabilities to credit institutions carry no guarantees or surety.
Furthermore, on 28 July 2022, the Amundi Group renewed the syndicated multi-currency revolving credit agreement of €1,750 million with an international syndicate of lenders for an initial term of five years from the signature date, with the option of a two-year extension. The purpose of this agreement is to increase the Group's liquidity profile in all currencies it covers. It includes a mechanism for indexing to ESG criteria, particularly related to sustainable development.
Amundi's Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) was 525% on a 12 month average in 2022, compared to 207% for 2021. The aim of the LCR is to strengthen the short-term resilience of credit institutions' liquidity risk profiles by ensuring they have enough unencumbered high-quality liquid assets (HQLA) that can be easily and immediately converted into cash on private markets in the event of a hypothetical 30-calendar day liquidity squeeze. Credit institutions have been subject to limits on this ratio since 1 October 2015, with a minimum ratio of 100% as from 2018.

The NSFR (Net Stable Funding Ratio) is a stock ratio (whereas the LCR is a cash flow ratio) that compares assets that have an actual or potential maturity greater than one year with liabilities that have an actual or potential maturity greater than one year. The definition of the NSFR allocates a weighting to each element of the balance sheet (and to certain off-balance sheet items) that reflects their potential to have a maturity greater than one year.
The Amundi Group is subject to European regulations on this matter (Regulation 575/2013 as amended by Regulation 2019/876 of 20 May 2019). As such, Amundi must maintain an NSFR ratio of at least 100% from 28 June 2021. Over the first three quarters of 2022, the average NSFR was 110%.
Strong growth (+7.9% per year on average) of net accounting earnings per share since the IPO (1) (in € per share)

(in € billions)

(in € per share)

(as at 31 December 2022)

(1) Net income/Average number of shares for the financial year.
(2) In accordance with the recommendations of the European Central Bank, Amundi did not pay a dividend in May 2020 for the 2019 financial year. In February 2021, Amundi announced the reinstatement of its ordinary dividend policy.
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| ISIN Code | FR0004125920 |
|---|---|
| Ticker (Reuters, Bloomberg): | AMUN.PA, AMUN.FP |
| Flotation price on 11 November 2015 | €45.00 |
| Price at end-December 2022 | €53.00 |
| Highest price of 2022 (at closing) | €74.15 |
| Lowest price of 2022 (at closing) | €41.06 |
| Average daily volumes in 2022 (in number of shares) | 193,000 |
| Market capitalisation as at 31 December 2022 | €10.8 billion |

Source: Refinitiv (ex-Reuters).
2022 was a tough year for the market as a whole, against a backdrop of inflation, a rise in central banks' interest rates and fears of recession. Europe was also hit by an energy crisis triggered by the war in Ukraine. This resulted in a fall of 9.5% in the French CAC 40 index over the year as a whole, while the financial sector suffered even more, with the STOXX Europe 600 Financial Services index dropping 25.2%.
Amundi stock ended the year at €53, down by 26.9% compared with the end of 2021. Like the sector as a whole, the stock suffered from weak economic conditions and an aversion to risky assets such as equities. However, it went through two distinct phrases during the year: a fall from January to early October, followed by a rally for the rest of the year in the wake of a slowdown in interest rate rises and fears of a potential recession easing.
On 30 December 2022, the last trading session of the year, Amundi's market capitalisation was €10.8 billion. Amundi still leads the way among listed asset managers in Europe in terms of market capitalisation.
(1) As at 30 December 2022.

Source: Refinitiv (ex-Reuters) Volumes on Euronext Paris.
The volumes traded daily on Euronext (approximately 44.8% of the total) represented an average of 193,216 shares per day in 2022, an increase of 38% compared to the previous year.
The security became part of the French SBF 120 index on 18 March 2016. In November 2017, the share also joined the MSCI index family, thanks to the improved liquidity resulting from the capital increase of April 2017.
Amundi is also a member of the ESG investment indices FTSE4Good and Euronext Vigeo Eiris, which reflects its good CSR (1) profile (see Chapter 3 of this Universal Registration Document).
At the end of 2022, the security was ranked 63rd in the SBF 120, i.e. in the "buffer zone" for inclusion in the Next 20 and thus the CAC Large.
In addition to the required regulated financial disclosures, Amundi has, since its listing, implemented a disclosure and communication policy with the financial community that is aimed at maintaining a relationship based on trust:
(1) CSR: Corporate Social Responsibility.
(2) Data as at 31 December 2022.
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Amundi's objective is to distribute an annual dividend to its shareholders representing approximately 65% of its consolidated net income, Group share (excluding integration costs relating to acquisitions) (1) and exceptional items not related to cash flow (e.g. Affrancamento impact in 2021).
The Board of Directors has decided to propose a cash dividend of €4.10 per share to the Annual General Meeting to be held on 12 May 2023, a stable level compared to the dividend per share for the 2021 financial year.
Since listing, the TSR (2) (Total Shareholder Return) has been 81%.
Since its IPO, Amundi has distributed the following dividends (in cash):
| For FY 2022 (1) |
For FY 2021 |
For FY 2020 |
For FY 2019 (2) |
For FY 2018 |
For FY 2017 |
For FY 2016 |
For FY 2015 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net dividend per share (in €) |
4.10 | 4.10 | 2.90 | / | 2.90 | 2.50 | 2.20 | 2.05 |
| Total dividend (in € millions) |
836 | 832 | 587 | / | 583 | 504 | 443 | 343 |
| Dividend payout ratio (in %) |
74.7% | 65.6% | 64.6% | / | 65.3% | 65.5% | 65.0% | 65.0% |
(1) Dividend to be proposed to the AGM of 12 May 2023.
(2) In accordance with the recommendations published by the European Central Bank, Amundi's Board of Directors decided on 1 April 2020 not to propose a dividend payout for 2019.
| 2023 Calendar | |
|---|---|
| • Publication of Q1 2023 results: | 28/04/2023 |
| • AGM for financial year 2022: | 12/05/2023 |
| • Dividend: | |
| • Detachment of dividend: | 22/05/2023 |
| • Payment: | from 24 May 2023 |
| • Publication of H1 2023 results: | 28/07/2023 |
| • Publication of 9M 2023 results: | 27/10/2023 |
• Investor Relations and Financial Communication Department: Cyril Meilland, CFA ([email protected])
• Website: le-groupe.amundi.com
(1) Costs related to the integration of Pioneer in 2017 and 2018, costs related to the integration of Lyxor at the end of 2021.
(2) The TSR (Total Shareholder Return) includes the total return for a shareholder: increase in the share + dividends paid from 2016 to 2021 + dividend subject to the AGM of May 2023 + preferential subscription rights detached in May 2017. Data with closing price at 3 February 2023.
At 31 December 2022, the Crédit Agricole Group held 69.2% of the share capital, employees held 1.1% (up based on the capital increase reserved for employees in July 2022), the free float represented 29.0% and treasury shares 0.7% (resulting both from the share buyback programme launched in 2022 to cover the commitments made to employees under the performance share plans, and from the current liquidity contract). No shareholder has double voting rights.
The free float mainly consists of institutional investors whose geographical breakdown is the following: English-speaking countries represent 53%, French shareholders 21% and the remainder are found in continental Europe (20%) and Asia (6%).

| 31/12/2020 | 31/12/2021 | 31/12/2022 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of shares |
% of share capital |
Number of shares |
% of share capital |
Number of shares |
% of share capital |
||
| Crédit Agricole Group | 141,057,399 | 69.7% | 141,057,399 | 69.5% | 141,057,399 | 69.2% | |
| Employees | 1,234,601 | 0.6% | 1,527,064 | 0.8% | 2,279,907 | 1.1% | |
| Treasury shares | 685,055 | 0.3% | 255,745 | 0.1% | 1,343,479 | 0.7% | |
| Free float | 59,608,898 | 29.4% | 60,234,443 | 29.7% | 59,179,346 | 29.0% | |
| NUMBER OF SHARES AT END OF PERIOD |
202,585,953 | 100.0% | 203,074,651 | 100.0% | 203,860,131 | 100.0% |
| Amount | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date and nature of the transaction | of share capital (in €) |
Number of shares (in units) |
| Share capital at 31 December 2015 | 418,113,092.5 | 167,245,237 |
| Share capital increase related to the transfer of Crédit Agricole Immobilier business | 1,700,580 | 680,232 |
| Share capital at 31 December 2016 | 419,813,672.5 | 167,925,469 |
| Capital increase associated with the Pioneer acquisition | 83,962,732.5 | 33,585,093 |
| Share capital at 31 December 2017 | 503,776,405 | 201,510,562 |
| Share capital increase reserved for employees | 484,480 | 193,792 |
| Share capital at 31 December 2018 | 504,260,885 | 201,704,354 |
| Share capital increase reserved for employees | 1,147,377.5 | 458,951 |
| Share capital at 31 December 2019 | 505,408,262.5 | 202,163,305 |
| Share capital increase reserved for employees | 1,056,620 | 422,648 |
| Share capital at 31 December 2020 | 506,464,882.5 | 202,585,953 |
| Share capital increase reserved for employees | 1,221,745 | 488,698 |
| Share capital at 31 December 2021 | 507,686,627.5 | 203,074,651 |
| Share capital increase reserved for employees | 1,963,700.0 | 785,480 |
| SHARE CAPITAL AT 31 DECEMBER 2022 | 509,650,327.5 | 203,860,131 |
Amundi's share capital as at 31 December 2022 thus amounted to €509,650,327.5 divided into 203,860,131 shares with a par value of €2.50 each, fully subscribed and paid up, and all of the same class:
Table summarising the currently valid delegations granted to the Board of Directors by the AGM, and their use during 2022.
| Type of authorisation |
Purpose of authorisation | Validity of authorisation | Upper limits | Use during 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purchases of shares/ buybacks |
Purchase or arrange for the purchase of the Company's shares |
AGM of 18/05/2022 20th resolution For a period of: 18 months Entry into force: 18/05/2022 Expiry date: 17/11/2023 |
Upper limits of purchases/buybacks: 10% of the shares comprising the share capital Maximum purchase price: €120 Maximum aggregate amount allocated to the buyback programme: €1bn |
see section outlined below |
| Capital increase |
Increase the share capital through the issuance of shares and/or securities giving immediate or future access to share capital, with preferential subscription rights |
AGM of 10/05/2021 23rd resolution For a period of: 26 months Entry into force: 10/05/2021 Expiry date: 09/07/2023 |
Nominal upper limit for capital increases: 10% of the existing share capital on the date of the AGM of 10/05/2021 Nominal upper limit for the issuance of debt securities: €3.5 billion |
None |
| Issuance of shares and/or securities giving immediate or future access to shares to be issued by the Company in consideration for contributions in kind consisting of shares or securities giving access to share capital |
AGM of 10/05/2021 24th resolution For a period of: 26 months Entry into force: 10/05/2021 Expiry date: 09/07/2023 |
Nominal upper limit for capital increases: 10% of the existing share capital on the date of the AGM of 10/05/2021 (1) Upper limit on the number of shares and securities giving access to share capital to be issued: 10% of the share capital Nominal upper limit for the issuance of debt securities: €1.5bn |
None | |
| Operations in favour of employees, personnel and/or Company officers |
Conduct capital increases through the issue of shares and/or transferable securities giving immediate or future access to share capital for participants in Company savings plans without preferential shareholder subscription rights |
AGM of 10/05/2021 25th resolution For a period of: 26 months Entry into force: 10/05/2021 Expiry date: 09/07/2023 |
Nominal total upper limit for capital increases: 1% of the share capital as at the date of the Board of Directors' decision (1) |
Use by the Board of Directors during its meeting of 8 February 2022 (785,480 shares issued) |
| Grant performance shares (outstanding or to be issued) to some or all Group employees and corporate officers |
AGM of 10/05/2021 26th resolution For a period of: 38 months Entry into force: 10/05/2021 Expiry date: 09/07/2024 |
Total upper limit on the number of performance shares, existing or to be issued, granted: 2% of the share capital as at the date of the Board of Directors' decision (1) Total upper limit on the number of performance shares, existing or to be issued, granted to senior executives and company officers: 10% of the performance shares granted during said financial year pursuant to this authorisation |
Use by the Board of Directors during its meeting of 28 April 2022 (473,430 shares granted, including 465,270 to employees and 8,160 to senior executives under the CRDV) |
|
| Cancellation of shares |
Decrease the share capital through the cancellation of treasury shares |
AGM of 10/05/2021 27th resolution For a period of: 26 months Entry into force: 10/05/2021 Expiry date: 09/07/2023 |
Upper limit on total number of shares to be cancelled: 10% of the share capital per 24-month period |
None |
(1) The maximum aggregate nominal amount of capital increases that may be carried out pursuant to this delegation is deducted from the overall limit on capital increases provided for in paragraph 2 of the 23rd resolution of the AGM of 18 May 2022 (set at 10% of the existing share capital on the date of the AGM of 18 May 2022).
The 20th resolution approved at the Amundi Ordinary General Meeting on 18 May 2022 authorised the Board of Directors to perform transactions on Amundi shares in accordance with the provisions of the AMF's General Regulation and with Articles L. 22-10-62 et seq. of the French Commercial Code.
The principal components of this resolution, which is still in force, are as follows:
These shares may be acquired at any time within the limits permitted by legal and regulatory provisions in effect, including during takeover bids or public exchange offers initiated by the Company, except during public exchange offers for the shares of the Company, particularly in view of the following allocations:
• the allocation or sale of shares to employees as part of a profit sharing agreement or the implementation of any Company or Group savings schemes (or a similar scheme) under the terms and conditions provided by law, particularly Articles L. 3332-1 et seq. of the French Labour Code;
The goal of this programme is also to facilitate the implementation of any market practice that may be permitted in the future by the AMF, and more generally, the completion of any other transactions that are compliant with regulations in effect. Under such a scenario, the Company will inform its shareholders through a press release.
The Amundi AGM to be held on 12 May 2023 will be asked to approve the renewal of the authorisation granted to the Board of Directors to perform transactions on Amundi shares, which will enable the continued operation of the share buyback programme currently in progress, as described below.
The Board of Directors informs the AGM of the following activities undertaken in accordance with the buyback programme for the period 1 January to 31 December 2022.
During the 2022 financial year, transactions completed under the buyback programme had two distinct objectives:
The purchases were completed in accordance with the authorisation granted to the Board of Directors by Amundi's Ordinary General Meeting of 18 May 2022 (20th resolution).
Once authorisation was granted by the ECB, Amundi launched a share buyback programme via a mandate granted to an Investment Services Provider (Kepler Cheuvreux) to cover the performance share plans established for key Group managers. This programme was implemented from 1 August 2022 to 27 September 2022. The number of shares bought back was 1 million, representing 0.49% of the share capital (a total amount of €50,800,630 based on an average price of €50.8006). The relevant Amundi shares are those listed for trading on the Euronext Paris regulated market, under ISIN code FR0004125920.
| Treasury shares held in connection with: |
||
|---|---|---|
| Liquidity contract |
LTI hedging | Total |
| 65,973 | 189,772 | 255,745 |
| 0.13% | ||
| 1,436,040 | 1,000,000 | 2,436,040 |
| €56.02 | €50.80 | €53.88 |
| €80,450,304 | €50,800,630 | €131,250,934 |
| €0 | ||
| -1,348,306 | ||
| €55.64 | ||
| €-75,019,746 | ||
| 87,734 | 87,734 | |
| 153,707 | 1,189,772 | 1,343,479 |
| 0.66% | ||
| €8,146,471 | €50,800,630 | €58,947,101 |
| €53.00 | ||
(1) Shares purchased and sold under a liquidity contract in 2022.
(2) Shares acquired under the liquidity contract are recognised as trading securities and valued at market value at each reporting date (€8,146,471 as at 31 December 2022). Shares held under the share buyback programme are valued at their cost of purchase (€50,800,630 as at 31/12/2022).
During the AGM to be held on 12 May 2023, shareholders will be asked to renew for a period of 18 months the share buyback authorisation granted to the Board of Directors. Pursuant to the provisions of Article 241-2 of the AMF General Regulation, the description of this share buyback programme can be found below.
At 31 December 2022, the number of shares directly held by Amundi was 1,343,479, i.e. 0.66% of the share capital.
At 31 December 2022, the shares held by Amundi could be broken down as follows:
Under the share buyback programme that will be submitted to the combined AGM of 12 May 2023, the shares may be acquired at any time within the limits permitted by legal or regulatory provisions in force, including during takeover bids or public exchange offers initiated by the Company (except during a public offer targeting the securities of the Company), particularly in view of the following allocations:
The goal of this programme is also to facilitate the implementation of any market practice that may be permitted in the future by the AMF, and more generally, the completion of any other transactions that are compliant with regulations in effect. Under such a scenario, the Company will inform its shareholders through a press release.
Purchases of Company shares may involve a number of shares such that, as of the date of each buyback, the total number of shares purchased by the Company since the start of the buyback programme (including those involved in said buyback) does not exceed 10% of the shares making up the share capital of the Company on that date (taking into account transactions impacting this number after the AGM of 12 May 2023), i.e. for information purposes, as at 31 December 2022, an upper limit for buybacks of 20,386,013 shares. It is moreover specified that (i) the number of shares acquired in view of their retention and
The maximum purchase price of the shares under the buyback programme will be €120 per share (or the exchange value of this amount on the same date in any other currency). It is proposed that the AGM delegates to the Board of Directors, in the event of a change in the par value of the share, a capital increase via the capitalisation of reserves, the allocation of performance shares, the split or
The share buyback programme may be implemented for a period of 18 months from the date of the AGM of 12 May 2023.
subsequent assignment under the terms of a merger, demerger or contribution may not exceed 5% of the Company's share capital; and (ii) when the shares are bought back to promote liquidity under the conditions defined by the AMF General Regulation, the number of shares taken into account to calculate the 10% limit stipulated above is the number of shares purchased, minus the number of shares resold during the validity of the authorisation.
The overall amount allocated to the share buyback programme cannot exceed €1 billion. The securities that Amundi intends to acquire are exclusively shares.
reverse split of securities, the distribution of reserves or any other assets, the redemption of share capital, or any other transaction involving the share capital or equity, the power to adjust the aforementioned maximum purchase price to take into account the impact of these transactions on the value of the share.
The authorisation presented to shareholders during this AGM will supersede, effective 12 May 2023, any prior delegation, up to its unused portion where applicable, granted to the Board of Directors to transact on the Company's shares.
The main transactions entered into with related parties are described in note 9.2.3 "Related parties" to the condensed consolidated financial statements as at 31 December 2022.
Furthermore, in accordance with Article L. 225-37-4, 2 of the French Commercial Code, the Corporate Governance report (which will be included in Chapter 2 of the 2022 Universal Registration Document) mentions one agreement covered by the provisions of Article L. 225-38 signed in 2022 and submitted to the Annual General Meeting for approval.
The statutory Auditors' Special Report dated 31 March 2023, as incorporated in the 2022 Universal Registration Document in Chapter 8, "Special report by the statutory auditors on regulated agreements", informs you of the signing of this agreement covered by Article L. 225-38 of the French Commercial Code, describes its essential features and terms, and also recalls the presence of two agreements previously approved in previous financial years, the execution of which continued during the financial year 2022.
In accordance with Article L. 225-100-1, paragraphs 3 and 4, of the French Commercial Code, a description of the main risks and uncertainties facing the Company is presented in Chapter 5 of this 2022 Universal Registration Document.
Furthermore, information on financial risks arising from climate change and a presentation of the measures the Company is taking (CSR issues, Corporate Social Responsibility) to mitigate these by applying a low-carbon strategy are set out in Chapter 3 of this 2022 Universal Registration Document.
As its primary function is asset management, essentially managing assets on behalf of third parties, Amundi is not directly exposed to the risks associated with climate change.
The main features of the internal control and risk management procedures put in place by the Company relating to the preparation and processing of accounting and financial information are presented in Chapter 5 of this 2022 Universal Registration Document.
None.
In 2022, net banking income for Amundi (parent company) was €968 million compared with €955 million in 2021, an increase of €13 million.
It is mainly composed of:
General operating expenses amounted to €68 million in 2022.
In view of these items, gross operating income was €900 million in 2022, down by €14 million compared with 2021. This is explained by rebilled expenses for the largest subsidiaries amounting to €27 million, a decrease of €34 million in dividends on equity securities, a €32 million increase in the market value of the investment portfolio and an improvement of +€16 million in the interest margin.
Pre-tax income on ordinary activities was €900 million.
As part of its tax consolidation agreement, Amundi recorded a net income tax charge of €31 million.
In total, Amundi's net income for the period was a profit of €931 million in 2022, compared with a profit of €920 million in 2021.
| Type of indicator | 31/12/2018 | 31/12/2019 | 31/12/2020 | 31/12/2021 | 31/12/2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share capital at the end of the financial year (in €) | 504,260,885 | 505,408,263 | 506,464,883 | 507,686,628 | 509,650,328 |
| Shares issued | 201,704,354 | 202,163,305 | 202,585,953 | 203,074,651 | 203,860,131 |
| TRANSACTIONS AND INCOME IN THE FINANCIAL YEAR (in € thousand) |
|||||
| Net revenues | 481,789 | 621,783 | 348,261 | 955,084 | 967,622 |
| Income before tax, depreciation, amortisation and provisions |
459,973 | 570,764 | 306,678 | 914,916 | 899,738 |
| Income tax charge | 27,783 | (3,380) | 17,298 | 5,543 | 30,640 |
| Earnings after tax, depreciation, amortisation and provisions |
487,745 | 567,445 | 323,976 | 920,451 | 930,353 |
| Amount of profit distributed | 579,365 | 587,499 | 832,606 | 835,827 | |
| PER SHARE DATA (in €) | |||||
| Income after tax, but before depreciation, amortisation and provisions |
2.42 | 2.81 | 1.60 | 4.53 | 4.56 |
| Earnings after tax, depreciation, amortisation and provisions |
2.42 | 2.81 | 1.60 | 4.53 | 4.56 |
| Dividend per share | 2.90 | (1) | 2.90 | 4.10 | 4.10 |
| EMPLOYEES | |||||
| Average headcount | 12 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 11 |
| Payroll during the year (in € thousand) | 3,390 | 1,751 | 2,946 | 4,495 | 5,408 |
| Employee benefits and social contributions paid during the financial year (social charges and taxes) (in € thousand) |
1,445 | 451 | 566 | 1,704 | 1,628 |
(1) In accordance with the recommendations published by the European Central Bank, Amundi announced on 1 April 2020 its decision not to submit the dividend payout for the 2019 financial year to its Annual General Meeting of 12 May 2020.
Past due invoices received or issued and due but unpaid as of the reporting date (Table pursuant to I in Article D. 441-6).
| Article D. 441 I.-1: Invoices received and due but unpaid as of the reporting date |
Article D. 441 I.-2: Invoices issued and due but unpaid as of the reporting date |
|||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in € thousands) | 0 days | 1 to 30 days |
31 to 60 days |
61 to 90 days |
91 days and over |
Total (1 day and over) 0 days |
1 to 30 days |
31 to 60 days |
61 to 90 days |
91 days and over |
Total (1 day and over) |
|
| (A) LATE PAYMENT TRANCHES | ||||||||||||
| Number of invoices | 6 | 3 | 30 | 39 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||||
| Total amount of the invoices concerned excluding or including taxes or VAT |
127 | 112 | 29 | 269 | (397) | 389 | (8) | |||||
| Percentage of total purchases for the financial year |
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.3% | ||||||||
| Percentage of revenue for the financial year |
(0.3%) | 0.3% | 0.0% | |||||||||
| (B) INVOICES EXCLUDED FROM A RELATING TO DISPUTED OR UNRECOGNISED AMOUNTS DUE AND RECEIVABLES | ||||||||||||
| Number of excluded invoices |
0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Amount of excluded invoices |
||||||||||||
| (C) BENCHMARK PAYMENT PERIODS USED | ||||||||||||
| Payment periods used to calculate late payment |
> 30 days | > 30 days |
This information does not include banking transactions and related transactions which are outside the scope of the information to be produced.
| 5.1 | RISK CULTURE (AUDITED) | 236 |
|---|---|---|
| 5.2 | RISK FACTORS (AUDITED) | 236 |
| 5.2.1 | Risk associated with the asset management activity |
237 |
| 5.2.2 | Financial risk | 241 |
| 5.3 | RISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | 245 |
| 5.3.1 | Internal control and risk management system |
245 |
| 5.3.2 | Governance (audited) | 247 |
| 5.3.3 | Organisation of control functions and systems |
249 |
| 5.3.4 | Brief statement concerning risk | 255 |
| 5.4 | SOLVENCY AND CAPITAL ADEQUACY |
257 |
| 5.4.1 | Solvency ratio | 257 |
| 5.4.2 | Leverage ratio | 258 |
| 5.4.3 | Economic capital management | 259 |
| 5.5 | KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS/ RISK PROFILE |
259 |
Asset management is primarily a risk management activity. Consequently, risk culture is essential to all of the Company's business units. Amundi constantly ensures that its organisation and its processes enable it to identify risks correctly and contain them at each stage of its products' lives. This approach is characterised by the sharing of experiences and best practices in terms of understanding and managing risk, facilitated by:
Maintaining a risk culture also involves educating clients about the risks to which their assets are exposed. Amundi puts out a variety of publications for its clients which describe those risks and how they are affected by economic conditions, along with the solutions put in place by the management teams to deal with them advantageously.
In accordance with regulation (EU) 2017/1129, this section sets out the main risk factors to which Amundi is exposed. The table below provides a summary of these main risk factors, classified in decreasing order of critical importance within the different risk categories, taking into account the internal control system in place within Amundi.
It should be noted that the events occurring in Ukraine since February 2022 constitute a major crisis, with an unknown scale and duration. This crisis has created economic woes, resulting in accelerating inflation driven by rises in the prices of commodities and energy in particular, which has led to a significant correction of the financial markets and increased volatility. For Amundi, the main impact stems from the sensitivity of the assets under management to this correction (such as equities and interest rates), with the resulting effects on their valuation. This risk is outlined in section 5.2.1.2 (Business activity risks, and, in particular, in paragraph I. Business risks). In addition, operational risks, as set out in section 5.2.1.1 (Operational risks, and, in particular, in paragraph III. Non-compliance, tax, regulatory and legal risk risks), are potentially increased by a situation whereby European and international decisions, and more specifically, international sanctions programmes, come one after another, meaning that measures being taken need to be adapted on a daily basis.
| Risk associated with the asset management activity | Financial risk | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operational risk | Activity risk | Credit risk | Market risk | ||
| I. Promises made to clients 1 |
I. Business risk 54 |
I. Default 7 |
I. Price fluctuations in the | ||
| II. Process failure, human error 21 |
II. Non-financial risk 65 |
II. Counterparty to market | investment portfolio 1110 |
||
| III. Non-compliance, tax, regulatory | transactions 87 |
II. Foreign exchange 1211 |
|||
| and legal risk 32 |
III. Equity investment 98 |
III. Real estate 1312 |
|||
| IV. Business interruption 43 |
IV. Concentration 9 10 |
(1) The information identified by Audited is information that is an integral part of the notes to the consolidated financial statements as part of the disclosures required by IFRS 7 and is covered by the auditors' report on the consolidated financial statements. (2) Except breakdowns by geographical area and sector.
The chart below provides a summary of these main risk factors. The significance of these risk factors is based on the amount of economic capital they represent.

The operational risks Amundi faces include primarily the risk of losses incurred as a result of the inadequacy or failure of processes, systems or persons responsible for processing transactions, as well as from external events, whether deliberate, accidental or natural (floods, fire, earthquakes, terrorist attacks etc.). Amundi's operational risks also include legal risk in connection with Amundi's exposure to civil, administrative or criminal proceedings, non-compliance risk in connection with failure to comply with the regulatory and legal provisions or with the ethical standards that govern its activities, and reputational risk that may arise as a result of this.
As of 31 December 2022, the RWA (Risk-Weighted Assets) for the operational risk was €5.6 billion out of a total of €13.7 billion in risk-weighted assets.
| Risk | Potential consequences |
|---|---|
| I. Promises made to clients | |
| • Non-compliance with investment rules. • Failure to align management with (implicit or explicit) promises made to clients. • Decrease in fund liquidity. |
• Client compensation. • Penalty applied by the regulator. • Ad hoc support measures. |
| II. Risk of process failure, human error | |
| • Incident resulting from the failure of an operational process. • Human error. |
• Client compensation. • Penalty applied by the regulator. |
| III. Non-compliance, tax, regulatory and legal risk | |
| Amundi's primary business is asset management and, consequently, it is governed by the various regulatory frameworks associated with this activity. Amundi SA (the parent company of the Amundi Group) is also classified as a credit institution and is therefore also subject to monitoring by the banking supervisory authorities. As a consequence, Amundi is exposed to: • developments and increases in regulatory requirements; • regulatory reforms that could have an impact on Amundi's clients (banks, insurance companies or pension funds), encouraging them to review their investment strategies; • non-compliance with applicable laws or regulations, or any change in the interpretation or implementation of these. |
• Complying with these requirements is costly and may impact Amundi's growth. • Regulatory reforms could have an impact on Amundi's clients and encourage them to review their investment strategies to the detriment of Amundi and/or reduce client interest in Amundi products, leading to an adverse impact on assets under management and its earnings. • Non-compliance with laws and regulations may result in sanctions, bans on certain business activities, a loss of clients or other penalties that could have an adverse effect on Amundi's reputation and its earnings, as applicable. |
| IV. Risk of business interruption | |
| • Unavailability of information systems (loss of hardware, viral attack, crashing of a database etc.). • Unavailability of the working environment (inaccessibility of the site, failure of technical equipment). • Unavailability of personnel (public transport strike, epidemic, flood etc.). |
• Non-availability of IT systems (cyber-attack or other) preventing the completion of market transactions. • Potential losses from breaches. |
The risk associated with managing assets for a third party arises from a failure to align management practices with (implicit or explicit) promises made to clients.
The vast majority of risks related to investments made on behalf of third parties are borne by the clients. As such, the main risk is the liquidity risk in relation to the liabilities of open-ended funds.
Failure to comply with the investment rules could result in:
As of 31 December 2022, the risks relating to non-compliance with investment rules and from failure to align management practices with (implicit or explicit) promises made to clients accounted for 30% of RWA (Risk-Weighted Assets) in respect of operational risk.
Amundi's communication and information systems, as well as those of its clients, service providers and counterparties, may be subject to operational failure. It is also impossible to totally exclude the risk of someone making an unintentional error while they are performing a task. The consequences of operational failure or human error vary depending on the type of incident, it could be a matter of compensating a client, penalties imposed by the regulator, damage to Amundi's reputation etc.
As of 31 December 2022, the risks relating to failure of an operational process or human error accounted for 51% of RWA in respect of operational risk.
Amundi is an international group operating in numerous countries. Asset management is Amundi's core business activity. The Group primarily operates in Europe with €1,405 billion in assets under management as of 31 December 2022 (€877 billion in France, €194 billion in Italy and €334 billion in the rest of Europe), while Asia and the rest of the world account for €378 billion and €121 billion in assets under management, respectively. As their principal business is asset management, the asset management companies that make up most of the Amundi Group are subject to regulatory and supervisory regimes in each of the countries in which Amundi operates. Equally, certain Amundi entities, as authorised credit institutions or investment companies, are subject to regulation by the banking supervisory authorities. Moreover, as a significant subsidiary of a banking group, the Crédit Agricole Group, Amundi is subject to additional bank regulatory requirements.
These regulations subject Amundi's business activities to a pervasive array of detailed operational requirements. Complying with these requirements is costly and may impact Amundi's growth.
Regulatory reforms could also affect some of Amundi's clients, such as banking, insurance and pension fund clients, which could cause these clients or distributors m to review their investment strategies or allocations to the detriment of Amundi and/or to reduce their interest in Amundi's products. These potential regulatory reforms could therefore have a material adverse effect on Amundi's assets under management, earnings and financial position.
Non-compliance by Amundi with applicable laws or regulations, or any changes in the interpretation or application of these, could result in the imposition of sanctions, temporary or permanent bans on conducting certain business activities, a loss of clients or other penalties that could have an adverse effect on Amundi's reputation and, consequently, a material adverse effect on its business and earnings.
Amundi has structured its commercial and financial activities to comply with the tax regulations that apply to it. Since it is not always possible to draw clear-cut and definitive interpretations of the tax legislation of the various countries in which the Amundi entities are located or operate, the Group cannot guarantee that its tax affairs will not be subject to challenge by the relevant tax authorities. In general, any breach of the tax legislation of a particular country could result in tax adjustments and, if applicable, penalties, fines and interest on arrears.
In addition, the tax legislation of the various countries in which the Amundi entities are located or operate is subject to change (particularly in the event of changes in the position of the tax authorities and/or the interpretation of the law by a court).
These various risk factors may result in an increase in Amundi's tax burden and have a material adverse effect on its business, its earnings and its financial position.
Amundi's infrastructure is crucial to its competitiveness. This infrastructure includes its technological capacity, data centres and work spaces. A significant proportion of Amundi's critical activities are concentrated in a limited number of geographical areas, primarily Paris, but also London, Milan, Dublin, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore and Boston. External events, whether deliberate, accidental or natural, could impact Amundi's ability to operate. Such events could include:
Despite Amundi's efforts to ensure business continuity in the event of such an incident, there could be an adverse impact on its ability to operate, which could lead to a drop in the volume of assets under management or a reduction in its earnings. Such an incident could also impact Amundi's ability to comply with its regulatory obligations, which could affect its reputation, or result in regulatory sanctions or fines. In addition, a breakdown or failure of Amundi's information systems could affect its ability to determine or control the net asset value of the funds it manages, making it vulnerable to complaints from its clients and harming its reputation.
Amundi is exposed to cybercrime targeting its clients, suppliers and partners as well as its own infrastructure and IT data. The interconnection between the various market undertakings and the concentration of these increase the risk of an impact on Amundi in the event of an attack targeting one of the links in this chain, particularly given the complexity of the systems that must be coordinated within tight deadlines.
Activity risk relates to Amundi's strategy, its asset management activities and its competitors.
| Risk | Potential consequences |
|---|---|
| I. Business risk | |
| The main risks affecting asset management activities are: • changes in financial markets; • Amundi's dependence on the distribution networks of the major partner groups, such as Crédit Agricole, Société Générale and Unicredit; • management fee rates; • client demand. |
• Drop in the value of assets resulting in a decrease in overall fees. • Difficulty in achieving outperformance, leading to reduced performance fees. • Risk-averse investors in disrupted markets. • Any restrictions or limitations on certain activities. |
| II. Non-financial risk | |
| • ESG offering that does not comply with investor expectations in terms of merit and commitment. • Poor marketing practices that contravene the obligations to provide accurate and clear information that is not misleading and that enables the proposed ESG approach to be evaluated. • Non-compliance of the portfolio or certain securities held therein with the product's ESG characteristics. |
• Customer disaffection. • Reputational damage. • Penalty applied by the regulator. |
The vast majority of Amundi's revenue came from management fees calculated according to the assets under management. Its earnings are therefore sensitive to factors that impact the performance of its assets:
• The value of financial instruments could be negative (direct impact on the value of assets under management and indirect impact on deposit-taking).
The volume of assets under management largely depends on the value of the assets held in the funds and portfolios managed by Amundi, in particular bonds, equities, money market products, currencies and real assets.
Fluctuations in the financial markets, particularly movements in interest rates, credit spreads, exchange rates and the value of equities may lead to significant variations in the value of the assets managed by Amundi. Adverse movements in the financial markets may also reduce the amount of new investment and result in investors withdrawing assets from the funds and portfolios Amundi manages, further impacting the volume of assets under management and therefore Amundi's revenue.
Amundi focuses on two client segments: individual and institutional investors. The individual investor segment includes the distribution of savings solutions for clients of partner networks in France and abroad and third party distributors.
In France, Amundi is supported by the networks of banks affiliated to the Crédit Agricole and Société Générale groups, with which it has distribution agreements guaranteeing it quasi-exclusivity in the distribution of a significant portion of its products. As of 31 December 2022, the products distributed in France under these distribution agreements amounted to €119 billion in assets under management. If one of these contracts were to terminate and not be renewed, Amundi's assets under management could be significantly (but gradually) reduced.
On the international front, Amundi has a 10-year distribution agreement, in place since 2017, with the UniCredit network in Italy, Germany, Austria and Eastern Europe. In addition, Amundi remains the preferred supplier for the Crédit Agricole and Société Générale networks in Italy (CA Italie), the Czech Republic (Komerční Banka) and Poland (CA Polska). Amundi is also in partnership with BAWAG P.S.K. in Austria, Resona in Japan and Banco Sabadell in Spain. As of 31 December 2022, the products distributed through international partner distribution networks amounted to €156 billion in assets under management. These assets include €7 billion in assets managed by Amundi Bank of China Wealth Management, the subsidiary created in China in late 2020 with Bank of China.
This distribution capacity is supplemented by third-party distributors, private banks and asset management advisors. As of 31 December 2022, the products distributed through these third-party distributors amounted to €287 billion of Amundi's assets under management.
Furthermore, Amundi is a shareholder in joint ventures operating in India, China, South Korea and Morocco. As of 31 December 2022, the products distributed through these joint ventures amounted to €296 billion of Amundi's assets under management.
These agreements may be terminated or not renewed for commercial or legal reasons. Furthermore, these third-party distributors that distribute Amundi products are not bound by any exclusivity clause. In other words, if a bank in this distribution network were to decide to replace Amundi's products with those of a competitor, or to reduce the resources dedicated to promoting and distributing Amundi's products, or if it were to charge higher fees for the distribution of Amundi's products, this could have an adverse impact on Amundi's assets under management and its earnings. In addition, factors affecting the competitive environment or the reputation of these distribution networks, as well as any potential default by these entities, could have an adverse effect on Amundi's reputation and earnings.
Amundi's management fees are usually a percentage of its assets under management and vary according to the type of product, the geographic market and other factors. In 2022, the revenue generated by fees and other income from customer activities amounted to €3.004 billion (excluding performance fees).
Fees are subject to intense competitive pressure: the fees charged on Retail products must be disclosed in accordance with the regulations in force, and those charged to institutional investors are usually determined by a formal competitive process. The fees applied on the asset management market have been subject to significant competitive pressure in recent years. A reduction in the scale of fees would have a direct and adverse effect on Amundi's earnings.
Amundi operates in a fiercely competitive environment: Amundi is the largest European asset manager in terms of assets under management and is one of the top 10 asset management businesses worldwide (1). The asset management industry is highly competitive and entry barriers are moderate. Amundi's main competitors are asset management companies, insurance companies and financial services companies, many of which offer investment products that are similar to those offered by Amundi. Competition within the industry is driven by several factors, including the performance of investments, the level of fees charged, the quality and diversity of the services and products provided, the image and reputation of the company, the effectiveness of distribution channels and the ability to develop new investment strategies and new products to meet the changing needs of investors. Individual investors are faced with a wide range of investments from which to choose, and even more so now with the everexpanding online investment offering. Furthermore, institutional investors generally select managers through a competitive bidding process. This increasingly intense competition could result in a fall in the volume of assets managed by Amundi and therefore its results, particularly if it results in reduced fees. Furthermore, where its activities in the issue of structured EMTNs are concerned, Amundi faces competition from the largest French and international banking groups. In addition, new domestic and international operators may enter the markets in which Amundi operates and, in so doing, intensify competition, which could have a material adverse effect on Amundi's business, earnings and outlook. Finally, products marketed as asset management products are in competition with other categories of investment offered to investors (various marketable securities, bonds, regulated and unregulated savings products, property investments etc.).
In addition, many competitors offer products that are similar or comparable to those offered by Amundi. If competitors' products fail or perform badly, this could result in a loss of confidence in Amundi's similar products, regardless of how they perform. Any loss of confidence in a given product type could lead to withdrawals, redemptions and liquidity problems for those products, which could adversely affect Amundi, resulting in a fall in its assets under management and reduced earnings.
• Demand from Amundi's clients depends on factors that are beyond its control and have an overall impact on the asset management market.
External factors such as the macroeconomic, health or tax environment could affect investors' willingness to save and/or invest in financial products and, consequently, reduce investors' interest in financial products as a whole or in Amundi products. These changes, the extent and implications of which are unpredictable, could have a material adverse impact on Amundi's assets under management and its revenue.
Amundi's success depends on the talent and hard work of its highly qualified employees and on its ability to plan for the Company's long-term future growth, by identifying employees who may ultimately play key roles at Amundi. The market for portfolio managers, investment analysts, product specialists, sales staff and other qualified professionals is competitive, and the factors that affect Amundi's ability to attract and retain these employees are, in particular, its reputation, the compensation and benefits it offers, and its commitment to the effective planning of management succession, including by developing and training qualified employees. If Amundi is unable to do this, its ability to maintain its competitiveness and retain existing clients could be affected, and this could result in a reduction in assets under management and in its earnings.
• Damage to Amundi's reputation could result in a decrease in its assets under management,its revenue, and its earnings.
The integrity of Amundi's brand image and reputation is of crucial importance to its ability to attract and retain clients, commercial partners and employees. Amundi's reputation could be damaged by factors such as poor investment performance, legal proceedings, action taken by a regulator, misconduct or violation of applicable laws or regulations. Negative publicity in relation to any of these factors could damage Amundi's reputation, expose it to regulatory sanctions and have an adverse impact on its relations with clients, third-party distributors and other commercial partners. Any damage to Amundi's brand image could have a negative impact on its status within the industry and would result in a loss of business in both the short and long terms.
(1) Source: IPE "Top 500 Asset Managers", published in June 2022, based on assets under management at the end of December 2021.
could all lead to a loss of clients and affect Amundi's brand image and reputation.
Amundi takes measures to meet the expectations of its various stakeholders regarding corporate social responsibility. Nonfinancial risk is covered in policies pertaining to the operation of the Company (Purchasing policies, Human Resources policies etc.) that are implemented by the relevant business units.
In order to meet investors' expectations in terms of ESG offerings, in 2018, Amundi announced that it had set an objective to incorporate non-financial criteria (ESG) into its investment processes for discretionary active management, which it achieved in 2021. In 2022, new ambitions for 2025 were announced, in line with investors' expectations.
Credit and counterparty risk is linked to the failure of a counterparty. Amundi is exposed to credit risk in the context of the management of guaranteed funds if the default of a third party results in inadequate performance in relation to the guarantee provided, but also in the context of derivative brokerage, as Amundi is the intermediary between the funds and banking counterparties. Amundi is also exposed to credit risk on its investment portfolio.
In order to help achieve them, Amundi has a responsible investment policy, which is revised annually (including, in particular, details of ESG analysis methodologies or its exclusion policy). Non-financial risks in portfolios managed on behalf of third parties are assessed based on centralised proprietary ratings determined by a dedicated team of analysts who analyse ESG criteria. The various parameters selected for creating these ratings are subject to specific governance, as part of a process involving the risk monitoring teams.
Exposures to non-financial risks then have limits which apply to all portfolios and/or individually, depending on the investment strategy, placed upon them.
Over the past two years, Amundi has strengthened and expanded its approach to include identifying and assessing sustainability risks, including physical climate and transition risks, and incorporating them into the key indicators that are being considered. Amundi has also started on the necessary work to satisfy the requirements of the European Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (see Chapter 3 for details of Amundi's corporate social responsibility and responsible investment provisions).
As of 31 December 2022, RWA for credit risk (excluding threshold allowances and CVA) stood at €5.1 billion out of a total RWA of €13.7 billion.
| Risk | Potential consequences |
|---|---|
| I. Default risk | |
| Amundi is exposed to default risk on: • its investment portfolio; • certain products offered to clients that feature guaranteed levels of returns and/or capital guarantees. |
• Potential losses. • Payment of financial compensation if a guaranteed product underperforms. • Drop in the value of assets resulting in a decrease in overall fees. |
| II. Counterparty risk on market transactions | |
| Amundi being an intermediary between the funds and banking counterparties, this activity does not generate market risk, but exposes Amundi to the risk of counterparty default. |
• Potential loss in the event of a counterparty default combined with adverse changes in the markets. |
| III. Equity investment risk | |
| Amundi bears the risk of a fall in the value of the capital securities it holds in the context of strategic equity investments. |
• Potential losses if the value of the capital securities held decreases. |
| IV. Concentration risk | |
| Amundi has a high concentration of credit and counterparty risk in the financial sector. |
• Potential losses in the event of default of one or more issuers or counterparties. |
Amundi is exposed to default risk on its investment portfolio as well as through guarantees given on some of the products it offers to clients. This risk is monitored continuously by the Credit Analysis team of the Risk Management Department which alerts the Credit Committee if the financial condition of an issuer or counterparty deteriorates. The Credit Committee sets the individual limits on issuer risk for securities held directly or by the guaranteed funds. It also sets the counterparty risk limits on market transactions.
Structured funds benefiting from guarantees granted by Amundi mainly consist of three types: structured funds, constant proportion portfolio insurance (CPPI) funds and Italian pension funds.
Structured funds are intended to deliver a predefined return, based on a formula that is usually linked to share prices or indexes. The structure usually includes a form of capital protection.
CPPI funds are intended to offer partial exposure to the returns of risky assets, along with a guarantee that is defined at the outset.
Guaranteed mandates for Italian pension fund customers are designed to protect the capital of subscribers until retirement age (except in the case of early exit).
The following table shows amounts guaranteed as of 31 December 2022 and 31 December 2021:
| In € millions | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Structured funds | 4,712 | 5,288 |
| Constant proportion portfolio insurance (CPPI) funds | 4,398 | 5,866 |
| Italian guaranteed mandates | 2,679 | 2,888 |
| Other guarantees | 1,125 | 4,218 |
| TOTAL OFF-BALANCE SHEET COMMITMENTS | 12,914 | 18,260 |
The liability relating to these funds corresponds to the amount of risk to which the Amundi Group as guarantor is exposed on the measurement date. Depending on the types of funds and the form of the guarantee, it is linked to the amount initially invested or the value of assets under management on the date the liability is measured, or to the specified structure in the case of structured funds.
The Risk Management Department continuously monitors the adequacy of assets held relative to returns due from the funds.
Fund assets may comprise the following:
Except for the Italian guaranteed mandates, the main risk to which the guarantor is exposed in relation to these funds is the risk of default on securities acquired directly by the fund.
Assets that expose the guarantor to credit risk are permanently monitored by an independent credit analysis team within the Risk Management Department. Exposures for each issuer are subject to limits set by the Credit Committee. Exposures are monitored on the basis of their nominal amount. The credit quality measurement process includes an internal system that gives a ranking based on issuer quality.
Assets exposing the guarantor to credit risk are subject to:
To ensure that clients receive the promised returns in structured vehicles (structured funds or structured EMTNs), derivative agreements are entered into with external bank counterparties selected through a tender process. As of 31 December 2022, the total nominal amount of transactions concluded between Amundi Finance and its market counterparties was €40.6 billion.
Once the funds and the EMTNs have been sold, the transactions are hedged so as to only create limited market risk. However, they do result in liquidity and counterparty risk.
The notional amount of the performance swaps on funds and EMTNs being marketed as of 31 December 2022 was €840 million compared to €709 million at 31 December 2021. Performance swaps are written with market counterparties in a notional amount equal to the projected level of sales. The fund is committed only to the actual level of sales. Amundi bears the risk of a variance between the projected level of sales and the actual level. These are short-term liabilities (average marketing time is three months). A provision appraised by experts is recognised on the reporting date should there be a variance in current transactions between the projected level of sales and the actual level. No provision had been made as of 31 December 2022.
To reduce the funds' counterparty risk associated with these transactions – to which Amundi is exposed as guarantor – Amundi deals with the counterparties on its own account. These are all large financial institutions. These transactions are centralised by Amundi Finance, an Amundi subsidiary that specialises in guarantee activity. Counterparties used for derivatives brokerage are pre-authorised by the Credit Committee which sets the limits of separate exposures. The transactions are executed under master agreements with exchange of collateral, which substantially reduces Amundi's counterparty risk.
Although transactions are executed under master agreements with exchange of collateral in order to reduce Amundi's counterparty risk, Amundi may nevertheless incur significant losses in the event of default by major counterparties. In the event that one or more of the financial institutions defaults, Amundi should complete these transactions and seek other counterparties in order to enter into new transactions. In addition, Amundi's credit risk may be amplified if the collateral held by Amundi cannot be sold or is liquidated at a price that is not sufficient to recover the amount owed to Amundi as a result of its exposure to derivatives.
When it makes strategic equity investments in the share capital of a company, Amundi's degree of control may be limited and any disagreement with other shareholders or with the management of the entity concerned could have an adverse impact on Amundi's ability to influence the policies of that entity. Amundi is exposed to the risk that the value of the capital securities it holds could fall.
Interests in equity-accounted entities amounted to €443 million as of 31 December 2022.
As of 31 December 2022 and 2021, the break-down of exposures is as follows by rating, geographical area and sector (in proportion to the nominal amount of securities directly acquired by guaranteed funds, i.e. €2,951 million in 2022 and €3,212 million in 2021):
| 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 | |
|---|---|---|
| AAA | 2% | 2% |
| AA+ | 6% | 9% |
| AA | 10% | 4% |
| AA- | 4% | 5% |
| A+ | 8% | 10% |
| A | 3% | 4% |
| A- | 8% | 9% |
| BBB+ | 27% | 20% |
| BBB | 10% | 10% |
| BBB- | 22% | 26% |
| NR | 0% | 0% |
| TOTAL | 100% | 100% |
| 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 | |
|---|---|---|
| France | 23% | 21% |
| Belgium | 2% | 2% |
| Spain | 17% | 14% |
| Italy | 27% | 29% |
| United Kingdom | 3% | 2% |
| Netherlands | 1% | 2% |
| Germany | 6% | 7% |
| United States | 12% | 16% |
| Other | 9% | 9% |
| TOTAL | 100% | 100% |
| 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 | |
|---|---|---|
| Financial institutions | 20% | 24% |
| Sovereigns and agencies | 58% | 53% |
| Corporates | 22% | 22% |
| TOTAL | 100% | 100% |
In the event of a deterioration in the economic position of a sector or country in which Amundi has a high concentration, Amundi runs the risk that companies in this sector or country, whose securities are held by guaranteed funds, may find themselves in default at the same time. Amundi would incur substantial costs to replace these assets and to fulfil its obligations as guarantor.
Market risk is linked to variations in market parameters: interest rates, exchange rates, securities prices, credit spreads etc.
As of 31 December, RWA in respect of market risk amounted to €1.4 billion out of a total RWA of €13.7 billion.
| Risk | Potential consequences |
|---|---|
| I. Risk of price fluctuations in the investment portfolio | |
| The main risk factors that may impact the value of the assets held in Amundi's investment portfolio are: • credit spreads; • interest rates; • equity markets. |
• Potential losses in the event of adverse changes in market parameters. |
| II. Foreign exchange risk | |
| Amundi's primary exposure to foreign exchange risk is structural, related to its foreign investments. |
• Depreciation in the value of investments. |
| III. Real estate risk | |
| Amundi issues bonds whose structure is partially linked to the real estate market. This exposure is hedged by real estate assets which involves risk in the event of a significant fall in the price of these assets due to the capital guarantee attached to the product. |
• Negative market effect on assets on balance sheet, not offset by changes in liabilities. • Potential losses in the event of a significant drop in the price of real estate assets. |
The investment portfolio includes surplus capital voluntary investments and seed money. Seed money is used to launch new funds. Portfolios mainly consist of investments in funds managed by Amundi and its subsidiaries.
The investment portfolio is supervised by:
For most French entities, day-to-day cash management (relating to the Company's operations) is governed by a centralised cash management agreement. The voluntary investment and seed money portfolios are largely managed centrally at the Group level.
The investment portfolio is principally divided into fixedincome and money market exposures as detailed in table 4.4.1.2 of this Universal Registration Document.
Fluctuations in the financial markets, particularly movements in interest rates, issuer credit spreads, exchange rates and the value of equities may lead to significant variations in the value of Amundi's own investments and affect its net revenue and/or capital. Market risk is measured by Value at Risk (VaR), a statistical measure used to estimate the financial risk level of an investment portfolio. VaR represents the potential loss over a given holding period at a given confidence level. Amundi's VaR is a historical VaR. Amundi measures VaR at a 99% confidence level and a 20-day holding period, based on a historical observation period of one year. It amounted to €30 million as of 31 December 2022.
Other indicators are also used to monitor the portfolio: unrealised capital gains or losses, sensitivity to changes in interest rates, spreads, and share prices and historical and hypothetical stress indicators.
Amundi's primary exposure to foreign exchange risk is structural, related to its investments in foreign subsidiaries and joint ventures. Amundi's policy is not to systematically hedge against all such exposure. Although Amundi's currency positions are not significant, exchange rate fluctuations could affect Amundi's earnings and financial position.
In 2021 it was decided to hedge the most significant exposures (in USD, JPY and GBP) with a view to optimising hedging costs in relation to the impact of this risk, in order to immunise the CET1 ratio against this risk. This hedging amounted to €210 million as of 31 December 2022 on USD and JPY only.
Operational foreign exchange positions are subject to a global limit. This limit requires foreign-currency revenues to be regularly converted into euros. It also requires any foreign-currency investment made in connection with the investment portfolio to be hedged. Amundi's operational foreign exchange positions are not material.
Since the end of 2013, Amundi has developed a business in issuing index-linked bonds:
Amundi invests a proportion of the income from these securities in units of real estate investment funds managed by one of its entities. These securities expose Amundi to real estate risk, given that it is usually obliged to pay the principal of the securities on maturity, irrespective of the performance of the underlying real estate investment funds.
To a lesser extent, Amundi may be exposed to liquidity risk, as it may be unable to sell shares/units of the underlying funds sufficiently quickly to generate the liquidity required to meet redemption requests, particularly in times of market disruption.
Amundi's internal control system notably complies with the provisions of the French Monetary and Financial Code (Article L. 511-41), the Order of 3 November 2014 concerning the internal control of companies in the banking, payment services and investment services sector, which are subject to regulation by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution (ACPR), the AMF General Regulation and guidelines on corporate governance, particularly those issued by the European Banking Authority and the Basel Committee.
The structure of the internal control system also consistently conforms to the guidelines laid down by Crédit Agricole S.A. and the Crédit Agricole Group, which are aimed at ensuring a consolidated approach to risk as part of the controls carried out by the Group, the majority shareholder. These external guidelines are supplemented by Amundi's own charters, standards and internal procedures in the areas of risk monitoring, including IT and accounting, compliance checks and internal audit.
Amundi's internal control system is based on the following fundamental principles:
The internal control system applies equally to all Amundi Group entities and covers the management and control of activities, as well as the measurement and monitoring of risk. The system implemented by Amundi is adapted to suit the various operational units and subsidiaries depending on their specialist areas, and particularly with regard to their regulatory obligations.
The Board of Directors defines the risk appetite framework and the risk limits that apply to the Group. The governance of the internal control system stipulates that the Board of Directors' Risk Management Committee is to systematically report back the results of controls and significant incidents in light of this framework.
The resources, tools and reports used in this regulatory environment mean that Senior Management and the Board of Directors can be given regular reports on the functioning of the internal control system and its adequacy with regard to the Group's risk profile.
The design of the internal control system relies on two main cornerstones:
Amundi's internal control system covers all of the Group within France and internationally, except for the joint ventures in which Amundi holds a minority interest.

Level 1 Permanent Control provides the foundation for the Internal Control system. It is implemented by all operational units under their hierarchy. Level 1 Permanent Control is designed to ensure compliance with internal procedures relating to the operational processes, and their compliance with current laws and regulations, professional standards and codes of conduct. It makes it possible to prevent or detect any risk arising as a result of Amundi's activities.
The executives of the operational units are individually responsible for managing the risk associated with their activities. They are responsible for the definition, efficient deployment and regular updating of the Permanent Control system within their units.
The control system takes into account the regulatory framework and internal procedures. It is understood that these procedures must evolve and be adapted to our clients' expectations. They must take into account improvements that are expected in relation to any actual or potential incidents, as well as the recommendations made by Internal Audit.
The operational units obtain the resources necessary to perform these controls and regularly communicate the results to the Department to which they report, the Risk Management Department, the Compliance Department, and the Security Department.
They prepare reports to their hierarchy at least once a year, including a list of the key indicators and controls used to monitor the risks to which they are exposed, as well as a summary of the results of the controls carried out.
In the event of the significant deterioration of a risk, the operational units alert their hierarchy without delay, as well as the control functions.
The quality and relevance of the Level 1 controls and the effective relaying of their results for Level 2 control functions is an essential factor in the efficiency of Level 2 controls.
Level 2 Permanent Control is performed jointly by three control functions, which are independent from the operational units:
Collectively, these three functions are responsible for the cooperative and coordinated management of the entire Permanent Control system to verify that it provides comprehensive cover of the risks Amundi is exposed to. The Risk and Compliance functions report to the Head of the Strategy, Finance and Control Division, and the Security function reports to Amundi's Head of Governance and General Secretary.
Amundi's Risk Management, Compliance, and Security Departments are responsible for the overall steering of the Permanent Control system of the Amundi Group. Accordingly, they define the approach and principles for implementation within the Group's various entities. They coordinate the control plans and organise the reporting of the findings.
The Risk Management, Compliance, and Security functions act in a collective and complementary manner in their respective fields of competence by ensuring the consistency and effectiveness of the controls carried out by the operational departments.
The Risk Management, Compliance, and Security functions take into account the Level 1 controls implemented by the business units and the resulting reports relayed when defining their own Level 2 controls. The frequency and comprehensiveness of these Level 2 controls depend on the annual risk assessment and mapping exercise carried out by each of the three functions.
Level 2 control functions are not a substitute for the Level 1 controls carried out by the operational departments.
The Risk Management function is responsible for monitoring the risk to which Amundi is exposed on its own account and as manager on behalf of third parties, with the exception of non-compliance risk and security risk.
In this regard, the Risk Management function:
The Compliance function is responsible for monitoring noncompliance risk and continuously ensures compliance with legislative or regulatory provisions and professional and ethical standards, particularly in terms of:
In this context, the Compliance function checks that employees have a minimum level of knowledge regarding the regulatory and ethical environment and financial techniques.
The Security function is responsible for monitoring the risk associated with the information system (IT infrastructure, applications and data) as well as the risk relating to personal data protection (under the European regulations on the handling of personal data and the free circulation of these data), business continuity, and the protection of persons and property.
Internal control system governance at Amundi is organised around:
In addition, Senior Management receives a monthly report of the Group's risk situation and any sensitive issues. It ensures that the internal control system is subject to constant monitoring to verify its adequacy and effectiveness. Senior Management is informed of the main malfunctions identified and the corrective measures applied.
The Crédit Agricole Group has established a set of key indicators (consolidated Level 2 controls, classified as 2.2c controls) in various fields, which include: Credit risk, financial risks, accounting risk, non-compliance risk, business continuity plan, security safety prevention, IT risk, and operational risk.
An individual responsible for each category is appointed within Amundi to establish the relevant indicators using the 2.2c indicators proposed by Crédit Agricole S.A. as a methodological benchmark. This is done for all Amundi Group entities. This individual retains the audit trail of the controls completed and the results obtained.
Amundi's Risk Management Department is in charge of coordinating the collection and consolidation of the results of controls carried out based on indicators defined by the individuals responsible for each category on behalf of Amundi, and providing them to the Group's Internal Control Committee.
Amundi's Internal Audit is in charge of the Group's periodic control; it ensures the lawfulness, security and effectiveness of all operations and risk control activities across all Amundi entities. It intervenes via audit plans approved by the Board of Directors' Risk Management Committee to cover the activities at frequencies appropriate to the risks of each activity. Each audit results in a report and recommendations, to which the audited entities respond. The effective implementation of recommendations is monitored twice yearly by Amundi's Internal Audit. The General Internal Audit Department of Crédit Agricole S.A. also conducts audits of the Amundi Group.
The Board of Directors:
In addition, the Board of Directors is informed of significant incidents that exceed certain thresholds which are reviewed annually by the Risk Management Committee of the Board of Directors. Lastly, it reviews the annual report on internal control once a year.
(1) Information bearing the word "Audited" forms an integral part of the notes to the consolidated financial statements in terms of the information required by IFRS 7 and is covered by the statutory auditors' report on the consolidated financial statements.
The Internal Control Committee, which is jointly chaired by the Amundi's Head of the GGS (Governance and General Secretary) Division and the Head of the SFC (Strategy, Finance and Control) Division, ensures the consistency, effectiveness and completeness of the internal control system and coordinates Periodic Control, Permanent Control, Risk Management, Compliance and Security activities. Other members of this committee include Amundi's Head of Risk Management, Head of Compliance, Head of Security, Head of Legal Affairs and Head of Internal Audit. It meets 11 times a year.
The duties of the Committee include:
Amundi's Group Risk Management Committee, chaired by the Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Head of the Strategy, Finance and Control Division, is the main risk governance body. It meets 11 times a year.
The objectives of the Committee are to set the risk management policy governing all Amundi Group entities (risks taken on behalf of third parties and on its own account). Accordingly, it has complete authority to:
Decisions made by the Group Risk Management Committee apply to all Group entities.
The Group Risk Committee delegates the specific duties entrusted to it to several sub-committees. Thus:
Risk Committees of Amundi subsidiaries, chaired by the local General Manager, have the authority to adapt the policy framework applicable to investments to particular local regulations or market conditions, though always complying with the decisions of the Group Risk Management Committee. These committees meet at least quarterly.
Amundi's Compliance Committee, chaired by the Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Head of the Strategy, Finance and Control Division, meets 11 times a year. Amundi's Compliance Committee is an operational committee responsible for overseeing the implementation and application of the Compliance control program for Amundi and the entities falling within the scope of its internal control system. As such, the Compliance Committee:
At least twice a year, Amundi's Compliance Committee will submit to its Board of Directors a report containing information regarding any incidents arising from the application of French or foreign legislation and regulations.
The Security Committee, chaired by Amundi's Head of Governance and General Secretary, steers the security of property and persons, information systems, the business continuity and crisis management plan (including resilience against a major IT attack), as well as the protection of personal data. It meets four times per year.
The following specialised committees have been set up:
Senior Management defines the general organisation of the Company and ensures that it is effectively implemented by competent individuals. It clearly allocates the roles and responsibilities with regard to internal controls and allocates the necessary resources. As of the end of 2022, the numbers of people employed by the various business units were:
| (expressed in full-time equivalent (FTE)) | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Risk Management Department | 262 | 255 |
| Compliance Department | 150 | 136 |
| Security Department | 29 | 30 |
| Internal Audit | 49 | 46 |
Within the Risk Management business unit, Amundi deploys measures to identify, measure and monitor its risks in line with its activities and organisation. These measures form an integral part of the internal control system. The scope covered includes operational risk, market risk, credit and counterparty risk, legal risk etc.
Amundi has put in place an organisation to manage risk which is based on a high level of integration of the Risk Management business unit across the whole of the Amundi Group, with the following objectives:
The Risk management business unit employs a matrix organisation consisting of:
taken for each type of risk. The main missions of this department are to define the standards and methods for measuring risk, produce the risk indicators and provide expertise in applying these measurements to the portfolios;
Amundi takes a comprehensive approach to managing operational risk. All teams and managers are involved in managing operational risk.
To make risk monitoring more consistent, the risk management information system is shared by all entities within the internal control scope, including the following applications:
Periodic reports are provided to Senior Management and to the Board of Directors on the controls carried out by the Risk Management function. In 2022, Senior Management was regularly updated by:
The Board of Directors also receives regular information through presentations given by the Risk Management Committee, which cover:
Amundi's Compliance business unit is organised as a centralised function that is independent of operational services. The duties of Amundi's Head of Compliance are carried out totally independently. A feature of this independence is a dual reporting system; reporting hierarchically, on the one hand, to the Head of Compliance of Crédit Agricole and operationally, on the other, to Amundi's Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Head of the Strategy, Finance and Control Division.
The Compliance Business Unit ensures that the prevention and control systems for non-compliance risk are consistent and effective throughout the entities that are monitored on a consolidated basis by Amundi. Along with the Risk Management and Security business units, it constitutes the second line of defence of the Group's internal control system. The Compliance business unit relies on the controls formalised by the managers of the operational units, who are primarily responsible for and the guarantors of the effective deployment of the internal control system and ensure that the transactions carried out comply with laws and regulations and internal standards.
The main changes to the risk monitoring system in 2022 relate to the continued work started in previous years around liquidity risk (particularly in relation to ESMA regulations), the deployment of risk frameworks for ex-Lyxor funds following the acquisition and incorporation of the company's business activities into Amundi entities, and finally, the implementation of an ESG risk framework.
Its main tasks are:
Amundi's Compliance business unit which is structured as a globally integrated function, brings together all of the Compliance teams of Amundi and its subsidiaries. It is itself incorporated into the Crédit Agricole Group's Compliance business unit. Its structure is designed to preserve the independence of the entities' Compliance Managers, to ensure that the resources allocated to the effective management and control of non-compliance risk are adequate and proportionate and to ensure information is transparent.
In each country, the Compliance business unit must ensure that the activities and operations of the entities within the Amundi Group comply both with local regulations and with any other regulations and any of the Group's internal rules that apply to them. Every year, the Compliance Department of each entity and subsidiary:
Based on the reports of its subsidiaries, as well as on the results of its own controls, Amundi's Compliance Department produces the annual Compliance report for Amundi's CEO and Board of Directors, and informs the Head of Compliance of Crédit Agricole.
The main non-compliance risks are grouped together by level of risk in the following categories:
Non-compliance risks are identified and assessed each year for each compliance topic within the "non-compliance risk mapping". These maps are drawn up by each Group entity and consolidated at the Amundi level.
The Compliance Department's control plan is aligned with the non-compliance risks identified in the risk mapping. It is reviewed periodically and validated by the Compliance Committee at the start of the year.
The Compliance procedures are based on Crédit Agricole S.A.'s compliance procedures and include the specific characteristics of the business units offered by Amundi and its subsidiaries, particularly asset management. These procedures apply to all entities in the Amundi Group. They are accompanied by a set of compliance checks that are common to all entities, ensuring consistent implementation of controls across the entire Group.
Regulations require investment service providers such as Amundi to act in an honest, fair and professional manner that promotes market integrity. The Group ensures compliance with market integrity through checks on transactions and the way they are executed in the markets (time-stamping, preallocation of orders, partial execution, management of market abuse alerts, monitoring of threshold crossings, application of best execution criteria etc.).
The system in place is based on a strict separation of the Portfolio Management and Trading business units. Portfolio managers' orders are placed and processed by the Trading business unit. A procedure outlines each stage of the process, which involves Investment Management, the Trading Desk and the Middle Office, using a single IT platform which systematically time stamps and pre-allocates orders from the moment they are entered and ensures a complete audit trail.
The order placement system uses a default model whereby, in the event of partial execution, the allocation of partial quantities is determined in proportion to the quantities initially requested. This method ensures the fair allocation of traded quantities.
Amundi has committed to take all reasonable steps to obtain the best possible result when executing orders. Amundi has implemented a selection and execution policy that applies to all financial instruments covered by Directive 2014/65/EU on markets in financial instruments (MiFID II) that are traded on financial markets by intermediaries. In order to obtain the best execution possible, Amundi has chosen to use Amundi Intermédiation for its transmission and order execution activities. Amundi Intermédiation has been approved by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution (ACPR) as an investment company able to provide Reception and Transmission of Orders (RTO) services and order execution on behalf of third parties relating to all financial instruments specified in Article L. 211-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code.
All steps are taken to ensure that orders are executed in the client's best interest and contribute to market integrity by taking into account specified criteria such as price, liquidity, rapidity and cost, depending upon their relative importance according to the various types of orders transmitted. Amundi Intermédiation regularly re-examines the conditions and mechanisms it uses for order execution. In the absence of internal or external events requiring a review during the course of the year, Amundi Intermédiation's execution policy is reviewed on an annual basis during the selection committees. This review is formalised in the reports drawn up by these committees.
Amundi employees undertake to comply strictly with the applicable ethical standards in accordance with the law, and with the regulations and codes of conduct in force. Compliance with ethical standards is an essential element of the quality of service that Amundi is committed to delivering to its clients.
In order to protect and prioritise the interests of its clients, Amundi has implemented a policy for identifying, preventing and managing any conflicts of interest that may arise during the course of its business. The system for preventing conflicts of interest is based partly on a map that identifies situations posing a risk of a conflict of interest, the preparation and rating of conflict of interest scenarios, and a set of controls covering risky situations. Up to and including Senior Management, Amundi is also organised into business units to separate the various functions likely to give rise to conflicts of interest.
The holding of inside or confidential information is governed by special procedures that reiterate the obligations of the employees concerned and require the compilation of insider lists and confidentiality lists. Employees on those lists are informed of the fact, and they are reminded of the relevant conduct rules at that time.
Amundi aims to develop and promote a strong culture of compliance in accordance with the laws and regulations in force. The Compliance Department provides Amundi employees with mandatory training sessions, available in e‑learning or face-to-face format.
In accordance with the applicable legislative and regulatory provisions and professional standards, each Amundi entity contributes at its respective level to ensuring the Group's financial security:
As an investment services provider, Amundi:
In particular, the Compliance Department ensures that any information produced is balanced and of high quality, verifies that clients are offered appropriate products, approves all new products or any substantial change to an existing product, and checks that responses to any complaints submitted by clients and unitholders comply with procedures.
Within Amundi, the system for preventing the risk of fraud applies to all Amundi businesses and offices in France and worldwide. It aims to manage the consequences of fraud in the broadest sense, whether this involves financial loss, regulatory risk or reputational risk. This system is built around three pillars: prevention, detection and management of fraud.
The anti-corruption measures implemented by Amundi notably include:
In 2022, Senior Management was updated on Compliance matters as follows:
The Board of Directors receives regular information through presentations given by the Board's Risk Management Committee, which cover:
The major improvement actions taken by the Compliance Department in 2022 focused on:
The Security Department is organised in a centralised fashion while still relying on local correspondents. It combines divisions with different expert departments in charge of the security of persons and property, business continuity, information systems security (see "Management framework for the risks associated with information and communications technology") or personal data protection. The Security Department helps combat fraud notably by coordinating relations with the judicial authority and, more specifically, investigation services.
The activity and controls carried out by the Security function are regularly reported to Senior Management through the monthly Internal Control Committee meetings or the Security Committee meetings held four times a year and chaired by the Company's Executive Director, Amundi's Head of Governance and General Secretary. Likewise, the Board of Directors receives regular reports from its Risk Management Committee on the risk control system managed by the Security function, as well as the results of any controls carried out.
Amundi's overall business continuity system derives from the regulations and also from Crédit Agricole Group procedures that include disaster scenarios. It is adapted to Amundi's own business and each subsidiary has its own version that incorporates the local regulatory framework and the activities of each entity. Based on an analysis of the criticality of the various business lines, and regularly reviewed so as to take into account any changes in risks and the associated incident scenarios, the business continuity plan includes a "crisis management" and "communications" component and is designed to ensure that the company's critical business operations can continue quickly. The overall continuity system is coordinated by a dedicated team within the Security Department. It is supported by business lines that regularly conduct business continuity tests. The results of the tests, the associated action plans and the controls are shared with the Security Committee.
The security of persons and property is dependant upon risk and threat mapping:
Within the "security" function, a team of experts, operating under the direct supervision of the Chief Information Security Officer, is responsible for managing and monitoring the risks associated with information and communications technology (ICT). This team is an offshoot of the IT Systems Department (ISD), which comes under the Operations Division (OST). It has human resources, a budget, a reporting line to Senior Management and, as a result, the expertise, skills and appropriate independence for risk management related to information security.
When rolling out the Crédit Agricole Group's policy, the Chief Information Security Officer is responsible for defining and implementing a strategy in order to anticipate and prevent any breaches to the integrity, confidentiality, availability or traceability of data, information assets and ICT assets. This strategy is expressed in an information security policy, which has been approved by the Amundi management (Security Committee and Risk Management Committee of the Board of Directors). The same applies for the digital operational resilience strategy and the associated response plans (emergency, communication and recovery/rebuilding plan).
The risk management framework is updated every year, or if there is a major incident.
The CISO's team implements procedures tailored to Amundi's own Information Security (IS) activities and ensure that they are performed properly. It is also responsible for protecting the information systems, detecting any malicious acts or acts that breach internal policy and for responding to such acts.
In view of cybersecurity threats, the CISO team is part of a wider system, organised primarily within the Crédit Agricole Group and specifically the CERT-AG (Computer Emergency Response Team – Crédit Agricole), which is in charge of predicting, monitoring and responding to incidents (available 24/7). In addition to the capacities provided by the Crédit Agricole Group, Amundi's CISO team relies on its own Security Operation Centre (SOC), a team responsible for detecting and handling security incidents. The CISO is also responsible for developing external partnerships to improve and optimise the processes for predicting and responding to incidents. In this context, Amundi most notably established closer ties with the French government's agencies in charge of cybersecurity, namely the Cyber Directorate of the French Gendarmerie (ComCyberGend). Created in August 2021, ComCyberGend is an agency of the French Ministry of the Interior, operating under the supervision of the Director of the French Gendarmerie. Comprising top-level experts, particularly in the field of digital investigations, it works to prevent threats and protect major national interests. A key component of these exchanges between Amundi and the French Gendarmerie is the sharing of experiences and expertise. They aim to establish a cyber crisis management plan for potential cyberattacks, including those involving ransomware.
Amundi employees have an essential role to play within the framework of this information security strategy, actively contributing to the detection of hacking attempts and fraud as well as to the protection of data and the information system. In order to continually strengthen this active first line of defence, mandatory training and awareness campaigns are regularly carried out as well as phishing tests to check the employees' ability to identify suspicious emails.
Managing risks associated with information and communications technology (ICT) relies on permanent controls that include vulnerability scans or regular penetration tests on infrastructures, applications or data. These test campaigns are mainly conducted by third-party businesses and take various forms. These tests may include:
The results of these controls are shared monthly with an operational committee (the Information Security Steering Committee), quarterly with the Security Committee and halfyearly with the Risk Management Committee of the Board of Directors, an offshoot of the Board of Directors.
Amundi is also SOC 2 (Systems and Organizations Controls 2) certified. This ensures that all security checks and information protection comply with the standards set out by the AICA (American Institute of Certified Public Accountants – Trust Services Criteria).
For Group subsidiaries located outside France, the implementation of the cyber security strategy and the monitoring of checks are supported by a governance approach that includes ISD teams, business lines and the various countries where Amundi is present.
The Amundi Internal Audit Department reports hierarchically to the Crédit Agricole S.A. General Internal Audit Department and operationally to Amundi's Senior Management. The Periodic Control system includes a central Internal Audit team, which covers the entire Amundi scope, and decentralised Internal Audit teams in several of its subsidiaries, which report to local management and to Amundi's Head of Internal Audit.
Integrated within the Internal Audit business unit of the majority shareholder, Crédit Agricole S.A., Amundi's periodic control system is based on the tools and methods adopted by the Crédit Agricole Group, in particular with regard to audit mapping, planning and conducting audits, monitoring implementation of recommendations issued and reporting on follow-up to its work.
The audit plan is drawn up on the basis of a multi-year audit program based on the mapping of the Amundi Group's risks. It also factors in requests from Amundi's Senior Management, the Internal Audit business unit of Crédit Agricole S.A. and the Risk Management Committee of the Board of Directors. The objective of the multi-year program is to cover the audit In the context of new cybersecurity threats and notably ransomware attacks, the information security strategy includes a multi-year cyber resilience plan that aims to limit the risk of interruptions to the information system; specific attention is paid to this plan (see 5.3.3.3.2 "Improvement and adaptation of the risk monitoring system in 2022").
Given the significant change in the cybersecurity threat and, more specifically, the risk of disruption to information systems following a ransomware attack targeting Amundi, one of its clients, partners or suppliers, a multi-year cyberresilience programme was established and pursued in 2022. In response to this high threat level, this programme covers business continuity, information security and organisational resilience issues. It aims to constantly increaseAmundi's capabilities around anticipating and detecting threats, and protecting information systems. The Cyber Crisis Management Plan defines the organisations, procedures and resources committed should there be an incident and includes:
The "cyber-resilience" programme is operationally monitored by a specific quarterly steering committee, which includes activities identified as critical, chaired by the Head of Governance and General Secretary. Any progress made by the programme is presented at least once a year to the Security Committee and the Risk Management Committee of the Board of Directors and subsequently approved.
In 2022, in order to ensure the continuity of critical functions in the event of a major cyber attack, operational resilience tests were conducted in order to validate the emergency, communication and rebuilding plans.
scope (which is based on the scope of the monitored entities) over a maximum of five years, with an average frequency of three years used.
In addition, Internal Audit conducts half-yearly audits to follow up the implementation of all of its recommendations. All work carried out by Amundi Internal Audit, the Crédit Agricole S.A. General Internal Audit Department and by supervisory authorities are subject to this formal monitoring system which ensures that remedial actions are implemented within the deadlines agreed with the entity's management at the end of the audit. The system also enables the Head of Internal Audit to issue alerts to the Board when necessary, as set out in Article 26 of the Order of 3 November 2014.
The audit conclusions are presented to Senior Management, the Board of Directors' Risk Management Committee and the Board of Directors, who are also kept updated regarding the progress made to implement the recommendations.
Finally, the approach taken by Amundi's Internal Audit function is subject to an ongoing quality improvement process.
Under the authority of the Senior Management, Amundi's Finance Department is responsible for preparing the accounting and financial information. In particular, the Finance Department:
The accounting and financial information control system within the Finance Department is based on checks carried out on the one hand by the Accounting, Management Control and Cash Management teams, and on the other, by an accounts auditing unit reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer. This system is supported by permanent accounting controls provided by an independent team reporting to the Risk Management function.
The permanent accounting control objectives are designed to ensure adequate coverage of the major accounting risk which could alter the quality of the accounting and financial information in terms of:
(Statement prepared in accordance with Article 435 (1) (f) of EU Regulation No. 575/2013 and approved by the Amundi Board of Directors on 29 March 2023)
Risk appetite at Amundi means the type and aggregate level of risk, by nature of risk and by activity, that Amundi is prepared to assume in light of its strategic objectives. Amundi defines its risk appetite by including the essential
The permanent controls on the accounting and financial information are based on an evaluation of the risks and controls of the accounting processes managed by the operational units. In particular, the risks monitored by the Risk Management Department, especially those related to the off-balance-sheet commitments, are reconciled with Accounting in order to ensure that the information is complete and is properly evaluated in the financial statements.
The Head of Amundi's Permanent Accounting Control ensures that any corrective actions are implemented in order to reinforce the system of permanent accounting controls.
The control system for non-financial information is based on the controls implemented by the CSR, Responsible Investment, General Secretary, HR and Finance Department teams and, on a secondary level, on those implemented by Amundi's Risk and Compliance functions.
A review by its Statutory Auditors is also performed to ensure that Responsible Investment assets are properly calculated and reported.
In accordance with current professional standards, the statutory auditors carry out work as they deem necessary on the accounting and financial information published:
As part of their legal mandate, the statutory auditors present their findings to the Audit Committee and to Amundi's Board of Directors.
dimensions of its business: the attractiveness of the products it offers, the strength of its financial position and the pursuit of its short and long-term profitability objectives.
The formalisation of Amundi's risk appetite is instructive for Senior Management and the Board of Directors as they plan the Group's development trajectory and how that translates into each business unit's strategy.
This formalisation is the result of a coordinated and shared effort among the Finance, Risk Management, Compliance and Security Departments and has as its goal:
Amundi's risk appetite framework for the 2022 financial year was set out at the Board of Directors meeting of 9 December 2021.
In line with the Group's policy, Amundi expresses its risk appetite in terms of key indicators, broken down into three levels of risk:
In 2022, Amundi used 11 key performance indicators to express its risk appetite and risk profile:
• capacity refers to the maximum level of risk that Amundi could theoretically assume without violating its operational or regulatory constraints.
When these thresholds are breached, the supervisory bodies of the Company are informed in proportion to the level of risk incurred.
Furthermore, although Amundi chooses most of its risks as part of its strategic plan, certain risks such as operational risks and some non-compliance risks are inevitably going to be incurred, even though the protective measures and the control systems in place may limit their occurrence and their potential consequences. Amundi has zero appetite for voluntary risk-taking in terms of non-compliance risks, IT risks and, more generally, societal and environmental risks.
For the 2022 financial year and as of 31 December 2022, the various key indicators of the risk profile were situated within the acceptable risk range defined by Amundi and did not reach their tolerance thresholds.
As a credit institution, Amundi is subject to French prudential regulations, which implement into French law the provisions of the EU Directive "Access to the activity of credit institutions and the prudential supervision of credit institutions and investment firms".
Amundi has managed its capital so as to satisfy the levels of regulatory capital defined in the EU Directive 2013/36 (CRD IV) and European Regulation 575/2013 (CRR) since 1 January 2014 and required by the relevant authorities, the European Central Bank and the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution (ACPR) to cover risk-weighted assets in terms of credit risks, operational risks and market risks.
Regulatory capital, calculated based on Amundi's scope of consolidation, breaks down into three categories:
The requirements for Pillar 1 are governed by the CRR regulation. The regulator also sets, on a discretionary basis, minimum requirements under Pillar 2.
• Tier 2 capital consisting of equity and debt instruments, to which various adjustments are made.
Regulatory capital is obtained from accounting shareholders' equity. The adjustments made (prudential filters) mostly involve deducting goodwill and intangible assets (net of deferred taxes).
Amundi principally holds CET1 capital, consisting of share capital and undistributed reserves. In addition, it holds €300 million of Tier 2 capital, partially comprised of subordinated debt subscribed with Crédit Agricole S.A. as part of financing the acquisition of the Pioneer Group subsidiaries (maturing in 2027). In August 2022, a tranche of €100 million was repaid and a new subordinated debt of €100 million was set up with a 10-year term, due to mature in August 2032.
Since 2017, the ECB has changed the methodology used, splitting the regulatory requirements into two parts:
Since 1 January 2020, the Amundi Group has no longer had any additional capital requirements under the Supervisory Review and Evaluation Process – SREP (P2G and P2R). As a result, as of 31 December 2022, the minimum regulatory level for compliance was 7.0% for the CET1 ratio and 10.5% for the Total Capital ratio. These levels included the requirements of Pillar 1, the capital conservation buffer and the countercyclical buffer.
As of 31 December 2022, Amundi's total capital ratio was 20.9% (1) i.e. significantly higher than the regulatory minimum for 2022. It is up +280 bps (compared to 18.1% in 2021) mainly due to the effect of retained earnings and the reduction of risk-weighted assets in the guaranteed funds business.
The reconciliation between accounting equity and regulatory capital is presented in section 4.4.3.2 of this Universal Registration Document.
The key figures are set out in section 5.5 below.
Amundi applies IFRS 9 to financial instruments since 1 January 2018. This standard is being applied retrospectively. Accordingly, the impact associated with the new classification and the measurement principles for financial instruments and the writing down of credit risk was all taken into account with regard to Amundi's capital. This impact was not material for Amundi.
For credit risk purposes, risk-weighted assets are calculated using the standardised prudential method set out in the regulations. In practice, for the three main types of exposure:
Article 429 of the CRR, setting out the terms and conditions relating to the leverage ratio, was modified by Delegated Regulation No. 62/2015 of 10 October 2014 published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 18 January 2015.
Since the European regulation CRR 2 was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 7 June 2019, the leverage ratio has become a Pillar 1 minimum requirement with effect from 28 June 2021:
• for Amundi Finance's derivatives transactions, risk‑weighted assets are valued according to the standardised prudential standards ("valued at their market value" method).
The risk-weighted assets are mainly linked to non-hedged unhedged foreign exchange exposures.
Capital requirements for operational risk are partially calculated using the advanced measurement approach (AMA) developed by Crédit Agricole Group and used by Amundi. Use of the AMA method was approved by the French Autorité de contrôle prudentiel in 2007 and then confirmed in 2010.
The AMA model for capital calculation is based on an actuarial Loss Distribution Approach model, taking into account both internal and external factors.
Internal factors (change in the entity's risk profile) include:
As regards external factors, incidents occurring in other credit institutions are monitored based on external data, leading when necessary to adjustments to the stress scenarios used in the model.
In terms of type of operational risk, Amundi is mainly exposed to execution, delivery and process management risk and risk related to clients, products and business practices.
Finally, concerning the large risk ratio, Amundi's biggest exposure was €183 million at the end of 2022, in compliance with the 25% threshold of Tier 1 regulatory capital (CET1+AT1).
• finally, non-compliance with the leverage ratio buffer requirement will result in limitations on distributions and calculation of a maximum distributable amount (L-MMD).
The leverage ratio is the ratio of a bank's CET1 to its total exposures, i.e. total assets plus off-balance sheet items after certain restatements for derivatives, intra-group transactions, financial securities transactions, items deducted from the numerator and off-balance sheet items.
Since 1 January 2015, it has been mandatory to publish the leverage ratio at least once a year.
Amundi's leverage ratio was 19.0% as of 31 December 2022, compared to 13.6% at the end of 2021.
| LEVERAGE RATIO | 19.0% | 13.6% |
|---|---|---|
| Leverage exposure | 13,812 | 16,617 |
| Tier 1 capital | 2,623 | 2,261 |
| In € millions | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 |
(1) Including the provisioning of the dividend, which will be proposed to the AGM on 12 May 2023.
With a view to always retaining adequate equity to hedge the risk to which it is exposed, Amundi supplements the capital requirements measure (Pillar 1) with a measure on economic capital requirements which relies on the risk identification process and valuation using an internal approach (Pillar 2).
This procedure is one of the components of ICAAP (Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process). Economic capital is developed in accordance with the interpretation of the main regulatory standards:
For each of the risks recorded during the risk identification process, calculating economic capital requirements consists of:
| 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 (2) | |
|---|---|---|
| ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT, INCL. JOINT VENTURES (IN € BILLIONS) | 1,904 | 2,064 |
| of which, AuM excluding JV | 1,608 | 1,778 |
| of which, JV AuM | 296 | 286 |
| EQUITY, GROUP SHARE (IN € MILLIONS) | 11,026 | 10,671 |
| REGULATORY CAPITAL (IN € MILLIONS) | 2,869 | 2,546 |
| of which, Tier 1 capital (Tier 1 = CET1 + AT1) | 2,623 | 2,261 |
| of which, Common Equity Tier 1 capital (CET1) | 2,623 | 2,261 |
| of which, Tier 2 capital | 246 | 285 |
| TOTAL RISK-WEIGHTED ASSETS (€ MILLIONS) | 13,712 | 14,039 |
| of which, Credit risk | 6,753 | 7,502 |
| of which, Credit risk excl. threshold allowances and CVA | 5,064 | 5,876 |
| of which, effect of threshold allowances | 1,285 | 1,112 |
| of which, Credit value adjustment (CVA) effect | 404 | 514 |
| of which, Market risk | 1,357 | 979 |
| of which, Operational risk | 5,601 | 5,558 |
| OVERALL SOLVENCY RATIO | 20.9% (1) | 18.1% |
| CET1 RATIO | 19.1% (1) | 16.1% |
| INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO AUM (IN € MILLIONS) | 2,435 | 2,940 |
| of which, Money market | 390 | 379 |
| of which, Fixed income | 1,607 | 2,222 |
| of which, Equities and multi-asset | 207 | 160 |
| of which, Other | 231 | 179 |
(1) Including the provisioning of the dividend, which will be proposed to the AGM on 12 May 2023.
(2) Assets, including Lyxor.

| 6.1 | GENERAL FRAMEWORK | 262 |
|---|---|---|
| 6.2 | CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
263 |
| 6.2.1 | Income statement | 263 |
| 6.2.2 | Net income and gains and losses recognised directly in equity |
264 |
| 6.2.3 | Assets | 265 |
| 6.2.4 | Liabilities | 265 |
| 6.2.5 | Statement of changes in equity | 266 |
| 6.2.6 | Cash flow statement | 268 |
| 6.3 | NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
269 |
| 6.4 | STATUTORY AUDITORS' REPORT ON THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
322 |
The consolidated financial statements consist of the general framework, the consolidated financial statements and the notes to the financial statements.
The Amundi Group ("Amundi") is a group of companies whose primary business is managing assets on behalf of third parties.
Amundi is the consolidating entity of the Amundi Group of companies. It is a Limited Liability Company with a Board of Directors (registered under number 314 222 902 in the Trade and Companies Register of Paris, France) with share capital of €509,650,327.50 comprising 203,860,131 shares with a nominal value of €2.50 each. The Company's registered office is located at 91-93, boulevard Pasteur, 75015 Paris, France.
Amundi shares are traded on Euronext Paris. Amundi is governed by the stock market regulations in effect, notably with respect to its obligation to inform the public.
Amundi is a credit institution with approval from the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution (ACPR) under number 19530. Group companies that perform asset management activities have obtained the necessary approvals from the supervisory authorities they report to in France and other countries.
As at 31 December 2022, Amundi was owned 67.50% by Crédit Agricole SA and 1.69% by other Crédit Agricole SA Group companies.
Amundi is fully consolidated in the financial statements of Crédit Agricole SA and the Crédit Agricole Group.
| (in € thousands) | Notes | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue from commissions and other income from customer activities (a) | 5,872,187 | 5,790,594 | |
| Commissions and other expenses from customer activities (b) | (2,754,756) | (2,639,807) | |
| Net gains or losses on financial instruments at fair value through profit or loss on customer activities (c) |
57,792 | 60,441 | |
| Interest and similar income (d) | 31,498 | 20,260 | |
| Interest and similar expenses (e) | (54,730) | (51,093) | |
| Net gains or losses on financial instruments at fair value through profit or loss (f) | (17,030) | 23,727 | |
| Net gains or losses on financial assets at fair value through equity (g) | 7,984 | 8,403 | |
| Income from other activities (i) | 27,369 | 19,284 | |
| Expenses from other activities (j) | (114,787) | (95,765) | |
| Net revenues from commissions and other customer activities (a) + (b) + (c) | 4.1 | 3,175,223 | 3,211,228 |
| Net financial income (d) + (e) + (f) + (g) | 4.2 | (32,278) | 1,297 |
| Other net income (i) + (j) | 4.3 | (87,418) | (76,481) |
| NET REVENUES | 3,055,527 | 3,136,044 | |
| General operating expenses | 4.4 | (1,732,682) | (1,550,177) |
| GROSS OPERATING INCOME | 1,322,845 | 1,585,867 | |
| Cost of risk | 4.5 | (12,115) | (12,144) |
| Share of net income of equity-accounted entities | 88,153 | 84,278 | |
| Net gains or losses on other assets | 4.6 | 4,001 | (145) |
| Change in the value of goodwill | - | - | |
| INCOME BEFORE TAX | 1,402,883 | 1,657,856 | |
| Income tax charge | 4.7 | (328,669) | (291,797) |
| NET INCOME FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR | 1,074,214 | 1,366,059 | |
| Non-controlling interests | (499) | 3,391 | |
| NET INCOME – GROUP SHARE | 1,073,716 | 1,369,450 |
Details on the calculation of earnings per share are presented in note 5.15.3.
| (in € thousands) | Notes | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NET INCOME | 1,074,214 | 1,366,059 | |
| • Actuarial gains and losses on post-employment benefits | 39,807 | 11,207 | |
| • Gains and losses on financial liabilities attributable to changes in own credit risk | - | - | |
| • Gains and losses on equity instruments recognised in non-recyclable equity | 5.5 | 81,811 | 27,797 |
| • Gains and losses on non-current assets held for sale | - | - | |
| Pre-tax gains and losses recognised directly in non-recyclable equity, excluding equity-accounted entities |
121,618 | 39,004 | |
| Pre-tax gains and losses recognised directly in non-recyclable equity of equity‑accounted entities |
- | - | |
| Taxes on gains and losses recognised directly in non-recyclable equity, excluding equity-accounted entities |
(11,549) | (3,452) | |
| Taxes on gains and losses recognised directly in non-recyclable equity of equity‑accounted entities |
- | - | |
| Net gains and losses recognised directly in equity and non-recyclable as income at a later date |
110,068 | 35,554 | |
| • Translation gains and losses (a) | 26,954 | 75,079 | |
| • Gains and losses on available-for-sale assets (b) | - | - | |
| • Gains and losses on debt instruments recognised under recyclable equity | 5.5 | 429 | 1,186 |
| • Gains and losses on hedging derivatives (b) | - | - | |
| • Gains and losses on non-current assets held for sale (c) | - | - | |
| Pre-tax gains and losses recognised directly in recyclable equity, excluding equity‑accounted entities (a) + (b) + (c) |
27,383 | 76,265 | |
| Taxes on gains and losses recognised directly in recyclable equity, excluding equity‑accounted equities |
(112) | (331) | |
| Pre-tax gains and losses recognised directly in recyclable equity of equity‑accounted entities |
(16,607) | 26,899 | |
| Taxes on gains and losses recognised directly in recyclable equity of equity‑accounted entities |
- | - | |
| Net gains and losses recognised directly in recyclable equity as income at a later date | 10,664 | 102,833 | |
| NET GAINS AND LOSSES RECOGNISED DIRECTLY IN EQUITY | 120,732 | 138,387 | |
| TOTAL NET INCOME INCLUDING NET GAINS AND LOSSES RECOGNISED DIRECTLY IN EQUITY |
1,194,946 | 1,504,449 | |
| of which, Group share | 1,195,662 | 1,501,938 | |
| of which, non-controlling interests | (715) | 2,511 |
| (in € thousands) | Notes | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and central banks | 5.1 | 502,836 | 947,661 |
| Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss | 5.2 | 14,900,015 | 14,469,053 |
| Financial assets at fair value through equity | 5.5 | 839,597 | 702,048 |
| Financial assets at amortised cost | 5.6 | 1,197,226 | 2,000,350 |
| Current and deferred tax assets | 5.9 | 346,534 | 318,559 |
| Accruals and sundry assets | 5.10 | 2,862,004 | 2,275,682 |
| Investments in equity-accounted entities | 5.11 | 443,020 | 385,010 |
| Property, plant and equipment | 5.12 | 342,869 | 397,312 |
| Intangible assets | 5.12 | 451,421 | 518,776 |
| Goodwill | 5.13 | 6,731,226 | 6,703,566 |
| TOTAL ASSETS | 28,616,748 | 28,718,017 |
| (in € thousands) | Notes | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss | 5.3 | 12,985,633 | 12,086,938 |
| Financial liabilities at amortised cost | 5.7 | 1,427,268 | 1,813,842 |
| Current and deferred tax liabilities | 5.9 | 242,550 | 344,282 |
| Accruals, deferred income and sundry liabilities | 5.10 | 2,484,326 | 3,316,292 |
| Provisions | 5.14 | 93,266 | 125,851 |
| Subordinated debt | 5.8 | 302,677 | 303,859 |
| TOTAL DEBT | 17,535,719 | 17,991,064 | |
| Equity, Group share | 11,025,831 | 10,670,764 | |
| Share capital and reserves | 5.15 | 3,007,151 | 3,033,305 |
| Consolidated reserves | 6,886,236 | 6,331,163 | |
| Gains and losses recognised directly in equity | 58,728 | (63,154) | |
| Net income for the period | 1,073,716 | 1,369,450 | |
| Non-controlling interests | 55,198 | 56,189 | |
| TOTAL EQUITY | 11,081,029 | 10,726,953 | |
| TOTAL LIABILITIES | 28,616,748 | 28,718,017 |
| Group share | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share capital and reserves | Gains and losses recognised directly in equity |
||||||||
| (in € thousands) | Share capital |
Consolidated premiums and reserves related to share capital |
Removals of treasury shares |
Total share capital and consolidated reserves |
In non recyclable equity |
In recyclable equity |
Net income |
Equity, Group share |
|
| EQUITY AS AT 1 JANUARY 2021 |
506,465 | 9,425,993 | (41,642) | 9,890,817 | (116,546) | (79,093) | - | 9,695,177 | |
| Capital increase | 1,222 | 23,372 | - | 24,594 | - | - | - | 24,594 | |
| Changes in treasury shares | - | (22,465) | 24,980 | 2,515 | - | - | - | 2,515 | |
| Dividends paid in 2021 | - | (585,634) | - | (585,634) | - | - | - | (585,634) | |
| Effect of acquisitions and sales on non-controlling interests |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Changes related to share based payments |
- | 20,535 | - | 20,535 | - | - | - | 20,535 | |
| Changes related to transactions with shareholders |
1,222 | (564,192) | 24,980 | (537,990) | - | - | - | (537,990) | |
| Change in gains and losses recognised directly in equity |
- | - | - | - | 35,559 | 70,027 | - | 105,586 | |
| Share of capital fluctuations of equity-accounted entities |
- | - | - | - | - | 26,899 | - | 26,899 | |
| 2021 income | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1,369,450 | 1,369,450 | |
| Comprehensive income as at 31 December 2021 |
- | - | - | - | 35,559 | 96,926 | 1,369,450 | 1,501,935 | |
| Other changes | - | 11,642 | 11,642 | - | - | - | 11,642 | ||
| EQUITY AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2021 |
507,687 | 8,873,443 | (16,662) | 9,364,468 | (80,987) | 17,833 | 1,369,450 | 10,670,764 | |
| Allocation of 2021 net income |
- | 1,369,450 | - | - | - | - | (1,369,450) | - | |
| EQUITY AS AT 1 JANUARY 2022 |
507,687 | 10,242,894 | (16,662) | 10,733,918 | (80,987) | 17,833 | - | 10,670,764 | |
| Capital increase | 1,963 | 26,406 | - | 28,369 | - | - | - | 28,369 | |
| Changes in treasury shares | - | (2,073) | (54,324) | (56,397) | - | - | - | (56,397) | |
| Dividends paid in 2022 | - | (831,137) | - | (831,137) | - | - | - | (831,137) | |
| Effect of acquisitions and sales on non-controlling interests |
- | 400 | - | 400 | (64) | - | - | 337 | |
| Changes related to share‑based payments |
- | 16,736 | - | 16,736 | - | - | - | 16,736 | |
| CHANGES RELATED TO TRANSACTIONS WITH SHAREHOLDERS |
1,963 | (789,668) | (54,324) | (842,029) | (64) | - | - | (842,092) | |
| Change in gains and losses recognised directly in equity |
- | 2,014 | - | 2,014 | 110,068 | 28,485 | - | 140,567 | |
| Share of capital fluctuations of equity-accounted entities |
- | - | - | - | - | (16,607) | - | (16,607) | |
| 2022 income | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1,073,716 | 1,073,716 | |
| Comprehensive income as at 31 December 2022 |
- | 110,068 | 11,878 | 1,073,716 | 1,195,662 | ||||
| Other changes | - | (516) | - | (516) | - | - | - | (516) | |
| EQUITY AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2022 |
509,650 | 9,454,724 | (70,986) | 9,893,387 | 29,018 | 29,710 | 1,073,716 | 11,025,831 |
| Non-controlling interests | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gains and losses recognised directly in equity |
||||||
| (in € thousands) | Share capital, consolidated reserves and income |
In non recyclable In recyclable equity equity |
Non-controlling interests |
Consolidated equity |
||
| EQUITY AS AT 1 JANUARY 2021 | 54,470 | (59) | (829) | 53,581 | 9,748,758 | |
| Capital increase | - | - | - | - | 24,594 | |
| Changes in treasury shares | - | - | - | - | 2,515 | |
| Dividends paid in 2021 | 62 | - | - | 62 | (585,572) | |
| Effect of acquisitions and sales on non-controlling interests |
- | - | - | - | - | |
| Changes related to share-based payments | - | - | - | - | 20,535 | |
| Changes related to transactions with shareholders |
62 | - | - | 62 | (537,928) | |
| Change in gains and losses recognised directly in equity |
- | (5) | 5,907 | 5,902 | 111,488 | |
| Share of capital fluctuations of equity-accounted entities |
- | - | - | - | 26,899 | |
| 2021 income | (3,391) | - | - | (3,391) | 1,366,059 | |
| Comprehensive income as at 31 December 2021 | (3,391) | (5) | 5,907 | 2,511 | 1,504,446 | |
| Other changes | 38 | (3) | 35 | 11,677 | ||
| EQUITY AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2021 | 51,179 | (64) | 5,074 | 56,189 | 10,726,953 | |
| Allocation of 2021 net income | - | - | - | - | - | |
| EQUITY AS AT 1 JANUARY 2022 | 51,179 | (64) | 5,074 | 56,189 | 10,726,953 | |
| Capital increase | - | - | - | - | 28,369 | |
| Changes in treasury shares | - | - | - | - | (56,397) | |
| Dividends paid in 2022 | 61 | - | - | 61 | (831,076) | |
| Effect of acquisitions and sales on non-controlling interests |
(400) | 64 | - | (337) | - | |
| Changes related to share-based payments | - | - | - | - | 16,736 | |
| CHANGES RELATED TO TRANSACTIONS WITH SHAREHOLDERS |
(339) | 64 | - | (275) | (842,368) | |
| Change in gains and losses recognised directly in equity |
- | - | (1,214) | (1,214) | 139,353 | |
| Share of capital fluctuations of equity-accounted entities |
- | - | - | - | (16,607) | |
| 2022 income | 499 | - | - | 499 | 1,074,214 | |
| Comprehensive income as at 31 December 2022 | 499 | - | (1,214) | (715) | 1,194,946 | |
| Other changes | - | - | - | - | (516) | |
| EQUITY AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2022 | 51,339 | (0) | 3,860 | 55,198 | 11,081,029 |
The Group's cash flow statement is presented below using the indirect method. Cash flows in the financial year are shown by type: operating activities, investment activities and financing activities.
Operating activities are activities carried out on behalf of third parties which are selected mainly by fee and commission cash flows, and activities on its own behalf (investments and related financing, intermediation of swaps between funds and markets etc.). Tax inflows and outflows are included in full within operating activities.
Investing activities include acquisitions and disposals of investments in consolidated and non-consolidated companies, along with purchases of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets. Non-consolidated equity securities included in this section are accounted for as "Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss" or "Financial assets at fair value through non-recyclable equity".
Financing activities cover all transactions relating to equity (issues and buybacks of shares or other equity instruments, dividend payments etc.) and long-term borrowings.
Net cash includes cash, receivables and amounts due with central banks, debit and credit balances in bank current accounts and demand loans with credit institutions, and overnight accounts and loans.
| (in € thousands) | Notes | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| INCOME BEFORE TAX | 1,402,883 | 1,657,856 | |
| Net depreciation and amortisation and provisions in relation to tangible and intangible assets | 4.4 | 88,777 | 80,652 |
| Goodwill impairment | - | - | |
| Net write-downs and provisions | 2,891 | (22,509) | |
| Share of income of equity-accounted companies | (88,153) | (84,278) | |
| Net income from investment activities | (4,001) | 145 | |
| Net income from financing activities | 9,992 | 8,224 | |
| Other movements | 31,378 | (10,591) | |
| Total non-monetary items included in net income before tax and other adjustments | 40,884 | (28,357) | |
| Changes in interbank items (1) | (282,986) | (820,792) | |
| Changes in other financial asset and liability transactions (2) | 396,295 | 1,313,104 | |
| Changes in non-financial asset and liability transactions (3) | (1,291,505) | 169,570 | |
| Dividends from equity-accounted companies | 5.11 | 13,337 | 20,978 |
| Tax paid | 4.7 | (462,696) | (357,265) |
| Net decrease (increase) in assets and liabilities from operating activities | (1,627,555) | 325,595 | |
| NET CHANGES IN CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES (A) | (183,787) | 1,955,094 | |
| Changes in participating interests | 568 | (601,069) | |
| Changes in tangible and intangible assets | (50,195) | (47,319) | |
| NET CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES (B) | (49,627) | (648,389) | |
| Cash flow from or intended for shareholders | (859,483) | (558,490) | |
| Other net cash flows from financing activities | (120,737) | (123,146) | |
| NET CASH FLOW FROM FINANCING TRANSACTIONS (C) (4) | (980,220) | (681,637) | |
| Impact of exchange rate changes and other changes on cash (d) | 1,711 | 26,595 | |
| CHANGES IN NET CASH (A + B + C + D) | (1,211,924) | 651,663 | |
| CASH AT BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD | 2,506,615 | 1,854,952 | |
| Net cash balance and central banks | 947,661 | 35 | |
| Net balance of accounts, demand loans and borrowings with credit institutions | 1,558,954 | 1,854,917 | |
| CASH AT END OF THE PERIOD | 1,294,691 | 2,506,615 | |
| Net cash balance and central banks | 502,836 | 947,661 | |
| Net balance of accounts, demand loans and borrowings with credit institutions | 791,855 | 1,558,954 | |
| CHANGES IN NET CASH | (1,211,924) | 651,663 |
(1) Changes in interbank items correspond to term loans or borrowings. Transactions contracted as part of Amundi's operational activity, primarily with the Crédit Agricole Group.
(2) Operating flows impacting financial assets and liabilities include investments and divestments in the investment portfolio. (3) The flows of non-financial assets and liabilities includes margin calls on collateralised derivatives. These amounts fluctuate depending on the fair value of the underlying derivatives.
(4) Financing transactions flows include the impact of the repayment of the latest annuity on the senior loan taken out in 2017 as part of the acquisition of Pioneer Investments. They also incorporate the reduced lease liabilities recognised as part of applying IFRS 16.
| NOTE 1 | PRINCIPLES AND METHODS | 271 |
|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | Applicable standards and comparability | 271 |
| 1.2 | Presentation format of the financial statements |
271 |
| 1.3 | Accounting methods and principles | 271 |
| 1.4 | Consolidation principles and methods | 285 |
| NOTE 2 | FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, RISK EXPOSURE AND HEDGING POLICY |
288 |
| Capital management and regulatory ratios |
288 | |
| NOTE 3 | CONTRACTUAL MATURITY OF AMUNDI FINANCIAL ASSETS AND LIABILITIES |
288 |
| NOTE 4 | NOTES ON NET INCOME AND GAINS AND LOSSES RECOGNISED DIRECTLY IN EQUITY |
290 |
| 4.1 | Net asset management revenue | 290 |
| 4.2 | Net financial income | 291 |
| 4.3 | Other net income | 291 |
| 4.4 | General operating expenses | 291 |
| 4.5 | Cost of risk | 292 |
| 4.6 | Net gains or losses on other assets | 294 |
| 4.7 | Income tax | 294 |
| 4.8 | Change in gains and losses recognised directly in equity |
295 |
| NOTE 5 | NOTES ON THE BALANCE SHEET | 297 |
| 5.1 | Cash and central banks | 297 |
| 5.2 | Financial assets at fair value through | 297 |
| 5.3 | profit or loss Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss |
298 |
| 5.4 | Information on the netting of financial assets and liabilities |
299 |
| 5.5 | Financial assets at fair value | 300 |
| 5.6 | through equity Financial assets at amortised cost |
300 |
| 5.7 | Financial liabilities at amortised cost | 300 |
| 5.8 | Subordinated debt | 300 |
| 5.9 | Current and deferred tax assets and liabilities |
301 |
| 5.10 | Accruals and sundry assets and liabilities | 301 |
| 5.11 | Joint ventures and associates | 301 |
| 5.12 | Property, plant and equipment and intangible assets |
302 |
| 5.13 | Goodwill | 303 |
| 5.14 5.15 |
Provisions Equity |
304 304 |
| NOTE 6 | EMPLOYEE BENEFITS AND OTHER COMPENSATION |
305 |
|---|---|---|
| 6.1 | Headcount | 305 |
| 6.2 | Analysis of employee expenses | 305 |
| 6.3 | Post-employment benefits, defined‑contribution plans |
306 |
| 6.4 | Post-employment benefits, defined‑benefit plans |
306 |
| 6.5 | Share-based payments | 308 |
| 6.6 | Executive compensation | 309 |
| NOTE 7 | FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS |
310 |
| 7.1 | Derivatives | 310 |
| 7.2 | Other financial assets and liabilities | 310 |
| 7.3 | Financial assets at fair value on the balance sheet |
310 |
| 7.4 | Financial liabilities at fair value on the balance sheet |
312 |
| 7.5 | Fair value of financial assets and liabilities measured at cost |
312 |
| NOTE 8 | NON-CONSOLIDATED STRUCTURED ENTITIES |
313 |
| 8.1 | Nature and extent of Amundi's involvement with the non-consolidated structured entities |
313 |
| 8.2 | Net revenues from sponsored structured entities |
314 |
| NOTE 9 | OTHER INFORMATION | 314 |
| 9.1 | Segment information | 314 |
| 9.2 | Related parties | 315 |
| 9.3 | Scope of consolidation and changes during the year |
317 |
| 9.4 | Non-consolidated participating interests | 319 |
| 9.5 | Off-balance sheet commitments | 320 |
| 9.6 | Leases | 321 |
| 9.7 | Statutory auditors' fees | 321 |
| NOTE 10 | EVENTS AFTER THE YEAR-END | 321 |
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The scope of consolidation and its changes as at 31 December 2022 are presented in detail in note 9.3.
We note here the main transactions that were carried out in 2022.
On 20 June 2022, a press release from the Amundi Group announced the launch of a capital increase reserved for employees, which had been authorised in principle by the General Meeting of 10 May 2021.
The subscription period for this capital increase reserved for employees ended on 28 June 2022.
Nearly 2,000 employees from 15 countries took part in this capital increase by subscribing for 785,480 new shares (or 0.4% of the share capital) for an aggregate amount of €28.6 million.
This capital increase took place on 26 July 2022, bringing the number of shares comprising Amundi's share capital to 203,860,131 shares.
At 31 December 2022, Group employees held 1.1% of the share capital compared with 0.8% previously.
On 29 July 2022, in accordance with the authorisation granted by the General Meeting of 18 May 2022, the Amundi Group issued a press release to announce the launch of a share buyback programme targeting the performance share plans awarded by the Group.
This buyback programme ended on 27 September 2022 with the purchase of 1 million shares, around 0.5% of the share capital.
On 15 September 2022, Amundi and Caceis issued a press release to announce a strengthening of their strategic partnership to accelerate the development of Fund Channel, Amundi Group's B2B fund distribution platform.
Under the agreement, Caceis will hold 33.33% of Fund Channel's share capital, while Amundi will remain the majority shareholder.
As the fourth-largest European B2B fund platform, Fund Channel provides access to over 600 asset managers and connects them with more than 100 distributors in Europe and Asia.
Caceis' clients will benefit from the wide array of fund distribution-related services of a leading platform. The partnership will enable Fund Channel's clients to benefit from a comprehensive range of fund execution services. In addition, the two partners will continue to expand their longterm cooperation in the other growth areas of data management and fund administration services.
At the reporting date, all the necessary regulatory authorisations for this transaction were in place (the completion date is still being discussed by the parties).
These consolidated financial statements were prepared in accordance with IAS/IFRS standards and the IFRIC interpretations applicable as at 31 December 2022, as adopted by the European Union. This reference is available from the European Commission website at:
https://ec.europa.eu/info/business-economy-euro/companyreporting-and-auditing/company-reporting/financialreporting_en
The accounting principles and methods chosen by Amundi Group to prepare its consolidated financial statements as at 31 December 2022 are identical to those used for the preparation of the consolidated statements for the financial year ended 31 December 2021, with the exception of the following standards, amendments and interpretations newly applicable to the 2022 fiscal period:
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| Standards, amendments and interpretations | Date of publication by the European Union |
Date of first mandatory application for open financial years from |
|---|---|---|
| Amendment to IAS 16 | 28 June 2021 | |
| Property, plant and equipment – Proceeds before intended use | (EU 2021/1080) | 1 January 2022 |
| IFRS improvements (2018-2020 cycle) • IFRS 1 Subsidiary as a first-time adopter; • IFRS 9 Fees in the "10 per cent" test for derecognition of financial liabilities; • IAS 41 Taxation in fair value measurements; and • IFRS 16 Lease incentives. |
28 June 2021 (EU 2021/1080) |
1 January 2022 |
| Amendment to IFRS 3 | 28 June 2021 | |
| Reference to the conceptual framework | (EU 2021/1080) | 1 January 2022 |
| Amendment to IAS 37 | 28 June 2021 | |
| Onerous contracts – Cost of fulfilling a contract | (EU 2021/1080) | 1 January 2022 |
As at 31 December 2022, the Group has not applied the standards and interpretations published by the IASB and not yet adopted by the European Union. They will not become
Amundi presents its balance sheet in decreasing liquidity order. The assets and liabilities balance sheet is presented in notes 6.2.3. and 6.2.4.
The income statement is presented, by type, in note 6.2.1.
The main income statement aggregates are:
• net income, including net revenues from commissions and other customer activities (note 1.3.6) and net financial income;
The preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the IFRS accounting standards implies that the Group carries out a number of estimates and retains certain assumptions it deems realistic and reasonable. The estimates relate to the identification of income and expenses and the valuation of assets and liabilities as well as the information in the notes to the financial statements.
compulsory until the date set by the European Union and, therefore, the Group has not adopted these as at 31 December 2022.
The exercise assumes that Management applies its judgement based on the information available at the time the statements are prepared. Due to the uncertainties inherent in any valuation process, the Group revises its estimates based on information updated on a regular basis. It is therefore possible that the future results of the operations in question differ from the estimates.
Future results can indeed be impacted by a number of different factors, notably (but not exclusively):
• the economic and political environment in certain business sectors and countries;
The significant estimates made by the Group to prepare the financial statements relate primarily to:
• assessment of the recoverable amount of goodwill and other intangible assets (see notes 1.4.6 and 5.13);
IAS 32 defines a financial instrument as any contract that gives rise to a financial asset in one entity and a financial liability or equity instrument in another entity, i.e. any contract representing contractual rights or obligations to pay or receive cash or other financial assets.
Derivatives are financial assets and liabilities that derive their value from an underlying, which require little or no initial investment and which are settled at a future date.
Financial assets and liabilities are recognised in the financial statements in accordance with the provisions of IFRS 9 as adopted by the European Union.
IFRS 9 sets new principles governing the classification and measurement of financial instruments, impairment of credit risk and hedge accounting, excluding macro-hedging transactions.
Please note, however, that Amundi has opted not to apply the general IFRS 9 hedging accounting model. Consequently, IAS 39 continues to be applied to all hedging relationships whilst awaiting future provisions for macro-hedging.
Upon initial recognition, financial assets and liabilities are valued at fair value as defined by IFRS 13.
Fair value as defined by IFRS 13 is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date, on the primary or most advantageous market.
After initial recognition, financial assets and liabilities are valued based on their classification, either at their amortised cost using the effective interest rate (EIR) method for debt instruments, or at their fair value as specified by IFRS 13. Derivatives are always measured at fair value.
All these assessments are carried out on the basis of the information available on the date of establishing the financial statements.
Amortised cost is the amount at which the financial asset or liability is measured upon initial recognition, including the transaction costs directly attributable to their acquisition or issue, less principal repayments, plus or minus accumulated amortisation, calculated using the effective interest rate (EIR) method for any difference (discount or premium) between the initial amount and the amount at maturity. In the case of a financial asset at amortised cost or at fair value through recyclable equity, the amount may be adjusted for impairment losses, if necessary.
The EIR discounts expected future cash inflows and outflows over the expected life of the financial instrument or, where applicable, over a shorter period in order to obtain the net book value of the financial asset or liability.
Non-derivative financial assets (debt or equity instruments) are classified in accounting categories in the financial statements that determine their accounting treatment and their subsequent measurement method. These financial assets are classified in one of the following three categories:
The classification and measurement of debt instruments depends on two criteria, the management model and the analysis of contractual characteristics (unless the fair value option is used).
The management model is representative of the financial asset management strategy followed by Amundi's management in order to meet its objectives. The management model is specified for an asset portfolio and does not constitute an intention, on a case-by-case basis, for an isolated financial asset.
There are three separate management models:
This model mainly relates to portfolios that aim to collect cash flows via disposals, portfolios whose performance is measured on the basis of fair value and portfolios of financial assets held for trading.
When the strategy pursued by the Management for managing financial assets does not match either the "holdto-collect" model or the "hold-to-collect-and-sell" model, these financial assets are classified in an other/sell portfolio model.
The "SPPI" test combines a series of criteria, examined on a cumulative basis, that make it possible to establish whether the contractual cash flows have the characteristics of a simple financing arrangement (payments of principal and interest on the principal outstanding).
The test is satisfied when the financing arrangement gives rise solely to payments of principal and where the payment of interest received reflects the time value of money, the credit risk associated with the instrument, the other costs and risks of a traditional loan agreement as well as a reasonable margin, whether the interest rate is fixed or variable.
Under a simple financing arrangement, the interest represents the cost of time elapsing, the price of credit and liquidity risk over the period and other components related to the asset's carrying cost (e.g. administrative costs etc.).
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In some cases, this qualitative analysis is not conclusive and quantitative analysis (or a benchmark test) is carried out. This additional analysis consists of comparing contractual cash flows for the asset under consideration and cash flows for a benchmark asset.
If the difference between the financial asset's cash flows and those of the benchmark asset is deemed to be immaterial, the asset is deemed to be a simple financing arrangement.
In addition, a specific analysis will be conducted if the financial asset was issued by special purpose entities establishing an order of payment priority between financial asset holders by bundling multiple instruments together under contract and creating credit risk concentrations ("tranches").
Each tranche is given a level of subordination which specifies the order of distribution of the cash flows generated by the structured entity.
In this event, the SPPI test requires an analysis of the contractual cash flow characteristics of the asset in question and of underlying assets according to the "look-through" approach and of the credit risk carried by the subscribed tranches compared with the credit risk for the underlying assets.
The debt instrument recognition method arising from qualification of the management model combined with the SPPI test can be presented in the form of the diagram below:

Debt instruments are measured at amortised cost if they are eligible for the hold-to-collect model and if they satisfy the SPPI test.
They are recorded on the settlement/delivery date and their initial measurement also includes accrued interest and transaction costs.
Amortisation of any premiums or discounts and transaction costs on loans and receivables and fixed-income securities is recognised in profit or loss using the effective interest rate method.
This financial asset category is subject to impairment under the conditions described in the specific paragraph on "Provisions for credit risks".
Debt instruments are measured at fair value through recyclable equity if they are eligible for the "hold-to-collectand-sell" model and if they satisfy the SPPI test.
They are recorded on the trading date and their initial measurement also includes accrued interest and transaction costs.
Amortisation of any premiums or discounts and transaction costs on fixed-income securities is recognised in profit or loss using the effective interest rate (EIR) method.
These financial assets are subsequently assessed at fair value and changes in fair value are recorded in recyclable equity as an offset to outstanding assets (excluding accrued interest recognised in profit or loss using the effective interest rate method).
In the event of sale, these changes are transferred to profit or loss.
This financial instrument category is subject to adjustment for expected credit losses (ECL) under the conditions described in the specific paragraph on "Provisions for credit risks" (without affecting the fair value at the balance sheet date).
Debt instruments are assessed at fair value through profit or loss under the following circumstances:
• the instruments are classified in portfolios made of financial assets held for trading or whose main objective is disposal.
Financial assets held for trading are assets acquired or generated by the Company primarily with the aim of disposal in the short term or which are included in a portfolio of financial instruments managed as a unit and with the purpose of making a profit from short-term price fluctuations or an arbitrage margin. Although contractual cash flows are received during the time that Amundi holds the assets, receipt of these contractual cash flows is ancillary rather than essential;
Financial assets measured at fair value through profit or loss are initially recognised at fair value, excluding transaction costs (taken directly to profit or loss) and including accrued interest.
They are subsequently measured at fair value and changes in fair value are recognised through profit or loss, in net revenues as an offset to outstanding assets.
No impairments are recognised for this category of financial assets.
Debt instruments measured at fair value through profit or loss as an option are recorded on the trading date.
Debt instruments measured at fair value through profit or loss that do not satisfy the SPPI test are recorded on the settlement/delivery date.
Equity instruments are, by default, recognised at fair value through profit or loss, apart from an irrevocable option of classification at fair value in non-recyclable equity, provided that such instruments are not held for trading purposes.
Financial assets measured at fair value through profit or loss are initially recognised at fair value, excluding transaction costs (taken directly to profit or loss). They are recorded on the settlement/delivery date (except equity instruments held for trading purposes, which are recorded on the trading date).
They are subsequently measured at fair value and changes in fair value are recognised through profit or loss, in net revenues as an offset to outstanding assets.
No impairments are recognised for this category of financial assets.
The irrevocable option of recognising equity instruments at fair value in non-recyclable equity through profit or loss is taken on a transactional level (line by line) and is applied from the date of initial recognition. These securities are recorded on the trading date.
The initial fair value includes transaction costs.
On subsequent measurements, changes in fair value are recognised in non-recyclable equity. In the event of disposal, these changes are not recycled through profit or loss, the gain or loss on the disposal is recognised in equity.
Only dividends are recognised through profit or loss.
A financial asset (or group of financial assets) is fully or partially derecognised if:
In this case, any rights or obligations created or retained at the time of transfer are recognised separately as assets and liabilities.
If the contractual rights to the cash flows are transferred, but only some of the risks and rewards of ownership as well as control are retained, the entity will continue to recognise the financial asset to the extent of its involvement in the asset.
Financial assets renegotiated for commercial reasons in the absence of financial difficulties by the counterparty and with the aim of building or retaining a business relationship are derecognised on the renegotiation date. New loans to clients are recorded on that date at their fair value on the renegotiation date. Subsequent recognition is dependent on the management model and the SPPI test.
Balance sheet financial liabilities are classified in these two accounting categories:
Financial instruments issued primarily with a view to shortterm buyback, instruments forming part of a portfolio of identified financial instruments which are managed as a unit and which show signs of having a recent short-term profittaking profile, and derivatives (apart from some hedging derivatives) are measured at fair value by type.
Changes in the fair value of this portfolio are recognised through the income statement.
Financial liabilities meeting one of the three cases provided by the standard may optionally be valued at fair value through profit or loss: hybrid issues including one or more separable embedded derivatives, lessening or elimination of the distortion of the accounting treatment, or groups of managed financial liabilities whose performance is measured at fair value.
This option is irrevocable and is applied, on a mandatory basis, on the date of the instrument's initial recognition.
On the occasion of subsequent measurements, these financial liabilities are measured at fair value through profit or loss for changes in fair value unrelated to own credit risk and in non-recyclable equity for changes in value linked to own credit risk unless this makes the accounting mismatch worse.
Any other liabilities meeting the definition of a financial liability (apart from derivatives) are measured at amortised cost.
These liabilities are initially recorded at fair value (including transaction income and costs) and subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest rate method.
The initial classification of financial liabilities is irrevocable. No subsequent reclassification is authorised.
The distinction between debt instruments and equity instruments is based on an analysis of the substance of contractual arrangements.
A financial liability is a debt instrument if it includes a contractual obligation:
An equity instrument is a non-repayable financial instrument that provides a discretionary return which highlights a residual interest in a company after deduction of all financial liabilities (net assets) and which is not qualified as a debt instrument.
The treasury shares purchased by Amundi, including shares held for hedging the performance share allocation plans, do not fall within the definition of a financial asset and are recognised as a deduction from the equity. They do not have any impact on the income statement.
A financial liability is derecognised in full or in part:
Substantial modification of an existing financial liability must be recorded as the extinction of the initial financial liability and the recognition of a new financial liability (the novation). Any difference between the carrying amount of the liability that has been extinguished and the new liability will be recorded immediately in the income statement.
If the financial liability has not been derecognised, the original effective interest rate continues. A discount/premium is immediately recognised through profit or loss on the date of the modification and is then apportioned at the original effective interest rate over the remaining life of the instrument.
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In accordance with IFRS 9, Amundi recognises impairments under "expected credit losses" (ECL) for outstanding assets on the following:
Equity instruments (at fair value through profit or loss or at fair value in non-recyclable OCI) are not affected by impairment provisions.
Counterparty risk is calculated for derivatives and other instruments at fair value through profit or loss which is not pursuant to the ECL model.
Credit risk is defined as the risk of losses associated with the default of a counterparty leading to its inability to meet its commitments to the Group.
The credit risk provisioning process distinguishes between three different stages (Buckets):
The definition of default for the requirements of provisioning for ECLs is identical to that used in management and for calculating regulatory ratios. A debtor is thus considered to be in default when at least one of the following two conditions has been met:
An outstanding asset in default (Bucket 3) is said to be impaired when one or more events have occurred that have a harmful effect on this asset's estimated future cash flows.
Signs of a financial asset's impairment include observable data on the following events:
It is not necessarily possible to single out a particular event since the impairment of the financial asset may be the result of the combined effect of several events.
ECL is defined as the probability-weighted estimate of discounted credit loss (principal and interest). It is the actual value of the difference between contractual cash flows and expected cash flows (principal and interest).
The ECL approach aims to allow expected credit losses to be recognised as early as possible.
Governance of the system used to measure IFRS 9 parameters is based on the organisation put in place under the Basel framework. The Group's Risk Management Department is responsible for defining the methodological framework and oversight of the system of asset provisioning.
The Group prioritises the internal rating system and current Basel processes when generating the IFRS 9 parameters needed to calculate ECLs. Assessment of the change in credit risk is based on an expected loss model and extrapolation based on reasonable scenarios. All available, relevant, reasonable and supportable information must be used, including forward-looking information.
The calculation formula incorporates the parameters of probability of default, loss in the event of default and exposure at the time of default.
These calculations are based on internal models applied within a regulatory framework where this exists, but with restatements to determine an economic ECL. IFRS 9 recommends a point-in-time analysis while taking account of historic loss data and forward-looking macroeconomic data, whilst the prudential viewpoint is analysed through the cycle for the probability of default and at the lowest point of the cycle (downturn) for losses in the event of default.
This accounting approach also results in the recalculation of certain Basel parameters to neutralise internal recovery costs or the floors imposed by the regulator in the regulatory calculation of loss given default (LGD).
ECL calculation methods must be assessed according to product type: financial instruments and off-balance sheet instruments.
12-month expected credit losses are a portion of the lifetime expected credit losses and represent the cash flow shortfalls caused by default within 12 months of the reporting date (or a shorter period if the financial instrument's lifetime is expected to be less than 12 months), weighted by the probability of default within the 12 months.
Expected credit losses are discounted using the EIR determined at the financial instrument's initial recognition.
ECL measurement methods take into account the assets assigned as collateral and other credit enhancements that are part of the contractual terms and that the entity does not recognise separately. The estimated cash flow shortfalls expected from a secured financial instrument reflects the amount and the timing for recovering the collateral. In accordance with IFRS 9, the recognition of guarantees and collateral does not affect the assessment of the significant deterioration in credit risk: this is based on changes in credit risk on the debtor without taking into account guarantees.
The models and parameters used are back-tested at least once a year.
On each reporting date, all Group entities must assess the deterioration of the credit risk for each financial instrument since its initial recognition. This assessment of the change in credit risk leads entities to categorise their transactions by risk rating (Buckets).
To assess significant deterioration, the Group operates a process based on two levels of analysis:
All financial instruments, save for some exceptions, are monitored for significant deterioration. No contagion is required to switch financial instruments from the same outstanding from Bucket 1 to Bucket 2. Monitoring significant deterioration must take account of changes to the main debtor's credit risk, without taking account of the warranty.
For outstanding assets comprising small loans and receivables with similar characteristics, the counterparty-bycounterparty review may be replaced by a statistical estimate of expected losses.
To measure significant deterioration in credit risk since initial recognition, it is necessary to recover the initial internal rating and PD (probability of default).
The date of origination is understood to be the trading date, when the entity becomes party to the contractual provisions of the financial instrument. For financing and guarantee commitments, the date of origination is understood to be the irrevocable commitment date.
For outstanding assets (other than securities) for which internal rating systems have been constructed (in particular, exposures monitored using authorised methods), the Amundi Group considers that all the information incorporated in such rating systems allows for a more relevant assessment than the sole criterion of payments more than 30 days past due.
If the deterioration since the date of origination ceases to be recorded, the impairment may return to 12-month expected credit losses (Bucket 1).
To compensate for the fact that some factors or signs of significant deterioration cannot be identified at the level of an individual financial instrument, the standard authorises the assessment of significant deterioration for portfolios, groups of portfolios or portions of portfolios of financial instruments.
The construction of portfolios to assess deterioration on a collective basis may result in common characteristics such as:
Groupings of financial instruments for the purpose of assessing changes in credit risk on a collective basis may change over time as new information becomes available.
For securities, Amundi uses an approach that consists of applying an absolute level of credit risk in accordance with IFRS 9, beyond which exposures are classified in Bucket 2 and provisioned on the basis of ECL at maturity.
The following rules will apply for monitoring the significant deterioration of securities:
Relative deterioration must be assessed upstream of the occurrence of a proven default (Bucket 3).
When a receivable is deemed to be irrecoverable, i.e. there is no hope of recovering all, or part, of the receivable, the amount deemed to be irrecoverable must be derecognised and written off.
Assessment of the time taken to write the receivable off is based on expert judgement. Each entity must set the writeoff time with the Risk Management Department, depending on how much information it has on its business. Prior to any write-offs, Bucket 3 provisioning must be made (apart from financial assets at fair value through profit or loss).
For loans at amortised cost or at fair value in recyclable equity, the amount written off is recorded under cost of risk for the principal and under net financial income for the interest.
Derivatives are financial assets or liabilities classified, by default, as derivative instruments held for trading, unless they can be classified as derivative hedging instruments.
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They are recorded in the balance sheet at their initial fair value on the trading date.
They are subsequently measured at fair value.
On every reporting date, any change in the fair value of derivatives on the balance sheet is recorded:
In accordance with the Group's decision, Amundi does not apply the "Hedge accounting" section of IFRS 9 in line with the option given by the standard. All hedging relationships will continue to be documented in accordance with IAS 39 rules until, at the latest, the macro-hedging text is adopted by the European Union. The eligibility of financial instruments for hedge accounting under IAS 39 takes into consideration IFRS 9 principles governing the classification and measurement of financial instruments.
Under IFRS 9, and in consideration of IAS 39 hedging principles, debt instruments at amortised cost and at fair value in recyclable equity are eligible for fair value hedging and cash flow hedging.
Hedging relationships must comply with the following principles:
Hedges must also meet the following criteria in order to be eligible for hedge accounting:
For interest rate hedges for financial asset or liability portfolios, the Amundi Group favours documentation of fair value hedging as permitted under IAS 39 adopted by the European Union (carve-out version). In particular:
The change in value of the derivative at its fair value is recognised as follows:
When the conditions for benefiting from hedge accounting are no longer met, the following accounting treatment must be applied prospectively:
• hedging of a net investment in a foreign operation: the amounts accumulated in equity in respect of the effective portion of the hedging remain in equity while the net investment is held. The income is recorded once the net investment in the foreign operation exits the scope of consolidation.
The fair value of financial instruments is determined by maximising the use of observable input data. It is presented using the hierarchy defined by IFRS 13.
IFRS 13 defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date, on the primary market or on the most advantageous market.
Fair value applies individually to each financial asset and financial liability. It can, exceptionally, be estimated by portfolio if the management and risk monitoring strategy allow and if appropriately documented. Accordingly, certain fair value parameters are calculated on a net basis when a group of financial assets and financial liabilities is managed on the basis of its net exposure to market or credit risks. This is the case for the CVA (Credit Valuation Adjustment) calculation and the DVA (Debit Valuation Adjustment) calculation.
Amundi believes that quoted prices published in an active market are the best evidence of fair value.
When such quoted prices are not available, fair value is established by using valuation techniques that maximise the use of relevant observable data and minimise the use of unobservable data.
In accordance with IFRS 13, Amundi values its structured issues by integrating the issue spread of the guarantor.
In application of IFRS 13, Amundi incorporates into fair value the assessment of counterparty risk for derivative assets (CVA) and, using a symmetrical treatment, the nonperformance risk for derivative liabilities (DVA or own credit risk).
CVA makes it possible to determine expected counterparty losses from Amundi's perspective. DVA makes it possible to determine expected losses on Amundi from the counterparty's perspective.
For derivatives carried out with market counterparties, the CVA/DVA calculation is based on an estimate of expected losses given the probability of default and loss in the event of default. The methodology used maximises the use of observable market data. It is primarily based on market parameters such as registered and listed CDS (Credit Default Swaps) or Single Name CDS, or Index CDS in the absence of named counterparty CDS. Under certain circumstances, historical default parameters may also be used.
No CVA/DVA is calculated either for derivatives contracted by Amundi or for funds, taking into account that there is no historical default data and the guarantee provided by Amundi to the funds.
The standard classifies fair value into three levels based on the observability of inputs used in valuation techniques.
Level 1 is composed of financial instruments that are directly quoted in active markets for identical assets and liabilities that the entity can access at the measurement date. These are stocks and bonds listed on active markets, shares in investment funds listed on active markets and derivatives traded on organised markets, in particular futures.
A market is deemed to be active if quoted prices are readily and regularly available from an exchange, broker, dealer, pricing service or regulatory agency, and the prices represent actual and regularly occurring market transactions under normal competitive conditions.
For financial assets and liabilities with offsetting market risks, Amundi uses mid-prices as the basis for establishing the fair value of the positions. The current bid price is applied to assets held or liabilities to be issued (open long position) and the current asking price to assets to be acquired or liabilities held (open short position).
This data is directly observable (i.e. prices) or indirectly observable (data derived from prices) and generally meets the following criteria: this is data not specific to the entity, which is publicly available/accessible and based on a market consensus.
Level 2 consists of:
When the models used are consistent with standard models and on observable market parameters (such as yield curves or implied volatility ranges), the initial margin generated on the instruments valued in this way is recognised in profit or loss from inception.
In the case of some complex instruments which are not traded in an active market, fair value measurement is based on valuation techniques that use assumptions not supported by data observable on the market for an identical instrument. These instruments are presented in Level 3.
These are mainly complex rate products, equity derivatives and structured credit products whose valuation requires, for example, correlation or volatility parameters that cannot be directly compared to market data.
The initial transaction price is deemed to reflect the market value and recognition of the initial margin is deferred.
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The margin generated on these structured financial instruments is generally recognised in profit or loss spread over the period during which the parameters are deemed to be unobservable. When the market data becomes observable, the margin remaining to be spread is immediately recognised in profit or loss.
The valuation methodologies and models used to value the financial instruments presented in Levels 2 and 3 incorporate all of the factors that market players use to calculate prices. They must first be validated by an independent audit. Determination of the fair value of these instruments takes into account both the liquidity risk and the counterparty risk.
In accordance with IAS 32, Amundi offsets a financial asset and a financial liability and reports the net balance if, and only if it has a legally enforceable right to offset the amounts reported and intends either to settle on a net basis, or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.
The effect of this offsetting is presented in table 5.4. concerning the amendment to IFRS 7 on disclosures regarding the offsetting of financial assets and financial liabilities.
For financial instruments at fair value through profit or loss, this heading includes the following income statement items:
This heading also includes the ineffective portion of hedging transactions.Net gains or losses on financial instruments at fair value through equity
For financial assets at fair value through equity, this heading includes the following income statement items:
A financial guarantee contract is a contract that requires the issuer to make specified payments to reimburse the holder for a loss it incurs because a specified debtor fails to make payment when due under the original or amended terms of a debt instrument.
Amundi identifies all (legal or constructive) obligations resulting from a past event for which it is probable that an outflow of resources will be required to settle the obligations, and for which the due date or amount of the settlement are uncertain, but can be reliably estimated. If required, the estimates are discounted when the effect is significant.
This obligation can be legal, regulatory or contractual. It can also result from the Group's practices or from commitments that created a legitimate expectation on the part of third parties involved that the Group will assume certain liabilities.
If no reliable evaluation of the amount can be made, no provisions are recognised, but information is provided in the appendix, where appropriate.
These are grouped into four categories in accordance with IAS 19 "Employee benefits":
There are several compulsory retirement plans to which "employer" companies contribute. Plan assets are managed by independent organisations and the contributing companies have no legal or implied obligation to pay additional contributions if the funds do not have sufficient assets to cover all benefits corresponding to services rendered by the employees during the financial year and during prior years. Consequently, Amundi Group entities have no liabilities in this respect other than their contributions to be paid for the year ended.
Financial guarantee contracts are initially measured at fair value, then subsequently at the higher of:
For Amundi, the financial guarantees given are funds where capital or performance is guaranteed.
The Group creates provisions for these obligations which cover:
In accordance with IAS 19, the commitments are assessed based on a set of actuarial, financial and demographic assumptions and using the Projected Unit Credit method. This method consists of allocating an expense corresponding to the rights vested over the period for each financial year of employment. The expense is calculated based on the future, discounted benefit.
The calculations for expenses for future social benefits are made on the basis of assumptions for discount rates, employee turnover and changes in wages and social security contributions developed by Management.
The discount rates are determined based on the average period of commitment, that is, the weighted average of the payment dates of future benefits. The underlying index used is the iBoxx AA Index.
In accordance with IAS 19, Amundi allocates all actuarial differences recorded in gains and losses recognised directly in non-recyclable equity. Actuarial differences consist of adjustments related to experience (difference between estimated and actual experience) and the effect of changes made to the actuarial assumptions.
The expected return of plan assets is determined on the basis of the discount rates used to evaluate the defined benefits obligation. The difference between the expected return and the actual return of plan assets is recorded in gains and losses recognised directly in non-recyclable equity.
The provision amount is equal to:
• the current value of the commitment for the defined benefits on the closing date, calculated using the actuarial method recommended by IAS 19;
• less, if appropriate, the fair value of assets allocated to hedging the commitments. They can be represented by an eligible insurance policy. In the event that the obligation is fully hedged by a policy which exactly covers, in both amount and time, all or part of the benefits payable by virtue of the plan, the fair value of the latter is considered to be that of the corresponding obligation (i.e. the amount of the corresponding actuarial debt).
Amundi has taken out an "IFC" insurance policy (end-ofcareer allowance) with an insurance company in the Crédit Agricole Group.
A provision to cover the retirement benefits is included in balance sheet liabilities in the "Provisions" item for commitments which are not covered.
Long-term benefits are benefits which are paid to employees other than post-employment benefits, severance payments and equity-based compensation, but which are not due in full during the 12 months following the end of the financial year in which the corresponding services were rendered. They include, among other things, bonuses and other deferred compensation paid 12 months or more after the end of the financial year in which they were earned, but which are not indexed to shares.
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The valuation method is similar to that used by the Group for post-employment benefits in the defined-benefits category.
The long-term benefits which can be granted by Amundi consist primarily of the allocation of bonuses whose payment will be deferred to future financial years subject to meeting certain performance conditions set in advance and continued employment at the time of payment to the employees to whom they were granted.
Amundi conducts a regulated activity. As such, its business is subject to regular monitoring and investigation by various regulators. These inspections may reveal certain irregularities and may, in some instances, result in fines or other penalties.
The impact of this risk is recorded in the "Cost of Risk" section of the income statement.
Most of the Group's revenue comes from third-party asset management in collective or individual portfolios (dedicated funds or mandates). It is essentially based on the assets under management in managed funds.
The net fees comprise net management fees which are equal to the gross management fees received after deduction of fees paid:
Net fees are also composed of:
Performance fees are paid to the asset management company as provided by contract. They are calculated on the basis of a percentage on the positive difference between the actual performance and the benchmark index as provided by the contract.
Income and expenses for fees are recorded in profit or loss according to the nature of the services they represent. Their recognition on the income statement must reflect the rate at which control of the goods or services sold is transferred to the customer:
Net income from a transaction associated with a service provision is recognised under Fees upon transfer of control of the service provided to the customer, if this can be reliably estimated. Said transfer may be made as the service is rendered (ongoing service) or on a given date (one-off service).
The fees payable or receivable contingent upon meeting a performance target are recognised only if all of the following conditions are met:
These performance fees are, therefore, recognised in the majority of cases in profit or loss at the end of the calculation period.
IFRS 2 "Share-based payments" requires valuation of the transactions remunerated by payment in stock and similar instruments in the profit or loss and balance sheet of the Company. The standard is applicable to transactions carried out for employees, and specifically:
Two plans in the Amundi Group are covered by IFRS 2:
In accordance with IAS 12, the income tax expense includes all income-related taxes, whether current or deferred.
IAS 12 defines current tax liability as "the amount of income tax payable (recoverable) with respect to the taxable profit (tax loss) for a financial year". The taxable income is the profit (or loss) for a given financial year measured according to the rules set by the taxation authorities and based on which income tax must be paid (recovered).
The applicable rates and rules used to determine the current tax liability are those in effect in each country in which the Group's companies are established.
A tax consolidation group was set up for the French entities (from 1 January 2010) with Amundi SA as the head of the group.
The current tax liability includes all taxes on income, payable or recoverable, for which payment is not subordinated to the completion of future transactions, even if payment is spread over several financial years. The current tax liability must be recognised as a liability until it is paid. If the amount that has already been paid for the current year and previous financial years exceeds the amount due for these years, the surplus must be recognised under assets.
When tax credits on income from securities portfolios and receivables are effectively used to pay corporation tax due for the financial year, they are recognised under the same heading as the income with which they are associated. The corresponding tax charge continues to be recognised under the "Income tax" heading in the income statement.
Moreover, certain transactions carried out by the entity may have tax consequences that are not taken into account in measuring the current tax liability. IAS 12 defines differences between the carrying amount of an asset or liability and its tax base as temporary differences.
When the award takes place after the services have been delivered, Amundi carries out a valuation of the services provided by the beneficiaries. The expense is recognised over the period during which these services were provided;
• Amundi and Crédit Agricole SA share subscriptions are made available to employees as part of the Company Savings Scheme. They are also covered by the provisions of IFRS 2. The shares are offered with a maximum discount of 30%. The plans have no vesting period, but include a five-year lock-up period. The benefit granted to employees is measured as the difference between the fair value of the vested shares taking into account the lock-up condition and the acquisition price paid by the employee on the subscription date multiplied by the number of shares subscribed.
The expense for the share allocation plan settled by Amundi and Crédit Agricole SA equity instruments is recognised as personnel expenses offsetting an increase in "Consolidated reserves – Group share".
The standard requires that deferred taxes be recognised in the following cases:
A deferred tax liability must be recognised for all taxable temporary differences between the carrying amount of an asset or liability on the balance sheet and its tax base, unless the deferred tax liability arises from:
• initial recognition of goodwill;
• initial recognition of an asset or a liability in a transaction that is not a business combination and that does not affect either the accounting or the taxable profit (taxable loss) on the transaction date.
A deferred tax asset must be recognised for all deductible temporary differences between the carrying amount of an asset or liability on the balance sheet and its tax base, insofar as it is deemed likely that a future taxable profit will be available against which such deductible temporary differences can be allocated.
A deferred tax asset must also be recognised for carrying forward unused tax losses and tax credits insofar as it is probable that the Group will have access to future taxable profits against which the unused tax losses and tax credits can be allocated.
The tax rates applicable in each country are used as appropriate.
Calculation of deferred taxes takes the tax rates of each country into account and should not be discounted in accordance with IAS 12.
Taxable unrealised gains on securities (FCP – mutual funds in France) do not generate any taxable temporary differences between the carrying amount of the asset and the tax base. As a result, deferred tax is not recognised on these gains.
In France, capital gains on the sale of equity investments, as defined by the French General Tax Code and coming under long-term taxation treatment, are exempt from corporation tax (except for a share of fees taxed at the normally applicable rate). Accordingly, unrealised gains recognised at the end of the financial year generate a temporary difference requiring the recognition of deferred tax on this share, in so far as Amundi considers the disposal of the securities likely.
As part of IFRS 16 "Leases", a deferred tax liability is recognised on the right of use and a deferred tax asset on the lease liability for leases for which the Group is lessee.
Current and deferred tax is recognised in net income for the year, unless the tax arises from:
Deferred tax assets and liabilities offset each other if, and only if:
Amundi applies component accounting to all its property, plant and equipment. In accordance with the provisions of IAS 16, the depreciable base takes account of the potential residual value of property, plant and equipment.
Operating and investment buildings, as well as equipment, are recognised at acquisition cost less accumulated depreciation, amortisation and write-downs since they were commissioned.
Repair and maintenance costs are recorded as expenses when incurred except in cases in which they contribute to increasing productivity or the useful life of the fixed asset.
Intangible assets include software, as well as the intangible assets resulting from the identification of contractual rights at the time of allocating the acquisition price of a business combination.
Purchased software is recorded on the balance sheet at acquisition cost less accumulated depreciation and impairment since the acquisition date.
Proprietary software is recognised at production cost less accumulated depreciation, amortisation and write-downs since completion.
Tax risks relating to income tax resulting in the recognition of a receivable or a current tax liability when it is deemed to be more likely than unlikely that the assets will be received or the liabilities paid. These risks are also taken into account when assessing current and deferred tax assets and liabilities.
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IFRIC 23 "Uncertainty over income tax treatments" applies as soon as an entity has identified one or more uncertainties over income tax treatments undertaken with regard to its taxes. It also provides details of their estimates:
Fixed assets are depreciated based on their estimated useful lives. The main periods used are:
| The information which Amundi has about the value of its | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| amortisable fixed assets has led it to conclude that | ||||||||
| impairment tests would not result in any change in the values | ||||||||
| recorded in the balance sheet. | ||||||||
Assets acquired from business combinations resulting from contractual rights (e.g. distribution agreements) are valued on the basis of corresponding future economic benefits or the potential of the expected services.
Intangible assets are amortised as follows:
A distinction is made between cash and non-cash items, in accordance with IAS 21.
On the reporting date, foreign-currency denominated monetary assets and liabilities are converted at the closing price into the Amundi functional currency. The resulting translation adjustments are recognised in profit or loss. There are two exceptions to this rule:
In accordance with IAS 33:
• basic earnings per share are equal to net consolidated income divided by the weighted average number of shares in circulation during the financial year;
Non-monetary items are treated differently depending on the nature of the items:
Exchange adjustments on non-monetary items are recognised:
The cost of risk mainly consists of the cost of credit risk including any changes in provisions for guaranteed funds (financial guarantees), provisions for litigation and other expenses related to operational risk.
The Amundi Group holds lease agreements primarily as a lessee.
Lease transactions are recognised in the balance sheet on the date of availability of the leased assets. The lessee accounts for an asset that is representative of the right to use the leased asset in the property, plant and equipment during the estimated term of the contract and a debt owed under an obligation to pay the rents in the various liabilities over the same term.
The term of lease corresponds to the non-cancellable term of the lease adjusted by the contract extension options that the lessee is reasonably likely to exercise and the termination option that the lessee is reasonably likely not to exercise.
In France, the Group principle applicable to open-ended or automatically renewable contracts is to use the first exit option after five years. The term used for the so-called "3/6/9" commercial leases is generally nine years with an initial noncancellable period of three years. When the lessee deems it reasonably certain that it will not exercise the exit option after three years, the Group principle will be applied to French commercial leases in most cases, on the lease commencement date. This means that the term will be estimated at six years. The Group principle (first exit option after five years) may not be applied in some specific cases, such as for a lease where intermediate exit options have been waived (for example, in return for a rent reduction). In such cases, an initial lease term of nine years will apply (generally unless an automatic extension of up to three years is expected).
The lease liability is recognised at an amount equal to the present value of the rent payments over the term of the contract. Rent payments include fixed rents, variable rents based on a rate or index, and payments that the lessee expects to make as residual value guarantees, a purchase option or as an early termination penalty.
Variable rents that do not depend on an index or a rate and the non-deductible VAT on rents are excluded from the debt calculation and are recognised as general operating expenses.
The discount rate applicable for calculating the right of use and the rental liability is, by default, the lessee's marginal debt ratio over the term of the contract on the date of signature of the contract when the implicit rate cannot easily be calculated. The marginal debt ratio takes account of the rental payment structure.
The expense of the lease contracts is partly comprised of interest and partly of capital amortisation.
The right to use the asset is valued at the initial value of the lease liability, plus the initial direct costs, advance payments and refurbishment costs. It is amortised over the estimated term of the contract.
The lease liability and the right of use may be adjusted in the event of an amendment to the lease agreement, a reassessment of the lease term or a rent review linked to the application of indices or rates.
Deferred taxes are recognised on the basis of timing differences between the rights to use and the lessee's rental liabilities.
In accordance with the exception set out in the standard, short-term leases (an initial term of less than 12 months) and leases where the value when new of the leased property is low are not recognised in the balance sheet; the corresponding leasing expenses are recorded on a straightline basis in the income statement in general operating expenses.
In accordance with the provisions set out in the standard, the Group does not apply IFRS 16 to leases for intangible assets.
A non-current asset (or a group held for sale) is classified as held-for-sale if, at close, its carrying amount will be recovered principally through a sale transaction rather than through ongoing use.
For this to be the case, the asset (or group held for sale) must be available for immediate sale in its present condition and its sale must be highly likely.
The relevant assets and liabilities are shown separately on the balance sheet under "Non-current assets held for sale" and "Liabilities associated with non-current assets held for sale".
The non-current assets (or disposal group) classified as held‑for‑sale are measured at the lower of their carrying amount and their fair value less cost of sale. In the case of an unrealised loss, a write-down is recognised in profit or loss. They are no longer amortised when they are reclassified.
If the fair value of a group of assets held for sale less selling costs is less than its carrying amount after write-down of non-current assets, the difference is allocated to the other assets of the disposal group, including the financial assets, and is recognised under net income from discontinued operations.
The consolidated financial statements include Amundi's financial statements and those of all companies over which, in compliance with the provisions of IFRS 10, IFRS 11 and IAS 28, Amundi exercises control, joint control or significant influence.
Control over an entity is deemed to exist if Amundi is exposed to or entitled to receive variable returns as a result of its involvement in the entity and if the power it holds over this entity enables it to influence the returns. Only substantive (voting or contractual) rights are examined to assess the concept of power. Rights are considered substantive if the holder of the rights can exercise them, in practice, when decisions about the entity's relevant activities are made.
Amundi is deemed to control a subsidiary through voting rights when its voting rights give it the ability to direct the subsidiary's relevant activities. Amundi is generally considered to control a subsidiary when it holds more than half of the existing or potential voting rights in an entity, whether directly or indirectly through subsidiaries, except when it can be clearly demonstrated that such ownership does not give it the power to direct its relevant activities. Control is also deemed to exist when Amundi holds half or less than half of the voting rights, including potential rights, in an entity but is able in practice to direct its relevant activities at its sole discretion, notably because of the existence of contractual arrangements, the relative size of its stake in the voting rights compared to those of other investors, or other facts or circumstances.
A discontinued operation is any component that the Group has either disposed of, or is classified as held-for-sale, and which is in any of the following situations:
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The following are disclosed on a separate line of the income statement:
Amundi did not record any transactions covered within the scope of IFRS 5 during the 2022 financial year.
Control of a structured entity is not assessed on the basis of the percentage of voting rights, because by their nature these have no effect on the entity's returns. When assessing control, consideration is given not only to contractual arrangements, but also to whether Amundi was involved in creating the entity and what decisions it made at the time, what agreements were made at its inception and what risks are borne by Amundi, any rights under agreements that only give the investor the power to direct relevant activities in specific circumstances and any other facts or circumstances that indicate that the investor can direct the entity's relevant activities. Where there is a management agreement, it should be established whether the manager is in practice acting as an agent (with delegated powers) or as a principal (on their own account). Accordingly, when decisions about the entity's relevant activities must be taken, the indicators used to assess whether an entity is acting as agent or principal are as follows: the extent of the decision-making powers compared to the powers over the entity delegated to the manager, the compensation provided for under the contractual agreements, but also any substantive rights held by third parties involved in the entity that may affect the decision-making capacity of the decision maker and the exposure to the variable nature of the returns of other interests held in the entity.
Joint control is deemed to exist when there is a contractual division of control over an economic activity. Decisions affecting the entity's relevant activities require unanimous agreement of the parties sharing control.
In traditional entities, significant influence is defined as the power to influence, but not control, a company's financial and operational policies. Significant influence is assumed in cases of 20% or more ownership, either directly or indirectly through subsidiaries, of the voting rights in an entity.
The control criteria for structured entities or special purpose entities (structures created to manage an operation or a group of similar operations) are defined by IFRS 10.
Control is primarily assessed based on the following:
These provisions are applicable to the funds held or guaranteed by Amundi, in particular.
With respect to the fund units held by Group companies, Amundi's Management assesses the existence of control based on two criteria:
Consolidation methods are defined in IFRS 10, IFRS 11 and IAS 28. They result from the type of control exercised by Amundi over the entities that can be consolidated, regardless of activity or whether or not they have legal entity status:
Full consolidation substitutes each of the assets and liabilities carried by each subsidiary for the value of the shares.
Significant investments in joint ventures and associates are recognised separately in the balance sheet under "Investments in equity-accounted entities".
Under this analysis, cases of control of a fund by a company within the scope are limited and only involve dedicated funds and certain fund holdings for seed money.
Amundi provides guarantees to funds managed by the Group (see note 9.5):
The analysis conducted leads to the conclusion that there is no control as defined by IFRS 10 criteria so the funds are therefore not consolidated.
Once the structure of structured funds is established, they are managed passively and subject to the regulatory constraints of regulators (AMF, ESMA). This passive, directed management and the internal management rules (careful selection of exposures to credit risk, strict management of the turnover of assets held by the fund) limit Amundi's exposure to variable returns.
Likewise, portfolio insurance fund structuring is closely monitored and this significantly limits the guarantor's exposure:
The equity method substitutes for the value of shares the Group's proportional share of the equity and net income of the companies in question. The change in the carrying amount of the shares includes changes in goodwill.
The equity and income attributable to non-controlling interests is presented separately in the consolidated balance sheet and income statement.
Non-controlling interests are as defined by IFRS 10. They incorporate instruments representing present ownership interests that give the right to a proportional share of the net assets in the event of liquidation and the other equity instruments issued by the subsidiary and not held by the Group.
The impact of the Group's internal transactions on the consolidated balance sheet and income statement is eliminated for fully consolidated entities.
Capital gains or losses arising from intra-Group asset transfers are eliminated. Any potential lasting depreciation measured at the time of disposal of an internal transaction is recognised.
Consolidated financial statements are prepared in euros.
The financial statements of entities which constitute a "foreign operation" (subsidiaries, branches, associates or joint ventures) are converted into euros in two stages:
• if applicable, the local currency in which the financial statements are prepared is translated into the functional currency (currency of the main business environment in which the entity operates). The translation is made as if the information had been initially recognised in the functional currency (same translation principles as for foreign currency translations);he functional currency is translated into euros, the currency in which the Group's consolidated financial statements are presented.
Business combinations are accounted for using the acquisition method in accordance with IFRS 3. On the date of acquisition, the identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities of the acquired entity which meet IFRS 3 conditions for recognition are recognised at their fair value. Notably, restructuring liabilities are only recognised as a liability of the acquired entity if, on the acquisition date, the entity is under an obligation to carry out the restructuring.
Earn-out clauses are recognised at fair value even if their application is not probable. Subsequent changes in the fair value of financial liability clauses are recognised in profit or loss. Only earn-out clauses for transactions where control was obtained at the latest by 31 December 2009 can still be recorded against goodwill, because these transactions were accounted for under IFRS 3 before the revision.
Non-controlling interests representing shares of current interests giving rights to a share of the net assets in the event of liquidation may be measured in one of two ways at the purchaser's choice:
The option may be exercised acquisition by acquisition.
In accordance with IFRS 3, the initial valuation of the assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities can be revised within a maximum of 12 months from the acquisition date.
The transferred counterparty at the time of a business combination (acquisition cost) is measured as the total of fair values transferred by the purchaser on the acquisition date in exchange for control of the acquired entity (for example: cash, equity instruments).
The costs directly attributable to the business combination in question must be recognised as expenses separately from the business combination. If there is a very strong possibility that
Goodwill is tested for impairment whenever there is objective evidence of a loss of value, and at least once a year. IAS 36 requires that impairment on goodwill be determined by reference to the recoverable amount of the cash-generating Unit (CGU) or CGU group to which it belongs.
Cash-generating Units are defined as the smallest identifiable group of assets and liabilities generating incoming cash independently of cash generated by other asset groups. Amundi's organisation is defined by a very high centralisation and interdisciplinary nature of the functions inherent to asset management. This centralisation and integration translate into the following organisational principles: an integrated management platform, cross-functional investment products Assets and liabilities, including goodwill, are translated at the closing rate. Equity items, such as share capital or reserves, are translated at their historical exchange rate. The income and expenses included in the income statement are translated at the average exchange rate for the period. The resulting exchange differences are recognised as a separate component of equity. These translation differences are recognised as net income in the event of disposal of the foreign operation (sale, repayment of capital, liquidation, discontinuation of operations) or in the event of a deconsolidation due to a loss of control (even without sale) while accounting for the income from the disposal or loss of control.
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the transaction will occur, they are recognised under the heading "Net gains or losses on other assets"; otherwise, they are recognised under "General operating expenses".
The difference between the sum of the acquisition cost and non-controlling interests and the net balance on the date of acquisition of acquired identifiable assets and liabilities taken over, valued at their fair value, is recognised and, when it is positive, on the assets side of the consolidated balance sheet under the heading "Goodwill" when the acquired entity is fully consolidated, and under the heading "Investments in equity-accounted entities" when the acquired company is consolidated using the equity method of accounting. Any negative change in the value of goodwill is recorded immediately in profit or loss.
Goodwill is carried on the balance sheet at its initial amount in the currency of the acquired entity and translated at the closing rate on the reporting date.
When control is taken by stages, the interest held before taking control is revalued at fair value through profit or loss on the acquisition date and the goodwill is calculated once, using the fair value at the date of acquisition of acquired assets and liabilities taken over.
In the event of an increase in Amundi's percentage of interest in an entity which it already exclusively controls, the difference between the acquisition cost and the share of net assets acquired is recognised under "Consolidated reserves, Group share". In the event that the Amundi percentage of ownership interest in an entity that remains under its exclusive control declines, the difference between the selling price and the carrying amount of the share of net assets sold is also recognised under "Consolidated reserves, Group share". The expenses arising from these transactions are recognised in equity.
and solutions, interlinked sales and key interdisciplinary functions. This organisation has resulted in the identification of a single CGU. Therefore, goodwill is tested at the Group level in accordance with the provisions of IAS 36.
The recoverable amount of the CGU is defined as the higher of the market value and the value in use. The value in use is the present value of the estimated future cash flows of the CGU, as set out in medium-term business plans prepared by the Group for its management purposes.
When the recoverable amount is lower than the carrying amount, a corresponding impairment is recognised for the goodwill allocated to the CGU or CGU group. The impairment is irreversible.
The description of these systems as well as analytical information are provided in the Risk Analysis chapter of the management report, as permitted by IFRS 7. The accounting breakdown tables are nonetheless still included in the financial statements."
As a credit institution, Amundi is subject to French prudential regulations, which implement into French law the provisions of the EU Directive "Access to the activity of credit institutions and the prudential supervision of credit institutions and investment firms". Amundi has managed its capital so as to satisfy the levels of regulatory capital defined in the EU Directive 2013/36 (CRD IV) and European Regulation 575/2013 (CRR) since 1 January 2014 and required by the relevant authorities, the European Central Bank and the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution (ACPR) to cover risk-weighted assets in terms of credit, operational and market risks.
Regulatory capital, calculated on Amundi's scope of consolidation, breaks down into three categories: Common Equity Tier 1 capital (CET1), Additional Tier 1 capital (AT1) and Tier 2 capital (Tier 2) consisting of equity and debt instruments, to which various adjustments are made. Regulatory capital is obtained from accounting shareholders' equity. The adjustments made (prudential filters) mostly involve deducting goodwill and intangible assets (net of deferred taxes).
Amundi principally holds CET1 capital, consisting of share capital and undistributed reserves. As part of the financing of the Pioneer acquisition, Amundi issued Tier 2 capital in the amount of €300 million in 2017, maturing in 2027. €100 million of this instrument was refinanced in 2022, via a new Tier 2 issue maturing in August 2032.
Amundi met all regulatory requirements in effect as at 31 December 2022, as it did in 2021.
The contractual maturity of Amundi's financial assets and liabilities is as follows for the two financial years presented. The financial asset and liability balances are shown by contractual maturity date. Equities, funds and other variableincome securities do not have a contractual maturity and are shown in the "Indefinite" column.
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The Group has a portfolio of money market investments and current accounts to meet its liquidity requirements.
| 31/12/2022 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >3 months | >1 year up | |||||
| (in € thousands) | ≤3 months | up to ≤1 year | to ≤5 years | >5 years | Indefinite | Total |
| Financial assets held for trading | 26,391 | 31,087 | 774,282 | 1,648,644 | - | 2,480,404 |
| Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss | 10,248 | 110,055 | 4,601,695 | 5,828,791 | 1,831,722 | 12,382,510 |
| Hedging derivatives | 502 | - | 35,715 | 884 | - | 37,101 |
| TOTAL FINANCIAL ASSETS AT FAIR VALUE THROUGH PROFIT OR LOSS |
37,141 | 141,142 | 5,411,691 | 7,478,320 | 1,831,722 | 14,900,015 |
| Debt instruments recognised at fair value through recyclable equity |
69,688 | 25,923 | 438,419 | 54,428 | - | 588,458 |
| Equity instruments recognised at fair value through non-recyclable equity |
- | - | - | - | 251,139 | 251,139 |
| TOTAL FINANCIAL ASSETS AT FAIR VALUE THROUGH EQUITY |
25,923 | 438,419 | 54,428 | 251,139 | 839,597 | |
| Financial assets at amortised cost | 946,761 | 105,716 | 144,749 | - | - | 1,197,226 |
| TOTAL LOANS AND RECEIVABLES DUE FROM CREDIT INSTITUTIONS |
946,761 | 105,716 | 144,749 | - | - | 1,197,226 |
| Financial liabilities held for trading | 843 | 30,941 | 1,016,242 | 1,841,680 | - | 2,889,706 |
| Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss by option |
- | 107,624 | 4,412,049 | 5,576,185 | - | 10,095,858 |
| Hedging derivatives | - | 5 | - | 64 | - | 69 |
| TOTAL FINANCIAL LIABILITIES AT FAIR VALUE THROUGH PROFIT OR LOSS |
843 | 138,571 | 5,428,290 | 7,417,928 | 0 | 12,985,633 |
| Financial liabilities at amortised cost | 523,037 | 104,347 | 799,884 | - | - | 1,427,268 |
| TOTAL DUE TO CREDIT INSTITUTIONS | 523,037 | 104,347 | 799,884 | - | - | 1,427,268 |
| Subordinated debt | - | 1,095 | 201,583 | 100,000 | - | 302,677 |
| TOTAL SUBORDINATED DEBT | - | 1,095 | 201,583 | 100,000 | - | 302,677 |
| 31/12/2021 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| >3 months | >1 year up | |||||
| (in € thousands) | ≤3 months | up to ≤1 year | to ≤5 years | >5 years | Indefinite | Total |
| Financial assets held for trading | 11,590 | 111,317 | 1,418,830 | 1,535,792 | - | 3,077,529 |
| Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss | 9,442 | 128,434 | 3,883,090 | 4,975,628 | 2,393,623 | 11,390,218 |
| Hedging derivatives | - | - | 904 | 402 | - | 1,306 |
| TOTAL FINANCIAL ASSETS AT FAIR VALUE THROUGH PROFIT OR LOSS |
21,032 | 239,751 | 5,302,824 | 6,511,823 | 2,393,623 | 14,469,053 |
| Debt instruments recognised at fair value through recyclable equity |
- | 91,047 | 365,648 | 76,025 | - | 532,720 |
| Equity instruments recognised at fair value through non-recyclable equity |
- | - | - | - | 169,328 | 169,328 |
| TOTAL FINANCIAL ASSETS AT FAIR VALUE THROUGH EQUITY |
- | 91,047 | 365,648 | 76,025 | 169,328 | 702,048 |
| Financial assets at amortised cost | 1,743,271 | 109,092 | 23,052 | 124,935 | - | 2,000,350 |
| TOTAL LOANS AND RECEIVABLES DUE FROM CREDIT INSTITUTIONS |
1,743,271 | 109,092 | 23,052 | 124,935 | - | 2,000,350 |
| Financial liabilities held for trading | 17,951 | 75,164 | 1,125,054 | 1,169,543 | - | 2,387,711 |
| Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss by option |
5,275 | 136,018 | 3,860,395 | 5,692,271 | - | 9,693,959 |
| Hedging derivatives | - | 645 | 4,623 | - | - | 5,268 |
| TOTAL FINANCIAL LIABILITIES AT FAIR VALUE THROUGH PROFIT OR LOSS |
23,226 | 211,828 | 4,990,071 | 6,861,814 | - | 12,086,938 |
| Financial liabilities at amortised cost | 794,511 | 269,331 | 750,000 | - | - | 1,813,842 |
| TOTAL DUE TO CREDIT INSTITUTIONS | 794,511 | 269,331 | 750,000 | - | - | 1,813,842 |
| Subordinated debt | - | 3,859 | - | 300,000 | - | 303,859 |
| TOTAL SUBORDINATED DEBT | - | 3,859 | - | 300,000 | - | 303,859 |
The break-down of commissions and fees is as follows:
| (in € thousands) | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Net fees | 3,004,401 | 2,784,709 |
| Performance fees | 170,822 | 426,520 |
| TOTAL NET MANAGEMENT REVENUES | 3,175,223 | 3,211,228 |
The analysis of net asset management revenue by client segment is presented in note 9.1.
| (in € thousands) | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Interest income | 31,498 | 20,260 |
| Interest expense | (54,730) | (51,093) |
| NET INTEREST MARGIN | (23,231) | (30,833) |
| Dividends received | 4,815 | 3,429 |
| Gains or losses, unrealised or realised, on assets/liabilities at fair value by type through profit or loss | (29,583) | 35,820 |
| Gains or losses, unrealised or realised, on assets/liabilities at fair value through profit or loss by option | 10,871 | (10,636) |
| Net gains (losses) on currency and similar financial instrument transactions | (3,133) | (4,886) |
| NET GAINS OR LOSSES ON FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AT FAIR VALUE THROUGH PROFIT OR LOSS | 23,727 | |
| Net gains or losses on debt instruments recognised in recyclable equity | - | - |
| Compensation of equity instruments recognised in non-recyclable equity (dividends) | 7,984 | 8,403 |
| NET GAINS OR LOSSES ON FINANCIAL ASSETS AT FAIR VALUE THROUGH EQUITY | 8,403 | |
| TOTAL NET FINANCIAL INCOME | (32,278) | 1,297 |
Analysis of net gains (losses) from hedge accounting:
| 2022 | 2021 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in € thousands) | Profits | Losses | Net | Profits | Losses | Net |
| FAIR VALUE HEDGES | ||||||
| Changes in fair value of hedged items attributable to hedged risks |
(5,380) | (33,510) | (38,890) | (3,816) | (1,063) | (4,879) |
| Change in fair value of hedging derivatives (including termination of hedges) |
39,036 | (146) | 38,890 | 769 | 4,110 | 4,879 |
| TOTAL GAINS (LOSSES) FROM HEDGE ACCOUNTING | 33,656 | (33,656) | - | (3,047) | 3,047 | - |
| (in € thousands) | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Other net income (expenses) from banking operations | (104,191) | (88,532) |
| Other net income (expenses) from non-banking operations | 16,773 | 12,051 |
| TOTAL OTHER NET INCOME (EXPENSES) | (87,418) | (76,481) |
Other net income includes revenue from non-Group entities generated by the Amundi subsidiary that provides IT services primarily to members of the Group, along with the amortisation expense of intangible assets (distribution agreements and contracts with customers) acquired as part of business combinations for €81,617,000 in 2022 and €68,171,000 in 2021.
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| (in € thousands) | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Employee expenses (including seconded and temporary personnel) | (1,120,627) | (1,045,770) |
| Other operating expenses | (612,055) | (504,407) |
| Of which, external services related to personnel and similar expenses | (11,932) | (6,124) |
| TOTAL GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES | (1,732,682) | (1,550,177) |
The details regarding employee expenses are presented in note 6.2.
Other operating costs include allowances for depreciation and amortisation of tangible and intangible assets as follows:
| (in € thousands) | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|
| DEPRECIATION AND AMORTISATION PROVISIONS | (88,777) | (80,652) |
| Property, plant and equipment | (70,440) | (64,830) |
| Intangible assets | (18,337) | (15,822) |
| PROVISIONS FOR DEPRECIATION AND AMORTISATION | ||
| Property, plant and equipment | - | - |
| Intangible assets | - | - |
| TOTAL PROVISIONS FOR DEPRECIATION AND AMORTISATION OF TANGIBLE AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS |
(88,777) | (80,652) |
| (in € thousands) | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|
| CREDIT RISK | ||
| Provisions net of impairment reversals on performing assets (Buckets 1 and 2) | (617) | 14,229 |
| Bucket 1: Losses assessed by expected credit losses for the next 12 months | 169 | 97 |
| Debt instruments recognised at fair value through recyclable equity | (69) | (171) |
| Debt instruments recognised at amortised cost | (22) | 134 |
| Commitments made | 260 | 134 |
| Bucket 2: Losses assessed by expected credit losses for the lifetime | (786) | 14,132 |
| Debt instruments recognised at fair value through recyclable equity | - | - |
| Debt instruments recognised at amortised cost | - | - |
| Commitments made | (786) | 14,132 |
| Provisions net of impairment reversals on impaired assets (Bucket 3) | (1,680) | 1,145 |
| Bucket 3: Impaired assets | ||
| Debt instruments recognised at fair value through recyclable equity | - | - |
| Commitments made | (1,680) | 1,145 |
| CHANGE IN PROVISIONS FOR CREDIT RISK | (2,297) | 15,374 |
| CHANGE IN PROVISIONS FOR OTHER RISKS AND EXPENSES (1) | 27 | (10,930) |
| OTHER NET GAINS (LOSSES) (2) | (9,845) | (16,588) |
| TOTAL COST OF RISK | (12,115) | (12,144) |
(1) This item includes the effects of provisions for litigation and provisions for regulatory non-compliance risks.
(2) This item incorporates net gains or losses from business activities, including certain expenses related to operational risk that fall within this category.
Value adjustments for losses corresponding to provisions for off-balance sheet commitments and recognised under cost of risk (for credit risk) are shown below:
| Performing commitments | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commitments given with a 12-month ECL (Bucket 1) |
Commitments given with an ECL at maturity (Bucket 2) |
Impaired | commitments (Bucket 3) |
Total | |||||
| (in € thousands) | Amount of commitment |
Value adjustment for losses |
Amount of commitment |
Value adjustment for losses |
Amount of commitment |
Value adjustment for losses |
Amount of commitment (a) |
Value adjustment for losses (b) |
Net amount of commitment (a) + (b) |
| AS AT 1 JANUARY 2022 | 16,393,850 | (260) | 1,239,940 | (9,314) | 626,916 | (2,464) | 18,260,707 | (12,038) | 18,248,669 |
| Transfers from one bucket to another during the period |
- | - | (667,845) | 7,267 | 667,845 | (7,267) | - | - | - |
| Transfer of 12-month ECL (Bucket 1) to ECL at maturity (Bucket 2) |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Return of ECL at maturity (Bucket 2) to 12-month ECL (Bucket 1) |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Transfers to impaired ECL at maturity (Bucket 3) |
- | - | (667,845) | 7,267 | 667,845 | (7,267) | - | - | - |
| Return of impaired ECL at maturity (Bucket 3) to ECL at maturity (Bucket 2)/12‑month ECL (Bucket 1) |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| TOTAL AFTER TRANSFER |
16,393,850 | (260) | 572,095 | (2,047) | 1,294,761 | (9,731) | 18,260,707 | (12,038) | 18,248,669 |
| Changes in commitment amounts and value adjustments for losses |
(5,131,672) | 260 | 277,830 | (786) | (492,952) | 4,382 | (5,346,794) | 3,856 | - |
| New commitments given | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Suppression of commitments |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Transfer to loss | (6,062) | 6,062 | (6,062) | 6,062 | - | ||||
| Changes in flows that do not result in derecognition |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Changes in credit risk parameters over the period |
- | 260 | - | (786) | - | (1,680) | - | (2,206) | - |
| Change in model/ methodology |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Other | (5,131,672) | - | 277,830 | - | (486,890) | - | (5,340,732) | - | - |
| AT 31 DECEMBER 2022 | 11,262,178 | - | 849,925 | (2,833) | 801,809 | (5,349) | 12,913,913 | (8,182) | 12,905,731 |
Provisions for off-balance sheet commitments act as provisions granted by Amundi within the context of fund guarantees.
| (in € thousands) | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Gains on disposals of tangible and intangible assets | 4,395 | 179 |
| Losses on disposals of tangible and intangible assets | (394) | (323) |
| Income from sales of consolidated participating interests | - | - |
| Net income from business combination operations | - | - |
| TOTAL NET GAINS (LOSSES) ON OTHER ASSETS | 4,001 | (145) |
| (in € thousands) | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Current tax charge | (322,586) | (451,659) |
| Deferred tax income (charge) | (6,083) | 159,862 |
| TOTAL TAX EXPENSE FOR THE PERIOD | (328,669) | (291,797) |
Reconciliation between the theoretical and effective tax rates:
| 2022 | 2021 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in € thousands) | Rate | Base | Rate | Base | |
| Pre-tax income, and income from equity-accounted entities | 1,314,731 | 1,573,578 | |||
| THEORETICAL TAX RATE AND EXPENSE | 25.83% | (339,595) | 28.41% | (447,054) | |
| Effect of permanent differences | 1.40 pts | (18,393) | 0.71 pts | (11,141) | |
| Effect of different tax rates on foreign entities | (1.94 pts) | 25,550 | (3.00 pts) | 47,227 | |
| Effect of losses for the year, the utilisation of losses carried forward and temporary differences and other items |
0.00 pts | (26) | 0.01 pts | (186) | |
| Effect of taxation at a lower rate | (0.67 pts) | 8,791 | (0.59 pts) | 9,258 | |
| Effect of other items | 0.38 pts | (4,996) | (7.00 pts) | 110,099 | |
| EFFECTIVE TAX RATES AND EXPENSES | 25.00% | (328,669) | 18.54% | (291,797) |
Net gains and losses recognised directly in equity for the 2022 financial year are detailed below:
| (in € thousands) – Recyclable gains and losses | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|
| GAINS AND LOSSES ON TRANSLATION | 26,954 | 75,079 |
| Revaluation adjustment for the period | 26,954 | 75,079 |
| Reclassified to profit or loss | - | - |
| Other reclassifications | - | - |
| GAINS AND LOSSES ON DEBT INSTRUMENTS RECOGNISED UNDER RECYCLABLE EQUITY | 429 | 1,186 |
| Revaluation adjustment for the period | 429 | 1,186 |
| Reclassified to profit or loss | - | - |
| Other reclassifications | - | - |
| GAINS AND LOSSES ON HEDGING DERIVATIVES | - | - |
| Revaluation adjustment for the period | - | - |
| Reclassified to profit or loss | - | - |
| Other reclassifications | - | - |
| PRE-TAX GAINS AND LOSSES RECOGNISED DIRECTLY IN RECYCLABLE EQUITY OF EQUITY ACCOUNTED ENTITIES |
(16,607) | 26,899 |
| TAX ON GAINS AND LOSSES RECOGNISED DIRECTLY IN RECYCLABLE EQUITY, EXCLUDING EQUITY-ACCOUNTED ENTITIES |
(112) | (331) |
| TAX ON GAINS AND LOSSES RECOGNISED DIRECTLY IN RECYCLABLE EQUITY OF EQUITY ACCOUNTED ENTITIES |
- | - |
| TOTAL NET GAINS AND LOSSES RECOGNISED DIRECTLY IN EQUITY AND RECYCLABLE AS INCOME AT A LATER DATE |
10,664 | 102,833 |
| (in € thousands) – Non-recyclable gains and losses | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|
| ACTUARIAL GAINS AND LOSSES ON POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS | 39,807 | 11,207 |
| GAINS AND LOSSES ON EQUITY INSTRUMENTS RECOGNISED IN NON-RECYCLABLE EQUITY | 81,811 | 27,797 |
| Revaluation adjustment for the period | 83,825 | 27,797 |
| Reclassified to reserves | (2,014) | - |
| Other reclassifications | - | - |
| PRE-TAX GAINS AND LOSSES RECOGNISED DIRECTLY IN NON-RECYCLABLE EQUITY OF EQUITY ACCOUNTED ENTITIES |
- | - |
| TAX ON GAINS AND LOSSES RECOGNISED DIRECTLY IN NON-RECYCLABLE EQUITY, EXCLUDING EQUITY-ACCOUNTED ENTITIES |
(11,549) | (3,452) |
| TAX ON GAINS AND LOSSES RECOGNISED DIRECTLY IN NON-RECYCLABLE EQUITY ON EQUITY ACCOUNTED ENTITIES |
- | - |
| TOTAL NET GAINS AND LOSSES RECOGNISED DIRECTLY IN EQUITY AND NON-RECYCLABLE AS INCOME AT A LATER DATE |
110,068 | 35,554 |
| TOTAL NET GAINS AND LOSSES RECOGNISED DIRECTLY IN EQUITY | 120,732 | 138,387 |
| Of which, Group share | 121,883 | 132,485 |
| Of which, non-controlling interests | (1,150) | 5,902 |
Details of the tax effect on gains and losses recognised directly in equity are shown below:
| 31/12/2021 2022 change |
31/12/2022 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in € thousands) | Gross | Tax | Net tax | Net Group share |
Gross | Tax | Net tax | Net Group share |
Gross | Tax | Net tax | Net Group share |
| NET GAINS AND LOSSES RECOGNISED DIRECTLY IN RECYCLABLE EQUITY | ||||||||||||
| Gains and losses on translation |
23,013 | - | 23,013 | 17,933 | 26,954 | - | 26,954 | 28,168 | 49,967 | - | 49,967 | 46,101 |
| Gains and losses on debt instruments recognised under recyclable equity |
258 | (67) | 191 | 191 | 429 | (112) | 317 | 317 | 687 | (179) | 508 | 508 |
| Gains and losses on hedging derivatives |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| NET GAINS AND LOSSES RECOGNISED DIRECTLY IN RECYCLABLE EQUITY EXCLUDING EQUITY ACCOUNTED ENTITIES |
23,271 | (67) | 23,204 | 18,124 | 27,383 | (112) | 27,271 | 28,485 | 50,654 | (179) | 50,475 | 46,609 |
| Net gains and losses recognised directly in recyclable equity of equity-accounted entities |
(291) | - | (291) | (291) | (16,607) | - | (16,607) | (16,607) | (16,899) | - (16,899) | (16,899) | |
| NET GAINS AND LOSSES RECOGNISED DIRECTLY IN RECYCLABLE EQUITY |
22,979 | (67) | 22,911 | 17,833 | 10,776 | (112) | 10,664 | 11,878 | 33,755 | (179) | 33,575 | 29,710 |
| GAINS AND LOSSES RECOGNISED DIRECTLY IN NON-RECYCLABLE EQUITY | ||||||||||||
| Actuarial gains and losses on post employment benefits |
(25,947) | 6,950 | (18,995) | (18,932) | 39,807 | (11,549) | 28,258 | 28,195 | 13,860 | (4,599) | 9,263 | 9,263 |
| Gains and losses on equity instruments recognised in non recyclable equity |
(62,055) | - (62,055) | (62,055) | 81,811 | - | 81,811 | 81,811 | 19,756 | - | 19,756 | 19,756 | |
| GAINS AND LOSSES RECOGNISED DIRECTLY IN NON‑RECYCLABLE EQUITY EXCLUDING EQUITY ACCOUNTED ENTITIES |
(88,002) | 6,950 | (81,050) | (80,987) | 121,618 | (11,549) | 110,069 | 110,006 | 33,616 | (4,599) | 29,019 | 29,019 |
| Gains and losses recognised directly in non-recyclable equity of equity-accounted entities |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| GAINS AND LOSSES RECOGNISED DIRECTLY IN NON RECYCLABLE EQUITY |
(88,002) | 6,950 | (81,050) | (80,987) | 121,618 | (11,549) | 110,069 | 110,006 | 33,616 | (4,599) | 29,019 | 29,018 |
| TOTAL GAINS AND LOSSES RECOGNISED DIRECTLY IN EQUITY |
(65,023) | 6,883 | (58,139) | (63,154) | 132,394 | (11,661) | 120,733 | 121,883 | 67,371 | (4,778) | 62,594 | 58,728 |
| (in € thousands) | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash | 5 | 22 |
| Central banks | 502,831 | 947,639 |
| TOTAL CASH AND CENTRAL BANKS | 502,836 | 947,661 |
| (in € thousands) | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Financial assets held for trading | 2,480,404 | 3,077,529 |
| Hedging derivatives | 37,101 | 1,306 |
| Equity instruments at fair value through profit or loss | 530,454 | 573,730 |
| Debt instruments at fair value through profit or loss by type | 1,722,409 | 2,281,772 |
| Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss by option | 10,129,647 | 8,534,716 |
| TOTAL FINANCIAL ASSETS AT FAIR VALUE THROUGH PROFIT OR LOSS | 14,900,015 | 14,469,053 |
| (in € thousands) | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Derivative trading instruments | 2,480,404 | 3,077,529 |
| of which interest rate swaps | 45,952 | 48,106 |
| of which, stock and index swaps | 2,429,546 | 3,027,575 |
| TOTAL FINANCIAL ASSETS HELD FOR TRADING | 2,480,404 | 3,077,529 |
This section includes the fair value of derivatives contracted by Amundi as part of its intermediation business: derivatives contracted with funds and executed with market counterparties.
| 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market value | Amount of | Market value | Amount of | |||
| (in € thousands) | Positive | Negative | notional value | Positive | Negative | notional value |
| Fair-value hedging | ||||||
| Interest rate risk | 37,101 | 69 | 621,000 | 1,306 | 5,268 | 511,000 |
This heading refers to the hedges on Treasury notes (OATs) held by Amundi as collateral under the EMIR Regulation.
| (in € thousands) | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Equity instruments at fair value through profit or loss | 573,730 | |
| Equities and other variable-income securities | 421,141 | 461,879 |
| Non-consolidated equity securities | 109,313 | 111,851 |
| Debt instruments at fair value through profit or loss | 1,722,409 | 2,281,772 |
| Funds (that do not meet SPPI criteria) | 1,722,409 | 2,281,772 |
| Treasury bills and similar securities | - | - |
| Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss by option | 8,534,716 | |
| Loans and receivables due from credit institutions | 7,350,345 | 5,491,528 |
| Bonds and other fixed-income securities | 2,779,302 | 3,043,188 |
| Treasury bills and similar securities | - | - |
| TOTAL OTHER FINANCIAL ASSETS AT FAIR VALUE THROUGH PROFIT OR LOSS | 12,382,510 | 11,390,218 |
Under this heading Amundi recognises the fair value of seed money, short-term cash investments and hedging assets for EMTN issues (see note 5.3.3).
| (in € thousands) | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Financial liabilities held for trading | 2,889,706 | 2,387,711 |
| Hedging derivatives | 69 | 5,268 |
| Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss by option | 10,095,858 | 9,693,959 |
| TOTAL FINANCIAL LIABILITIES AT FAIR VALUE THROUGH PROFIT OR LOSS | 12,985,633 | 12,086,938 |
| (in € thousands) | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Derivative trading instruments | 2,889,706 | 2,387,711 |
| of which interest rate swaps | 117,374 | 14,606 |
| of which, stock and index swaps | 2,771,585 | 2,368,395 |
| TOTAL FINANCIAL LIABILITIES HELD FOR TRADING | 2,889,706 | 2,387,711 |
Under this heading is included the fair value of derivatives contracted by Amundi as part of its intermediation business: derivatives contracted with funds and executed with market counterparties.
See note 5.2.2. Assets – hedging derivatives.
| (in € thousands) | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Debt securities | 10,095,858 | 9,693,959 |
| TOTAL FINANCIAL LIABILITIES AT FAIR VALUE THROUGH PROFIT OR LOSS BY OPTION | 10,095,858 | 9,693,959 |
This section records the securities issued by EMTN issuance vehicles for clients. The nominal value of these issues was €10,435,994,000 as at 31 December 2022 and €8,878,017,000 as at 31 December 2021.
| Other amounts that can be netted under given conditions |
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in € thousands) | Gross amount of assets recognised before any netting effect |
Gross amount of liabilities actually netted |
Net amount of financial assets shown in the summary statements |
Gross amount of financial liabilities covered by master netting agreement |
Amounts of other financial instruments received as collateral, including security deposits |
Net amount after all of the netting effects |
| Nature of transaction | (a) | (b) | (c) = (a) - (b) | (d) | (e) = (c) - (d) | |
| 31/12/2022 | ||||||
| Derivatives | 2,512,624 | - | 2,512,624 | 2,006,782 | 14,840 | 491,002 |
| FINANCIAL ASSETS SUBJECT TO NETTING |
2,512,624 | - | 2,512,624 | 2,006,782 | 14,840 | 491,002 |
| 31/12/2021 | ||||||
| Derivatives | 3,076,987 | - | 3,076,987 | 2,151,355 | 602,894 | 322,738 |
| FINANCIAL ASSETS SUBJECT TO NETTING |
3,076,987 | - | 3,076,987 | 2,151,355 | 602,894 | 322,738 |
The gross amounts of the derivatives presented in the statements exclude adjustments for counterparty risks, namely, Credit Valuation Adjustment (CVA) and Debit Valuation Adjustment (DVA).
| Other amounts that can be netted under given conditions |
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in € thousands) | Gross amount of liabilities recognised before any netting effect |
Gross amount of assets actually netted |
Net amount of financial liabilities shown in the summary statements |
Gross amount of financial assets covered by master netting agreement |
Amounts of other financial instruments given as collateral, including security deposits |
Net amount after all of the netting effects |
| Nature of transactions | (a) | (b) | (c) = (a) - (b) | (d) | (e) = (c) - (d) | |
| 31/12/2022 | ||||||
| Derivatives | 2,889,188 | - | 2,889,188 | 2,006,782 | 774,305 | 108,101 |
| FINANCIAL LIABILITIES SUBJECT TO NETTING |
2,889,188 | - | 2,889,188 | 2,006,782 | 774,305 | 108,101 |
| 31/12/2021 | ||||||
| Derivatives | 2,388,629 | - | 2,388,629 | 2,151,355 | 159,939 | 77,335 |
| FINANCIAL LIABILITIES SUBJECT TO NETTING |
2,388,629 | - | 2,388,629 | 2,151,355 | 159,939 | 77,335 |
The gross amounts of the derivatives presented in the statements exclude adjustments for counterparty risks, Credit Valuation Adjustment (CVA) and Debit Valuation Adjustment (DVA).
| 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in € thousands) | Balance sheet value |
Unrealised gains |
Unrealised losses |
Balance sheet value |
Unrealised gains |
Unrealised losses |
| Debt instruments recognised at fair value through recyclable equity |
588,458 | 760 | (73) | 532,720 | 264 | (6) |
| Treasury bills and similar securities | 588,458 | 760 | (73) | 532,720 | 264 | (6) |
| Equity instruments recognised at fair value through non‑recyclable equity |
251,139 | 26,746 | (6,990) | 169,328 | 2,895 | (64,950) |
| Non-consolidated equity securities | 251,139 | 26,746 | (6,990) | 169,328 | 2,895 | (64,950) |
| FINANCIAL ASSETS AT FAIR VALUE THROUGH EQUITY | 839,597 | 27,506 | (7,063) | 702,048 | 3,159 | (64,956) |
| (in € thousands) | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Current accounts and overnight loans | 808,599 | 1,596,698 |
| Accounts and term deposits | 262,476 | 276,667 |
| Debt securities | 124,894 | 124,935 |
| Accrued interest | 1,257 | 2,050 |
| TOTAL FINANCIAL ASSETS AT AMORTISED COST (NET VALUE) | 1,197,226 | 2,000,350 |
"Financial assets at amortised cost" are loans and receivables due from credit institutions primarily granted to Crédit Agricole Group. They also include debt securities relating to the 2021 subscription to an issue of subordinated securities by Crelan (Belgian bank) for an amount of €125.0 million (10-year maturity).
As at 31 December 2022, the value adjustments for credit risk amounted to €106,000 compared with €83,000 as at 31 December 2021.
| (in € thousands) | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Accounts and term deposits | 1,406,003 | 1,775,617 |
| Accrued interest | 4,521 | 481 |
| Current accounts | 16,744 | 37,744 |
| TOTAL FINANCIAL LIABILITIES AT AMORTISED COST | 1,427,268 | 1,813,842 |
The main counterparty in respect of "financial liabilities at amortised cost" is Crédit Agricole Group.
| (in € thousands) | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Fixed-term subordinated debt | 302,677 | 303,859 |
| TOTAL SUBORDINATED DEBT | 302,677 | 303,859 |
Crédit Agricole Group is the counterparty to "subordinated debt".
| (in € thousands) | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Current tax receivables | 100,413 | 43,868 |
| Deferred tax assets | 246,122 | 274,691 |
| TOTAL CURRENT AND DEFERRED TAX ASSETS | 346,534 | 318,559 |
| Current tax liabilities | 126,580 | 214,624 |
| Deferred tax liabilities | 115,970 | 129,659 |
| TOTAL CURRENT AND DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES | 242,550 | 344,282 |
As at 31 December 2022, the value of deferred tax assets relating to the tax loss carryforwards recognised in the financial statements totalled €5,465,000.
| (in € thousands) | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Miscellaneous debtors (including collateral paid) | 1,854,863 | 1,248,852 |
| Accrued income | 536,763 | 600,289 |
| Prepaid expenses | 470,378 | 426,541 |
| ASSETS – TOTAL ACCRUALS AND SUNDRY ASSETS | 2,862,004 | 2,275,682 |
Accruals and sundry assets include management and performance fees due and the collateral paid for derivatives contracts. This collateral (recorded under "Miscellaneous debtors") was recorded in balance sheet assets in the amount of €816,305,000 as at 31 December 2022 and €219,007,000 as at 31 December 2021.
| (in € thousands) | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Miscellaneous creditors (including collateral received) | 950,814 | 1,643,254 |
| Accrued expenses | 1,159,173 | 1,241,612 |
| Prepaid income | 17,394 | 4,582 |
| IFRS 16 "Lease liabilities" | 313,440 | 358,232 |
| Other accruals | 43,504 | 68,612 |
| LIABILITIES – TOTAL ACCRUAL ACCOUNTS AND SUNDRY LIABILITIES | 2,484,326 | 3,316,292 |
Accruals, deferred income and sundry liabilities include bonus debts, retrocessions payable to distributors and collateral received for derivatives contracts. This collateral (recorded under "Miscellaneous creditors") was recorded in balance sheet liabilities in the amount of €37,781,000 as at 31 December 2022 and €661,570,000 as at 31 December 2021.
| (in € thousands) | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Joint ventures | - | - |
| Associates | 443,020 | 385,010 |
| ASSETS – INVESTMENTS IN EQUITY-ACCOUNTED ENTITIES | 443,020 | 385,010 |
| (in € thousands) | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Joint ventures | - | - |
| Associates | 88,153 | 84,278 |
| INCOME STATEMENT – SHARE OF NET INCOME OF EQUITY-ACCOUNTED ENTITIES | 88,153 | 84,278 |
As at 31 December 2022, Amundi had no stake in any joint ventures.
As at 31 December 2022, the equity-accounted value of associates was €443,020,000 and €385,010,000 as at 31 December 2021.
Amundi has holdings in four associates. The holdings in equity-accounted companies are presented in the table below:
| 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in € thousands) | Notes | Equity accounted value |
Dividends paid to Group entities |
Share of net income |
Equity accounted value |
Dividends paid to Group entities |
Share of net income |
|
| NH-Amundi Asset Management | 27,428 | 3,304 | 5,880 | 25,419 | 3,372 | 5,573 | ||
| State Bank of India Fund Management (SBI FM) |
213,885 | 5,895 | 57,790 | 174,164 | 5,845 | 46,941 | ||
| ABC-CA | 196,919 | - | 21,065 | 180,498 | 8,773 | 28,463 | ||
| Wafa Gestion | 4,788 | 2,639 | 3,417 | 4,928 | 2,583 | 3,301 | ||
| NET CARRYING AMOUNT OF SHARES IN EQUITY-ACCOUNTED COMPANIES (ASSOCIATES) |
443,020 | 11,839 | 88,153 | 385,010 | 20,573 | 84,278 |
The summarised financial information relating to Amundi's significant associates is presented below:
| 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in € thousands) | NBI | Net income |
Total assets |
Equity | NBI | Net income |
Total assets |
Equity |
| NH-Amundi Asset Management | 56,746 | 19,600 | 106,140 | 91,428 | 51,416 | 18,578 | 100,888 | 84,730 |
| State Bank of India Fund Management (SBI FM) | 280,350 | 156,405 | 549,716 | 515,443 | 217,803 | 122,778 | 433,398 | 403,846 |
| ABC-CA | 124,497 | 63,203 | 639,559 | 590,816 | 219,563 | 85,389 | 616,057 | 541,494 |
| Wafa Gestion | 18,966 | 10,049 | 35,862 | 14,082 | 31,916 | 9,708 | 40,526 | 14,495 |
| (in € thousands) | 31/12/2021 | Change in scope |
Increase | Decrease | Translation differences |
Other movements |
31/12/2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross value | 716,450 | - | 59,332 | (159,213) | 2,274 | 164 | 619,006 |
| of which property rights of use | 473,143 | - | 35,938 | (135,900) | 1,131 | - | 374,313 |
| Depreciation, amortisation and provisions |
(319,137) | - | (70,433) | 114,284 | (839) | (12) | (276,137) |
| including dep./amort. of property rights of use |
(131,620) | - | (50,249) | 93,707 | (530) | - | (88,691) |
| NET PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT |
397,312 | - | (11,102) | (44,929) | 1,435 | 152 | 342,869 |
| (in € thousands) | 31/12/2020 | Change in scope |
Increase | Decrease | Translation differences |
Other movements |
31/12/2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross value | 669,195 | 1,305 | 52,362 | (12,590) | 8,686 | (2,508) | 716,450 |
| of which property rights of use | 441,790 | 968 | 36,031 | (8,632) | 5,455 | (2,469) | 473,143 |
| Depreciation, amortisation and provisions |
(259,544) | (117) | (64,830) | 7,808 | (2,448) | (6) | (319,137) |
| including dep./amort. of property rights of use |
(86,970) | - | (47,591) | 4,307 | (1,361) | (6) | (131,620) |
| NET PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT |
409,651 | 1,188 | (12,468) | (4,782) | 6,237 | (2,514) | 397,312 |
| (in € thousands) | 31/12/2021 | Change in scope |
Increase | Decrease | Translation differences |
Other movements |
31/12/2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross value | 1,015,812 | - | 36,187 | (41,486) | 935 | (164) | 1,011,284 |
| Depreciation, amortisation and provisions |
(497,036) | - | (100,727) | 38,528 | (640) | 12 | (559,863) |
| NET INTANGIBLE ASSETS | 518,776 | - | (64,540) | (2,958) | 295 | (152) | 451,421 |
| (in € thousands) | 31/12/2020 | Change in scope |
Increase | Decrease | Translation differences |
Other movements |
31/12/2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross value | 1,151,859 | 46,400 | 26,755 | (211,003) | 1,763 | 39 | 1,015,812 |
| Depreciation, amortisation and provisions |
(621,402) | - | (85,121) | 210,688 | (1,200) | - | (497,036) |
| NET INTANGIBLE ASSETS | 530,457 | 46,400 | (58,367) | (315) | 562 | 39 | 518,776 |
Intangible assets consist primarily of:
Goodwill totalled €6,731.2 million as at 31 December 2022 compared with €6,703.6 million as at 31 December 2021. The change over the financial year was mainly due to exchange rate fluctuations during the period.
The goodwill consists of the following main items:
Goodwill is tested for impairment based on the Group's value in use. Determination of the value in use is based on the present value of estimated future cash flows of the Group as set out in the medium-term business plans prepared by the Group for management purposes.
The impairment test conducted at 31 December 2022 was carried out using results forecasts for the 2022–2025 period. The results forecasts were primarily based on the following assumptions about the economic environment:
Amundi used a perpetual growth rate of 2% for the tests as at 31 December 2022 and 2021 and a discount rate of 8.1% for the test as at 31 December 2022 (unchanged from the test as at 31 December 2021).
A change in these assumptions (+/-50 basis points in the discount rate and +/-50 basis points in the perpetual growth rate) would not change the conclusions of the impairment test as at 31 December 2022.
| (in € thousands) | 01/01/2022 | Change in scope |
Increases | Decr. and reversals not used |
Reversals used |
Translation differences |
Other movements 31/12/2022 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provisions for risk on commitments made |
12,038 | - | 2,466 | (260) | (6,062) | - | - | 8,182 |
| Provisions for operational risks |
421 | 882 | 977 | (307) | (505) | - | (616) | 852 |
| Provisions for employee expenses |
77,441 | (107) | 28,822 | (5,630) | (6,192) | (79) | (36,992) | 57,266 |
| Provisions for litigation | 8,141 | - | 2,234 | (2,931) | (4,488) | - | 2,377 | 5,333 |
| Provisions for other risks | 27,809 | - | 6,959 | (3,971) | (9,339) | (136) | 310 | 21,633 |
| PROVISIONS | 125,851 | 775 | 41,458 | (13,099) | (26,586) | (215) | (34,921) | 93,266 |
| (in € thousands) | 01/01/2021 | Change in scope |
Increases | Decr. and reversals not used |
Reversals used |
Translation differences |
Other movements |
31/12/2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provisions for risk on commitments made |
31,522 | - | - | (3,943) | (15,411) | - | (130) | 12,038 |
| Provisions for operational risks |
568 | - | 181 | (158) | (171) | - | - | 421 |
| Provisions for employee expenses |
91,258 | 10,265 | 12,937 | (8,361) | (1,758) | (25) | (26,872) | 77,441 |
| Provisions for litigation | 10,128 | - | 1,809 | (846) | (2,950) | - | - | 8,141 |
| Provisions for other risks | 31,885 | - | 25,236 | (23,193) | (6,120) | 1 | - | 27,809 |
| PROVISIONS | 165,361 | 10,265 | 40,163 | (36,501) | (26,410) | (24) | (27,002) | 125,851 |
As at 31 December 2022, disputes and other risks have a foreseeable expiry of less than two years.
The provisions for employee expenses include provision for severance payments (see note 6.4).
As at 31 December 2022, the allocation of share capital and voting rights was as follows:
| Shareholders | Number of securities |
% of share capital |
% of voting rights |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crédit Agricole SA | 137,606,742 | 67.50% | 67.95% |
| Other Crédit Agricole Group companies | 3,450,657 | 1.69% | 1.70% |
| Employees | 2,279,907 | 1.12% | 1.13% |
| Treasury stock | 1,343,479 | 0.66% | - |
| Free float | 59,179,346 | 29.03% | 29.22% |
| TOTAL SECURITIES | 203,860,131 | 100.00% | 100.00% |
In the 2022 financial year there was an increase in capital reserved for Amundi employees which led to the issue of 785,480 shares (see section "Period highlights").
In 2022, in accordance with the decision of the General Meeting of 18 May 2022, it was decided to pay a dividend of €4.10 per share in respect of each of the 203,074,651 shares that qualified for the dividend on that date.
| (in € thousands) | For the 2021 financial year |
For the 2020 financial year |
|---|---|---|
| Crédit Agricole SA | 564,188 | 399,060 |
| Other Crédit Agricole Group companies | 14,148 | 10,007 |
| Employees | 6,767 | 3,311 |
| Free float | 246,035 | 173,260 |
| TOTAL DIVIDENDS | 831,137 | 585,637 |
| 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 | |
|---|---|---|
| Net income – Group share for the period (in € thousands) | 1,073,716 | 1,369,450 |
| Average weighted number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period | 203,414,667 | 202,793,482 |
| BASIC EARNINGS PER SHARE (in €) | 5.28 | 6.75 |
The basic earnings per share and diluted earnings per share are identical, as the conditions for issuing potentially dilutive performance shares had not been met at the end of the financial year.
| 2022 | 2021 | |
|---|---|---|
| Workforce for the period Full-time equivalent – FTE |
Average headcount |
Average headcount |
| France | 2,664.7 | 2,301.9 |
| Other European Union countries | 1,503.9 | 1,413.0 |
| Other European countries | 193.3 | 164.7 |
| North America | 500.5 | 470.2 |
| Central and South America | 6.4 | 6.9 |
| Africa and the Middle East | 5.6 | 5.6 |
| Asia and Oceania (excluding Japan) | 232.8 | 211.9 |
| Japan | 159.4 | 157.2 |
| TOTAL HEADCOUNT | 5,266.6 | 4,731.4 |
| (in € thousands) | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Salaries and wages | (798,674) | (759,405) |
| Retirement fund contributions | (51,972) | (42,894) |
| Social charges and taxes | (183,171) | (184,737) |
| Other | (86,810) | (58,733) |
| TOTAL EMPLOYEE EXPENSES | (1,120,627) | (1,045,770) |
In 2022, employee expenses included redundancy provisions as part of the integration of Lyxor.
There are several compulsory retirement plans to which "employer" companies contribute. Funds are managed by independent organisations and the contributing companies have no legal or implied obligation to pay additional contributions if the funds do not generate sufficient revenue to cover all of the benefits corresponding to services rendered by employees during the year and during prior financial years. Consequently, Amundi Group entities have no liabilities in this respect other than their contributions to be paid. Contributions for defined-contribution plans amounted to €51,884,000 as at 31 December 2022 and €43,757,000 as at 31 December 2021.
| 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in € thousands) | Eurozone | Non-eurozone | All zones | All zones |
| Actuarial liability as at 31/12/N-1 | 132,067 | 7,014 | 139,081 | 148,612 |
| Translation adjustment | - | (521) | (521) | (163) |
| Cost of services rendered during the period | 6,598 | 841 | 7,439 | 6,592 |
| Financial cost | 1,244 | 13 | 1,257 | 747 |
| Employee contributions | 72 | - | 72 | 31 |
| Benefit plan changes, withdrawals and settlement | - | - | - | - |
| Change in scope | 4,141 | - | 4,141 | 9,068 |
| Benefits paid (compulsory) | (2,596) | (921) | (3,517) | (3,019) |
| Taxes, administrative expenses and bonuses | - | - | - | - |
| Actuarial (gains) losses related to demographic assumptions (1) |
(1,326) | 97 | (1,229) | - |
| Actuarial (gains) losses related to financial assumptions | (42,641) | (226) | (42,867) | (6,960) |
| ACTUARIAL LIABILITY AS AT 31/12/N | 97,559 | 6,297 | 103,856 | 139,081 |
(1) Including actuarial gaps related to experience adjustments.
| 31/12/2021 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in € thousands) | Eurozone | Non-eurozone | All zones | All zones |
| Cost of services | 6,598 | 841 | 7,439 | 6,592 |
| Net interest expense (income) | 550 | 2 | 552 | 353 |
| ACTUARIAL LIABILITY AS AT 31/12/N | 7,148 | 843 | 7,991 | 6,945 |
| 31/12/2021 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in € thousands) | Eurozone | Non-eurozone | All zones | All zones |
| Revaluation of net liabilities (assets) | - | - | - | - |
| AMOUNT OF ACCUMULATED ACTUARIAL DIFFERENCES IN OTHER NON-RECYCLABLE COMPREHENSIVE INCOME ITEMS AS AT 31/12/N-1 |
24,714 | 1,271 | 25,985 | 37,210 |
| Translation adjustment | - | (96) | (96) | (39) |
| Actuarial gains (losses) on assets | 4,552 | (31) | 4,521 | (4,226) |
| Actuarial gains (losses) related to demographic assumptions* |
(1,326) | 97 | (1,229) | - |
| Actuarial gains (losses) related to financial assumptions | (42,641) | (226) | (42,867) | (6,960) |
| Adjustment of asset limitation | - | - | - | - |
| ITEMS RECOGNISED IMMEDIATELY IN OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME ITEMS DURING THE FINANCIAL YEAR (ACTUARIAL GAINS AND LOSSES ON POST EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS) |
(39,415) | (256) | (39,671) | (11,225) |
| AMOUNT OF ACCUMULATED ACTUARIAL DIFFERENCES IN OTHER NON-RECYCLABLE COMPREHENSIVE INCOME ITEMS AS AT 31/12/N |
(14,701) | 1,015 | (13,686) | 25,985 |
* Including actuarial gaps related to experience adjustments.
| 31/12/2021 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in € thousands) | Eurozone | Non-eurozone | All zones | All zones |
| FAIR VALUE OF ASSETS AS AT 31/12/N-1 | 73,780 | 6,025 | 79,805 | 76,460 |
| Translation adjustment | (450) | (450) | (162) | |
| Interest on the assets (income) | 694 | 11 | 705 | 394 |
| Actuarial gains (losses) | (4,552) | 31 | (4,521) | 4,226 |
| Employer contributions | (72) | 773 | 701 | 803 |
| Employee contributions | 72 | 72 | 31 | |
| Benefit plan changes, withdrawals and settlement | - | - | ||
| Change in scope | 16 | 16 | - | |
| Taxes, administrative expenses and bonuses | - | - | ||
| Benefits paid by the fund | (1,415) | (921) | (2,336) | (1,947) |
| FAIR VALUE OF ASSETS AS AT 31/12/N | 68,523 | 5,469 | 73,993 | 79,805 |
| 31/12/2021 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in € thousands) | Eurozone | Non-eurozone | All zones | All zones |
| ACTUARIAL LIABILITY AT THE END OF THE PERIOD | 97,559 | 6,297 | 103,856 | 139,081 |
| Impact of asset limitation | - | - | ||
| Fair value of assets at end of period | (68,523) | (5,469) | (73,993) | (79,805) |
| NET POSITION END OF PERIOD (LIABILITIES) | 29,036 | 828 | 29,864 | 59,276 |
| 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 | |
|---|---|---|
| Amundi Asset Management plan discount rate | 3.77% | 0.86% |
| Amundi Deutschland GmbH plan discount rate | 3.77% | 1.11% |
| Other plans discount rate | 2.63% | 0.86% |
| Expected rate of salary increases | 2.30% | 2.30% |
| Eurozone | Non-eurozone | All zones | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in € thousands) | % | amount | of which, listed |
% | amount | of which, listed |
% | amount | of which, listed |
| Equities | 17.36% | 11,898 | 11,898 | - | - | - | 16.08% | 11,898 | 11,898 |
| Fixed Income | 30.05% | 20,591 | 20,591 | - | - | - | 27.83% | 20,591 | 20,591 |
| Real estate | 16.70% | 11,441 | - | - | - | - | 15.46% | 11,441 | - |
| Other assets | 35.89% | 24,593 | - | 100.00% | 5,469 | - | 40.63% | 30,062 | - |
| FAIR VALUE OF ASSETS |
100.00% | 68,523 | 32,489 | 100.00% | 5,469 | - | 100.00% | 73,992 | 32,489 |
As at 31 December 2022, the data for France showed an actuarial liability of €54,394,000, a fair value of assets of €45,759,000 and a net end-of-period position of €8,635,000.
An expense of €12,300,000 for share-based payments was recognised in employee expenses for the period ended 31 December 2022 in respect of Amundi performance share plans for Group employees.
This expense includes the valuation of the services rendered over the period under a plan authorised by the General Meeting of 10 May 2021 and not yet allocated as at the date on which the accounts were established, for a total amount of €5,548,000.
These award schemes are described below:
| Performance share award schemes | 2021 plan | 2022 General Plan | 2022 CRDV Plan |
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of General Meeting authorising the share award scheme | 16/05/2019 | 10/05/2021 | 10/05/2021 |
| Date of Board meeting | 28/04/2021 | 28/04/2022 | 28/04/2022 |
| Date of allocation of shares | 28/04/2021 | 28/04/2022 | 18/05/2022 |
| Number of shares allocated | 341,180 | 465,270 | 8,160 |
| Payment methods | Amundi shares | Amundi shares | Amundi shares |
| 28/04/2021 | 28/04/2022 | 28/04/2022 | |
| Vesting period | 02/05/2024 | 02/05/2025 | 03/05/2027 |
| Performance conditions (1) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Continued employment conditions | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Equities remaining as at 31 December 2021 (2) | 331,700 | - | - |
| Equities awarded during the period | - | 465,270 | 8,160 |
| Equities delivered during the period | - | - | - |
| Cancelled or voided shares during the period | 6,770 | 5,830 | - |
| Equities remaining as at 31 December 2022 (2) | 324,930 | 459,440 | 8,160 |
| Fair value of one share | |||
| Tranche 1 | €62.88 | €45.47 | €53.60 |
| Tranche 2 | n.a. | n.a. | €49.62 |
| Tranche 3 | n.a. | n.a. | €45.47 |
| Tranche 4 | n.a. | n.a. | €41.08 |
| Tranche 5 | n.a. | n.a. | €36.76 |
(1) Performance conditions are based on Net Income Group Share (NIGS), the amount of new deposit-taking and the Group's cost-toincome ratio and, from the plan awarded on 28 April 2021 onwards, the achievement of objectives in line with the Group's ESG policy.
(2) Quantity of shares on the basis of achieving performance conditions of 100%.
Amundi measures the shares awarded and recognises an expense determined on the award date based on the market value of the options on that date. The sole assumptions that may be revised during the vesting period giving rise to an adjustment to the expense are those relating to the beneficiaries (options forfeited on dismissal or resignation).
The compensation and benefits of members of the Management Committee for the 2022 financial year, which are included in Amundi's consolidated financial statements, total €16,157,000. They include gross fixed and variable compensation, benefits in kind, retirement benefits and the expense for the supplementary retirement plan implemented for the key executives of the Group. The compensation break-down is as follows:
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| (in € thousands) | 2022 | 2021 (1) |
|---|---|---|
| Gross compensation, employer contributions and benefits in kind | 13,469 | 7,128 |
| Post-employment benefits | 481 | 253 |
| Other long-term benefits | - | - |
| Severance payments | - | - |
| Cost of option plans and other plans | 2,208 | 1,426 |
| TOTAL COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS | 16,158 | 8,806 |
(1) Information for the 2021 financial year refers to the compensation and benefits of the Chief Executive Officer and the Division Heads, which is a different (and narrower) scope from the one used from 2022 onwards.
In addition, the directors' fees paid in respect of the 2022 and 2021 financial years are presented in the table below:
| (in € thousands) | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Directors' fees | 480 | 384 |
Financial instruments measured at fair value on the balance sheet are valued on the basis of listed prices or valuation techniques that maximise the use of observable data.
The valuation of derivatives includes:
The non-consolidated listed equity holdings (primarily Resona Holding), government securities (listed on an organised market), listed bonds and fund units with a net asset value available at least twice a month are classified as Level 1. All other assets and liabilities valued at fair value are classified as Level 2 with the exception of private equity funds which are classified as Level 3.
Liabilities at fair value option result from the consolidation of EMTN issue vehicles. These liabilities are classified as Level 2.
The tables below show outstandings on the balance sheet of financial assets and liabilities valued at fair value and classified by fair value level:
| Prices quoted on active markets for identical instruments |
Valuation based on observable data |
Valuation based on non‑observable data |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in € thousands) | Total 31/12/2022 |
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 |
| FINANCIAL ASSETS HELD FOR TRADING | 2,480,404 | - | 2,480,404 | - |
| Derivatives | 2,480,404 | - | 2,480,404 | - |
| FINANCIAL ASSETS AT FAIR VALUE THROUGH PROFIT OR LOSS |
12,382,510 | 4,461,519 | 7,895,782 | 25,209 |
| Equity instruments | 530,454 | 13,562 | 516,892 | - |
| Equities and other variable-income securities | 421,141 | - | 421,141 | - |
| Non-consolidated equity securities | 109,313 | 13,562 | 95,751 | - |
| Debt instruments at fair value through profit or loss | 1,722,409 | 1,668,121 | 29,079 | 25,209 |
| Funds | 1,722,409 | 1,668,121 | 29,079 | 25,209 |
| Treasury bills and similar securities | - | - | - | - |
| Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss as an option | 10,129,647 | 2,779,302 | 7,350,345 | - |
| Bonds and other fixed-income securities | 2,779,302 | 2,779,302 | - | - |
| Loans and receivables due from credit institutions | 7,350,345 | - | 7,350,345 | - |
| Treasury bills and similar securities | - | - | - | - |
| FINANCIAL ASSETS RECOGNISED IN EQUITY | 839,597 | 820,424 | 19,173 | - |
| Equity instruments recognised in non-recyclable equity through profit and loss |
251,139 | 231,966 | 19,173 | - |
| Equities and other variable-income securities | - | - | - | - |
| Non-consolidated equity securities | 251,139 | 231,966 | 19,173 | - |
| Debt instruments recognised in recyclable equity | 588,458 | 588,458 | - | - |
| Treasury bills and similar securities | 588,458 | 588,458 | - | - |
| HEDGING DERIVATIVES | 37,101 | - | 37,101 | - |
| TOTAL FINANCIAL ASSETS VALUED AT FAIR VALUE | 15,739,612 | 5,281,943 | 10,432,460 | 25,209 |
| Prices quoted on active markets for identical instruments |
Valuation based on observable data |
Valuation based on non‑observable data |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in € thousands) | Total 31/12/2021 |
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 |
| FINANCIAL ASSETS HELD FOR TRADING | 3,077,529 | - | 3,077,529 | - |
| Derivatives | 3,077,529 | - | 3,077,529 | - |
| FINANCIAL ASSETS AT FAIR VALUE THROUGH PROFIT OR LOSS |
11,390,218 | 5,282,076 | 6,082,664 | 25,478 |
| Equity instruments | 573,730 | 13,003 | 560,727 | - |
| Equities and other variable-income securities | 461,879 | - | 461,879 | - |
| Non-consolidated equity securities | 111,851 | 13,003 | 98,848 | - |
| Debt instruments at fair value through profit or loss | 2,281,772 | 2,225,885 | 30,409 | 25,478 |
| Funds | 2,281,772 | 2,225,885 | 30,409 | 25,478 |
| Treasury bills and similar securities | - | - | - | - |
| Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss as an option | 8,534,716 | 3,043,188 | 5,491,528 | - |
| Bonds and other fixed-income securities | 3,043,188 | 3,043,188 | - | - |
| Loans and receivables due from credit institutions | 5,491,528 | - | 5,491,528 | - |
| Treasury bills and similar securities | - | - | - | - |
| FINANCIAL ASSETS RECOGNISED IN EQUITY | 702,048 | 687,859 | 14,189 | - |
| Equity instruments recognised in non-recyclable equity through profit and loss |
169,328 | 155,139 | 14,189 | - |
| Equities and other variable-income securities | - | - | - | - |
| Non-consolidated equity securities | 169,328 | 155,139 | 14,189 | - |
| Debt instruments recognised in recyclable equity | 532,720 | 532,720 | - | - |
| Treasury bills and similar securities | 532,720 | 532,720 | - | - |
| HEDGING DERIVATIVES | 1,306 | - | 1,306 | - |
| TOTAL FINANCIAL ASSETS VALUED AT FAIR VALUE | 15,171,101 | 5,969,935 | 9,175,688 | 25,478 |
| Total | Prices quoted on active markets for identical instruments |
Valuation based on observable data |
Valuation based on non‑observable data |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in € thousands) | 31/12/2022 | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 |
| FINANCIAL LIABILITIES HELD FOR TRADING | 2,889,706 | 2,889,706 | ||
| Due to credit institutions | - | - | - | - |
| Derivatives | 2,889,706 | - | 2,889,706 | - |
| HEDGING DERIVATIVES | 69 | 69 | ||
| FINANCIAL LIABILITIES AT FAIR VALUE THROUGH PROFIT OR LOSS AS AN OPTION |
10,095,858 | 10,095,858 | ||
| TOTAL FINANCIAL LIABILITIES VALUED AT FAIR VALUE | 12,985,633 | - | 12,985,633 | - |
| Total | Prices quoted on active markets for identical instruments |
Valuation based on observable data |
Valuation based on non‑observable data |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in € thousands) | 31/12/2021 | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 |
| FINANCIAL LIABILITIES HELD FOR TRADING | 2,387,711 | 2,387,711 | ||
| Due to credit institutions | - | - | - | - |
| Derivatives | 2,387,711 | - | 2,387,711 | - |
| HEDGING DERIVATIVES | 5,268 | 5,268 | ||
| FINANCIAL LIABILITIES AT FAIR VALUE THROUGH PROFIT OR LOSS AS AN OPTION |
9,693,959 | 9,693,959 | ||
| TOTAL FINANCIAL LIABILITIES VALUED AT FAIR VALUE | 12,086,938 | - | 12,086,938 | - |
Financial assets and liabilities valued at cost primarily include amounts due and receivables to credit institutions and the collateral paid and received for derivatives contracts.
With respect to daily margin calls, Amundi Group considers that the collateral recorded and received is recognised at its fair value under "Accruals and sundry assets" and "Accruals and sundry liabilities".
Amundi Group considers that the amortised cost of debts and receivables to credit institutions is a good approximation of fair value, as it consists primarily of:
Amundi manages and structures funds in order to offer investment solutions to its clients. These funds, excluding management mandates, are considered to be structured entities to the extent that they are created for a very specific purpose, are managed via contracts signed by the stakeholders, and the rights associated with the voting rights of the shares have limited impact, where applicable.
Amundi has defined criteria to identify companies which are involved as the sponsor of a structured entity:
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Given this definition, all funds managed by Amundi Group companies, whether held or not, are considered to be "sponsored" structured entities.
The Group receives management and performance fees and commissions from the funds. It can invest, provide guarantees and contract performance swaps with the funds.
The table below shows the assets, liabilities and off-balance sheet commitments of the Group in sponsored structured entities, with the exception of those that are consolidated.
| 31/12/2022 Asset management |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maximum loss | ||||
| (in € thousands) | Balance sheet value |
Maximum exposure to loss risk |
Guarantees received and other credit enhancements |
Net exposure |
| Financial assets held for trading | 874,469 | 874,469 | - | 874,469 |
| Debt instruments that do not meet SPPI criteria: UCITS | 1,231,668 | 1,231,668 | - | 1,231,668 |
| Financial assets at fair value through equity | - | - | - | - |
| Financial assets at amortised cost | - | - | - | - |
| ASSETS RECOGNISED WITH RESPECT TO NON‑CONSOLIDATED STRUCTURED ENTITIES |
2,106,137 | 2,106,137 | - | 2,106,137 |
| Equity instruments | - | n.a. | - | - |
| Financial liabilities held for trading | 461,848 | n.a. | - | 461,848 |
| Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss | - | n.a. | - | - |
| Debt | - | n.a. | - | - |
| LIABILITIES WITH RESPECT TO NON‑CONSOLIDATED STRUCTURED ENTITIES |
461,848 | - | - | 461,848 |
| Commitments given | ||||
| Financing commitments | n.a. | - | - | - |
| Guarantee commitments | n.a. | 12,913,913 | 443,998 | 12,469,915 |
| Other | n.a. | - | - | - |
| Provisions for execution risk – Commitments made | n.a. | (8,182) | - | (8,182) |
| OFF-BALANCE SHEET COMMITMENTS NET OF PROVISIONS WITH RESPECT TO NON-CONSOLIDATED STRUCTURED ENTITIES |
N.A. | 12,905,731 | 443,998 | 12,461,733 |
| BALANCE SHEET TOTAL OF NON‑CONSOLIDATED STRUCTURED ENTITIES HELD |
82,097,502 | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. |
| 31/12/2021 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asset management | |||||
| Balance sheet value |
Maximum loss | ||||
| (in € thousands) | Maximum exposure to loss risk |
Guarantees received and other credit enhancements |
Net exposure |
||
| Financial assets held for trading | 802,446 | 802,446 | - | 802,446 | |
| Debt instruments that do not meet SPPI criteria: UCITS | 1,196,331 | 1,196,331 | - | 1,196,331 | |
| Financial assets at fair value through equity | - | - | - | - | |
| Financial assets at amortised cost | - | - | - | - | |
| ASSETS RECOGNISED WITH RESPECT TO NON‑CONSOLIDATED STRUCTURED ENTITIES |
1,998,777 | 1,998,777 | - | 1,998,777 | |
| Equity instruments | - | n.a. | n.a. | - | |
| Financial liabilities held for trading | 575,528 | 575,528 | - | 575,528 | |
| Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss | - | - | - | - | |
| Debt | - | n.a. | n.a. | - | |
| LIABILITIES WITH RESPECT TO NON‑CONSOLIDATED STRUCTURED ENTITIES |
575,528 | 575,528 | 575,528 | ||
| Commitments given | |||||
| Financing commitments | n.a. | - | - | - | |
| Guarantee commitments | n.a. | 18,260,707 | 428,950 | 17,831,757 | |
| Other | n.a. | - | - | - | |
| Provisions for execution risk – Commitments made | n.a. | (12,038) | - | (12,038) | |
| OFF-BALANCE SHEET COMMITMENTS NET OF PROVISIONS WITH RESPECT TO NON-CONSOLIDATED STRUCTURED ENTITIES |
N.A. | 18,248,669 | 428,950 | 17,819,719 | |
| BALANCE SHEET TOTAL OF NON-CONSOLIDATED STRUCTURED ENTITIES HELD |
N.A. | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. |
Information relating to fund units held by Amundi and recorded under "Debt instruments that do not meet SPPI criteria: UCITS" does not include consolidated funds or those for which the Group holds only one unit (founder's unit).
The amount on the "Balance sheet total of non-consolidated structured entities" line corresponds to the total assets of the funds held.
The off-balance sheet commitment shown corresponds to the off-balance sheet commitment recognised by Amundi as part of its fund guarantor activity. A provision for the risk associated with this commitment is recorded in "Provisions" in the amount of €8,182,000 as at 31 December 2022 and €12,038,000 as at 31 December 2021.
The amounts stated in financial assets and liabilities held for trading correspond to the positive and negative fair values of swaps made by Amundi with funds as part of its swap intermediation business.
The net revenues from structured entities and from management mandates are inseparable from Amundi's management revenues and are included in the income presented in note 6.2.1.
Amundi's business is solely focused on managing assets for third parties. It therefore has only one operating segment within the meaning of IFRS 8.
The Group's operational performance is not tracked more closely than the Group overall. Items that are reviewed at a closer level are limited to monthly reports on Group business volume (inflows, outstanding assets under management) and periodic reports on income net of commissions by client segment (retail, institutional). The Group believes that this information better corresponds to monitoring commercial activity than to measurement of operational performance for the purposes of decision-making for resource allocation. Operating expenses are not allocated to client segments (retail and institutional).
However, the Group believes that it is helpful to publish the information about commercial activity which is shown below as information complementary to that required by IFRS 8:
| (in € thousands) | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Retail | 2,164 | 2,029 |
| Institutional investors | 802 | 756 |
| Institutional, Corporate and Employee Savings | 643 | 594 |
| Insurers (1) | 158 | 162 |
| NET FEES | 2,965 | 2,785 |
| Performance fees | 171 | 427 |
| Technology and associated income (2) | 48 | - |
| TOTAL NET MANAGEMENT AND RELATED ACTIVITIES REVENUES | 3,185 | 3,211 |
| NET FINANCIAL INCOME | (32) | 1 |
| OTHER NET INCOME (EXPENSES) FROM OPERATIONS | (97) | (76) |
| TOTAL NET REVENUES | 3,056 | 3,136 |
(1) Crédit Agricole Group and Société Générale.
(2) Technology income is displayed beginning in the 2022 financial year.
In addition, the allocation of net income is broken down by geographical area as follows:
| (in € thousands) | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|
| France | 1,469 | 1,578 |
| Abroad | 1,587 | 1,558 |
| TOTAL NET REVENUES | 3,056 | 3,136 |
The net revenue break-down is based on the location where the accounting information is recorded.
Related parties are businesses which directly or indirectly control or are controlled by, or which are under joint control with the Company presenting the financial statements.
Amundi's related parties are (i) the consolidated companies, including equity-accounted companies, (ii) the Crédit Agricole Group companies, that is, the Regional Banks, Crédit Agricole SA, its subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures. No provisions for write-downs were made for these relationships.
In addition, the funds in which the Crédit Agricole Group has invested are not considered to be related parties.
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A list of the Amundi Group's consolidated companies is presented in note 9.3.1. "Scope of consolidation". The transactions carried out and the outstanding amounts at the end of the period between the fully consolidated companies of the Group are entirely eliminated on consolidation.
Amundi has commercial relationships with Crédit Agricole Group companies.
Crédit Agricole Group is a distributor, a lender and borrower, a derivative counterparty and also a depositary and calculation agent of Amundi's financial products. In addition, Crédit Agricole Group makes certain resources available to Amundi and manages Amundi's end-of-career allowance insurance.
Amundi handles asset management of certain mandates for the Crédit Agricole Group and also provides book-keeping services for the Crédit Agricole Group's employee savings plans.
The following tables present the transactions undertaken with the Crédit Agricole Group and with the equity-accounted entities of the Amundi Group.
Amundi's transactions with its key executives consist solely of the compensation paid under employment contracts and directors' fees.
| (in € thousands) | Crédit Agricole Group | |
|---|---|---|
| NET INCOME | 2022 | 2021 |
| Net interest and similar income | (22,817) | (30,437) |
| Net fee and commission income | (488,354) | (463,261) |
| Other net income (expenditure) | (21,945) | (20,285) |
| General operating expenses | (5,057) | (4,863) |
| BALANCE SHEET | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 |
| Assets | ||
| Loans and receivables due from credit institutions | 318,726 | 748,614 |
| Accruals and sundry assets | 82,336 | 82,464 |
| Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss | 10,403,774 | 8,871,624 |
| Liabilities | ||
| Subordinated debt | 302,677 | 303,859 |
| Due to credit institutions | 1,422,395 | 1,809,076 |
| Accruals, deferred income and sundry liabilities | 271,479 | 274,163 |
| Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss | 274,636 | 261,899 |
| Off balance sheet | ||
| Guarantees given | 422,927 | 2,800,546 |
| Guarantees received | 443,998 | 428,950 |
| (in € thousands) | Joint ventures and associates |
|
|---|---|---|
| NET INCOME | 2022 | 2021 |
| Net interest and similar income | - | - |
| Net fee and commission income | 329 | 354 |
| General operating expenses | - | - |
| BALANCE SHEET | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 |
| Assets | ||
| Loans and receivables due from credit institutions | - | - |
| Accruals and sundry assets | 153 | 1,761 |
| Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss | - | - |
| Liabilities | ||
| Due to credit institutions | - | - |
| Accruals, deferred income and sundry liabilities | - | 18 |
| Off balance sheet | ||
| Guarantees given | - | - |
| Guarantees received | - | - |
| 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 | Principal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consolidated companies | Notes | Development of scope |
Method | % of control |
% of stake held |
% of control |
% of stake held |
place of business |
| FRENCH COMPANIES | ||||||||
| AMUNDI | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | France | ||
| AMUNDI ASSET MANAGEMENT | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | France | ||
| AMUNDI FINANCE | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | France | ||
| AMUNDI FINANCE ÉMISSIONS | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | France | ||
| AMUNDI IMMOBILIER | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | France | ||
| AMUNDI INDIA HOLDING | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | France | ||
| AMUNDI INTERMÉDIATION | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | France | ||
| AMUNDI IT SERVICES | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 95.4 | 95.4 | France | ||
| AMUNDI PRIVATE EQUITY FUNDS | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | France | ||
| AMUNDI ESR | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | France | ||
| AMUNDI VENTURES | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | France | ||
| ANATEC | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | France | ||
| BFT INVESTMENT MANAGERS | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | France | ||
| CPR AM | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | France | ||
| ÉTOILE GESTION | Merger | Full | - | - | 100.0 | 100.0 | France | |
| LCL ÉMISSIONS | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | France | ||
| LYXOR ASSET MANAGEMENT | Merger | Full | - | - | 100.0 | 100.0 | France | |
| LYXOR INTERNATIONAL ASSET MANAGEMENT |
Merger | Full | - | - | 100.0 | 100.0 | France | |
| LYXOR INTERMÉDIATION | Merger | Full | - | - | 100.0 | 100.0 | France | |
| SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE GESTION | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | France | ||
| FUNDS AND OPCI | ||||||||
| ACAJOU | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | France | ||
| CEDAR | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | France | ||
| CHORIAL ALLOCATION | Full | 99.9 | 99.9 | 99.9 | 99.9 | France | ||
| LONDRES CROISSANCE 16 | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | France | ||
| OPCI IMMANENS | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | France | ||
| OPCI IMMO EMISSIONS | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | France | ||
| RED CEDAR | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | France | ||
| AMUNDI PE SOLUTION ALPHA | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | France |
| 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Development | % of | % of | % of | % of | Principal place of |
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| Consolidated companies | Notes | of scope | Method | control | stake held | control | stake held | business |
| FOREIGN COMPANIES | ||||||||
| AMUNDI DEUTSCHLAND GMBH | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | Germany | ||
| AMUNDI ASSET MANAGEMENT GERMAN BRANCH |
Closure | Full | - | - | 100.0 | 100.0 | Germany | |
| AMUNDI AUSTRIA GMBH | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | Austria | ||
| AMUNDI ASSET MANAGEMENT BELGIUM BRANCH |
(1) | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | Belgium | |
| AMUNDI CZECH REPUBLIC ASSET MANAGEMENT SOFIA BRANCH |
(2) | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | Bulgaria | |
| AMUNDI ASSET MANAGEMENT AGENCIA IN CHILE |
(1) | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | Chile | |
| ABC-CA FUND MANAGEMENT CO. LTD | Equity accounted |
33.3 | 33.3 | 33.3 | 33.3 | China | ||
| AMUNDI BOC WEALTH MANAGEMENT CO. LTD |
Full | 55.0 | 55.0 | 55.0 | 55.0 | China | ||
| NH-AMUNDI ASSET MANAGEMENT | Equity accounted |
30.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | 30.0 | Korea | ||
| AMUNDI ASSET MANAGEMENT DUBAI BRANCH |
(1) | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | United Arab Emirates |
|
| AMUNDI IBERIA SGIIC SA | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | Spain | ||
| SABADELL ASSET MANAGEMENT, SA, S.G.I.I.C |
Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | Spain | ||
| AMUNDI HOLDINGS US INC | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | United States | ||
| AMUNDI US INC | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | United States | ||
| AMUNDI ASSET MANAGEMENT US INC | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | United States | ||
| AMUNDI DISTRIBUTOR US INC | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | United States | ||
| VANDERBILT CAPITAL ADVISORS LLC | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | United States | ||
| LYXOR ASSET MANAGEMENT HOLDING CORP |
Merger | Full | - | - | 100.0 | 100.0 | United States | |
| LYXOR ASSET MANAGEMENT INC | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | United States | ||
| AMUNDI ASSET MANAGEMENT FINLAND BRANCH |
(1) | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | Finland | |
| AMUNDI ASSET MANAGEMENT HONG KONG BRANCH |
(1) | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | Hong Kong | |
| AMUNDI HONG KONG LTD | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | Hong Kong | ||
| AMUNDI INVESTMENT FUND MGMT | ||||||||
| PRIVATE LTD CO. | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | Hungary | ||
| SBI FUNDS MANAGEMENT LIMITED | Equity accounted |
36.8 | 36.8 | 36.8 | 36.8 | India | ||
| KBI GLOBAL INVESTORS LTD | Full | 95.9 | 100.0 | 91.8 | 100.0 | Ireland | ||
| KBI FUND MANAGERS LTD | Full | 95.9 | 100.0 | 91.8 | 100.0 | Ireland | ||
| KBI GLOBAL INVESTORS (NORTH AMERICA) LTD |
Full | 95.9 | 100.0 | 91.8 | 100.0 | Ireland | ||
| AMUNDI IRELAND LTD | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | Ireland | ||
| AMUNDI INTERMEDIATION DUBLIN BRANCH |
(4) | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | Ireland | |
| AMUNDI REAL ESTATE ITALIA SGR SPA |
Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | Italy | ||
| AMUNDI SGR SPA | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | Italy | ||
| AMUNDI JAPAN | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | Japan | ||
| AMUNDI GLOBAL SERVICING | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | Luxembourg | ||
| FUND CHANNEL | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | Luxembourg | ||
| AMUNDI LUXEMBOURG | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | Luxembourg | ||
| LYXOR FUND SOLUTION | Merger | Full | - | - | 100.0 | 100.0 | Luxembourg | |
| AMUNDI MALAYSIA SDN BHD | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | Malaysia |
| 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 | Principal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consolidated companies | Notes | Development of scope Method |
% of control |
% of stake held |
% of control |
% of stake held |
place of business |
| WAFA GESTION | Equity accounted |
34.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | 34.0 | Morocco | |
| AMUNDI ASSET MANAGEMENT MEXICO BRANCH |
(1) | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | Mexico |
| PIONEER GLOBAL INVESTMENTS LTD MEXICO CITY BRANCH |
(1) | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | Mexico |
| AMUNDI ASSET MANAGEMENT NEDERLAND |
(1) | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | Netherlands |
| AMUNDI POLSKA | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | Poland | |
| AMUNDI CZECH REPUBLIC INVESTICNI SPOLECNOST AS |
Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | Czech Republic |
|
| AMUNDI CZECH REPUBLIC ASSET MANAGEMENT |
Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | Czech Republic |
|
| AMUNDI ASSET MANAGEMENT SAI SA |
Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | Romania | |
| AMUNDI ASSET MANAGEMENT LONDON BRANCH |
(1) | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | United Kingdom |
| AMUNDI UK Ltd | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | United Kingdom |
|
| AMUNDI INTERMEDIATION LONDON BRANCH |
(4) | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | United Kingdom |
| LYXOR ASSET MANAGEMENT UK LLP |
Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | United Kingdom |
|
| AMUNDI SINGAPORE LTD | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | Singapore | |
| AMUNDI INTERMEDIATION ASIA PTE LTD |
Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | Singapore | |
| FUND CHANNEL SINGAPORE BRANCH |
(3) | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | Singapore |
| AMUNDI CZECH REPUBLIC ASSET MANAGEMENT BRATISLAVA BRANCH |
(2) | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | Slovakia |
| AMUNDI ASSET MANAGEMENT SWEDEN BRANCH |
(1) | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | Sweden |
| AMUNDI SUISSE | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | Switzerland | |
| AMUNDI TAIWAN | Full | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | Taiwan |
(1) AMUNDI ASSET MANAGEMENT branches.
(2) AMUNDI CZECH REPUBLIC INVESTICNI SPOLECNOST AS branches.
(3) FUND CHANNEL branch.
(4) AMUNDI INTERMEDIATION branch.
There was no significant change in scope during the year.
These securities recorded in the "financial assets at fair value through profit or loss" or "financial assets at fair value through equity" portfolios represent a significant fraction of the equity of the companies that issued them and are intended to be held for the long term.
These line items amounted to €360,452,000 as at 31 December 2022, compared with €281,179,000 as at 31 December 2021.
Entities under exclusive control, joint control or significant influence which have been excluded from the scope of consolidation are presented in the table below:
| Non-consolidated entities | Registered office |
% of stake held |
Reason for exclusion from scope of consolidation |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMUNDI-ACBA ASSET MANAGEMENT CJSC | Armenia | 51.0% | Materiality thresholds |
| FINVENTUM | Austria | 100.0% | Materiality thresholds |
| AMUNDI CANADA INC | Canada | 100.0% | Materiality thresholds |
| AMUNDI INVESTMENT ADVISORY (BEIJING) LIMITED | China | 100.0% | Materiality thresholds |
| AMUNDI PRIVATE FUND MANAGEMENT (BEIJING) CO., LTD | China | 100.0% | Materiality thresholds |
| AMUNDI TRANSITION ÉNERGÉTIQUE | France | 60.0% | Materiality thresholds |
| SUPERNOVA INVEST | France | 41.6% | Materiality thresholds |
| MONTPENSIER FINANCE | France | 25.0% | Materiality thresholds |
| AMUNDI ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT IRELAND LTD | Ireland | 100.0% | Materiality thresholds |
| AMUNDI ENERGY TRANSITION LUXEMBOURG SARL | Luxembourg | 60.0% | Materiality thresholds |
| AREAF MANAGEMENT SARL | Luxembourg | 100.0% | Materiality thresholds |
| AMUNDI REAL ESTATE LUXEMBOURG SA | Luxembourg | 100.0% | Materiality thresholds |
| DNA SA | Luxembourg | 100.0% | Materiality thresholds |
| LRP | Luxembourg | 100.0% | Materiality thresholds |
| GREEN CREDIT CONTINUUM FUND GP | Luxembourg | 100.0% | Materiality thresholds |
| AMUNDI INVESTMENT MAROC | Morocco | 100.0% | Materiality thresholds |
| AMUNDI AALAM SDN BHD | Malaysia | 100.0% | Materiality thresholds |
| FUND CHANNEL SUISSE | Switzerland | 100.0% | Materiality thresholds |
| AMUNDI MUTUAL FUND BROKERAGE SECURITIES (THAILAND) COMPANY LIMITED |
Thailand | 100.0% | Materiality thresholds |
Dormant entities as at 31 December 2022 have been excluded.
Equity holdings (over which the Group has neither control nor significant influence) representing a fraction of equity equal to or greater than 10% and not within the scope of consolidation are shown in the following table:
| Non-consolidated entities | Registered office |
% of stake held |
|---|---|---|
| IM SQUARE | France | 18.7% |
| NEXTSTAGE AM | France | 14.4% |
Off-balance sheet commitments as at 31 December 2022 include:
• the guarantee commitments presented in the table below:
| (in € thousands) | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Fund guarantee commitments | 12,913,913 | 18,260,707 |
| Of which fund guarantee commitments | 12,913,913 | 18,260,707 |
| Of which other guarantee commitments | - | - |
In relation to these commitments, the Group received counter-guarantees totalling €443,998,000 at 31 December 2022 and €428,950,000 at 31 December 2021;
| (in € thousands) | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Interest-rate instruments | 3,689,536 | 1,888,435 |
| Other instruments | 47,439,713 | 51,006,563 |
| NOTIONAL TOTAL | 51,129,249 | 52,894,998 |
The Group signed operating leases on the operations buildings used in France and other countries. In connection with these leases, the Group recognises under "Property, plant and equipment" the value of the rights of use corresponding to these leases.
The Amundi Group also has low-value and/or short-term leases which, in accordance with the exemptions permitted by IFRS 16, do not have to be subject to the recognition of rights of use and rental liability.
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| (in € thousands) | 31/12/2022 | ≤ 1 year | Between 1 year and 5 years |
> 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEASE LIABILITIES | 313,440 | 44,655 | 139,428 | 129,358 |
| (in € thousands) | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Interest expense on lease liabilities | (3,097) | (2,338) |
| Increases in provisions for depreciation on rights of use | (50,251) | (47,591) |
Expenses related to rights of use replace the rent costs previously recognised in accordance with IAS 17.
The break-down by firm and type of activity in respect of the fees recognised in the consolidated results for the 2022 and 2021 financial years is set out below:
| 2022 | 2021 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in € thousands) | PWC (1) | E&Y (2) | Mazars (1) | Total | PWC (1) | E&Y (2) | Mazars (1) | Total |
| Statutory audit, certification, audit of the separate and consolidated accounts |
1,825 | 1,127 | 629 | 3,581 | 1,887 | 1,117 | 406 | 3,409 |
| Services other than the audit of the financial statements (3) |
1,706 | 401 | 111 | 2,218 | 1,269 | 287 | 22 | 1,578 |
| STATUTORY AUDITORS' FEES | 3,531 | 1,529 | 740 | 5,799 | 3,155 | 1,404 | 428 | 4,987 |
(1) Statutory auditors involved in auditing the consolidated financial statements and the consolidated entities.
(2) Auditors involved with auditing the consolidated entities but not involved in auditing the consolidated financial statements.
(3) Services other than the auditing of the consolidated financial statements include providing comfort letters, agreed procedures, statements of compliance with accounting standards, consulting on regulatory issues and due diligence in acquisitions.
The above-mentioned amounts include the following fees, relating to assignments to audit the financial statements and services other than auditing the financial statements ("SACC") performed at Amundi and its subsidiaries:
• by "PricewaterhouseCoopers Audit", for €736,000 for auditing the financial statements and €303,000 for services other than auditing the financial statements.
• by "Mazars SA", for €378,000 for auditing the financial statements and €51,000 for services other than auditing the financial statements;
None.
This is a translation into English of the statutory auditors' report on the consolidated financial statements of the Company issued in French and it is provided solely for the convenience of English-speaking users.
This statutory auditors' report includes information required by European regulation and French law, such as information about the appointment of the statutory auditors or verification of the information concerning the Group presented in the management report and other documents provided to shareholders.
This report should be read in conjunction with, and construed in accordance with, French law and professional auditing standards applicable in France.
To the Annual General Meeting of Amundi,
In compliance with the engagement entrusted to us by your Annual General Meeting, we have audited the consolidated financial statements of Amundi for the year ended December 31, 2022, as attached to this report.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements give a true and fair view of the assets and liabilities and of the financial position of the Group as at December 31, 2022 and of the results of its operations for the year then ended in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the European Union.
The audit opinion expressed above is consistent with our report to the Audit Committee.
We conducted our audit in accordance with professional standards applicable in France. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
We conducted our audit engagement in compliance with independence requirements of the French Commercial Code (code de commerce) and the French Code of Ethics (code de déontologie) for statutory auditors, for the period from January 1st, 2022, to the date of our report and specifically we Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Statutory Auditors' Responsibilities for the Audit of the Consolidated Financial Statements section of our report.
did not provide any prohibited non-audit services referred to in Article 5(1) of Regulation (EU) No 537/2014 or in the French Code of ethics (code de déontologie) for statutory auditors.
In accordance with the requirements of Articles L.823-9 and R.823-7 of the French Commercial Code (code de commerce) relating to the justification of our assessments, we inform you of the key audit matters relating to risks of material misstatement that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the consolidated financial statements of the current period, as well as how we addressed those risks.
These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the consolidated financial statements as a whole and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on specific items of the consolidated financial statements.
| Risk identified | Our response | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The goodwill mainly arises from external growth operations and amounts to € 6.7 billion as at December 31, 2022. |
We have reviewed the methodology used by the Amundi Group to identify any indications of impairment. |
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| As mentioned in Note 1.4.6 to the consolidated financial statements' appendixes, goodwill is subject to impairment tests as soon as there is objective evidence of a loss of value, and at least |
We also appreciated the documentation provided by Amundi which demonstrates the existence of a single CGU in the group. |
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| once a year. | We examined the calculations performed and we involved our | ||||
| These tests are based on the comparison between the carrying amount of the cash generating unit (CGU) and its recoverable amount. The recoverable amount of the CGU is defined as the highest value between its market value and its value in use. The value in use is calculated on the basis of the present value of the future cash flows generated by the CGU. |
valuation specialists to assess the assumptions used by Management to determine the discount rates and the perpetual growth rates used in the discounted cash flow calculations, where necessary by comparing them with external sources. |
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| As indicated in note 5.13 to the consolidated financial statements' appendixes, these estimated future cash flows are determined on |
• compare them with the information presented to the Group's Board of Directors, and to |
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| the basis of the medium-term business plans prepared by the Group for its management purposes. They are based on |
• assess the main underlying assumptions. The reliability of these assumptions was assessed in particular by comparing the |
Group for its management purposes. They are based on assumptions concerning the growth of the Group's business and include macroeconomic parameters evolution.
The present value of the future cash flows also takes into account assumptions concerning discount rates and perpetual growth rate which necessitate the exercise of Management's judgment.
In view of the materiality of the goodwill and the degree of management's judgment to determine the assumptions used to calculate an impairment loss, we considered goodwill measurement to be a key audit matter.
assumptions was assessed in particular by comparing the financial trajectories developed in previous years with the actual performance.
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We also performed sensitivity analyses on certain assumptions (results growth rate, perpetual growth rate, discount rate).
Finally, we assessed the appropriateness of the information disclosed in the notes to the consolidated financial statements on the results of these impairment tests and the level of sensitivity to the various assumptions.
The Group manages a diversified fund portfolio covering different asset classes. For some funds, it is planned to remunerate the performance of the fund by the payment of a commission named "performance fee".
As mentioned in Note 1.3.6 of the consolidated financial statements' appendixes, the performance fees pay the investment management company when specified in the contract. They are computed on the basis of a percentage on the positive difference between the fund's actual performance and the reference index as set out in the contract.
As at December 31, 2022, the performance fees recorded in the income statement amounted to M€ 170.8 (Note 4.1 of the consolidated financial statements' appendixes).
Performance fees are recognized in income at the end of the calculation period for each fund.
The diverse maturity dates, reference index and performance target entail complexity in determining the amount of the performance fees and the different recognition dates of the corresponding income as well.
We considered the measurement and recording of the performance fees to be a key audit matter.
We checked the periodic reconciliations made between the performance fees calculated by management and the amounts recognized, as well as with the fees calculated by the "valuation agents".
We analyzed the calculation process of the performance fees implemented by the Group.
For a sample of funds, we have independently recalculated the amount of performance fees both for the part due at the end of the observation period and for the part relating to crystallization (in the event of redemptions).
In addition, on the basis of a sample of funds, we:
We have also performed, in accordance with professional standards applicable in France, the specific verification required by laws and regulations of the Group's information given in the management report of the Board of Directors. We have no matters to report as to their fair presentation and their consistency with the consolidated financial statements.
We have also verified, in accordance with the professional standard applicable in France relating to the procedures performed by the statutory auditor relating to the annual and consolidated financial statements presented in the European single electronic format, that the presentation of the consolidated financial statements intended to be included in the annual financial report mentioned in Article L.451-1-2, I of the French Monetary and Financial Code (code monétaire et financier), prepared under the responsibility of Deputy General Manager, complies with the single electronic format defined in the European Delegated Regulation No 2019/815 of 17 December 2018. As it relates to consolidated financial statements, our work includes verifying that the tagging of these consolidated financial statements complies with the format defined in the above delegated regulation.
We were appointed as statutory auditors of Amundi by the Annual General Meeting held on November 16, 1989 for PricewaterhouseCoopers Audit and May 10, 2021 for Mazars.
Based on the work we have performed, we conclude that the presentation of the consolidated financial statements intended to be included in the annual financial report complies, in all material respects, with the European single electronic format.
Due to the technical limitations inherent to the block-tagging of the consolidated financial statements according to the European single electronic format, the content of certain tags of the notes may not be rendered identically to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
Besides, we have no responsibility to verify that the consolidated financial statements that will ultimately be included by your company in the annual financial report filed with the AMF are in agreement with those on which we have performed our work.
As at December 31, 2022, PricewaterhouseCoopers Audit were in the thirty fourth year of total uninterrupted engagement and Mazars in its second year, of which respectively twenty six years and two year since securities of the Company became a public interest entity, due to its status as a credit institution.
Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the consolidated financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as adopted by the European Union and for such internal control as management determines is necessary to enable the preparation of consolidated financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the consolidated financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless it is expected to liquidate the Company or to cease operations.
The Audit Committee is responsible for monitoring the financial reporting process and the effectiveness of internal control and risks management systems and where applicable, its internal audit, regarding the accounting and financial reporting procedures.
The consolidated financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors.
Our role is to issue a report on the consolidated financial statements. Our objective is to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with professional standards will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these consolidated financial statements.
As specified in Article L.823-10-1 of the French Commercial Code (code de commerce), our statutory audit does not include assurance on the viability of the Company or the quality of management of the affairs of the Company.
As part of an audit conducted in accordance with professional standards applicable in France, the statutory auditor exercises professional judgment throughout the audit and furthermore:
• Identifies and assesses the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, designs and performs audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtains audit evidence considered to be sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for his opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
We submit a report to the Audit Committee which includes in particular a description of the scope of the audit and the audit program implemented, as well as the results of our audit. We also report, if any, significant deficiencies in internal control regarding the accounting and financial reporting procedures that we have identified.
Our report to the Audit Committee includes the risks of material misstatement that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in the audit of the consolidated financial statements of the current period and which are therefore the key audit matters that we are required to describe in this report.
We also provide the Audit Committee with the declaration provided for in Article 6 of Regulation (EU) N° 537/2014, confirming our independence within the meaning of the rules applicable in France such as they are set in particular by Articles L.822-10 to L.822-14 of the French Commercial Code (code de commerce) and in the French Code of Ethics (code de déontologie) for statutory auditors. Where appropriate, we discuss with the Audit Committee the risks that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and the related safeguards.
Neuilly-sur-Seine and Paris-La Défense, March 31, 2023 The Statutory AuditorsFrench original signed by
PricewaterhouseCoopers Audit Mazars
Laurent Tavernier Agnès Hussherr Jean Latorzeff

| 7.1 | ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | 328 |
|---|---|---|
| 7.2 | NOTES TO THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
330 |
7.3 STATUTORY AUDITORS' REPORT ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 363
| Notes (in € thousands) |
31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 |
|---|---|---|
| INTERBANK TRANSACTIONS AND SIMILAR ITEMS | 2,154,818 | 3,402,087 |
| Cash, central banks | - - |
|
| Treasury bills and similar securities | 5 | - - |
| Loans and receivables due from credit institutions | 3 2,154,818 |
3,402,087 |
| RECEIVABLES DUE FROM CUSTOMERS | 4 241,931 |
299,509 |
| SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS | 1,509,915 | 1,978,985 |
| Bonds and other fixed-income securities | 5 193,355 |
196,212 |
| Equities and other variable-income securities | 5 1,316,560 |
1,782,773 |
| FIXED ASSETS | 6,780,869 | 6,701,825 |
| Equity investments and other long-term investments 6-7 |
231,966 | 155,139 |
| Shares in affiliated undertakings 6-7 |
6,548,874 | 6,546,646 |
| Intangible assets | 7 | - - |
| Property, plant and equipment | 7 29 |
40 |
| UNPAID SHARE CAPITAL | - - |
|
| TREASURY SHARES | 8 70,986 |
16,662 |
| ACCRUALS AND SUNDRY ASSETS | 419,229 | 475,894 |
| Other assets | 9 382,687 |
426,342 |
| Accruals | 9 36,542 |
49,553 |
| TOTAL ASSETS | 11,177,748 | 12,874,963 |
| Notes (in € thousands) |
31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 |
|---|---|---|
| INTERBANK TRANSACTIONS AND SIMILAR ITEMS | 1,379,779 | 2,123,904 |
| Central banks | - | - |
| Due to credit institutions 11 |
1,379,779 | 2,123,904- |
| AMOUNTS DUE TO CUSTOMERS 12 |
3,230,342 | 4,331,046 |
| DEBT SECURITIES 13 |
238,808 | 142,236 |
| ACCRUALS, DEFERRED INCOME AND SUNDRY LIABILITIES | 398,371 | 486,833 |
| Other liabilities 14 |
372,880 | 448,663 |
| Accruals 14 |
25,491 | 37,658 |
| PROVISIONS AND SUBORDINATED DEBT | 334,268 | 322,863 |
| Provisions 15-16-17 |
31,591 | 19,004 |
| Subordinated debt 18 |
302,677 | 303,859 |
| FUND FOR GENERAL BANKING RISKS (FGBR) | 37,149 | 37,149 |
| EQUITY EXCLUDING FGBR: 19 |
5,559,031 | 5,431,445 |
| Share capital | 509,650 | 507,687 |
| Share premiums | 2,568,488 | 2,542,278 |
| Reserves | 62,895 | 62,699 |
| Revaluation adjustment | - | - |
| Regulated provisions and investment subsidies | - | - |
| Carried forward | 1,487,645 | 1,398,331 |
| Net income awaiting approval/interim dividend | - | - |
| Net income for the financial year | 930,353 | 920,451 |
| TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES | 11,177,748 | 12,874,963 |
| (in € thousands) | Notes | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commitments given | |||
| Financing commitments | 25 | - | 4,339 |
| Guarantee commitments | 25 | 2,394,003 | 3,087,471 |
| Commitments on securities | 25 | - | 130,970 |
| (in € thousands) | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commitments received | |||
| Financing commitments | 25 | 1,750,000 | 1,750,000 |
| Guarantee commitments | 25 | - | - |
| Commitments on securities | 25 | - | - |
| (in € thousands) | Notes | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interest and similar income | 27 | 21,163 | 1,771 |
| Interest and similar expenses | 27 | (36,473) | (32,407) |
| Income from variable-income securities | 28 | 913,971 | 947,671 |
| Commissions and fees (income) | 29 | 8,018 | 8,578 |
| Commissions and fees (expenses) | 29 | (1,981) | (1,776) |
| Net gains (losses) on trading book transactions | 30 | 3,192 | 6,029 |
| Net gains (losses) on short-term investment portfolio and similar | 31 | 59,732 | 25,219 |
| Other income from banking operations | 32 | 24,777 | 19,840 |
| Other expenses from banking operations | 32 | (24,776) | (19,840) |
| NET BANKING INCOME | 967,622 | 955,084 | |
| General operating expenses | 33 | (67,884) | (40,168) |
| Depreciation, amortisation and impairment of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets |
8 | (9) | (8) |
| GROSS OPERATING INCOME | 899,729 | 914,908 | |
| Cost of risk | 34 | - | - |
| OPERATING INCOME | 899,729 | 914,908 | |
| Net income on fixed assets | 35 | - | - |
| PRE-TAX INCOME ON ORDINARY ACTIVITIES | 899,729 | 914,908 | |
| Net extraordinary income | (15) | - | |
| Income tax charge | 36 | 30,640 | 5,543 |
| Net increases/reversals to FGBR and regulated provisions | - | - | |
| NET INCOME | 930,353 | 920,451 |
| NOTE 1 | LEGAL AND FINANCIAL BACKGROUND – SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN 2022 |
332 |
|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | Legal and financial background | 332 |
| 1.2 | Significant events in 2022 | 332 |
| 1.3 | Events after the 2022 financial year | 332 |
| NOTE 2 | ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES AND METHODS |
332 |
| 2.1 | Loans and receivables due from credit institutions and customers – financing commitments |
332 |
| 2.2 | Securities portfolio | 334 |
| 2.3 | Non-current assets | 336 |
| 2.4 2.5 |
Amounts due to credit institutions and customers Debt securities |
336 336 |
| 2.6 | Provisions | 336 |
| 2.7 | Fund for general banking risks (FGBR) | 336 |
| 2.8 | Forward and options financial Instrument transactions |
336 |
| 2.9 | Foreign currency transactions | 337 |
| 2.10 | Off-balance sheet commitments | 337 |
| 2.11 | Employee profit-sharing and incentive plans |
338 |
| 2.12 | Post-employment benefits | 338 |
| 2.13 | Share and share subscription schemes offered to employees as part of the company savings scheme |
339 |
| 2.14 | Extraordinary income and expenses | 339 |
| 2.15 | Income tax charge | 340 |
| NOTE 3 | LOANS AND RECEIVABLES DUE FROM CREDIT INSTITUTIONS – ANALYSIS BY REMAINING MATURITY |
340 |
| NOTE 4 | RECEIVABLES DUE FROM CUSTOMERS | 341 |
| 4.1 | Transactions with customers – analysis by remaining maturity |
341 |
| 4.2 | Transactions with customers – analysis by geographic area |
341 |
| 4.3 | Transactions with customers – doubtful loans and write‑downs by geographic area |
341 |
| 4.4 | Transactions with customers – analysis by customer type |
342 |
| NOTE 5 | TRADING, SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT, LONG-TERM INVESTMENT AND MEDIUM-TERM PORTFOLIO SECURITIES |
343 |
|---|---|---|
| 5.1 | Trading, short-term investment, long‑term investment and medium‑term portfolio securities (excluding treasury bills) – breakdown by major |
|
| 5.2 | counterparty category Breakdown of listed and unlisted |
344 |
| 5.3 | fixed- and variable-income securities Treasury bills, bonds and other |
344 |
| fixed‑income securities – analysis by remaining maturity |
344 | |
| 5.4 | Treasury bills, bonds and other fixed‑income securities – analysis by geographic area |
345 |
| NOTE 6 | EQUITY INVESTMENTS AND SUBSIDIARIES |
345 |
| 6.1 | Estimated value of equity investments | 346 |
| NOTE 7 | CHANGE IN FIXED ASSETS | 347 |
| 7.1 | Financial assets | 347 |
| 7.2 | Property, plant and equipment and intangible assets |
347 |
| NOTE 8 | TREASURY SHARES | 347 |
| NOTE 9 | ACCRUALS AND SUNDRY ASSETS | 348 |
| NOTE 10 | WRITE-DOWNS DEDUCTED FROM ASSETS |
348 |
| NOTE 11 | AMOUNTS DUE TO CREDIT INSTITUTIONS – ANALYSIS BY REMAINING MATURITY |
348 |
| NOTE 12 | AMOUNTS DUE TO CUSTOMERS | 349 |
| 12.1 | Amounts due to customers – analysis by remaining maturity |
349 |
| 12.2 | Amounts due to customers – analysis by geographic area |
349 |
| 12.3 | Amounts due to customers – analysis by customer type |
349 |
| NOTE 13 | DEBT SECURITIES | 350 |
|---|---|---|
| 13.1 | Debt securities – analysis | 350 |
| 13.2 | by remaining maturity Bonds (by currency of issuance) |
350 |
| NOTE 14 | ACCRUALS, DEFERRED INCOME | |
| AND SUNDRY LIABILITIES | 350 | |
| NOTE 15 | PROVISIONS | 351 |
| NOTE 16 | HOME PURCHASE SAVINGS CONTRACTS |
351 |
| NOTE 17 | LIABILITIES TO EMPLOYEES – POST‑EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, DEFINED-BENEFIT PLANS |
351 |
| NOTE 18 | SUBORDINATED DEBT – ANALYSIS BY REMAINING MATURITY |
352 |
| NOTE 19 | CHANGE IN EQUITY (BEFORE DISTRIBUTION) |
353 |
| NOTE 20 | COMPOSITION OF CAPITAL | 353 |
| NOTE 21 | TRANSACTIONS WITH SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES AND EQUITY INVESTMENTS |
353 |
| NOTE 22 | TRANSACTIONS IN FOREIGN CURRENCIES |
354 |
| NOTE 23 | FOREIGN EXCHANGE TRANSACTIONS, LOANS AND BORROWINGS |
354 |
| NOTE 24 | FORWARD FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS TRANSACTIONS |
355 |
| 24.1 | Forward financial instrument transactions: notional amounts by remaining maturity |
356 |
| 24.2 | Forward financial instruments: fair value | 356 |
| NOTE 25 | COMMITMENTS GIVEN OR RECEIVED | 357 |
| NOTE 26 | INFORMATION REGARDING COUNTERPARTY |
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|---|---|---|
| RISK ON DERIVATIVES | 358 | |
| NOTE 27 | NET INTEREST AND SIMILAR INCOME | 358 |
| NOTE 28 | INCOME FROM SECURITIES | 359 |
| NOTE 29 | NET COMMISSION AND FEE INCOME | 359 |
| NOTE 30 | NET GAINS (LOSSES) ON TRADING BOOK TRANSACTIONS |
359 |
| NOTE 31 | NET GAINS (LOSSES) ON SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS AND SIMILAR |
360 |
| NOTE 32 | OTHER BANKING INCOME AND EXPENSES |
360 |
| NOTE 33 | GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES | 361 |
| Headcount by category | 361 | |
| NOTE 34 | COST OF RISK | 361 |
| NOTE 35 | NET INCOME ON FIXED ASSETS | 361 |
| NOTE 36 | INCOME TAX CHARGE | 361 |
| NOTE 37 | ALLOCATION OF INCOME | 362 |
| NOTE 38 | PRESENCE IN NON-COOPERATIVE STATES OR TERRITORIES |
362 |
| NOTE 39 | COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS OF THE MANAGEMENT BODIES |
362 |
| NOTE 40 | STATUTORY AUDITORS' FEES | 362 |
Amundi is a French public limited company (société anonyme) with share capital of €509,650,327.50 (i.e. 203,860,131 shares with a nominal value of €2.50 each).
In accordance with Article 44 of the law of 16 July 1992 bringing legislation on insurance and credit in line with the single European market, Amundi is considered a credit institution and classified as a financial company. This law amends Article 18 of banking law 84-46 of 24 January 1984 and abrogates Article 99.
Pursuant to French Financial Activity Modernisation Act no. 96‑597 of 2 July 1997, Amundi opted to be categorised as a financial company, i.e. a credit institution.
The Comité des établissements de crédit et des entreprises d'investissement (Credit Institutions and Investment Firms Committee) redefined Amundi's accreditation on 19 February 2002. Amundi, as a financial company, is authorised to issue capital and/or performance guarantees in the field of asset management, particularly for customers of the Crédit Agricole Group or of UCITS it manages.
Ownership percentages in the Company are:
On 20 June 2022, a press release from the Amundi Group announced the launch of a capital increase reserved for employees, which had been authorised in principle by the General Meeting of 10 May 2021.
The subscription period for this capital increase reserved for employees ended on 28 June 2022.
Nearly 2,000 employees from 15 countries took part in this capital increase by subscribing for 785,480 new shares (or 0.4% of the share capital) for an aggregate amount of €28.6 million.
This capital increase took place on 26 July 2022, bringing the number of shares comprising Amundi's share capital to 203,860,131 shares. Group employees therefore hold 1.2% of the share capital compared to 0.8% previously.
On 29 July 2022, in accordance with the authorisation granted by the General Meeting of 18 May 2022, the Amundi Group issued a press release to announce the launch of a share buyback programme targeting the performance share plans awarded by the Group.
This buyback programme ended on 27 September 2022 with the purchase of 1 million shares, around 0.5% of the share capital.
No significant events took place after the financial year end, whether recognised or not.
The Amundi financial statements comply with provisions from ANC regulation 2014-07, which brings together all accounting standards applicable to credit institutions.
There are no changes in accounting methods and in the presentation of the financial statements compared with the previous financial year.
Loans and receivables due from credit institutions, from Amundi Group entities and from customers are governed by ANC regulation 2014-07.
They are broken down according to their remaining maturity or type:
The customer section includes transactions completed with financial customers.
Subordinated loans, as well as repurchase agreements (taking the form of securities or assets), are incorporated under the various loans and receivables sections, depending on the type of counterparty (interbank, internal transactions within Crédit Agricole, customer).
Loans and receivables are recorded on the balance sheet at their nominal value.
In accordance with ANC regulation 2014-07, commissions and fees received and the marginal cost of transactions completed are spread out over the actual life of the loan and are therefore incorporated into the outstanding balance of the relevant loan.
Accrued interest not yet due on loans and receivables is recognised under accrued interest on the income statement.
Financing commitments recognised off-balance sheet represent irrevocable backstop liquidity commitments and guarantee commitments that have not generated any fund movements.
Credit risk is accounted for in the way described below.
The use of external and/or internal rating systems helps to assess the level of credit risk.
Loans and receivables and financing commitments are divided between unimpaired and doubtful.
As long as receivables are not deemed doubtful, they are considered unimpaired or deteriorated and remain under their original heading.
Amundi makes provisions under liabilities on its balance sheet to cover expected credit risk over the next 12 months (unimpaired exposures) and/or over the life of the loan as soon as there is significant deterioration in the credit quality of the exposure (deteriorated exposures).
These provisions are determined as part of a special monitoring process and are based on estimates showing the change in the expected credit risk level.
These are loans and receivables of all types, even those incorporating guarantees, that present a demonstrated credit risk corresponding to one of the following situations:
A loan is said to be doubtful when one or more events have occurred that have a harmful effect on its estimated future cash flows. The following are observable events indicative of a doubtful loan:
• the purchase or creation of a financial asset with a big discount, which reflects the credit losses suffered.
A loan may be deemed doubtful because of a combination of several events.
A defaulting counterparty can return to unimpaired status only after it has been validated over the course of an observation period that the debtor is no longer in a doubtful position.
Among doubtful loans, Amundi makes a distinction between non-performing doubtful loans and performing doubtful loans.
Performing doubtful loans and receivables are those that do not meet the definition of non-performing doubtful receivables.
Doubtful loans and receivables with a very poor collection outlook and for which a future write-off is being considered.
Interest continues to accrue on doubtful loans and receivables as long as they are considered doubtful but performing. Interest stops accruing as soon as the receivable becomes non-performing.
Classification as a doubtful loan can be disregarded as soon as the demonstrated credit risk is permanently eliminated and when regular payments have resumed for the amounts stipulated for the original contractual due dates. In this case, the loan is once again considered unimpaired.
As soon as a loan becomes doubtful, Amundi accounts for the probable write-off through a write-down deducted from the asset on the balance sheet. These write-downs represent the difference between the book value of the loan or receivable and the future estimated flows discounted at the contract rate, while taking into consideration the financial position and economic outlook of the counterparty, as well as any potential guarantees minus their cost of enforcement.
Potential write-offs relating to off-balance sheet commitments are taken into account through provisions included in balance sheet liabilities.
Allowances and reversals for the write-down of the risk of non-collection on doubtful loans and receivables are recognised under cost of risk.
In accordance with ANC regulation 2014-07, the Group has chosen to record the effects of impairment accretion under the cost of risk.
The assessment of the time period for a write-off is based on the judgement of experts. Amundi determines this with its Risk Management Department, based on its knowledge of its business.
Loans and receivables that have become irrecoverable are recognised as losses and the corresponding write-downs are reversed.
The rules regarding accounting for credit risk and writedown of fixed-income securities are defined in Articles 2311-1 to 2391-1 and Articles 2211-1 to 2251-13 of ANC regulation 2014-07.
The securities are presented by type in the financial statements: treasury bills (Treasury Notes and similar securities), bonds and other fixed-income securities (negotiable debt securities and interbank securities), equities and other variable-income securities.
They are classified in the portfolios stipulated by the regulations (trading, short-term investment, long-term investment, medium-term portfolio securities, fixed assets, other long-term investments, equity interests, shares in affiliated undertakings) depending on the entity's management intention and the specifications of the product upon subscription.
These are securities which are originally:
These securities must be tradable on an active market and the market prices must represent actual and regularly occurring market transactions under normal competitive conditions.
The following are also deemed to be trading securities:
Excluding in the cases provided for by ANC regulation 2014-07, securities recorded as trading securities cannot be reclassified and will continue to be presented and measured as trading securities until they are sold, fully redeemed or transferred to losses.
Trading securities are recognised on their purchase date at their purchase price excluding costs, including any accrued interest.
Debt representing shorted securities is recorded under liabilities on the balance sheet of the transferring entity at the sale price excluding costs.
At each accounting year-end, the securities are valued at the market price on the last trading day. The overall balance of the differences resulting from price variations is recorded in the income statement under "Balance of trading book transactions".
They are recognised on the balance sheet at their acquisition price, excluding acquisition costs.
At each accounting year-end, the securities are valued at the market price on the last trading day.
The overall balance of the differences resulting from price variations is recorded in the income statement under "Balance of trading book transactions".
This category is for securities that are not recognised within the other categories.
The securities are recognised at their acquisition price, including costs.
These securities are recognised at their acquisition price, accrued income on purchase included.
The difference between the purchase price and the redemption value is spread over the residual life of the security.
Revenue is recognised in the income statement under "Interest and similar income on bonds and other fixedincome securities".
Equities are recognised on the balance sheet at their purchase value, including acquisition costs. Revenue from dividends associated with the equities are recorded in the income statement under "Income from variable-income securities".
Revenue from SICAVs (variable-capital investment companies) and mutual funds are recorded at the time the funds are received in the same section.
Short-term investment securities are valued at the lower of the purchase price or the market value at the reporting date. Accordingly, when the book value of one holding or of a homogeneous set of securities (calculated, for example, using the stock market price on the reporting date) is lower than the carrying amount, a charge for write-down of unrealised losses is recognised without any offset for any capital gains recorded under other types of securities. Gains generated by hedges, as defined in ANC regulation 2014-07, taking the form of purchases or sales of forward financial instruments, are taken into account in calculating writedowns. Potential capital gains are not recognised.
Disposals of securities are deemed to involve the securities of the same type that were subscribed at the earliest date.
Write-down allowances and reversals, as well as any capital gains or losses from the disposal of short-term investment securities, are recognised under the heading "Balance of transactions on marketable security investment portfolios and similar" in the income statement.
Fixed-income securities with a fixed maturity that have been acquired or reclassified in this category with the clear intention to hold them until maturity are recorded as longterm investment securities.
This category includes only those securities for which Amundi has the financing capacity required to hold them to maturity and is not subject to any existing legal or other constraints that may cast doubt upon its intention to hold these securities until maturity.
Long-term investment securities are recognised at their acquisition price, including acquisition costs and coupons.
The difference between the purchase price and the redemption price is spread over the residual life of the security.
No write-downs are recorded for investment securities if their market value is lower than their cost price. However, if the impairment is associated with a risk specific to the issuer of the security, a write-down is recorded under "Cost of risk".
If long-term investment securities are sold or transferred to another category of securities for a significant amount, the institution is no longer authorised, during the current financial year and during the following two financial years, to classify securities previously acquired and securities to be acquired as long-term investment securities, in accordance with ANC regulation 2014-07.
The securities are recognised at their acquisition price, including costs.
At the reporting date, these securities are measured individually based on their value in use and are recorded on the balance sheet at the lower end of their historical cost or value in use.
This represents what the institution would agree to pay to acquire them, given its holding objectives.
The value in use may be estimated on the basis of various factors such as the issuer's profitability and profitability outlook, its equity, the economic environment or even its average share price in the preceding months or the mathematical value of the security.
When value in use is lower than the historical cost, impairments are booked for these unrealised losses, without offset against any unrealised gains.
Write-down allowances and reversals, as well as any capital gains or losses from the disposal of these securities, are recognised under the heading "Net gains (losses) on short-term investment portfolio and similar" in the income statement.
The market price at which the various categories of securities are measured is determined in the following manner:
Amundi records securities that are classified as long-term investment securities on the settlement/delivery date. Other securities, regardless of their nature or category in which they are classified, are recorded on the trading date.
In accordance with ANC regulation 2014-07, the following securities may be reclassified:
In 2022, Amundi performed no reclassifications pursuant to ANC regulation 2014-07.
Treasury shares bought back by Amundi under a liquidity contract are recorded under the assets of the balance sheet in a transaction portfolio for their inventory value.
The treasury shares repurchased by Amundi as part of the hedging of free share award plans are recognised in a marketable investment portfolio. They are subjected, where applicable, to a write-down if the book value is lower than the purchase price, with the exception of transactions related to the stock option plans or subscription of shares and the free share award plans for employees pursuant to ANC regulation 2014-07.
Amundi applies regulation 2014-03 for the depreciation, amortisation and write-down of assets.
Amundi applies component accounting to all its property, plant and equipment. In accordance with the provisions of this regulation, the depreciable base takes account of the potential residual value of property, plant and equipment.
The acquisition costs of non-current assets include, in addition to the purchase price, incidental expenses, meaning the expenses directly or indirectly linked to the acquisition for putting the property in proper operating condition or for its entry into inventory.
Buildings and equipment are recognised at acquisition cost less accumulated depreciation, amortisation and write-downs since they were commissioned.
Acquired software is measured at cost less accumulated depreciation, amortisation and write-downs since the acquisition date.
Proprietary software is measured at production cost less accumulated depreciation, amortisation and write-downs since completion.
Intangible assets other than software, patents and licences are not amortised. If applicable, they may be subject to a write-down.
Fixed assets are depreciated based on their estimated useful lives.
The following components and depreciation periods have been adopted by Amundi following the application of component accounting for non-current assets. These depreciation periods are adjusted according to the nature of the asset and its location:
| Component | Depreciation Period |
|---|---|
| Technical equipment and installations |
5 years |
| IT equipment | 3 years |
Amounts due to credit institutions and customers are presented in the financial statements according to their remaining maturity or the nature of the liability:
• demand or term debts with credit institutions;
Debt securities are presented according to their type: shortterm securities, interbank securities, negotiable debt obligations, and bonds, with the exclusion of subordinated securities, which are classified under "Subordinated debt" in liabilities.
Accrued interest not yet due on these debts is recognised under related payables with counterparty in the income statement.
Share premiums or those from the redemption of bonds are depreciated over the life of the relevant borrowings, the corresponding charge is recognised in the section "Interest and similar expenses on bonds and other fixed-income
Amundi applies regulation 2014-03 to recognise and assess provisions.
These provisions include provisions relating to financing commitments, retirement and end-of-career liabilities, litigation and various risks.
securities".
All these risks are reviewed quarterly.
At the discretion of its management, Amundi sets aside funds for general banking risks to meet any expenses or risks, that may or may not materialise, but which relate to banking operations.
Provisions are released to cover any incidence of these risks during a financial year.
As at 31 December 2022, the balance of this account was €37,148,962.00.
Hedging and market transactions on forward financial instruments involving interest rates, foreign exchange or equities are recognised in accordance with the provisions of ANC regulation 2014-07.
Commitments relating to these transactions are recorded off balance sheet at the nominal value of the contracts. This amount represents the volume of ongoing transactions.
As at 31 December 2022, forward financial commitments stood at €432,948,000.
The results of these transactions are recognised according to the type of instrument and the strategy implemented:
Gains or losses on allocated hedges (category "b" Article 2522-1 of ANC regulation 2014-07) are recorded in the income statement symmetrically to the recognition of the income and expenses of the hedged item and in the same accounting section.
Market transactions include:
They are valued by reference to their market value on the reporting date.
This is determined using available market prices, if there is an active market, or based on internal valuation methods and models, in the absence of an active market.
For instruments:
Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies are converted using the exchange rate on the reporting date. The gains or losses resulting from these conversions, as well as the translation adjustments on the financial year's transactions, are recognised in the income statement.
In accordance with ANC regulation 2014-07, Amundi incorporates the assessment of the counterparty risk on derivative assets in the market value of derivatives. Only derivatives recognised in an isolated open position and in the trading book (respectively the derivatives classified according to categories a and d of Article 2522-1 of the aforementioned regulation) are subject to the assessment of counterparty risk on derivative assets (CVA – credit valuation adjustment).
CVA makes it possible to determine expected counterparty losses from Amundi's perspective.
The CVA calculation relies on an assessment of the expected losses based on the probability of default and the loss in the event of default. The methodology used maximises the use of observable market data.
It is based:
A complex transaction is defined as a synthetic combination of instruments (types, natures and methods of valuation that are identical or different) recognised as a single lot or as a transaction whose recognition does not pertain to an explicit regulation and that involves a choice of principle by the institution.
Income and expenses relating to the instruments traded as part of complex transactions, particularly the issuance of structured notes, are recognised in the income statement symmetrically to the method for recognising income and expenses on the hedged item. Accordingly, changes in the values of hedging instruments are not recognised in the balance sheet.
The monetary receivables and liabilities, as well as the forward currency contracts appearing as off-balance sheet commitments in foreign currencies are translated at the foreign exchange rate prevailing at the balance sheet date or the market price on the nearest preceding date.
Within the context of the application of ANC regulation 2014-07, Amundi implemented multi-currency accounting enabling it to monitor its foreign exchange position and to assess its exposure to this risk.
Off-balance sheet commitments mainly reflect the unused portion of financing commitments and guarantee commitments given and received.
Where applicable, provision has been made for the commitments given where there is a likelihood of a claim from them involving a loss for Amundi.
Reportable off-balance sheet items do not include commitments on forward financial instruments or foreign exchange transactions.
Employee profit-sharing and incentive plans are recognised on the income statement in the year in which the employees' rights are earned.
Some Group companies have formed "Social and Economic Units" (Amundi, Amundi AM, Amundi ITS, Amundi Finance, Amundi ESR, Amundi Immobilier, Amundi Intermédiation, Amundi Private Equity Funds, Étoile Gestion, BFT IM, Société Générale Gestion, CPR AM and Amundi Transition Énergétique).
Amundi has applied ANC recommendation no. 2013-02 regarding accounting and valuation rules for retirement plans and similar benefits, which was abrogated and incorporated into ANC regulation 2014-03.
This recommendation was amended by the ANC on 5 November 2021. For defined-benefit plans for which benefits are conditional on length of service, are capped at a maximum amount and are conditional on a member of staff still being employed by the entity when they reach retirement age, this recommendation permits entitlements to be allocated on a straight-line basis from:
In accordance with this regulation, Amundi funds its retirement plans and similar benefits falling under the category of defined benefit plans.
These commitments are assessed based on a set of actuarial, financial and demographic assumptions and using the projected unit credit method. The expense is calculated based on the future, discounted benefit.
Since 2021, Amundi has allocated entitlements on a straightline basis from the start date of each year of service used to calculate the vesting of entitlements (i.e. coming into line with the IFRIC decision of April 2021 regarding IAS 19).
Agreements regarding employee profit-sharing and incentive plans have been signed in this context.
Profit-sharing and incentives are shown under employee expenses.
The employees provided by Crédit Agricole SA are covered by agreements signed for that entity's SEU. The estimated expense to be paid for the profit-sharing and incentive plans allocated in this context is recognised in the financial statements.
The sensitivity index shows that:
Within the Amundi Group, Amundi AM has signed an insurance contract for an "end-of-career allowance" (IFC) with PREDICA, and management agreements were signed between Amundi and its SEU subsidiaries. This outsourcing of the "end-of-career allowance" resulted in the transfer of a portion of the liability provision from the financial statements to the PREDICA contract.
The non-outsourced balance is still recorded under the provision for liabilities.
There are several compulsory retirement plans to which "employer" companies contribute. Plan assets are managed by independent organisations and the contributing companies have no legal or implied obligation to pay additional contributions if the funds do not have sufficient assets to cover all benefits corresponding to services rendered by the employees during the financial year and during prior years.
Consequently, Amundi has no liabilities in this respect other than its contributions for the year ended.
The amount of the contributions made to these retirement plans is recognised under "employee expenses".
Some performance share plans granted to certain categories of employees have been created. These shares, delivered at the end of a one-to-five-year vesting period, are first subject to buyback. They will be rebilled to the Group's "employer" companies when the shares are delivered. These award schemes are described below:
| Performance share award schemes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of General Meeting authorising the share award scheme | 16/05/2019 | 10/05/2021 | 10/05/2021 |
| Date of Board meeting | 28/04/2021 | 28/04/2022 | 28/04/2022 |
| Date of allocation of shares | 28/04/2021 | 28/04/2022 | 18/05/2022 |
| Number of shares allocated | 341,180 | 465,270 | 8,160 |
| Payment methods | Amundi shares | Amundi shares | Amundi shares |
| Vesting period | 28/04/2021 | 28/04/2022 | 28/04/2022 |
| 02/05/2024 | 02/05/2025 | 03/05/2027 | |
| Performance conditions (1) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Continued employment conditions | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Equities remaining as at 31 December 2021 (2) | 331,700 | - | - |
| Equities awarded during the period | 465,270 | 8,160 | |
| Equities delivered during the period | - | - | - |
| Cancelled or voided shares during the period | 6,770 | 5,830 | - |
| Equities remaining as at 31 December 2022 (2) | 324,930 | 459,440 | 8,160 |
| Fair value of an equity | |||
| Tranche 1 | €62.88 | €45.47 | €53.60 |
| Tranche 2 | n.a. | n.a. | €49.62 |
| Tranche 3 | n.a. | n.a. | €45.47 |
| Tranche 4 | n.a. | n.a. | €41.08 |
| Tranche 5 | n.a. | n.a. | €36.76 |
(1) Performance conditions are based on Net Income Group Share (NIGS), the amount of new deposit-taking and the Group's cost-toincome ratio and, from the plan awarded on 28 April 2021 onwards, the achievement of objectives in line with the Group's ESG policy.
(2) Quantity of shares on the basis of achieving performance conditions of 100%.
The subscriptions of shares proposed to employees under the company savings scheme, with a maximum discount of 30%, do not have a vesting period for rights but they are subject to a five year lock-up period. These share subscriptions are recognised in accordance with the provisions relating to capital increases.
These consist of expenses and income that occur on an exceptional basis and that are associated with operations that do not pertain to Amundi's ordinary business activities.
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Generally, only the current tax liability is recorded in the financial statements.
The tax charge shown in the income statement is the corporate tax due for the financial year. It includes the effects of the employer social security contributions on earnings.
When tax credits on income from securities portfolios and receivables are effectively used to pay the corporate income tax due for the year, they are recognised under the same section as the income with which they are associated. The corresponding tax charge continues to be recognised in the "Income tax charge" section in the income statement.
Amundi has had a tax consolidation scheme in place since 2010. As at 31 December 2019, 16 entities had signed tax consolidation agreements with Amundi. Under these agreements, each company that is part of the tax consolidation scheme recognises the tax that it would have paid in the absence of the scheme in its financial statements.
Following the signature of a tax consolidation agreement on 15 April 2010, Amundi heads the tax consolidation group. As well as Amundi SA, this group comprises the following 15 companies (Étoile Gestion merged with Société Générale Gestion on 31 December 2022):
| 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <3 | >3 months | >1 year | Total | Accrued | ||||
| (in € thousands) | months | <1 year | <5 years | >5 years | principal | interest | Total | Total |
| Credit institutions | ||||||||
| Accounts and loans: | ||||||||
| • demand | 1,216,953 | - | - | - | 1,216,953 | 72 | 1,217,025 | 2,719,663 |
| • term | 394,000 | 265,006 | 171,233 | 1,000 | 831,239 | 2,298 | 833,536 | 582,415 |
| Securities received under repurchase |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Securities received under repurchase agreements |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Subordinated loans | - | 100,000 | - | - | 100,000 | 8 | 100,008 | 100,008 |
| TOTAL | 1,610,953 | 365,006 | 171,233 | 1,000 | 2,148,192 | 2,378 | 2,150,570 | 3,402,087 |
| Impairments | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| NET BALANCE SHEET VALUE |
1,610,953 | 365,006 | 171,233 | 1,000 | 2,148,192 | 2,378 | 2,150,570 | 3,402,087 |
| Current accounts | - | - | - | - | - | 4,248 | 4,248 | - |
| Accounts and straight loans | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| TOTAL | - | - | - | - | - | 4,248 | 4,248 | - |
| Impairments | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| NET CARRYING AMOUNT | - | - | - | - | - | 4,248 | 4,248 | - |
| TOTAL | 1,610,953 | 365,006 | 171,233 | 1,000 | 2,148,192 | 6,626 | 2,154,818 | 3,402,087 |
| 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in € thousands) | <3 months |
>3 months <1 year |
>1 year <5 years |
>5 years | Total principal |
Accrued interest |
Total | Total |
| Trade receivables | ||||||||
| Other customer loans | 218,562 | 4,000 | 19,300 | 241,862 | 70 | 241,931 | 299,509 | |
| Securities received under repurchase agreements |
||||||||
| Current accounts in debit | ||||||||
| Impairments | ||||||||
| NET CARRYING AMOUNT | 218,562 | 4,000 | 19,300 | 241,862 | 70 | 241,931 | 299,509 |
| (in € thousands) | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 |
|---|---|---|
| France (including overseas departments and territories) | 228,700 | 290,700 |
| Other EU countries | 4,000 | 8,809 |
| Other European countries | 9,162 | |
| North America | ||
| Central and Latin America | ||
| Africa and Middle East | ||
| Asia and Oceania (excluding Japan) | ||
| Japan | ||
| International organisations | ||
| TOTAL PRINCIPAL | 241,862 | 299,509 |
| Accrued interest | 70 | |
| Impairments | ||
| NET BALANCE SHEET VALUE | 241,931 | 299,509 |
| 31/12/2022 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in € thousands) | Gross outstandings |
Of which doubtful loans |
Of which non‑performing doubtful loans |
Write-downs of doubtful loans |
Write-downs of non‑performing doubtful loans |
||
| France (including overseas departments and territories) |
228,700 | ||||||
| Other EU countries | 4,000 | ||||||
| Other European countries | |||||||
| North America | |||||||
| Central and Latin America | |||||||
| Africa and Middle East | |||||||
| Asia and Oceania (excluding Japan) |
|||||||
| Japan | |||||||
| International organisations | |||||||
| Accrued interest | 70 | ||||||
| BALANCE SHEET VALUE | 241,931 |
| 31/12/2021 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in € thousands) | Gross outstandings |
Of which doubtful loans |
Of which non‑performing doubtful loans |
Write-downs of doubtful loans |
Write-downs of non‑performing doubtful loans |
|||
| France (including overseas departments and territories) |
290,700 | |||||||
| Other EU countries | 8,809 | |||||||
| Other European countries | ||||||||
| North America | ||||||||
| Central and Latin America | ||||||||
| Africa and Middle East | ||||||||
| Asia and Oceania (excluding Japan) |
||||||||
| Japan | ||||||||
| International organisations | ||||||||
| Accrued interest | ||||||||
| BALANCE SHEET VALUE | 299,509 | |||||||
| 31/12/2022 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in € thousands) | Gross outstandings |
Of which doubtful loans |
Of which non‑performing doubtful loans |
Write-downs of doubtful loans |
Write-downs of non‑performing doubtful loans |
|
| Individual customers | ||||||
| Farmers | ||||||
| Other professionals | ||||||
| Financial companies | 108,762 | |||||
| Corporates | 133,100 | |||||
| Public authorities | ||||||
| Other customers | ||||||
| Accrued interest | 70 | |||||
| BALANCE SHEET VALUE | 241,931 |
| 31/12/2021 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in € thousands) | Gross outstandings |
Of which doubtful loans |
Of which non‑performing doubtful loans |
Write-downs of doubtful loans |
Write-downs of non‑performing doubtful loans |
||||
| Individual customers | |||||||||
| Farmers | |||||||||
| Other professionals | |||||||||
| Financial companies | 210,309 | ||||||||
| Corporates | 89,200 | ||||||||
| Public authorities | |||||||||
| Other customers | |||||||||
| Accrued interest | |||||||||
| BALANCE SHEET VALUE | 299,509 |
| 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in € thousands) | Trading account securities |
Investment portfolio |
Medium term portfolio securities |
Investment | Total | Total |
| Treasury bills and similar securities: | ||||||
| • o/w residual net premium | ||||||
| • o/w residual net discount | ||||||
| Accrued interest | ||||||
| Impairments | ||||||
| NET CARRYING AMOUNT | ||||||
| Bonds and other fixed-income securities: |
68,208 | 125,000 | 193,208 | 196,212 | ||
| Issued by public entities | ||||||
| Other issuers | 68,208 | 125,000 | 193,208 | 196,212 | ||
| • o/w residual net premium | ||||||
| • o/w residual net discount | ||||||
| Accrued interest | 246 | 246 | 2 | |||
| Impairments | (99) | (99) | (2) | |||
| NET CARRYING AMOUNT | 68,355 | 125,000 | 193,355 | 196,212 | ||
| Equities and other variable-income securities |
5,314 | 1,346,438 | 1,351,751 | 1,820,014 | ||
| Accrued interest | ||||||
| Impairments | (35,191) | (35,191) | (37,241) | |||
| NET CARRYING AMOUNT | 5,314 | 1,311,246 | 1,316,560 | 1,782,773 | ||
| TOTAL | 5,314 | 1,379,601 | 125,000 | 1,509,915 | 1,978,985 | |
| Estimated values | 5,314 | 1,393,584 | 125,000 | 1,523,898 | 2,004,427 |
The estimated value of the unrealised capital gains on the investment portfolio is €14,115,000 as at 31 December 2022.
The estimated value of the short-term investment securities corresponds to the last trading price.
| (in € thousands) | Net assets 31/12/2022 |
Net assets 31/12/2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Government and central bank (including States) | ||
| Credit institutions | 193,208 | 196,212 |
| Financial companies | 1,351,038 | 1,819,234 |
| Local authorities | ||
| Corporates, insurance companies and other customers | 714 | 780 |
| Other and non-allocated | ||
| TOTAL PRINCIPAL | 1,544,959 | 2,016,226 |
| Accrued interest | 246 | 2 |
| Impairments | (35,290) | (37,243) |
| NET BALANCE SHEET VALUE | 1,509,915 | 1,978,985 |
| 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in € thousands) | Bonds and other fixed income securities |
Treasury bills and similar securities |
Equities and other variable income securities |
Total | Bonds and other fixed income securities |
Treasury bills and similar securities |
Equities and other variable income securities |
Total |
| Listed securities | 5,633 | 5,633 | 11,205 | 11,205 | ||||
| Unlisted securities | 193,208 | 1,346,118 | 1,539,326 | 196,212 | 1,808,809 | 2,005,021 | ||
| Accrued interest | 246 | 246 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Impairments | (99) | (35,191) | (35,290) | (2) | (37,241) | (37,243) | ||
| NET BALANCE SHEET VALUE |
193,355 | 1,316,560 | 1,509,915 | 196,212 | 1,782,773 | 1,978,985 |
| 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in € thousands) | <3 months |
>3 months <1 year |
>1 year <5 years |
>5 years | Total principal |
Accrued interest |
Total | Total |
| Bonds and other fixed income securities |
||||||||
| Gross value | 193,208 | 193,208 | 246 | 193,454 | 196,214 | |||
| Impairments | (99) | (99) | (99) | (2) | ||||
| NET CARRYING AMOUNT | 193,109 | 193,109 | 246 | 193,355 | 196,212 | |||
| Treasury bills and similar securities |
||||||||
| Gross value | ||||||||
| Impairments | ||||||||
| NET CARRYING AMOUNT |
| In € thousand | Net assets 31/12/2022 |
Net assets 31/12/2021 |
|---|---|---|
| France (including overseas departments and territories) | 68,208 | 71,212 |
| Other EU countries | 125,000 | 125,000 |
| Other European countries | ||
| North America | ||
| Central and South America | ||
| Africa and Middle East | ||
| Asia and Oceania (excluding Japan) | ||
| Japan | ||
| TOTAL PRINCIPAL | 193,208 | 196,212 |
| Accrued interest | 246 | 2 |
| Impairments | (99) | (2) |
| NET CARRYING AMOUNT | 193,355 | 196,212 |
| Financial information | Carrying amount of shares held |
Net income |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amounts expressed in € thousands Company |
Currency | Share capital |
Equity other than capital |
Percent age of capital owned (in %) |
Gross value |
Net asset |
Unpaid loans and advances from the Company |
Amount of deposits and sureties given by the Company |
Rev. (excl. tax) in the last financial year |
(profit or loss for the last financial year ended) |
Dividends received by the Company during the period |
| INVESTMENTS WITH A BOOK VALUE HIGHER THAN 1% OF AMUNDI SA'S SHARE CAPITAL | |||||||||||
| 1) Investments in banking subsidiaries and affiliates (over 50% of share capital) | |||||||||||
| 2) Investments in banking subsidiaries and affiliates (10% to 50% of share capital) | |||||||||||
| AMUNDI FINANCE | EUR | 40,320 | 548,162 | 23.87% | 227,357 | 227,357 | 100,000 | 170,600 | 139,981 | 29,104 | |
| 3) Other investments in affiliates (over 50% of share capital) | |||||||||||
| AMUNDI AM | EUR | 1,143,616 | 4,874,661 | 100.00% 5,323,774 | 5,323,774 | 1,557,528 | 944,318 | 649,574 | |||
| SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE GESTION (1) |
EUR | 567,034 | 72,841 | 100.00% | 737,437 | 737,437 | 339,254 | 72,192 | 43,950 | ||
| CPR ASSET MANAGEMENT |
EUR | 53,446 | 39,779 | 86.36% | 99,563 | 99,563 | 385,269 | 115,159 | 103,850 | ||
| AMUNDI IMMOBILIER |
EUR | 16,685 | 39,979 | 99.99% | 63,989 | 63,989 | 179,554 | 63,939 | 56,868 | ||
| AMUNDI PRIVATE EQUITY FUNDS |
EUR | 12,394 | 53,705 | 59.93% | 33,998 | 33,998 | 38,714 | 20,752 | 10,177 | ||
| BFT GESTION | EUR | 1,600 | 13,799 | 99.99% | 60,374 | 60,374 | 57,715 | 10,577 | 14,218 | ||
| 4) Other investments (10% to 50% of share capital) | |||||||||||
| INVESTMENTS WITH A BOOK VALUE LOWER THAN 1% OF AMUNDI'S SHARE CAPITAL (2) |
EUR | 4,064 | 2,381 | ||||||||
| TOTAL SUBSIDIARIES AND INVESTMENTS |
6,550,997 6,548,874 |
(1) The subsidiaries Société Générale Gestion and Étoile Gestion merged on 31 December 2022.
(2) The shareholding in subsidiary Amundi IT Services was 99.99% at 31 December 2022.
"Net income for the year ended" concerns income for the current financial year.
| 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in € thousands) | Balance sheet value |
Estimated value |
Balance sheet value |
Estimated value |
| SHARES IN AFFILIATED UNDERTAKINGS | ||||
| Unlisted securities | 6,550,997 | 6,548,874 | 6,546,976 | 6,546,646 |
| Listed securities | ||||
| Advances available for consolidation | ||||
| Accrued interest | ||||
| Impairments | (2,123) | (330) | ||
| NET CARRYING AMOUNT | 6,548,874 | 6,548,874 | 6,546,646 | 6,546,646 |
| EQUITY INVESTMENTS AND OTHER LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS | ||||
| Equity investments | ||||
| • Unlisted securities | ||||
| • Listed securities | ||||
| • Advances available for consolidation | ||||
| • Accrued interest | ||||
| • Impairments | ||||
| Sub-total of equity securities | ||||
| Other long-term investments | ||||
| • Unlisted securities | ||||
| • Listed securities | 286,926 | 231,966 | 286,926 | 155,139 |
| • Advances available for consolidation | ||||
| • Accrued interest | ||||
| • Impairments | (54,960) | (131,787) | ||
| Sub-total of other long-term investments | 231,966 | 231,966 | 155,139 | 155,139 |
| NET CARRYING AMOUNT | 231,966 | 231,966 | 155,139 | 155,139 |
| TOTAL EQUITY SECURITIES | 6,780,840 | 6,780,840 | 6,701,785 | 6,701,785 |
| 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in € thousands) | Balance sheet value |
Estimated value |
Balance sheet value |
Estimated value |
|
| TOTAL GROSS VALUE | |||||
| Unlisted securities | 6,550,997 | 6,548,874 | 6,546,976 | 6,546,646 | |
| Listed securities | 286,926 | 231,966 | 286,926 | 155,139 | |
| TOTAL | 6,837,923 | 6,780,840 | 6,833,902 | 6,701,785 |
| (in € thousands) | 01/01/2022 | Increases (acquisitions) (1) |
Decreases (disposal, maturity) |
Other movements |
31/12/2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shares in affiliated undertakings | |||||
| Gross value | 6,546,976 | 4,022 | 6,550,997 | ||
| Advances available for consolidation |
|||||
| Accrued interest | |||||
| Impairments | (330) | (1,827) | 33 | (2,124) | |
| NET CARRYING AMOUNT | 6,546,646 | 2,195 | 33 | 6,548,874 | |
| Equity investments | |||||
| Gross value | |||||
| Advances available for consolidation | |||||
| Accrued interest | |||||
| Impairments | |||||
| Other long-term investments | |||||
| Gross value | 286,926 | 286,926 | |||
| Advances available for consolidation |
|||||
| Accrued interest | |||||
| Impairments | (131,787) | 76,827 | (54,960) | ||
| NET CARRYING AMOUNT | 155,139 | 76,827 | 231,966 | ||
| TOTAL | 6,701,785 | 79,022 | 33 | 6,780,480 |
| (in € thousands) | 01/01/2022 | Increases (acquisitions) |
Decreases (disposal, maturity) |
Other movements |
31/12/2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Property, plant and equipment | |||||
| Gross value | 91 | (1) | 90 | ||
| Amortisation and depreciation | (51) | (9) | (60) | ||
| NET CARRYING AMOUNT | 40 | (9) | (1) | 30 | |
| Intangible assets | |||||
| Gross value | 420 | 420 | |||
| Amortisation and depreciation | (420) | (420) | |||
| NET CARRYING AMOUNT | |||||
| TOTAL | 40 | (9) | (1) | 30 |
| 31/12/2021 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in € thousands) | Trading securities |
Short-term investment securities |
Fixed assets | Total | Total |
| Number | 153,707 | 1,189,772 | 1,343,479 | 255,745 | |
| Carrying amount | 8,146 | 62,840 | 70,986 | 16,662 | |
| Market value | 8,146 | 62,840 | 70,986 | 16,662 |
Treasury shares held under a liquidity agreement are recognised in the trading book.
Treasury shares held for hedging a share award scheme are recognised in the marketable securities investment portfolio.
| (in € thousands) | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Other assets (1) | ||
| Financial options bought | 8,788 | 4,942 |
| Inventory accounts and miscellaneous | ||
| Miscellaneous debtors (2) | 373,899 | 421,400 |
| Collective management of the Sustainable development passbook account (LDD) securities | ||
| Settlement accounts | ||
| NET CARRYING AMOUNT | 382,687 | 426,342 |
| Accruals | ||
| Cash and transfer accounts | ||
| Adjustment accounts | ||
| Unrealised losses and deferred losses on financial instruments | ||
| Accrued income on commitments on forward financial instruments | ||
| Other accrued income | 34,441 | 46,571 |
| Prepaid expenses | 228 | 229 |
| Deferred expenses | 1,822 | 2,406 |
| Other accruals | 51 | 346 |
| NET CARRYING AMOUNT | 36,542 | 49,553 |
| TOTAL | 419,229 | 475,894 |
(1) Amounts include accrued interest.
(2) Including €1,863,000 as contribution to the Resolution Fund paid in the form of a security deposit. This security deposit is usable by the Resolution Fund at any time and without condition to finance an intervention.
| (in € thousands) | Balance at 31/12/2021 |
Increases | Reversals and utilisations |
Accretion | Other movements |
Balance at 31/12/2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On interbank transactions and similar items |
||||||
| On loans and receivables from customers |
||||||
| On securities transactions | 169,360 | 16,046 | (93,803) | 770 | 92,374 | |
| On fixed assets | ||||||
| On other assets | ||||||
| TOTAL | 169,360 | 16,046 | (93,803) | 770 | 92,374 |
| 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in € thousands) | ≤3 months | >3 months ≤1 year |
>1 year ≤5 years |
>5 years | Total principal |
Accrued interest |
Total | Total |
| Credit institutions | ||||||||
| Accounts and borrowings: | ||||||||
| • demand | 120,710 | 120,710 | 13 | 120,723 | 478,481 | |||
| • term | 389,707 | 100,000 | 767,072 | 1,256,779 | 2,277 | 1,259,057 | 1,645,423 | |
| Securities sold under repurchase |
||||||||
| Securities sold under repurchase agreements |
||||||||
| BALANCE SHEET VALUE | 510,417 | 100,000 | 767,072 | 1,377,489 | 2,290 | 1,379,779 | 2,123,904 |
| 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in € thousands) | <3 months | >3 months <1 year |
>1 year <5 years |
>5 years | Total principal |
Accrued interest |
Total | Total |
| Current accounts in credit | ||||||||
| Special savings accounts: | ||||||||
| • demand | ||||||||
| • term | ||||||||
| Other amounts due to customers |
282,200 | 199,500 | 2,742,400 | 3,224,100 | 6,242 | 3,230,342 | 4,331,046 | |
| • demand | 32,200 | 32,200 | 3 | 32,203 | 45,400 | |||
| • term | 250,000 | 199,500 | 2,742,400 | 3,191,900 | 6,239 | 3,198,139 | 4,285,646 | |
| Securities sold under repurchase agreements |
||||||||
| BALANCE SHEET VALUE | 282,200 | 199,500 | 2,742,400 | 3,224,100 | 6,242 | 3,230,342 | 4,331,046 |
| In € thousand | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 |
|---|---|---|
| France (including overseas departments and territories) | 2,774,600 | 3,980,000 |
| Other EU countries | 449,500 | 351,000 |
| Other European countries | ||
| North America | ||
| Central and Latin America | ||
| Africa and Middle East | ||
| Asia and Oceania (excluding Japan) | ||
| Japan | ||
| Non-allocated and international organisations | ||
| TOTAL PRINCIPAL | 3,224,100 | 4,331,000 |
| Accrued interest | 6,242 | 46 |
| BALANCE SHEET VALUE | 3,230,342 | 4,331,046 |
| (in € thousands) | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Individual customers | ||
| Farmers | ||
| Other professionals | ||
| Financial companies | 3,224,100 | 4,331,000 |
| Corporates | ||
| Public authorities | ||
| Other customers | ||
| TOTAL PRINCIPAL | 3,224,100 | 4,331,000 |
| Accrued interest | 6,242 | 46 |
| BALANCE SHEET VALUE | 3,230,342 | 4,331,046 |
| 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in € thousands) | ≤3 months | >3 months ≤1 year |
> 1 year ≤5 years |
>5 years | Total principal |
Accrued interest |
Total | total |
| Short-term securities | ||||||||
| Interbank market securities | ||||||||
| Negotiable debt obligations | 10,712 | 166,646 | 61,430 | 238,788 | 20 | 238,808 | 142,236 | |
| Bonds | ||||||||
| Other debt securities | ||||||||
| BALANCE SHEET VALUE | 10,712 | 166,646 | 61,430 | 238,788 | 20 | 238,808 | 142,236 |
None.
| (in € thousands) | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Other liabilities (1) | ||
| Counterparty transactions (trading securities) | ||
| Debt representing borrowed securities | ||
| Financial options sold | 10,147 | 7,345 |
| Settlement and trading accounts | ||
| Miscellaneous creditors | 362,733 | 441,317 |
| Outstanding payments on securities | ||
| BALANCE SHEET VALUE | 372,880 | 448,663 |
| Accruals | ||
| • Cash and transfer accounts | ||
| • Adjustment accounts | ||
| • Unrealised gains and deferred gains on financial instruments | 449 | |
| • Prepaid income | ||
| • Accrued expenses on commitments on forward financial instruments | 250 | |
| • Other accrued expenses | 24,535 | 34,291 |
| • Other accruals | 257 | 3,367 |
| BALANCE SHEET VALUE | 25,491 | 37,658 |
| TOTAL | 398,371 | 486,321 |
(1) Amounts include accrued interest.
| (in € thousands) | Balance at 01/01/2022 |
Increases | Reversals used |
Reversals not used |
Other movements |
Balance at 31/12/2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provisions | ||||||
| For retirement obligations and similar | 69 | 69 | ||||
| For other employee commitments | ||||||
| For financing commitment execution risks | ||||||
| For tax disputes | ||||||
| For other litigation | ||||||
| For jurisdiction risk | ||||||
| For credit risk | ||||||
| For restructuring | ||||||
| For taxes | ||||||
| For participating interests | ||||||
| For operational risk | ||||||
| Other provisions | 19,004 | 12,518 | 31,522 | |||
| BALANCE SHEET VALUE | 19,004 | 12,587 | 31,591 |
None.
| (in € thousands) | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 |
|---|---|---|
| ACTUARIAL LIABILITY AS AT 31/12/N-1 | 517 | |
| Cost of services rendered during the period | 32 | 29 |
| Effect of discounting | ||
| Employee contributions | ||
| Benefit plan changes, withdrawals and settlement | ||
| Change in scope | (58) | |
| Termination benefits | ||
| Benefits paid | (104) | |
| Actuarial gains (losses) | 466 | (11) |
| ACTUARIAL LIABILITY AS AT 31/12/N | 871 | 477 |
| (in € thousands) | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Fair value of assets/right to reimbursement as at 31/12/N-1 | 930 | 872 |
| Expected return on assets | 8 | 8 |
| Actuarial gains (losses) | (31) | 50 |
| Employer contribution | ||
| Employee contribution | ||
| Benefit plan changes, withdrawals and settlement | ||
| Change in scope | ||
| Termination benefits | ||
| Benefits paid by the fund | (104) | |
| FAIR VALUE OF ASSETS/RIGHT TO REIMBURSEMENT AS AT 31/12/N | 803 | 930 |
| (in € thousands) | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Cost of services rendered during the period | 33 | 29 |
| Financial cost | 4 | 4 |
| Expected return on assets over the period | ||
| Amortisation of cost of past services | ||
| Other gains (losses) | ||
| NET EXPENSE RECOGNISED IN THE INCOME STATEMENT | 37 | 33 |
| (in € thousands) | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Actuarial liability as at 31/12/N | 871 | 477 |
| Impact of asset limitation | ||
| Fair value of assets at reporting date | (803) | (930) |
| NET POSITION (LIABILITIES)/ASSETS AS AT 31/12/N | (68) | (453) |
| 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in € thousands) | <3 months | >3 months <1 year |
>1 year <5 years |
>5 years | Total principal |
Accrued interest |
Total | Total |
| Subordinated term debt | 200,000 | 100,000 | 300,000 | 2,677 | 302,677 | 303,859 | ||
| Euros | 200,000 | 100,000 | 300,000 | 2,677 | 302,677 | 303,859 | ||
| Dollars | ||||||||
| Securities and equity loans | ||||||||
| Other term subordinated loans |
||||||||
| Perpetual subordinated debt | ||||||||
| Blocked C/C from Local Banks |
||||||||
| Mutual security deposits | ||||||||
| BALANCE SHEET VALUE | 200,000 | 100,000 | 300,000 | 2,677 | 302,677 | 303,859 |
| (in € thousands) | Share capital |
Premiums, reserves and retained earnings |
Interim dividend |
Regulated provisions & investment subsidies |
Net income | Total equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balance at 31 December 2021 | 507,687 | 4,003,307 | 920,451 | 5,431,445 | ||
| Dividends paid for 2021 | (920,451) | (920,451) | ||||
| Change in share capital | 1,963 | 1,963 | ||||
| Change in share premiums and reserves |
26,407 | 26,407 | ||||
| Allocation of Parent company net income |
920,451 | (920,451) | ||||
| Carried forward | 89,314 | 89,314 | ||||
| Net income for 2022 | 930,353 | 930,353 | ||||
| Other changes | ||||||
| BALANCE AT 31 DECEMBER 2022 | 509,650 | 4,119,028 | 930,353 | 5,559,031 |
The share capital is composed of 203,860,131 shares with a nominal value of €2.50 each.
| (in € thousands) | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Equity | 5,559,031 | 5,431,445 |
| Fund for general banking risks | 37,149 | 37,149 |
| Subordinated debt and participating securities | 302,677 | 303,859 |
| Mutual security deposits | ||
| TOTAL EQUITY | 5,898,857 | 5,772,453 |
| Balance at 31 December 2022 |
Balance at 31 December 2021 |
|
|---|---|---|
| (in € thousands) | Transactions with subsidiaries and affiliates and equity investments |
Transactions with subsidiaries and affiliates and equity investments |
| RECEIVABLES | 1,962,271 | 2,818,661 |
| due from credit institutions and financial institutions | 1,651,984 | 2,447,939 |
| due from customers | 241,931 | 299,509 |
| Bonds and other fixed-income securities | 68,355 | 71,212 |
| DEBT | 4,912,798 | 6,758,808 |
| due from credit institutions and financial institutions | 1,379,779 | 2,123,904 |
| due from customers | 3,230,342 | 4,331,046 |
| Debt securities and subordinated debt | 302,677 | 303,859 |
| COMMITMENTS GIVEN | 4,339 | |
| Financing commitments to credit institutions | 4,339 | |
| Financing commitments to customers | ||
| Guarantees given to credit institutions | ||
| Guarantees given to customers | ||
| Securities acquired with repurchase options | ||
| Other commitments given |
| 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in € thousands) | Assets | Liabilities | Assets | Liabilities |
| Euros | 10,942,379 | 11,119,390 | 12,717,095 | 12,827,063 |
| Other European Union currencies | 71 | 19,035 | 74 | 19,742 |
| Swiss francs | ||||
| Dollars | 3,322 | 36,480 | 2,638 | 25,500 |
| Yen | 231,972 | 1 | 155,145 | 1 |
| Other currencies | 5 | 2,843 | 10 | 2,657 |
| TOTAL | 11,177,749 | 11,177,749 | 12,874,963 | 12,874,963 |
| 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in € thousands) | receivable | deliverable | receivable | deliverable | |
| SPOT FOREIGN EXCHANGE TRANSACTIONS | |||||
| Currency | |||||
| EUR | |||||
| FORWARD EXCHANGE TRANSACTIONS | |||||
| Currency | |||||
| EUR | |||||
| FOREIGN EXCHANGE LOANS AND BORROWINGS | 29,707 | 27,960 | |||
| TOTAL | 29,707 | 27,960 |
| 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in € thousands) | Hedging transactions |
Transactions other than hedging transactions |
Total | Total |
| Outright transactions | 10,000 | 267,364 | 277,364 | 181,982 |
| Transactions on organised markets (1) | ||||
| Forward rate agreements | ||||
| Forward exchange contracts | ||||
| Share and stock market index futures | ||||
| Other forward contracts | ||||
| OTC transactions (1) | 10,000 | 267,364 | 277,364 | 181,982 |
| Interest rate swaps | 10,000 | 10,000 | ||
| Other forward rate contracts | ||||
| Forward exchange contracts | 38,576 | 38,576 | 39,746 | |
| FRA | ||||
| Share and stock market index futures | 228,788 | 228,788 | 142,236 | |
| Other forward contracts | ||||
| Options | 194,160 | 194,160 | 118,890 | |
| Transactions on organised markets | ||||
| Forward interest rate instruments | ||||
| • Purchased | ||||
| • Sold | ||||
| Share and stock market index forward contracts | ||||
| • Purchased | ||||
| • Sold | ||||
| Forward exchange contracts | ||||
| • Purchased | ||||
| • Sold | ||||
| OTC transactions | 194,160 | 194,160 | 118,890 | |
| Rate swap options | ||||
| • Purchased | ||||
| • Sold | ||||
| Other forward interest rate instruments: | ||||
| • Purchased | ||||
| • Sold | ||||
| Forward exchange contracts | ||||
| • Purchased | ||||
| • Sold | ||||
| Share and stock market index futures: | ||||
| • Purchased | 194,160 | 194,160 | 118,890 | |
| • Sold | ||||
| Other forward contracts: | ||||
| • Purchased | ||||
| • Sold | ||||
| Credit derivatives | ||||
| Credit derivative contracts | ||||
| • Purchased | ||||
| • Sold | ||||
| TOTAL | 10,000 | 461,524 | 471,524 | 300,872 |
(1) The amounts indicated under outright transactions must correspond to the aggregate of lending and borrowing positions (rate swaps and rate swap options), or to the aggregate of contract purchases and sales (other contracts).
| Total 31/12/2022 | Of which transactions Of which transactions on organised markets completed OTC and similar |
||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in € thousands) | <1 year | >1 year <5 years |
> 5 years | <1 year | >1 year <5 years |
>5 years | < 1 year | >1 year <5 years |
>5 years |
| Futures | |||||||||
| Foreign exchange options | |||||||||
| Rate options | |||||||||
| Outright currency transactions on organised markets |
|||||||||
| FRA | |||||||||
| Interest rate swaps | 6,000 | 4,000 | 6,000 | 4,000 | |||||
| Currency swaps | |||||||||
| Caps, Floors, Collars | |||||||||
| Forward rate | |||||||||
| Outright transactions on shares and indices |
10,712 | 122,876 | 95,200 | 10,712 | 122,876 | 95,200 | |||
| Share and index options | 21,424 | 145,426 | 27,310 | 21,424 | 145,426 | 27,310 | |||
| Share and stock index derivatives |
|||||||||
| SUB-TOTAL | 32,136 | 274,302 | 126,510 | 32,136 | 274,302 | 126,510 | |||
| Forward exchange transactions | 38,576 | 38,576 | |||||||
| OVERALL TOTAL | 32,136 | 274,302 | 165,086 | 32,136 | 274,302 | 165,086 |
| 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in € thousands) | Fair value | Notional assets |
Fair value | Notional assets |
| Futures | ||||
| Foreign exchange options | ||||
| Outright currency transactions on organised markets | ||||
| FRA | ||||
| Interest rate swaps | 2 | 10,000 | ||
| Currency swaps | ||||
| Caps, Floors, Collars | ||||
| Derivatives on shares, stock exchange indices and precious metals | (10,399) | 422,948 | (6,999) | 261,126 |
| SUB-TOTAL | (10,397) | 432,948 | (6,999) | 261,126 |
| Forward exchange transactions | (52) | 38,576 | (31) | 39,746 |
| TOTAL | (10,449) | 471,524 | (7,030) | 300,872 |
| (in € thousands) | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 |
|---|---|---|
| COMMITMENTS GIVEN | 2,394,003 | 3,222,780 |
| Financing commitments | 4,339 | |
| Commitments to credit institutions | ||
| Commitments to customers | ||
| • Confirmed credit lines | ||
| • Other commitments to customers | 4,339 | |
| Guarantee commitments | 2,394,003 | 3,087,471 |
| Commitments from credit institutions | ||
| • Confirmed documentary credit lines | ||
| • Other guarantees | ||
| Commitments from customers | 2,394,003 | 3,087,471 |
| • Real estate guarantees | ||
| • Financial guarantees | ||
| • Other guarantees from customers | 2,394,003 | 3,087,471 |
| Commitments on securities | 130,970 | |
| • Securities acquired with repurchase options | ||
| • Other commitments to be given | 130,970 | |
| COMMITMENTS RECEIVED | 1,750,000 | 1,750,000 |
| Financing commitments | 1,750,000 | 1,750,000 |
| Commitments received from credit institutions | 1,750,000 | 1,750,000 |
| Commitments received from customers | ||
| Guarantee commitments | ||
| Commitments received from credit institutions | ||
| Commitments received from customers | ||
| Commitments on securities | ||
| Securities sold with repurchase options | ||
| Other commitments received |
| 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in € thousands) | Market value |
Total Potential counterpart credit risk y risk |
Market value |
Potential credit risk |
Total counterpart y risk |
|
| Risks on OECD governments and central banks and similar organisations |
||||||
| Risks on OECD financial institutions and similar organisations |
(1,358) | (1,358) | (2,057) | (2,057) | ||
| Risks on other counterparties | ||||||
| TOTAL BEFORE EFFECT OF CLEARING AGREEMENTS |
(1,358) | (1,358) | (2,057) | (2,057) | ||
| Of which risk on contracts for: | ||||||
| • Interest rates, foreign exchange and raw materials |
2 | 2 | ||||
| • Equity and index derivatives | (1,360) | (1,360) | (2,057) | (2,057) | ||
| TOTAL BEFORE EFFECT OF CLEARING AGREEMENTS |
(1,358) | (1,358) | (2,057) | (2,057) | ||
| Impacts of clearing agreements | ||||||
| TOTAL AFTER EFFECT OF CLEARING AGREEMENTS |
(1,358) | (1,358) | (2,057) | (2,057) |
| (in € thousands) | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 |
|---|---|---|
| On transactions with credit institutions | 15,180 | 1,505 |
| On transactions with customers | 887 | |
| On bonds and other fixed-income securities | 4,765 | 152 |
| Net income on macro-hedging transactions | ||
| Other interest and similar income | 331 | 114 |
| INTEREST AND SIMILAR INCOME | 21,163 | 1,771 |
| On transactions with credit institutions (1) | (20,318) | (26,186) |
| On transactions with customers | (6,927) | (108) |
| Net expense on macro-hedging transactions | (4,462) | (1,561) |
| On bonds and other fixed-income securities | (3,263) | (2,594) |
| Other interest and similar expenses | (1,502) | (1,958) |
| INTEREST AND SIMILAR EXPENSES | (36,473) | (32,407) |
| TOTAL NET INTEREST AND SIMILAR INCOME | (15,310) | (30,636) |
(1) Of which €6,895,000 for expenses related to subordinated debt.
| (in € thousands) | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Short-term investment securities | ||
| Sustainable development passbook account (LDD) | ||
| Long-term investment securities | ||
| Miscellaneous securities transactions | ||
| INCOME FROM FIXED-INCOME SECURITIES | ||
| Investments in subsidiaries and affiliates, equity investments and other long-term investments | 913,666 | 945,822 |
| Short-term investment securities and medium-term portfolio securities | 305 | 1,849 |
| Miscellaneous securities transactions | ||
| INCOME FROM VARIABLE-INCOME SECURITIES | 913,971 | 947,671 |
| TOTAL INCOME FROM SECURITIES | 913,971 | 947,671 |
| 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in € thousands) | Income | Expenses | Net | Income | Expenses | Net |
| On transactions with credit institutions | ||||||
| On transactions with customers | ||||||
| On securities transactions | 10 | (1,981) | (1,971) | (1,776) | (1,776) | |
| On forward financial instruments and other off‑balance sheet transactions |
8,008 | 8,008 | 8,578 | 8,578 | ||
| On financial services | ||||||
| Provisions for commission and fee risks | ||||||
| TOTAL NET COMMISSION AND FEE INCOME | 8,018 | (1,981) | 6,037 | 8,578 | (1,776) | 6,801 |
| 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 | |
|---|---|---|
| Net gains (losses) on trading account securities | (2,077) | 997 |
| Net gains (losses) on currency and similar financial instrument transactions | ||
| Net gains (losses) on other forward financial instruments | 5,268 | 5,032 |
| NET GAINS (LOSSES) ON TRADING BOOKS | 3,192 | 6,029 |
| (in € thousands) | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Short-term investment securities | ||
| Provisions for depreciation and amortisation | (16,046) | (3,185) |
| Reversals of write-downs | 93,803 | 31,212 |
| Net write-downs | 77,757 | 28,027 |
| Gains on disposals | 521 | 7,841 |
| Losses on disposals | (18,545) | (10,649) |
| Net gains (losses) on disposals | (18,024) | (2,808) |
| NET GAINS (LOSSES) ON SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT SECURITIES | 59,732 | 25,219 |
| Medium-term portfolio securities | ||
| Provisions for depreciation and amortisation | ||
| Reversals of write-downs | ||
| Net write-downs | ||
| Gains on disposals | ||
| Losses on disposals | ||
| Net gains (losses) on disposals | ||
| NET GAINS (LOSSES) ON MEDIUM-TERM PORTFOLIO SECURITIES | ||
| NET GAINS (LOSSES) ON INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS AND SIMILAR | 59,732 | 25,219 |
| (in € thousands) | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Sundry income | ||
| Share of joint ventures | ||
| Charge-backs and expense reclassification | 24,777 | 19,840 |
| Provision reversals | ||
| OTHER INCOME FROM BANKING OPERATIONS | 24,777 | 19,840 |
| Miscellaneous expenses | ||
| Share of joint ventures | ||
| Charge-backs and expense reclassification | (24,776) | (19,840) |
| Provisions | ||
| OTHER EXPENSES FROM BANKING OPERATIONS | (24,776) | (19,840) |
| OTHER BANKING INCOME AND EXPENSES | 1 | - |
| (in € thousands) | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Employee expenses | ||
| Salaries and wages | (5,408) | (4,495) |
| Social security expenses | (1,628) | (1,704) |
| Profit-sharing and incentive plans | (150) | (115) |
| Payroll-related taxes | (555) | (327) |
| Total employee expenses | (7,741) | (6,641) |
| Charge-backs and personnel expense reclassification | 9 | 10 |
| NET EMPLOYEE EXPENSES | (7,732) | (6,631) |
| Administrative costs | ||
| Taxes (1) | (4,980) | (3,505) |
| External services and other administrative expenses | (56,945) | (31,418) |
| Total administrative expenses | (61,925) | (34,923) |
| Charge-backs and administrative expense reclassification | 1,772 | 1,386 |
| NET ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS | (60,152) | (33,537) |
(1) Of which €3,175,000 in respect of the Resolution Fund.
| (in average headcount) | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2021 |
|---|---|---|
| Executives | 10 | 9 |
| Non-executives | 1 | |
| TOTAL | 11 | 9 |
| Of which: | 11 | 9 |
| • France | ||
| • Abroad | ||
| Of which seconded employees |
None.
None.
Amundi heads the tax consolidation group established since the financial year ended 31 December 2010.
The Group had taxable income of €550,694,354 for the financial year ended 31 December 2022.
No tax loss carryforwards were identified at Group level for the year ended 31 December 2022.
The total income tax charge generated by the companies within the scope and recognised as income for the Parent company stands at €171,867,469.
The corporate tax owed to the Public Treasury by the company heading the Group for the year ended 31 December 2022 is €141,695,080.
Individually and in the absence of tax integration, Amundi would not have paid tax as at 31 December 2022.
By agreement, the subsidiaries pay the income tax charge they would have incurred in the absence of a tax consolidation group.
| (in €) | |
|---|---|
| Profit for the year | 930,353,292 |
| Allocation to the Legal Reserve | 0 |
| Previous retained earnings | 1,487,644,754 |
| TOTAL (DISTRIBUTABLE PROFIT) | 2,417,998,046 |
| ALLOCATION | 0 |
| Dividend distribution | 835,826,537 |
| Retained earnings after allocation | 1,582,171,509 |
| TOTAL | 2,417,998,046 |
These items are presented based on the allocation that will be proposed to the General Meeting on 15 May 2023.
None.
Amundi paid €2.052 million in compensation to members of the management bodies.
During the year, no advances or loans were granted to members of the administrative or management bodies and no commitments were made on their behalf as any kind of guarantee.
Directors' fees and other compensation received by members of the Board of Directors are presented in Chapter 2.5.6 of this Universal Registration Document, "Directors' compensation".
The company is fully consolidated in the Amundi Group. Consequently, information on the statutory auditors' fees is provided in the notes to the consolidated financial statements of the Amundi Group.
This is a translation into English of the statutory auditors' report on the financial statements of the Company issued in French and it is provided solely for the convenience of English speaking users. This statutory auditors' report includes information required by European regulation and French law, such as information about the appointment of the statutory auditors or verification of the management report and other documents provided to the shareholders. This report should be read in conjunction with, and construed in accordance with, French law and professional auditing standards applicable in France.
To the Annual General Meeting
In compliance with the engagement entrusted to us by your Annual General Meeting, we have audited the accompanying financial statements of Amundi for the year ended December 31, 2022.
In our opinion, the financial statements give a true and fair view of the assets and liabilities and of the financial position of the Company as at December 31, 2022, and of the results of its operations for the year then ended in accordance with French accounting principles.
The audit opinion expressed above is consistent with our report to the Audit Committee.
We conducted our audit in accordance with professional standards applicable in France. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Statutory Auditors' Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements section of our report.
We conducted our audit engagement in compliance with independence requirements of the French Commercial Code (code de commerce) and the French Code of Ethics (code de déontologie) for statutory auditors, for the period from January 1st, 2022 to the date of our report and specifically we did not provide any prohibited non-audit services referred to in Article 5(1) of Regulation (EU) No 537/2014.
In accordance with the requirements of Articles L.823-9 and R.823-7 of the French Commercial Code (code de commerce) relating to the justification of our assessments, we inform you of the key audit matters relating to risks of material misstatement that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the financial statements of the current period, as well as how we addressed those risks.
These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the financial statements as a whole and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on specific items of the financial statements.
Given the judgement involved in the choice of methods used to determine the value in use, and in the assumptions underlying these methods, we considered that the estimate of the value in use of unlisted investments in subsidiaries and affiliates to be a key audit matter.
We have also performed, in accordance with professional standards applicable in France, the specific verifications required by laws and regulations.
We have no matters to report as to the fair presentation and the consistency with the financial statements of the information given in the management report of the Board of Directors and in the other documents with respect to the financial position and the financial statements provided to the Shareholders.
With respect to the fair presentation and the consistency with the financial statements of the information relating to the payment deadlines mentioned in Article D.441-6 of the French Commercial Code, we draw your attention to the following matter:
As indicated in the management report, this information does not include banking and related transactions as the Company considers that such information is not part of the scope of information to be provided.
We attest that the Board of Directors' report on Corporate Governance sets out the information required by Articles L.225-37-4, L.22-10-10 and L.22-10-9 of the French Commercial Code (code de commerce).
Concerning the information given in accordance with the requirements of Article L.22-10-9 of the French Commercial Code (code de commerce) relating to remunerations and benefits received by the directors and any other commitments made in their favour, we have verified its consistency with the financial statements, or with the underlying information used to prepare these financial statements and, where applicable, with the information obtained by your company from controlling and controlled companies. Based on these procedures, we attest the accuracy and fair presentation of this information.
With respect to the information relating to items that your company considered likely to have an impact in the event of a takeover bid or exchange offer, provided pursuant to Article L.22-10-11 of the French Commercial Code (code de commerce), we have agreed this information to the source documents communicated to us. Based on these procedures, we have no observations to make on this information.
In accordance with French law, we have verified that the required information concerning the purchase of investments and controlling interests and the identity of the shareholders and holders of the voting rights been properly disclosed in the management report.
We have also verified, in accordance with the professional standard applicable in France relating to the procedures performed by the statutory auditor relating to the annual and consolidated financial statements presented in the European single electronic format, that the presentation of the financial statements intended to be included in the annual financial report mentioned in Article L.451-1-2, I of the French Monetary and Financial Code (code monétaire et financier), prepared under the responsibility of Deputy General Manager, complies with the single electronic format defined in the European Delegated Regulation No 2019/815 of 17 December 2018.
Based on the work we have performed, we conclude that the presentation of the financial statements intended to be included in the annual financial report complies, in all material respects, with the European single electronic format.
We have no responsibility to verify that the financial statements that will ultimately be included by your company in the annual financial report filed with the AMF are in agreement with those on which we have performed our work.
We were appointed as statutory auditors of Amundi by the Annual General Meeting held on November 16, 1989 for PricewaterhouseCoopers Audit and May 10, 2021 for Mazars.
As at December 31, 2022, PricewaterhouseCoopers Audit were in the thirty fourth year of total uninterrupted engagement and Mazars in its second year, of which respectively twenty six years and two year since securities of the Company became a public interest entity, due to its status as a credit institution.
Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in accordance with French accounting principles and for such internal control as management determines is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless it is expected to liquidate the Company or to cease operations.
The Audit Committee is responsible for monitoring the financial reporting process and the effectiveness of internal control and risks management systems and where applicable, its internal audit, regarding the accounting and financial reporting procedures.
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors.
Our role is to issue a report on the financial statements. Our objective is to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with professional standards will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
As specified in Article L.823-10-1 of the French Commercial Code (code de commerce), our statutory audit does not include assurance on the viability of the Company or the quality of management of the affairs of the Company.
As part of an audit conducted in accordance with professional standards applicable in France, the statutory auditor exercises professional judgment throughout the audit and furthermore:
• Identifies and assesses the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, designs and performs audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtains audit evidence considered to be sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for his opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
We submit a report to the Audit Committee, which includes in particular a description of the scope of the audit and the audit program implemented, as well as the results of our audit. We also report, if any, significant deficiencies in internal control regarding the accounting and financial reporting procedures that we have identified.
Our report to the Audit Committee includes the risks of material misstatement that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in the audit of the financial statements of the current period and which are therefore the key audit matters that we are required to describe in this report.
doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. This assessment is based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of his audit report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as a going concern. If the statutory auditor concludes that a material uncertainty exists, there is a requirement to draw attention in the audit report to the related disclosures in the financial statements or, if such disclosures are not provided or inadequate, to modify the opinion expressed therein.
• Evaluates the overall presentation of the financial statements and assesses whether these statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
We also provide the Audit Committee with the declaration provided for in Article 6 of Regulation (EU) N° 537/2014, confirming our independence within the meaning of the rules applicable in France such as they are set in particular by Articles L.822-10 to L.822-14 of the French Commercial Code (code de commerce) and in the French Code of Ethics (code de déontologie) for statutory auditors. Where appropriate, we discuss with the Audit Committee the risks that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and the related safeguards.
Neuilly-sur-Seine and Paris-La Défense, March 31, 2023 The Statutory AuditorsFrench original signed by
PricewaterhouseCoopers Audit Mazars
Laurent Tavernier Agnès Hussherr Jean Latorzeff

| 8.1 | MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION |
368 |
|---|---|---|
| 8.2 | RULES OF PROCEDURE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS |
373 |
| 8.3 | REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT | 378 |
| 8.3.1 | Regulations relating to asset management activities |
378 |
| 8.3.2 | Banking regulations applicable to Amundi |
383 |
| 8.4 | INFORMATION REGARDING THE PARENT COMPANY |
386 |
| 8.5 | STATUTORY AUDITORS' REPORT ON RELATED PARTY AGREEMENTS |
387 |
| 8.6 | PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THE UNIVERSAL REGISTRATION DOCUMENT |
389 |
| 8.6.1 | Responsibility statement | 389 |
| 8.6.2 | Statutory auditors | 389 |
| 8.7 | GLOSSARY | 389 |
| 8.8 | CROSS-REFERENCE TABLES | 393 |
| 8.8.1 | Cross-reference table with Appendix 1 to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/980 |
393 |
| 8.8.2 | Cross-reference table with the information required in the management report |
396 |
| 8.8.3 | Cross-reference table with the information required in the annual financial report |
398 |
| 8.8.4 | Cross-reference table with the information required in the corporate governance report |
399 |
Articles of Association updated by the Decision of the Chief Executive Officer from 26 July 2022, Share capital increase.
The Company is a French société anonyme (public limited company). The Company is governed by applicable law and regulations and by these Articles of Association.
The Company name is: "Amundi".
The Company carries out the operations listed below with any natural or legal person, both inside and outside France, for itself, on behalf of third parties or in partnership:
The Company's share capital is set at an amount of €509,650,327.50, represented by 203,860,131 shares of €2.50 each, all of the same class and fully paid up.
Pursuant to the terms of the contribution agreement dated 14 September 2016, as approved by the Board of Directors of the Company on 27 October 2016, Crédit Agricole Immobilier contributed 165,195 Crédit Agricole Immobilier Investors shares, representing 100% of the capital and voting rights of Crédit Agricole Immobilier Investors, and free of any pledge, privilege or any third-party rights, in exchange for the allocation of 680,232 ordinary Amundi shares to Crédit Agricole Immobilier.
Shares are registered or bearer shares, at the shareholder's choice, subject to the provisions of applicable law and regulations.
Shares are subscribed for in accordance with applicable law.
The Board of Directors determines the amount and timing of payments of outstanding sums due in respect of shares to be paid up in cash.
Any and all calls for payment will be published at least 15 days in advance in a journal publishing legal notices in the administrative region (département) in which the registered office is located.
The registered office is located at: 91–93, boulevard Pasteur, 75015 Paris, France.
The registered office may be transferred to any other place in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
The Company's term, which started on 6 November 1978, will end on 5 November 2077 unless it is wound up in advance or extended in accordance with the conditions set down by law.
Any payment not made by the due date will automatically bear interest for the benefit of the Company, at the legal rate plus one percentage point calculated from this due date, with no formal notice.
In accordance with the applicable law and regulations, the Company has the right to request that the Central Securities Depository, at any time and at its expense, provide the name or corporate name, nationality, date of birth or date of incorporation, postal address and, if need be, the electronic address of holders of bearer shares which give a present or future right to vote in its General Meetings, together with the number of shares held by each one of them and, if need be, any restrictions that may apply to the shares. On the basis of the list provided by the Central Securities Depository, the Company has the right to ask those on the list whom the Company considers might be acting on behalf of third parties, to provide the information set out above concerning the owners of the shares.
If a person who has been asked for information fails to provide it within the time limits set down by the applicable laws and regulations, or provides incomplete or inaccurate information concerning either its status or the name of the owner of the shares, the shares or securities that confer present or future entitlement to share capital, for which this person was registered, will lose their right to vote in any and all Shareholders' Meetings until this identification information has been provided; the payment of any dividend is deferred until this date.
In addition to the legal obligation to inform the Company of the holding of certain percentages of share capital, any natural or legal person, acting alone or in concert, who comes to hold directly or indirectly a percentage of share capital, voting rights or class of securities conferring future entitlement to the Company's share capital, equal to or in excess of 1.5% and thereafter any multiple of 0.5%, together with holdings in excess of the thresholds set down by the law and regulations, must inform the Company, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, of the number of securities held within five trading days of the crossing of each of these thresholds.
Subject to the above, this obligation set down by these Articles of Association is governed by the same provisions as those governing the legal obligation, including those instances where the law and regulations treat certain securities and rights as forming part of a shareholding.
If the above-mentioned declaration is not made, the shares in excess of the percentage that should have been disclosed will lose their voting rights in Shareholders' Meetings if, at the time of a meeting, the failure to disclose has been recorded and if one or more shareholders together holding at least 3% of the Company's share capital or voting rights so request at this meeting.
The Company is managed by a Board of Directors. The minimum and maximum number of members is set down by the applicable laws.
Directors must each own at least 200 shares during their terms of office.
The Board of Directors is renewed each year by rotation; this rotation will concern a certain number of Board members.
The Ordinary General Meeting sets the length of a director's term of office at three years, subject to legal provisions allowing for any extension, to end at the close of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders deliberating on the accounts for the previous financial year and held in the year in which the said director's term of office comes to an end.
Exceptionally, in order to begin or maintain the abovementioned rotation, the General Meeting may appoint one or more directors for a different term of no more than four years, in order to allow a staggered renewal of directors' terms of office. The duties of any director thus appointed for a term of no more than four years will end at the close of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders deliberating on the accounts for the previous financial year and held in the year in which the said director's term of office comes to an end.
The number of directors who are natural persons and over 70 years of age may not exceed one-third of the total number of directors at the end of the financial year. If this proportion is exceeded, the oldest Board member is deemed to have automatically resigned.
Any natural or legal person must also inform the Company, in the manner and within the time limits described in paragraph 3 above, in the event that their direct or indirect holdings drop below any of the thresholds set out above.
In addition to the right to vote, each share entitles its holder to a share in Company assets, profits and the liquidation surplus in proportion to the number of shares issued.
Under the conditions set down by law and these Articles of Association, each share carries a right to attend and to vote in General Meetings. Each share gives the right to one vote in these General Meetings; the double voting right set down by Article L. 225-123 and L. 22-10-46 of the French Commercial Code (Code de commerce) is expressly excluded.
Where a certain number of shares must be held in order to exercise any right, more particularly in the case of the exchange, conversion, consolidation or allocation of free shares, share capital decrease, merger, demerger or any other operation, a shareholding of less than the requisite number of shares grants its owner no right against the Company, and shareholders shall personally ensure that they obtain the requisite number of shares required or a multiple thereof; the provisions of Article L. 228-6 of the French Commercial Code shall apply to fractional shares.
The Board of Directors includes one director that represents employees, who is elected by the employees of the Company or by the employees of its direct or indirect subsidiaries whose registered offices are located in France, except in the event of absence of candidacy. The status of and procedures for the election of the director elected by the employees are set forth in Articles L. 225-27 et seq. and Articles 22-10-6 and L. 22-10-7 of the French Commercial Code.
The term of office of the director representing employees is three years. However, the office shall expire at the end of the Ordinary General Meeting called to rule on the financial statements of the past financial year and held in the year during which said director's term of office expires.
They may not be elected to more than four consecutive terms.
In the event that the seat of the director representing employees falls vacant as a result of the director's death, resignation, removal, termination of the employment contract or any other reason, the successor shall take office immediately. If there is no successor able to carry out the director's duties, a new election shall be held within three months.
The election of the director representing employees involves a majority vote in two rounds, in accordance with the following procedures pursuant to Article L. 225-28 of the French Commercial Code and to this Article.
The list of voters, indicating their respective surnames, given names, dates and places of birth and domiciles, are prepared by the Chief Executive Officer, displayed and circulated by any other means as determined by the Chief Executive Officer at least five weeks prior to the date of the first round of the election. Within 15 days after the lists are displayed, any voter may submit a request to the Chief Executive Officer either that another voter who was omitted be registered, or that another voter who was erroneously registered be removed from the list. Within the same time period, any person whose name was omitted may also submit a request for registration.
Applications must be submitted no later than three weeks and one day before the planned date for the first round of the election.
Each application must specify not only the name of the candidate, but also the name of any successor. The candidate and his/her successor must be of different gender.
The Chief Executive Officer closes, displays and circulates the list of candidates by any other means he determines at least three weeks prior to the planned date for the first round of the election.
The voting office(s) shall consist of a minimum of three members designated by the representative labour organisations, or, failing that, the two oldest voters and the youngest voter.
Any voter may vote either at the voting offices made available for this purpose, by correspondence, or by any other means determined by the Chief Executive Officer.
Results are recorded in minutes which shall be displayed no later than three days after the close of the election. The Company shall keep a copy of the minutes in its records.
In the event that a second round is necessary, it shall be organised within one week and no later than one month after the first round.
The organisation of elections and their requirements are determined by the Chief Executive Officer and shall be displayed at least five weeks prior to the date of the first round of the election.
The first round of the election for the renewal of the term of the director representing employees must take place at the latest two weeks prior to the end of the director's term of office.
In the event that elections are also organised in the Company's direct or indirect subsidiaries, whose registered offices are located in France, the Chief Executive Officer shall contact such subsidiaries' legal representatives for this purpose.
The directors representing employees shall not be taken into account to determine the maximum number of directors as set forth in Article L. 225-17 of the French Commercial Code.
The Board of Directors determines the Company's strategy and ensures its implementation. Subject to powers expressly reserved for shareholder meetings, and within the limits of the corporate purpose, the Board of Directors may deal with any issue concerning the smooth operation of the Company and will take decisions on matters concerning the Company.
The Board of Directors conducts all checks and inspections it deems necessary. All directors will receive the information necessary for the completion of their duties and may obtain any and all documents they consider to be of use. Any such request will be sent to the Chairman of the Board of Directors.
The Board elects a natural person as Chair from among its members.
The Chairman of the Board of Directors organises and directs the work of the Board and reports on this to the General Meeting. The Chair ensures the proper functioning of the Company's management bodies and more particularly ensures that directors are able to complete their duties.
The Board may also appoint one or two natural persons as Deputy Chairmen. The duties of the Chair or Deputy Chairmen may be withdrawn at any time by the Board. The Chair's duties automatically end at the close of the General Meeting deliberating on the accounts for the year in which the Chair reaches 70 years of age.
The Board also appoints a person to the position of secretary, who need not be a Board member.
The Board may decide to set up committees responsible for investigating issues referred to them by either the Board or the Chair. The Board decides on the make-up and powers of committees, which carry out their work under its responsibility.
Directors receive a defined annual fixed amount as compensation for their work, the total amount of which, as set by the General Meeting, is maintained until a new decision is made.
The Board will meet as often as required in the interests of the Company. The meeting may be convened by any means, even orally, and at short notice in the case of urgency, by the Chair, a Deputy Chair or by one-third of its members, and is held either at the registered office or at any other place named in the notice of meeting.
In order for decisions to be valid, at least one half of Board members must be present, either in person or, where allowed by the law, by videoconference or other telecommunication method set down by decree.
Decisions are passed by a majority vote of members present or represented. In the case of a split vote, the Chair will have the casting vote.
As an exception to the previous paragraphs, and in accordance with paragraph three of Article L. 225-37 of the French Commercial Code, decisions within the specific powers of the Board of Directors set out in Article L. 225-24, in the second paragraph of Article L. 225-36 and in section I of Article L. 225-103, as well as the decisions to transfer the registered office to the same administrative department, may be taken by way of a written consultation with the Directors. The Rules of Procedure specify the conditions under which this written consultation may be implemented.
The General Management of the Company is carried out under the responsibility of either the Chairman of the Board of Directors, or by any other natural person appointed by the Board of Directors with the title Chief Executive Officer (Directeur Général).
The Board chooses between the two methods of General Management described above subject to the quorum and majority conditions set out by Article 13 of these Articles of Association. Shareholders and third parties are informed of this choice in accordance with the conditions set out in the regulations.
The chosen method will continue to apply until a contrary decision is made under the same conditions.
Any change made to the general management of the Company will not lead to an amendment of these Articles of Association.
A Board meeting is held in order to deliberate on any change to be made to the General Management of the Company at the initiative of either the Chair, the Chief Executive Officer or by one-third of Board members.
Where the Chair is responsible for the General Management of the Company, the provisions of the law, regulations or these Articles of Association applicable to the Chief Executive Officer will also apply to the Chair, who will take the title of Chair and Chief Executive Officer.
If the Board decides to separate the duties of the Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Company's General Management, the Board will appoint a Chief Executive Officer and will set the length of the term of office and the extent of the relevant powers. Board decisions limiting the powers of the Chief Executive Officer are not enforceable against third parties.
The Chief Executive Officer's duties will automatically end at the close of the General Meeting deliberating on the accounts for the financial year in which the Chief Executive Officer reaches 70 years of age. The Chief Executive Officer may be re-elected, subject to the age limit set out above.
The Chief Executive Officer may be removed from office at any time by the Board of Directors.
The Chief Executive Officer has the broadest powers to act in all circumstances in the name of the Company. The Chief Executive Officer exercises these powers within the limits of the Company's corporate purpose and subject to those powers expressly reserved by law for Shareholders' Meetings and the Board of Directors. They represent the Company in its dealings with third parties.
The Chief Executive Officer may ask the Chair to convene a Board meeting for a specific agenda.
A Chief Executive Officer who is not a director may attend Board meetings in an advisory capacity.
On the proposal of the Chief Executive Officer, the Board may appoint between one and a maximum of five natural persons who will assist the Chief Executive Officer and have the title of Deputy Chief Executive Officer. The Board will determine the extent and period over which their powers may be exercised, it being however understood that, with regard to third parties, the Deputy Chief Executive Officer(s) will have the same powers as the Chief Executive Officer.
The Ordinary General Meeting appoints one or more incumbent statutory auditors and one or more substitute statutory auditors meeting the conditions set out by the law and regulations. They carry out their duties in accordance with the law.
General Meetings are convened and deliberate in accordance with conditions set down by law.
Meetings are held either at the registered office or at any other place specified in the notice of meeting.
Any shareholder, regardless of the number of shares held, may attend General Meetings in accordance with the conditions set down by the law and these Articles of The Deputy Chief Executive Officer(s) may be removed from office at any time by the Board of Directors acting on the proposal of the Chief Executive Officer.
In the event that the Chief Executive Officer's duties are terminated or can no longer be fulfilled, the Deputy Chief Executive Officer(s) will remain in office and retain the relevant powers until the appointment of a new Chief Executive Officer, unless otherwise decided by the Board of Directors. The duties of the Deputy Chief Executive Officer(s) will automatically end at the close of the General Meeting deliberating on the accounts for the financial year in which they reach 70 years of age.
The Chief Executive Officer and, as need be, the Deputy Chief Executive Officer(s), may be authorised to delegate their powers within the limit of applicable laws or regulations.
Fixed or variable compensation, or fixed and variable compensation, may be allocated by the Board of Directors to the Chair, the Chief Executive Officer, to any Deputy Chief Executive Officer and, more generally, to any person charged with duties or vested with any delegations or mandates. This compensation will be reported as operating costs.
An attendance register is held at the registered office which is signed by Directors attending Board meetings and records those attending by way of videoconference or other telecommunication methods.
Deliberations of the Board are recorded in minutes that are signed by the Chair of the meeting and a Director and held in a special numbered and initialled register kept at the registered office, in accordance with the regulations.
On the Chair's proposal, the Board of Directors may appoint one or more advisors.
Advisors are invited to attend Board meetings in a consultative capacity.
They are appointed for a given period by the Board of Directors and may be removed at any time by the Board.
They may receive compensation set by the Board of Directors as consideration for services rendered.
Statutory auditors are appointed for six financial years to end at the close of the General Meeting convened to deliberate on the accounts for the sixth financial year.
Association, on presentation of proof of identity and of the registration of shares in its name or the name of an intermediary registered on its behalf by midnight Paris time on the day falling two business days before the General Meeting:
• for holders of registered shares, in the registered share accounts held by the Company;
• for holders of bearer shares, in the bearer share accounts held by the authorised intermediary, the registration or posting of the shares being proved by a shareholding certificate issued by the latter, if need be by electronic means.
Shareholders may attend the General Meeting in person, by videoconference or any other telecommunication method. They may also attend the General Meeting by proxy or choose between one of the following two options:
• voting remotely prior to the General Meeting;
or
• sending a blank proxy form to the Company without specifying a proxy's name, prior to the meeting, in accordance with the conditions set down by applicable laws and regulations.
If the shareholder has requested an admission card, a shareholding certificate or, as appropriate, decided on remote voting or sent a proxy, the shareholder no longer has the right to choose to participate in the General Meeting in any other manner. The shareholder may however transfer all or some of his/her shares at any time.
If the transfer of ownership takes place before midnight Paris time on the day falling two business days before the General Meeting, the Company will invalidate or modify, as appropriate, the remote vote, the proxy, the admission card or shareholding certificate. For this purpose, the authorised intermediary account holder notifies the Company or its representative of the transfer of ownership and provides the necessary information.
Any transfer made after midnight Paris time on the day falling two business days before the General Meeting is neither notified by the authorised intermediary nor taken into account by the Company.
Shareholders who are not domiciled for tax purposes in France may be registered and be represented at General Meetings by any intermediary registered on their behalf holding a general securities management mandate, provided that the intermediary has declared its status as an intermediary holding securities on behalf of a third party to the Company or to the financial intermediary holding the account at the time of opening the account, in accordance with the law and regulations.
The financial year starts on 1 January and ends on 31 December of each year.
Net revenue for the financial year, after deductions for overheads and social charges, the amortisation of company assets and provisions for commercial and industrial risks, constitutes net profits.
The sums are deducted in the following order of importance from these profits, which may be reduced by previous losses:
In accordance with a Board of Directors' decision set out in the notice of meeting, shareholders may participate in General Meetings by videoconference or any other telecommunication method, including the Internet, in accordance with applicable law and regulations. The Board of Directors determines the rules for participation and postal votes, by ensuring that the procedures and technologies used have the technical characteristics allowing for the continuous and simultaneous retransmission of debates and votes cast. These shareholders will then be deemed to be present at the General Meeting for the purposes of counting the quorum and the majority, and may vote and participate in the meeting.
All shareholders may also vote remotely prior to the General Meeting. Shareholders who use the form posted online by the meeting convenor, for this purpose and within the required time limits, are treated as present or represented shareholders. The online form may be completed and signed on the site by any method determined by the Board of Directors that satisfies the applicable legal requirements.
Any proxy or vote cast before the meeting by electronic means, together with the acknowledgement of receipt, shall be deemed non-revocable and enforceable on all; in the case of a transfer of ownership occurring before midnight Paris time on the day falling two business days before the meeting, the Company will, as appropriate, invalidate or modify the proxy or vote cast before this date and time.
General Meetings are chaired by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or, if the Chair is absent, by the Deputy Chair or by a director especially delegated for this purpose by the Board. Failing this, the General Meeting will elect its own Chair.
Minutes of General Meetings are prepared and copies are certified and issued in accordance with the law.
The remainder is paid to shareholders as dividends.
The Board of Directors may decide to pay interim dividends.
For all or part of the dividends to be distributed or interim dividends, the General Meeting may grant shareholders a choice between payment in cash or payment in shares in accordance with the conditions set down by applicable regulations. For all or part of the dividends, interim dividends, reserves or premiums to be distributed, or in the event of a share capital decrease, the General Meeting may also decide that the distribution of such dividends, reserves or premiums, or the share capital decrease, will be made in kind by delivery of Company assets.
For the purpose of winding up the Company, one or more liquidators are appointed by a General Shareholders' Meeting, subject to the quorum and majority conditions set down for Ordinary General Meetings.
The liquidator represents the Company. The liquidator has the broadest powers to dispose of Company assets, even by amicable arrangement. The liquidator is authorised to pay creditors and distribute the remaining balance.
The General Meeting may authorise the liquidator to continue ongoing business or start new business for the purpose of the liquidation.
Net assets remaining after reimbursement of the shares' nominal value are shared among shareholders pro rata to their shareholdings.
Any disputes arising during the Company's term or its liquidation either between shareholders and the Company, or among the shareholders themselves, concerning the Company's business, will be referred to the courts with jurisdiction in accordance with general law.
The Rules of Procedure of the Board of Directors, including Appendix I Company Directors' Charter and Appendix II Code of Conduct for Trading, are available on the website of the Company https://about.amundi.com/our-group
In its meeting on 7 February 2023, the Board of Directors of Amundi (the "Company") (1) adopted these Rules of Procedure.
Article 1 Powers of the Chairman of the Board of Directors
Article 2 Powers of the Board of Directors
These Rules of Procedure, comprising the Rules of Procedure together with its two Appendices, the Directors' Charter and the Stock Market Ethics Charter, apply to all the members of the Board of Directors.
Their purpose is to set out or supplement certain regulatory and statutory provisions regarding the organisation and functioning of the Board of Directors and its committees.
Article 3 Powers of the Chief Executive Officer and any Deputy Chief Executive Officers
Article 4 Functioning of the Board of Directors
Article 5 Committees of the Board of Directors
Appendix I Company Director's Charter
Appendix II Stock Market Ethics Charter
These Rules of Procedure are solely for internal use and may not be enforced by third parties against the Company.
The Company is a company with a Board of Directors where the functions of the Chair and the Chief Executive Officer are separate. Under the provisions of the French Commercial Code (Code de commerce), the Chair, Chief Executive Officer and any Deputy Chief Executive Officers are Company Officers.
The Chairman of the Board of Directors shall direct and organise the work of the Board. He shall ensure that the Board and the committees set up within the Board function properly. The Chair shall convene the Board of Directors and set the agenda for its meetings.
The Board of Directors shall exercise the powers that are assigned to it by law and by the Company's Articles of Association.
To this end, in particular:
• the Board shall approve the Company's financial statements (balance sheet, income statement, notes to the financial statements), the management report outlining the situation of the Company during the past financial year or the current financial year, and its foreseeable development, as well as the forecast documents. It shall approve the Amundi Group's (the "Group") consolidated financial statements and shall review the interim financial statements;
(1) In these Rules of Procedure Amundi is referred to as the "Company" and Amundi together with all its direct and indirect subsidiaries are collectively referred to as the "Group".
Article 3: Powers of the Chief Executive Officer and any Deputy Chief Executive Officers
The Chief Executive Officer will be invested with the most extensive powers to act in all circumstances on behalf of the Company, which she will represent vis-à-vis third parties.
The Chief Executive Officer must, however, obtain the prior agreement of the Board of Directors for the following transactions:
In addition, the Board shall:
If the urgency of the matter makes it impossible for the Board to meet to deliberate on any transaction meeting the aforementioned conditions, the Chief Executive Officer shall make every effort to gather the opinions of all the Directors and, at the very least, the members of the Strategic Committee provided for in Article 4 herein, before making a decision. Where this is not possible, the Chief Executive Officer may, by agreement with the Chair, make any decision in the Company's interest in the areas listed above. They must report on any such decisions at the next Board meeting.
The Board of Directors shall meet as often as the interests of the Company and statutory and regulatory provisions require, and at least four times per year.
Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be convened in accordance with the law and the Company's Articles of Association.
The Board of Directors shall meet upon being convened by its Chair or by one-third of its members. The notice convening the meeting shall specify the place of the meeting and the agenda, or the main purpose of the meeting. Such notice must be sent in writing (by post or email). In the event of a justified emergency or necessity, or with the agreement of all Directors, it may be sent at short notice, provided that the Directors are able to take part in the meeting, including by means of videoconference or other telecommunications links (including conference calls).
In any case, the Board of Directors may always validly deliberate if all its members are present or represented.
Directors who are unable to be physically present at a Board of Directors' meeting may inform the Chair of their intention to participate in it by means of a videoconference or other telecommunication method. The videoconferences or other telecommunication methods used must meet technical specifications that guarantee the effective participation of all the parties in the Board of Directors' meeting. They must enable the identification by the other members of the Director participating in the meeting via a videoconference or other telecommunications link, transmit at least his voice, and ensure the continuous and simultaneous broadcasting of the deliberations.
A Director who takes part in a meeting via a videoconference or other telecommunication method may represent another Director on condition that the Chairman of the Board of Directors is, on the day of the meeting, in possession of the authorisation (procuration) of the Director thus represented.
Directors who are participating in a Board of Directors' meeting via a videoconference or other telecommunication method shall be deemed to be present for the purposes of counting the quorum and the majority.
In the event of the malfunctioning of the videoconferencing or telecommunication system, which shall be recorded by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Board of Directors may validly deliberate and/or continue with just those members who are physically present, provided the conditions for a quorum are met.
The attendance register and the minutes must mention the name of the Directors who are present and deemed to be present within the meaning of Article L. 225-37 of the French Commercial Code.
In accordance with the law, participation via videoconferencing or other telecommunication method cannot be accepted for decisions on:
The aforementioned exclusions only relate to including remote participants in the quorum and the majority, not to the possibility of the Directors concerned participating in the meeting and giving their opinion, in an advisory capacity, on the respective decisions.
The Chair may also reject participation via videoconferencing or other telecommunication method for technical reasons, where these technical reasons would prevent the holding of the Board of Directors' meeting via a videoconference or other telecommunications link from complying with the applicable statutory and regulatory conditions.
In accordance with Article 14 of the Articles of Association, the Board of Directors may give its opinion by written consultation for the decisions listed below:
Draft decisions by written consultation will be sent to all members of the Board electronically in the name of the Chairman of the Board. Each Director may vote (in favour of or against the proposal) within five days of the date of the consultation. Any lack of response within the allotted time will be equivalent to a vote against.
If approved, the proposal will be included in the minutes of the Board's decision by means of written consultation, which will be submitted for approval at the next meeting of the Board of Directors. All Directors' votes will be included in the notes to the minutes.
For each Board of Directors' meeting the text of the talks and presentations on the agenda for a session shall be sent to the Directors prior to that session.
The deliberations by the Board of Directors shall be recorded in minutes, prepared in one typed copy, numbered according to the date of the proceedings to which they relate and paginated consecutively. These minutes shall be recorded in a special register, signed by the Chair of the session and at least one Director (they shall be signed by two Directors if the Chair of the session is unable to sign them) and kept in accordance with regulatory provisions.
The minutes of each session shall contain:
Copies or extracts of those minutes that are to be produced in court, or formal deliberations, shall be validly certified as being true to the original by the Chair, the Chief Executive Officer or a Deputy Chief Executive Officer, any Director to
The Company's Board of Directors has set up an Audit Committee, a Risk Management Committee, a Strategic and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Committee, a Compensation Committee and an Appointments Committee.
Two thirds of the Audit Committee shall be composed of Independent Directors and shall not include any Company Officers. The Compensation Committee and the Appointments Committee shall be predominantly composed of Independent Directors and shall be chaired by an Independent Director.
The Chair of each of these committees shall convene the committee and determine the agenda or the main purpose of the meetings, taking particular account of its members' requests, whilst respecting the responsibilities of the said committee as set out below. The committee members must receive the information they need to give an informed opinion sufficiently in advance of the meeting.
Each committee member may ask the Chair of the relevant committee to add one or more items to the agenda, whilst respecting the responsibilities of the said committee.
The Chair of the committee shall lead the discussions and shall report the recommendations made by the committee to the Board of Directors.
The Board of Directors may refer to each committee any specific request falling within its area of responsibilities, and may ask the Chair of each committee to convene a meeting with a specific agenda.
Each committee may meet by any means, including via video or teleconference. It may also give its opinion by written consultation.
In order to validly deliberate or give an opinion, at least half of the members of a committee must be present. The opinions and recommendations that a committee gives to the Board of Directors shall be adopted upon a majority vote by those of its members that are present or represented.
Minutes must be taken for each Committee meeting and sent to the members of the said committee. The minutes must record the opinion of every member of the committee, if the latter so requests.
Each committee may, on an ad hoc basis, seek the opinion of any person, including third parties, that is likely to inform its discussions.
The Audit Committee, reporting to the Board of Directors, shall have the following remits:
• reviewing the draft Company and consolidated financial statements, which must be submitted to the Board of Directors, particularly with a view to checking the conditions under which they were prepared and ensuring the relevance and consistency of the accounting principles and methods applied, in particular those used for major transactions;
whom the functions of the Chair have been temporarily delegated, the Secretary of the Board or a proxyholder who has been duly authorised for this purpose.
The remit of the Strategic and CSR Committee is to deepen the strategic thinking of the Group across its various business lines, both in France and abroad, including in terms of social and environmental responsibility.
To this end, the Strategic and CSR Committee first examines the draft transactions referred to in Article 3 and formulates an opinion on the said drafts.
It also issues an opinion on the Company's climate strategy as well as its social and environmental responsibility policy. It reviews, at least annually, the actions taken by the Group in this area and the results achieved.
The work and opinions of the Strategic and CSR Committee are reported to the Board of Directors by the Chair of the Committee or by a member of the Committee appointed by the latter.
The Risk Management Committee, reporting to the Board of Directors, shall have the following remits (in accordance with, in particular, Article L. 511-92 et seq. of the French Monetary and Financial Code):
reviewing the principles of the risk policy and advising the Board of Directors on both current and future risk strategies and risk appetite, in line with the Company's development strategy;
ensuring compliance with the conditions for implementing the risk strategy adopted by the Board, including monitoring commitments made by the Company as a responsible financial player, in the social and environmental areas;
The Compensation Committee, reporting to the Board of Directors, shall have the remits of annually reviewing and drawing up proposals and opinions, which it shall notify to the Board (in accordance with, in particular, Article L. 511-102 of the French Monetary and Financial Code), on:
applicable regulations, on share subscription or purchase plans, and plans to distribute shares free of charge, if applicable, which are to be submitted to the General Meeting of Shareholders, as well as on the principles and procedures for implementing long-term profit-sharing and bonus plans; and
• the establishment and amendment of the compensation policy for Company Officers, including the distribution of the compensation package to the members of the Board of Directors and the non-voting members for Board members' work, voted on by the General Meeting.
The Appointments Committee, reporting to the Board of Directors, shall have the following remits (in accordance with, in particular, Articles L. 511-98 et seq. of the French Monetary and Financial Code):
Amundi's activities are governed by regulations specific to each country in which the Group operates, directly or through subsidiaries or partnerships. With regard to its main activity — asset management — Amundi is subject to numerous regulations, prudential supervision and authorisation requirements (for companies performing a regulated activity and for savings products). In addition, several Group entities, including the Company, are authorised as credit institutions and therefore subject to monitoring by banking supervisors.
Amundi is subject to laws and regulations that apply to asset management activities, including requirements in terms of internal organisation and good conduct, prudential requirements, investment and asset allocation rules, rules relating to the prevention of money laundering, rules relating to the identification and knowledge of clients (Know Your Customer, or "KYC") and the rules relating to international sanctions, including those issued by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury, which are applicable to Amundi at international level.
The regulations applicable to Amundi are constantly evolving, particularly within the European Union ("EU"). These regulations could also change as a result of the United Kingdom's departure from the European Union ("Brexit").
Any new regulations or changes in the implementation or application of the laws and regulations in force could, where applicable, have a significant impact on Amundi's activities and operating income.
Amundi's asset management activities can be divided into two main categories:
In addition to these main legislative texts, asset management activities are impacted by other regulations and draft reforms at a European level, such as the regulations applicable to derivative financial products (European Market Infrastructure Regulation, EMIR), regulations aimed at providing a framework for the "parallel banking system" and the regulations applicable to sustainable finance (in particular, Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 on sustainability-related disclosures in the financial services sector and Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2020 on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment).
Although laws and regulations vary from one country to another, the texts transposing the EU legislation in each Member State are substantially similar in all the countries in which Amundi operates, in particular in France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Spain and Luxembourg. However, the legislative transposition of the Directives in each European country or their interpretation by local supervisory authorities may give rise to different approaches and in some cases delays.
One of the objectives of the European regulatory framework is to facilitate the cross-border marketing of investment products in Europe. The European passport allows a management company that has been authorised by the regulator of its country of origin to conduct its activities in the EU or in signatory states of the European Economic Area (EEA) Agreement under the freedom to provide services and the freedom of establishment. A management company that wishes to conduct activities, for which it has been approved, in another State must inform the competent authorities of its origin Member State. In the host Member State, the management company may only conduct the activities covered by the approval granted in its origin Member State.
In terms of asset management, a passport may be granted for three types of activity: (i) UCITS management, (ii) AIF management and (iii) portfolio management for a third party. The passport may also cover other investment services such as receiving/transmitting orders and executing orders on behalf of third parties. The passport system allows Amundi entities to benefit from conducting cross-border activities in the EU.
In accordance with the various regulatory regimes applicable to asset management activities, several Group entities are subject to minimum capital requirements, generally equal to the highest of the following amounts: 25% of the overheads of the previous year, or €125,000 plus a sum equal to 0.02% of the assets under management in excess of €250 million (plus an additional 0.01%, as a minimum, of the value of the AIF portfolios managed for the regulated entities subject to the AIFM Directive). These capital requirements are significantly more restrictive than those applicable to Amundi under the current banking regulations. See paragraph 8.3.2 "Banking regulations applicable to Amundi".
The AIFM, UCITS and Capital Requirements Directives govern the remuneration policies of credit institutions, investment service providers and AIF managers in order to ensure that these policies are compatible with the principles of good risk management (see section 2.4 "Compensation of identified staff").In addition, Directive (EU) 2019/2034 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 on the prudential supervision of investment firms (the "IFD Directive") described below (see section 2.3.2.2) has created a specific remuneration regime for investment companies, which has been applicable to some of the Group's subsidiaries since the 2022 financial year (for more information on the aspects relating to remuneration, see section 2.4).
The Group's investment service providers are obliged to comply with Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments ("MiFID II"), which governs the provision of these services, including portfolio management activities, also known as discretionary management, as well as investment advice and the order receipt and transmission service.
This regulation sets out, in particular, (i) requirements in terms of internal organisation, (ii) obligations of good conduct to ensure the protection of investors through enhanced information requirements, assessments of adequacy and suitability for clients, the execution of orders under the most favourable conditions for clients and rules for handling client orders, (iii) enhanced management of the commissions paid in connection with the provision of investment advice, (iv) an increase in pre- and post-trading transparency requirements and their extension to additional financial instruments, and (v) an increase in the powers of the competent authorities. The applicable rules then depend on the type of client, with a high degree of protection for non-professional clients and, conversely, flexibility allowed in relations with professional investors.
MiFID II imposes increased obligations on investment service providers in terms of client information when providing investment services, particularly investment advice. Regulated entities must provide clear and appropriate guidelines and warnings regarding the risks associated with financial instruments and, in particular, indicate to clients whether the range of instruments offered to them is established or provided by entities with links and relations with the entity offering the advice services. Furthermore, MiFID II introduces additional information obligations regarding the breakdown of the price of financial instruments and services. The client must be informed of the cumulative amount of costs and charges relating to investment services and ancillary services.
New requirements arising from Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/1253 of 21 April 2021 have been introduced to integrate ESG preferences into investor product suitability tests and sustainability factors into the internal organisation of investment companies. Similarly, Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2021/1269 of 21 April 2021 provides for the integration of sustainability factors when defining a target market, requiring firms to specify the types or groups of clients with whose ESG preferences the proposed product is compatible.
MiFID II reinforces the protection of investors with regard to payments that a company may receive or pay to third parties during the provision of investment services. Companies providing investment advice in an independent manner or conducting portfolio management activities are prohibited from collecting fees, commissions or monetary or nonmonetary benefits from third parties. Certain minor benefits of a non-monetary nature are allowed, but the client must be clearly informed of these.
In the case of entities providing investment services other than portfolio management or independent investment advice, commissions may be received provided that these payments are intended to improve the quality of service provided to the client, are provided over time and do not impair the service provider's compliance with its obligation to act in an honest, equitable and professional manner in the interests of its clients. The client must be clearly informed of the existence, nature and amount of such commissions, in a comprehensive, precise and understandable manner, before the provision of any service.
The prohibition of commissions in respect of independent investment advice does not apply to the commissions paid to entities in the Crédit Agricole, Société Générale, UniCredit, BAWAG and Banco Sabadell networks, in accordance with the distribution agreements with these networks.
New changes to the regulation of commissions for distribution networks are being discussed by the European authorities, but at this stage it is not possible to draw any final conclusions.
Amundi entities that manage and market UCITS-type funds in the EU must comply with the organisational requirements and the rules of good conduct set out in Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS), as regards depositary functions, remuneration policies and sanctions (the "UCITS Directive").
UCITS are undertakings for collective investment ("UCIs") (i) for which the sole aim is the collective investment in transferable securities or in other liquid financial assets of capital raised from the public and the operation of which is subject to the principle of risk diversification, and (ii) the units of which can be, at the request of the unitholders, redeemed or reimbursed, directly or indirectly, from their assets.
In terms of internal organisation, strict rules must be respected, including requirements relating to the management of risks and conflicts of interest, as well as the rules of good conduct, particularly in relation to information to be provided to clients and the amount of commissions. UCITS assets must be held by a depositary that is a separate entity. The activities of depositaries are governed by rules relating to entities eligible for this function, covering their tasks, responsibilities and delegation agreements.
In addition, UCITS-type funds are subject to rules relating to the allocation and diversification of assets and should not, in particular, invest more than (i) 5% of the assets in securities or money market instruments issued by the same entity or (ii) 20% of its assets in deposits with the same entity.
For each of the UCITS-type funds managed, Amundi Group management companies were previously required to draw up a short document containing key investor information (Key Investor Information Document or KIID). This document was replaced on 1 January 2023 by the Key Information Document (KID), a standardised document applicable to savings products in compliance with the PRIIPS Regulation. The format of the new document must contain summarised information on the key characteristics of the funds concerned, in particular the identification of the fund, a brief description of its investment objectives and investment policy, a presentation of performance scenarios, details of charges over time and risk indicators using a new calculation method. Management companies must also publish a prospectus containing the information necessary for investors to be able to make an informed judgement about the investment offered to them and, in particular, the associated risks.
Amundi's activities are impacted by Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011 on Alternative Investment Fund Managers (the "AIFM Directive"), which imposes strict regulatory requirements on alternative investment fund ("AIF") managers.
AIFs are defined as UCIs (other than UCITS-type funds) that raise capital from a number of investors, with a view to investing this capital for the benefit of the investors in accordance with a defined investment policy.
The AIFM Directive imposes additional requirements in terms of organisation, governance, information and asset allocation, and requires AIF assets to be held by depositaries that are independent of the manager and the AIF.
AIF managers must draft regular reports for the competent authorities of their origin Member State on behalf of the AIFs that they manage. In particular, they must provide information on (i) the main instruments in which each AIF invests, (ii) the markets to which each AIF belongs or is active, and (iii) the most important exposures and concentrations for each AIF. In addition, AIF managers are subject to enhanced obligations to provide investors with information. They must, for each EU AIF that they manage and for each AIF that they market in the EU, prepare an annual report no later than six months after the end of the financial year. Before any investment, managers must also make a list of information available to investors, including a description of the AIF investment strategy and objectives, a description of the procedures by which the AIF may change its investment strategy or policy, a description of the AIF valuation procedure and the method for fixing the price of the assets, a description of the management of the liquidity risk of the AIF and a description of all commissions, charges and expenses (including the maximum amounts of these) that are directly or indirectly borne by the investors.
European managers may, under certain conditions, market European or non-European AIF units or shares within the EU through the passport scheme.
It should be noted that in the context of the publication on 5 November 2020 by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) of its guidelines on performance fees for UCITS-type funds and AIFs, which have been incorporated into the AMF's doctrine (DOC-2021-01 position of 5 January 2021), the method used for calculating performance fees has been adjusted in order to comply with ESMA recommendations.
Amundi Group management companies are subject to the provisions of the AMF Position – Recommendation (Doc‑2020-03) on "Information to be provided by collective investments incorporating non-financial approaches", updated in February 2023 to take into account the new rules applicable to the preparation and publication of the Key Information Document (KID) in compliance with the PRIIPS Regulation, as detailed below. By this position, the AMF has clarified its expectations vis-à-vis management companies in terms of information provided to investors by funds incorporating non-financial approaches. This position applies to UCIs with a non-financial aspect authorised for marketing in France to a client base of non-professional investors. The information sent to investors must be proportionate to the actual and measurable consideration of non-financial features. The implementation of this doctrine involves updating, if necessary, the regulatory documentation, commercial documentation and the name of the existing funds.
Portfolio management companies of the Amundi Group providing a portfolio management service (undertakings for collective investment or "UCIs", or investment mandates) or investment consultancy services are subject to the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 on sustainability-related disclosures in the financial services sector (the "SFDR", short for "Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation").
In this respect, they must in particular communicate and identify the SFDR classification applicable to financial products and comply with the transparency obligations set out in the SFDR. They are also required to amend, where applicable, the documentation of UCIs and mandates covered by the SFDR, and must prepare a pre-contractual information document for investors.
Along with the SFDR, the portfolio management companies of the Amundi Group must also comply with the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2020 on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment (the "Taxonomy Regulation"). This text, which came into effect on 1 January 2022, establishes a classification system for environmentally sustainable economic activities and supplements the transparency requirements introduced by the SFDR.
Money market funds are AIFs or UCITS-type funds investing in short-term liquid assets with the aim of offering yields comparable to those of the money market and/or preserving the value of the investment. Regulation (EU) 2017/1131 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on money market funds (the "MMF Regulation") establishes uniform operating rules at a European level to make these funds more resilient, limit the risks of financial instability and guarantee the equitable treatment of investors. This regulation applies to UCITS-type funds or AIFs for which the management and marketing are subject to approval. These rules apply cumulatively with existing rules laid down by the UCITS and AIFM regulations, unless otherwise stipulated in the regulations.
Money market funds must obtain specific approval before being managed or marketed. The investment policy is framed by the requirements for eligible assets, concentration and diversification of asset portfolios. The fund manager must also establish a crisis simulation system as well as internal appraisal procedures to determine the credit quality of the money market instruments. Furthermore, procedures must be documented, validated, permanently applied and periodically reviewed.
The MMF regulations submit money market funds to increased transparency requirements. The assets of a money market fund must be valued at least every day, with publication of the daily valuation on the money market fund's website.
Money market funds are also subject to weekly disclosure obligations vis-à-vis investors relating to the composition of the portfolio, including breakdowns by maturity, credit profile, total asset value and net return.
Amundi activities relating to derivatives are subject to Regulation (EU) 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories (the "EMIR"). This regulatory framework requires (i) the centralised clearing of certain categories of standardised OTC derivatives, (ii) obligatory reporting of any derivatives transactions and (iii) the implementation of risk mitigation techniques (such as the provision of guarantees) for OTC derivatives that are not subject to centralised clearing.
Regulation (EU) 2015/2365 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 on transparency of securities financing transactions and of reuse is targeted at the transparency of these transactions and the limitation of associated risks. Three types of obligation have been introduced for fund managers: (i) an obligation to report securities financing transactions to trade repositories of data, (ii) an obligation to publish information on the use of securities financing transactions and total return swaps and (iii) a framework for the reuse of collateralised financial instruments.
Regulation (EU) 1286/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 November 2014 on key information documents for packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (the "PRIIPS Regulation") aims to standardise the pre-contractual information provided to nonprofessional investors (within the meaning of the MiFID II Directive) for investment products whose performance is based on underlying assets (such as UCITS-type funds and AIFs, structured deposits, structured bonds, unit-linked life insurance policies etc.). The PRIIPS regulations also apply to securities or units of securitisation vehicles.
As of 1 January 2023, the initiator of these products must prepare a Key Information Document (KID), with accurate, fair and clear content, presenting the terms and conditions of the product to offer the retail investor basic information and allow understanding and comparisons of the product.
Following its action plan of 8 March 2018, the European Commission made sustainable finance one of its priorities in the implementation of the Capital Markets Union with several level 1 and 2 regulatory initiatives under discussion. The SFDR defines harmonised rules applicable to certain financial market participants, including management companies, on the subject of publishing information on sustainable investment and sustainability risks. These participants are required to take environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks into account in their investments and must provide information on the main negative impacts of their investment policy on these ESG factors. The SFDR also provide for enhanced transparency requirements for products, highlighting ESG characteristics and so-called sustainable investments. It came into force on 10 March 2021, but Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1288 of 6 April 2022, which defines the content and presentation of information to be published by the financial market participants concerned, has only been applicable since 1 January 2023.
Since 1 January 2022, the Taxonomy Regulation has gradually supplemented the transparency requirements introduced by the SFDR. Following the publication of the Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS), elements of the Taxonomy Regulation were added to the information required under the provisions of the SFDR, specifically for products covered by Articles 8 and 9.
In terms of indices, Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on indices used as benchmarks in financial instruments and financial contracts or to measure the performance of investment funds (the "Benchmark Regulation") created two new European low-carbon indices, the EU Climate Transition Benchmark and the EU Paris-aligned Benchmark, with enhanced transparency requirements, to provide investors with improved information on the carbon footprint of companies and investment portfolios.
The French regulatory framework applicable to Amundi's asset management activities mainly reflects the European framework described above.
The ACPR has a dual mission: to oversee credit institutions, investment companies and insurance companies, and to ensure the protection of consumers and the stability of the financial system. In its supervisory role, the ACPR grants approvals to investment companies and credit institutions and ensures that they comply with the applicable laws and regulations and the conditions of their approval, and also monitors their financial positions (subject to the powers devolved to the ECB (see below)). The ACPR has the powers of administrative policing and sanction over the supervised entities. Certain powers of supervision and sanction with regard to credit institutions, previously entrusted to the ACPR, were transferred to the European Central Bank in November 2014. See section 8.3.2.1 "Regulatory and banking supervisory bodies".
The AMF is responsible for regulating and supervising the financial markets and for supervising portfolio management companies. The latter must obtain AMF approval in order to conduct their activities. The nature of this approval depends on the management activities envisaged and on the financial and organisational capacity of the applicant companies. The portfolio management companies may thus request approval for two different activities, namely: (i) UCITS management and (ii) AIF management. Depending on the approval granted, the portfolio management companies may also propose investment services, defined by MiFID II, such as portfolio management for a third party, providing investment advice or receiving and transmitting orders.
When authorised to manage both UCITS-type funds and AIFs, portfolio management companies must comply with the regulations applicable to these two activities cumulatively, unless otherwise stipulated. The AMF monitors the compliance of portfolio management companies with the laws and regulations applicable to them and the conditions of their approval and has the power to sanction any party breaching these regulations.
Investment service providers (portfolio management companies, investment companies and credit institutions authorised to provide investment services) are required to report to an anti-money laundering unit under the authority of the French Minister of the Economy, known as Tracfin (Treatment of Information and Action Against Illicit Financial Circuits), any transaction involving sums which they know, suspect or have good reason to suspect, originate from an offence punishable by a custodial sentence of more than one year or which are linked to the financing of terrorism.
Regulated institutions are subject to an obligation of vigilance, including, in particular, the obligation to establish KYC procedures to allow the identification of the client and KYS procedures to allow for the identification of the supplier, as well as the actual beneficiary, for any financial agreements or transactions. They must also establish systems for assessing and managing the risks of money laundering and the financing of terrorism that are customised to the transactions, clients and suppliers concerned. They are also required to implement a corruption prevention programme. On 20 July 2021, the European Commission presented a legislative package aimed at strengthening the EU rules on anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT), as well as a proposal to set up a new European authority to combat money laundering. This legislative package is composed of (i) a draft regulation establishing the Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA), (ii) a proposal for a new regulation on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or the financing of terrorism, (iii) a proposal for Directive (EU) 2015/849 ("AMLD 6") and (iv) a draft regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2015/847 on information accompanying transfers of funds and some crypto assets. Under the current timetable, the legislative proposals are expected to be adopted in 2023.
The creation of a European Anti-Money Laundering Authority is one element of this legislative package. The authority will directly supervise certain entities that meet cross-border criteria, coordinate national authorities, facilitate cooperation between financial intelligence units and issue guidelines and recommendations on the implementation of the legislative package, which will include, through a new regulation, more harmonised and granular rules in terms of AML-CFT risk management and customer due diligence.
On 15 October 2013, the EU adopted a regulation establishing a single supervisory mechanism for credit institutions in the eurozone or in a country where there is an explicit prior consent system (opt-in) (the "ECB Single Supervisory Mechanism"), that entrusted specific tasks to the European Central Bank (ECB) concerning the prudential supervision of credit institutions. This regulation granted the ECB, in coordination with the competent national regulators, a direct supervisory power over certain European credit institutions and banking groups, including the Crédit Agricole Group. As Amundi is part of the Crédit Agricole Group, several Group entities are supervised directly by the ECB, including the Company and Amundi Finance. Other Group entities are supervised by the ACPR, including Amundi Intermédiation and Amundi ESR.
The ECB fully assumed its supervisory role within the context of the European regulation as implemented under French law and the guidelines and recommendations of the European Banking Authority (EBA) on 4 November 2014 as well as its responsibilities within the ECB Single Supervisory Mechanism, in close coordination, in France, with the ACPR (the ACPR and the ECB each being hereinafter a "banking supervisory authority").
The competent banking supervisory authority shall take individual decisions, instruct and issue approvals to credit institutions and investment firms and grant specific exemptions in accordance with the prevailing banking regulations. The Authority ensures observance by credit institutions and investment firms of the applicable laws and regulations and the conditions for their approval, and monitors their financial situations.
The competent banking supervisory authority may require credit institutions and investment companies to comply with the applicable regulations and cease activities that may adversely affect clients' interests. The competent banking supervisory authority may also require a financial institution to take necessary measures to reinforce or restore its financial position, improve its management methods and/or adjust its organisational structure and activities to achieve its objectives. If the solvency or liquidity of a financial institution or the clients' interests are, or could be,
In France, credit institutions must comply with the financial management standards defined by the European regulations and by the Ministry of the Economy, the primary purpose of which is to ensure the solvency and liquidity of French credit institutions.
These banking regulations are composed primarily of and/or are derived from the CRD/CRR regulations and comprise (i) Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on access to the activity of credit institutions and the prudential supervision of credit threatened, the competent banking supervisory authority may take certain provisional measures such as: submitting the establishment to specific monitoring, restricting or prohibiting the conduct of certain activities (including the collection of deposits), the settlement of certain payments, the sale of certain assets, the distribution of dividends to shareholders, and/or the payment of variable compensation. The competent banking supervisory authority may also require credit institutions to maintain their regulatory capital level and/or their liquidity ratios at a higher level than that required by the applicable regulations and submit them to specific liquidity requirements, including in terms of maturity mismatches between assets and liabilities.
In the event of non-compliance with the applicable regulations, the competent banking supervisory authority may impose administrative sanctions, such as warnings, fines, suspension or dismissal of directors and withdrawal of approval, which would, where necessary, lead to the winding-up procedure of the institution concerned. The competent banking supervisory authority also has the power to appoint a provisional administrator to temporarily manage an establishment that it considers to be poorly managed. Insolvency proceedings may only be opened against credit institutions or investment companies after the prior approval of the competent banking supervisory authority has been obtained.
In France, the ACPR is responsible for implementing measures for the prevention and resolution of banking crises.
Since 1 January 2016, a Single Resolution Board (SRB) has been in charge of planning the preparation and resolution of decisions in such matters for cross-border credit institutions and banking groups, as well as for credit institutions and banking groups that are directly supervised by the ECB within the European banking union, such as the Crédit Agricole Group. The ACPR remains responsible for implementing the resolution plans in accordance with the SRB's instructions.
The "resolution authority" refers to the ACPR, SRB and/or any other national authority authorised to exercise or participate in the exercise of internal bailout powers (including the Council of the European Union and the European Commission acting in accordance with the provisions of Article 18 of the SRM Regulation).
institutions and investment firms, as amended in particular by Directive (EU) 2019/878 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2019 transposed into French law by Order No. 2020-1635 of 21 December 2020 on various provisions for adapting the legislation to European Union financial law (the "CRD") and (ii) Regulation (EU) No. 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms, as amended in particular by Regulation (EU) 2019/876 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2019 (the "CRR").
According to these regulations, credit institutions must comply with minimum capital requirements. The requirements arising from these regulations that apply to Amundi in terms of solvency and capital adequacy are described in section 5.4 "Solvency and capital adequacy" of this Universal Registration Document. In addition to these requirements, the main obligations applicable to credit institutions relate to the need to diversify the risks and liquid assets held, monetary policy, restrictions on investments in shares and the possibility of conducting other non-banking activities, reporting requirements, the implementation of an appropriate internal control system and a compensation policy compatible with sound and effective risk management and the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism.
Finally, banking regulations impose information obligations on credit institutions. They must provide information on their objectives and policies in terms of risk management, governance procedures, compliance with capital adequacy requirements and compensation that have a significant impact on the leverage and risk profile. In addition, the French Monetary and Financial Code imposes additional information requirements on credit institutions, which must, in particular, provide information on certain financial indicators, their activities in non-cooperative States or territories, and more generally, information about their locations and activities in each State or territory.
The changes to the CRD/CRR regulations are accompanied by a new European prudential framework specific to investment companies, known as the Investment Firm Directive/Investment Firm Regulation (IFD/IFR), composed of the IFD and a regulation dated 27 November 2019,
On 15 May 2014, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union adopted Directive 2014/59/EU of the Parliament and of the Council, providing for the establishment of a European framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment firms (known as the "BRRD"), transposed into French law by Order No. 2015‑1024 of 20 August 2015, introducing various provisions for adapting legislation to European Union law in financial matters.
The BRRD was amended by Directive (EU) 2019/879 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2019 amending the BRRD with regard to the loss-absorbing and recapitalisation capacity of credit institutions and investment firms as well as Directive 98/26/EC, which was transposed into French law by Order No. 2020‑1636 of 21 December 2020 relating to the resolution regime in the banking sector.
Regulation (EU) 806/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 July 2014 established uniform rules and a uniform procedure for the resolution of credit institutions and certain investment firms in the framework of a Single Resolution Mechanism and a Single Resolution Fund.
Regulation (EU) 806/2014 was amended by Regulation (EU) 2019/877 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2019 as regards the loss-absorbing and recapitalisation capacity of credit institutions and investment firms (the "SRM Regulation").
The BRRD and the SRM Regulation jointly establish a European framework for the recovery and resolution of credit institutions and investment companies.
applicable since 26 June 2021. The IFD/IFR aims to establish a prudential framework that is more in line with the size and risks of investment companies, which are often different from traditional banking risks.The capital requirements for investment companies therefore now include business volumes and the balance sheet risk approach has been simplified. The consolidated CRD/CRR regulations still apply to the Group due to the presence of at least one credit institution among its entities. However, Amundi Intermédiation and Amundi ESR have the status of investment company and are subject to this new scheme on an individual basis.
Furthermore, on 27 October 2021 the European Commission presented a legislative package to finalise the adoption of the Basel III standards within the European Union and announced that these new texts were scheduled to come into effect from 1 January 2025. This legislative package is composed of (i) a proposal for a directive to amend the CRD Directive, (ii) a proposal for a regulation to amend the CRR Regulation and (iii) a proposal for a regulation to amend the aspects of the CRR Regulation relating specifically to bank resolution. These texts include a number of changes to the existing rules, including (i) the implementation of the latest measures included in the Basel III standards, (ii) the inclusion of explicit rules on the supervision and management of ESG risks and the introduction of additional powers for regulators in regard to the assessment of ESG risks, and (iii) greater alignment of the supervisory powers of regulators. On 8 November 2022, the Council presented its position on the proposal put forward by the European Commission and began discussions with the European Parliament in order to finalise the definite version of these texts.
This regime, which includes measures for the prevention and resolution of banking crises, is designed to preserve financial stability, to ensure the continuity of the activities, services and transactions of institutions whose failure would have serious consequences for the economy, to protect depositors, and to avoid or minimise the dependency on public financial support. Accordingly, the European resolution authorities, including the Single Resolution Board, have been given extensive powers to take all necessary measures relating to the resolution of the entirety or part of a credit institution or the group to which it belongs.
The resolution authorities may open a resolution procedure against a credit institution if they consider that: the failure of the institution is confirmed or likely, there is no reasonable prospect that another non-public measure would avert the institution's failure within a reasonable timeframe, a resolution measure is needed and a winding-up procedure would not accomplish the aims of the resolution described above.
Following the opening of a resolution procedure, the resolution authorities have several tools that they may deploy with the aim of recapitalising the relevant institution or restoring its viability, under the conditions described below. They may implement the "internal bailout" tool to reduce the nominal value of capital instruments or convert other capital instruments and some of the institution's commitments into securities. The internal bailout tool is first implemented by reducing the nominal value of category 1 capital securities and then by converting or reducing the nominal value of other capital instruments, followed by some of the institution's commitments.
It is our understanding that, for cooperative banking groups, including the Crédit Agricole Group, the resolution authorities should favour the "extended SPE" resolution strategy. Therefore, and in the event that a resolution procedure were to be opened against the Crédit Agricole Group, the entirety of Crédit Agricole SA (in its role as central body) and its affiliated entities would be considered together as the extended SPE (Amundi is not affiliated with the central body of Crédit Agricole SA).
In the event of financial difficulties that may justify the initiation of a resolution procedure against the Group, or if the viability of the Company or Group depends on it, the Company shares in circulation may be diluted by the conversion of other capital or debt instruments, whether cancelled or transferred, thus depriving shareholders of their rights.
In addition to the internal bailout tool, broader powers are conferred on the resolution authority in order to implement other resolution measures concerning defaulting institutions (or the group to which they belong), comprising in particular: the total or partial transfer of the activities of the institution to a third-party or relay institution, the separation of assets, the replacement or substitution of the establishment as a debtor in respect of debt instruments, changes to the terms and conditions of debt instruments (the maturity date and/or the amount of interest and/or temporary suspension of payments), the removal of officers from their duties, the appointment of a special administrator and the issue of new capital securities or other capital instruments. When it uses its powers, the resolution authority must take into account the situation of the Group or institution concerned and the potential consequences of its decisions in the Member State in question.
Thus, although it is not possible to predict this, in the event that a resolution procedure is initiated against the Crédit Agricole Group, the resolution authorities could require Crédit Agricole SA to sell all the Company shares that it holds.
The MREL (Minimum Requirement for Own Funds and Eligible Liabilities) ratio is defined in the BRRD and the SRM Regulation and corresponds to a minimum requirement for own funds and eligible liabilities that credit institutions must hold and ensure are available to absorb losses in the event of a resolution, with the aim of ensuring the effectiveness of the internal bailout tool, if it is required, and enabling the credit institutions' own funds to be fully rebuilt, after making potential adjustments to, inter alia, respect the resolution objectives and secure access to the market.
Amundi does not have any specific requirements for MREL; however, as a subsidiary of the Crédit Agricole SA Group, it contributes to the consolidated ratio and is part of the monitoring and steering mechanism implemented by the Group.
In accordance with the SRM Regulation, a Single Resolution Fund (SRF) has been established since 1 January 2016, which may be used by the Single Resolution Board to support the resolution plans. On 19 December 2014, the Council adopted Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/81 specifying uniform conditions of application of the SRM Regulation with regard to ex ante contributions to the Single Resolution Fund. This Regulation defines the method for calculating the contributions of credit institutions to the Single Resolution Fund, and sets out the annual contributions to be paid by credit institutions to the latter, in proportion to the amount of their liabilities, excluding own funds and deposits covered and adjusted according to risks, with the aim of reaching at least 1% of the amount of deposits covered by all authorised credit institutions by 31 December 2023. As of July 2022, the Single Resolution Fund stood at approximately €66 billion.
| Date | Investment | Financing |
|---|---|---|
| 10/02/2015 | Acquisition of BAWAG PSK Invest (later renamed Amundi Austria) |
The acquisition was financed by tangible equity |
| 31/08/2016 | Acquisition of Kleinwort Benson Investors (renamed KBI Global Investors the same day) |
The acquisition was financed by tangible equity |
| 03/07/2017 | Acquisition of Pioneer Investments Group from UniCredit for a total cash amount of €3.545bn |
The acquisition was financed in the amount of €1.5bn by tangible equity, in the amount of €1.4bn by a capital increase and in the amount of €0.6bn from the issuance of senior and subordinated debt with Crédit Agricole SA. |
| 01/07/2020 | Acquisition of Sabadell AM in Spain from Banco Sabadell for €430m |
The acquisition was financed by tangible equity |
| 30/09/2020 | Creation of the Amundi BOC Wealth Management subsidiary (55% owned by Amundi), a joint venture in China with BOC Wealth Management |
The transaction was financed by tangible equity |
| 05/10/2020 | Buyback from BNP Paribas Asset Management of 49.96% of Fund Channel's capital to become the sole shareholder of this fund distribution platform |
The transaction was financed by tangible equity |
| 31/12/2021 | Acquisition of Lyxor Asset Management from Société Générale for €825 million |
The transaction was financed by tangible equity |
New products and services are regularly offered to customers by the Group's entities. Information is available on the Group's websites, particularly in the form of the press releases available on the website www.amundi.com.
No contracts containing an obligation or significant commitment for Amundi apart from those signed as part of normal operations had been signed by any of its entities as of the date of filing of this Universal Registration Document.
The 2022 financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors on February 7, 2023.
No significant change has occurred in the financial or business condition of the Company and the Amundi Group since this date.
This document is available on the Group website https://about.amundi.com/financial-information and on the website of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), www.amffrance.org.
All regulatory information as defined by the AMF (under Section II of Book II of the AMF General Regulation) is available on the Company's website. Amundi's Articles of Association are included in full in this document.
The agenda as well as the draft resolutions presented to the Ordinary General Meeting of May 12, 2023 will be made available online at: https://about.amundi.com/our-group
The name of the Company is "Amundi", effective as of the date of Initial Public Offering of the Company's shares on Euronext Paris, November 12, 2015. It was previously named "Amundi Group".
The Company was registered on November 6, 1978 in the Paris Trade and Companies Register under number 314 222 902.
The Company's duration is 99 years from the date of its registration with the Trade and Companies Register, except in the event of extension or early dissolution.
Amundi is a credit institution authorised by the CECEI (now the ACPR) since September 29, 1997 and is subject to banking regulations.
The Company's registered office is located at 91–93, boulevard Pasteur, 75015 Paris. The telephone number for the registered office is +33 (0) 1 76 33 30 30.
The Company is a société anonyme (public limited company) with a Board of Directors, governed by French law, including Book II of the French Commercial Code.
This is a translation into English of a report issued in French and it is provided solely for the convenience of Englishspeaking users. This report should be read in conjunction with, and construed in accordance with, French law and professional standards applicable in France.
(Annual General Meeting held to approve the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2022)
To the Annual General Meeting of Amundi,
In our capacity as statutory auditors of your Company, we hereby present to you our report on related party agreements.
We are required to inform you, on the basis of the information provided to us, of the terms and conditions of those agreements indicated to us, or that we may have identified in the performance of our engagement, as well as the reasons justifying why they benefit the Company. We are not required to give our opinion as to whether they are beneficial or appropriate or to ascertain the existence of other agreements. It is your responsibility, in accordance with Article R.225-31 of the French Commercial Code (Code de commerce), to assess the relevance of these agreements prior to their approval.
We are also required, where applicable, to inform you in accordance with Article R.225-31 of the French Commercial Code (Code de commerce) of the continuation of the implementation, during the year ended December 31,2022, of the agreements previously approved by the Annual General Meeting.
We performed those procedures which we deemed necessary in compliance with professional guidance issued by the French Institute of Statutory Auditors (Compagnie nationale des commissaires aux comptes) relating to this type of engagement. These procedures consisted in verifying the consistency of the information provided to us with the relevant source documents.
In accordance with Article L.225-40 of the French Commercial Code (Code de commerce), we have been notified of the following agreements concluded during the year ended December 31, 2022 that have been authorized by your Board of Directors:
• Mr. Nicolas Calcoen, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of your company
Your Board of Directors on March 28, 2022 authorized the agreement for the suspension of Mister Nicolas Calcoen's employment contrat between himself, Amundi Asset management and Amundi, its unique shareholder. The agreement provides for the terms of the suspension of Nicolas Calcoen's employment contract during his corporate officer mandate and the conditions for the resumption of its effects upon the termination of his duties as Deputy Chief Executive Officer.
The agreement is valid until the termination of Nicolas Calcoen's duties as Deputy Chief Executive Officer. It had no financial impact on the 2022 financial year.
In accordance with Article R.225-30 of the French Commercial Code (Code de commerce), we have been notified that the implementation of the following agreements, which were approved by the Annual General Meeting in prior years, continued during the year ended December 31, 2022.
• Mrs. Valérie Baudson, Chief Executive Officer of your company
Your Board of Directors on May 10, 2021 authorized the agreement for the suspension of Madam Valérie Baudson's employment contract between herself, Amundi Asset management and Amundi, its unique shareholder. The agreement provides for the terms of the suspension of Valérie Baudson's employment contract during her corporate officer mandate and the conditions for the resumption of its effects upon the termination of her duties as Chief Executive Officer.
The agreement is valid until the termination of Valérie Baudson's duties as Chief Executive Officer. It had no financial impact on the 2022 financial year.
Your Board of Directors on July 29, 2021 authorized the partnership agreement with Crédit Agricole S.A in accordance with Article L.225-38 of the French Commercial Code (Code de commerce). Under this agreement, Crédit Agricole S.A. commits that Amundi products will be distributed, on a preferential basis, to customers in the networks of the Regional Banks of Crédit Agricole (Caisses Régionales du Crédit Agricole) and LCL.
The agreement is valid for 5 years from January 1st, 2021. It had no financial impact on the 2022 financial year.
Neuilly-sur-Seine and Paris-La Défense, March 31,2023
The Statutory AuditorsFrench original signed by
PricewaterhouseCoopers Audit Mazars
Laurent Tavernier Agnès Hussherr Jean Latorzeff
I declare, after taking all reasonable measures for this purpose and to the best of my knowledge that the information contained in this Universal Registration Document is in accordance with the facts and that it contains no omission likely to affect its import.
I declare that, to my knowledge, the financial statements were prepared in accordance with the applicable accounting standards and provide a true and fair view of the financial position and results of the Company and of all entities included in the consolidated group, and that the management report (included in Chapter 4 of the present Universal Registration Document) provides a true and fair view of the business trends, results and financial position of the Company and of all entities included in the consolidated group, and describes the main risks and uncertainties that they face.
7 April 2023
Valérie Baudson Chief Executive Officer of the Company
Represented by Jean Latorzeff
61, rue Henri-Regnault, 92075 Paris-La Défense, France
MAZARS is a member of the Compagnie Régionale des Commissaires aux Comptes de Versailles et du Centre (the Regional Association of Auditors of Versailles and the Centre Region).
MAZARS was appointed as Statutory Auditor by decision of the General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company of 10 May 2021 for a term of six years to end at the close of the General Meeting to be convened to approve the financial statements for the year ending 31 December 2026.
Asset portfolios managed by Amundi asset management platforms in charge of real estate, unlisted equities, infrastructure and private debt.
Assets qualify as high-quality liquid assets (HQLA) within the meaning of the CRD IV banking regulations if they can easily and immediately be transformed into cash while losing very little or no value, and in general if they can be tendered to the central bank to obtain financing. The main characteristics of a high-quality liquid asset are: 1) low risk and volatility; 2) ease and certainty of valuation; 3) low correlation with risky assets; and 4) listing on a developed, recognised market of a substantial size. Total high-quality liquid assets that are not already being used as collateral represent the numerator of the short-term liquidity ratio (LCR or liquidity coverage ratio, which measures 1-month liquidity in a stress situation) under the same regulations.
Represented by Laurent Tavernier and Anik Chaumartin
63, rue Villiers, 92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS Audit is a member of the Compagnie Régionale des Commissaires aux Comptes de Versailles et du Centre (the Regional Association of Auditors of Versailles and the Centre Region).
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS Audit was renewed as Statutory Auditor by decision of the General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company of 16 May 2019 for a term of six years to end at the close of the General Meeting to be convened to approve the financial statements for the year ending 31 December 2024.
Account administration or account keeping consists of entering financial instruments into an account in the name of their holder, i.e. recognising the holder's rights over those financial instruments, and keeping the corresponding assets, according to the particular arrangements for each financial instrument.
Entities belonging to the insurance companies of the Crédit Agricole and Société Générale groups that have formed an agreement with Amundi for the management of their general assets.
An asset class consists of financial assets that share similar characteristics. Amundi has identified the following asset classes for the monitoring of its activities: Treasury, fixed income, multi-asset, equity, real and structured.
Operating activities indicator not reflected in the consolidated financial statements and that corresponds to the difference between the subscription and buyback amounts of the period. Positive net inflows mean that the total amount of inflows (from client investments) is higher than the amount of outflows (from client withdrawals). Conversely, negative net inflows mean that the total amount of outflows is higher than the amount of inflows.
Net management fees equal management fees received net of fees paid. Management fees received correspond to management fees paid by the portfolio to remunerate the management company, recognised as and when the service is rendered and generally calculated as a percentage of assets under management, along with fees paid by the funds to Amundi Finance in relation to the guarantees provided by Amundi Finance for guaranteed funds or EMTNs, turnover fees paid by the fund, and other fees of smaller amounts, such as front-end charges and securities lending and borrowing fees. Fees paid comprise commissions paid to distributors in accordance with contractual provisions, depositary and valuation fees where paid by the management company, and to a lesser extent, certain related administrative costs.
Performance fees are paid to the asset management company as provided by contract. They are calculated on the basis of a percentage on the positive difference between the actual performance and the benchmark index as provided by the contract.
Fees paid by the client that correspond to commissions paid to distributors, in accordance with contractual provisions. They are generally defined as a percentage of management fees. Upfront fees paid to distributors are capitalised and amortised over the life of the contracts.
Service provider ensuring the safekeeping of securities and checking the lawfulness of management decisions taken on behalf of the UCITS-type funds. The depositary may contractually outsource part of its functions to another establishment authorised to provide account-keeping and custody services; in particular, it may outsource the custody of assets to a "custodian". However, it may not outsource checks on the lawfulness of decisions taken by the management company of the UCITS-type funds.
A distributor is a service provider in charge of marketing investment services and financial instruments to its client base (retail customers or institutional investors). Amundi has contracts with more than 1,000 distributors worldwide for the marketing of its products and services. The scope of Amundi's third-party distributors includes all of these distributors with the exception of partner distribution networks in France, international partner distribution networks and joint ventures.
Operational business indicator not reflected in the Group's unaudited consolidated financial statements, corresponding to assets in portfolios marketed by the Group, whether the Group manages them, advises on them or delegates their management to an external manager. For each fund, assets under management are measured by multiplying the net asset value per unit (calculated by an external valuation agent in accordance with regulations in force) by the number of units/shares in issue.
ETFs (exchange traded funds) or "trackers" are stock market-listed index funds that aim to replicate as closely as possible the performance in their benchmark index, on both the upside and downside. An ETF security trades like a normal share and can therefore be purchased or sold during market trading hours.
Type of mutual funds whose aim is to achieve, after a defined period, a value determined by the strict application of a predefined calculation formula, based on financial market indicators or financial instruments, and as the case may be to distribute income, which is determined in the same manner.
Type of UCITS that issues units and has no legal personality. The investor, by buying units, becomes a joint owner of securities, but has no voting rights. The investor is not a shareholder in the fund. An FCP mutual fund is represented and managed in administrative, financial and accounting terms by a single management company, which may outsource those tasks.
Alternative investment funds or AIFs are investment funds that are distinct from UCITS-type funds. They raise capital from a certain number of investors to invest, in the interests of those investors, in accordance with an investment policy defined by the AIFs or their management companies.
A fund of funds is an undertaking for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS-type funds) that mainly invests in equities or units of other mutual funds.
By convention, assets held by Amundi funds invested in other funds are counted in the AuM of "Institutional excluding CA and SG Insurers".
Investment funds are undertakings that collectively own financial assets. In France, these funds take various legal forms that are often very specific. Most collective investments are regulated by the AMF (UCITS-type funds, AIFs, "other AIFs" and "other collective investments").
Multi-asset funds invest in a wide variety of securities and in various asset classes (equities, bonds, money market etc.). Risks and returns associated with a multi-asset fund may vary greatly depending on its management objectives and the composition of its assets.
Type of investment fund managed using the constant proportion portfolio insurance method, which gives the fund exposure to upside in the financial markets while also providing capital protection or a capital guarantee. It is based on differentiation between two types of assets in a single portfolio: dynamic assets intended to produce the returns sought, and assets providing the guarantee or protection. The breakdown of assets between these two types is reviewed regularly in order to achieve the management objective.
Collective investment undertakings that may take the form of a UCITS-type fund, AIF or other, that are open to both nonprofessional and professional investors.
International investment fund owned by a State or a State's central bank.
Type of investment fund that generally features guarantees or protection on some or all of the amounts invested, mainly comprising two large families: formula funds and constant proportion portfolio insurance (CPPI) funds.
Investment strategies intended to achieve returns showing low correlation with market indices. Strategies cover various investment processes, risks and returns targets, and can be used to meet a wide range of objectives. Investors access these strategies either indirectly (via "funds of hedge funds") or directly (via "hedge funds").
Process by which an investor (individual or institutional) delegates the financial management of its capital/savings to a financial intermediary, of which the management company is the most common institutional form. Asset management for third parties comprises (i) portfolio management or customised mandate-based management for individuals, companies or institutional investors, and (ii) collective management through collective investment undertakings (mutual funds).
Investment service consisting of managing, on a discretionary and customised basis, portfolios that include one or more financial instruments as part of a mandate given by a third party.
Investment strategy intended to replicate as accurately as possible the performance of a benchmark index.
Oil sands, shale oil and shale gas.
Institutional investors are organisations that collect savings on a large scale and invest on their own behalf or on behalf of third parties. Institutional clients include sovereign funds, pension funds, insurers, other financial institutions and nonprofit organisations. Amundi's "Institutional" business also covers Corporates, Employee Savings and Retirement schemes, and CA and SG Insurers.
Amundi capital invested in order to launch funds before they are marketed. The intention is for this capital to be gradually replaced by capital invested by clients.
Managed accounts are covered by the AIFM Directive, and are investment funds that give investors access to alternative management in a regulated environment, while limiting the main operational risks. These alternative funds are under the control and oversight of the operator of the managed account platform, who delegates the financial management of a portfolio to a third-party manager. That manager has the task of replicating some or all of the investment strategy used in its reference fund. This operational arrangement is intended to limit exposure to the third-party manager to its performance drivers only. The aim of a managed account is to give investors greater operational security, independent risk management through greater transparency, and in general improved liquidity.
Investment service consisting of managing, on a discretionary and customised basis, portfolios that include one or more financial instruments as part of a mandate given by a third party.
The net fee margin corresponds to net fee income for the period divided by average assets under management (excluding joint ventures) during the same period, expressed in basis points.
Debt securities issued by financial institutions that have similar economic characteristics to those of a formula fund (as opposed to a standard bond), since redemption and interest payments depend on a mathematical formula that may include one or more underlyings that may be very diverse in nature (equities, indices, funds, funds of funds etc.).
A real-estate mutual fund (OPCI) takes the form of either a variable-capital real-estate-focused investment company or a real-estate investment fund, and its purpose is to invest in properties intended for rental or properties that it has built exclusively in order to rent out, which it owns directly or indirectly, including buildings not yet completed, as well as to carry out all operations involved in using or reselling such properties, all types of works on these properties including operations relating to their construction, renovation and upgrading with a view to letting them out, and on an ancillary basis to manage financial instruments and deposits.
Portfolio of securities (shares, bonds etc.) managed by professionals (management companies) and owned collectively by individual or institutional investors. There are two types of UCITS-type funds: SICAVs (variable-capital investment companies) and FCPs (mutual funds).
Proprietary investments carried out by Amundi, as opposed to investments for third parties.
A basis point is equal to 0.01% or 1/10,000.
Notion qualifying Amundi's commercial relationship with certain distributors that provide specific services and implement particular efforts to promote its products. The agreements formalising these relationships do not, however, provide for any exclusivity.
Financial instrument whose value varies as a function of the price of an underlying, which may be of a different nature (equity, index, currency, interest rate etc.). The derivative gives its holder exposure to fluctuations in the underlying without the holder having to buy or sell it itself. Derivative contracts may take various forms (swaps, forwards, futures, options, CFDs, warrants etc.).
Debt security or mutual fund where the achievement of the target capital repayment/return is guaranteed by a credit institution.
"Raison d'être" is defined as that which is "essential to fulfilling the corporate purpose, in other words, the scope of the company's activities" (source: Notat-Senard report). The Crédit Agricole Group's raison d'être ("Acting in the interests of our clients and society every day") is inconsistent with a statutory concept and was formulated in the context of the Group Project and the 2022 MTP.
Client segment including the following distribution channels: French Networks, International Networks, Third-party Distributors and Joint-Ventures.
Investment strategy involving management processes based on indices other than those that weight stocks by market capitalisation, e.g. "anti-benchmark®" management by TOBAM.
Investment service provider whose main activity is managing assets for third parties (individually through a management mandate or collectively through a UCITS-type fund) and which is subject to AMF authorisation.
In general, a spread is a differential between two rates. The term's precise definition varies according to the type of market in relation to which it is used.
Tracking error is an asset management risk measurement used in portfolios that track indices or are compared with a benchmark index. It is the annualised standard deviation of the differences between portfolio returns and benchmark index returns.
Value at Risk represents an investor's maximum potential loss on a financial asset or portfolio of financial assets, which should only be reached with a given probability over a given timeframe. In other words, it is the worst loss expected over a given timeframe for a certain confidence level. VaR can be regarded as a quantile of the distribution of profits and losses associated with holding an asset or portfolio of assets over a given period.
| Information | Chapters | Pages | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persons responsible, third party information, experts' reports and competent authority approval |
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| 1.1 | Persons responsible for the information | 8.6.1 | 389 |
| 1.2 | Responsibility statement | 8.6.1 | 389 |
| 1.3 | A statement or report attributed to a person as an expert | NA | NA |
| 1.4 | Information sourced from a third party | NA | NA |
| 1.5 | A statement that the Universal Registration Document has been approved by the competent authority |
Cover page | 3 |
| 2 | Statutory auditors | ||
| 2.1 | Names and addresses of the issuer's auditors (together with their membership in a professional body) |
8.6.2 | 389 |
| 2.2 | If Statutory Auditors have resigned, been removed or have not been re-appointed, indicate details if material |
NA | NA |
| 3 | Risk factors | 5.2 | 236-245 |
| 4 | Information about the issuer | ||
| 4.1 | The legal and commercial name of the issuer | 8.4 | 386 |
| 4.2 | The place of registration of the issuer, its registration number and legal entity identifier ("LEI") |
8.4 | 386 |
| 4.3 | The date of incorporation and the length of life of the issuer | 8.4 | 386 |
| 4.4 | The domicile and legal form of the issuer, the legislation under which the issuer operates |
8.4 | 386 |
| 5 | Business review | ||
| 5.1 | Principal activities | 1.1; 1.2.1-1.2.2 | 22-23; 42-46 |
| 5.2 | Principal markets | 1.1; 4.2.2 | 10-11; 206-208 |
| 5.3 | The important events in the development of the issuer's business | 4.3; 4.7 | 209-215; 231 |
| 5.4 | Strategy and objectives | 1.1 | 16-19; 24-25 |
| 5.5 | Summary information regarding the extent to which the issuer is dependent on patents or licences, industrial, commercial or financial contracts or new manufacturing processes |
1.2.1; 5.2.1; 8.4 | 42-44; 237-241; 386 |
| 5.6 | The basis for any statements made by the issuer regarding its competitive position | 1.1; 1.2.1; 1.2.2 | 10-11; 20-21; 42‑46 |
| 5.7 | Investments | ||
| 5.7.1 | A description, (including the amount) of the issuer's material investments | 1.4; 6.2.6; 8.4 | 47; 268; 386 |
| 5.7.2 | A description of any material investments of the issuer that are in progress or for which firm commitments have already been made, including the geographic distribution of these investments (home and abroad) |
4.7 | 231 |
| 5.7.3 | Information relating to the joint ventures and undertakings in which the issuer holds a proportion of the capital likely to have a significant effect on the assessment of its own assets and liabilities, financial position or profits and losses |
1.3; 6.3 Note 5.11; 6.3 Note 9.3 |
46-47; 301‑302; 317‑319 |
| 5.7.4 | A description of any environmental issues that may affect the issuer's utilisation of the tangible fixed assets |
3 | 145-202 |
| 6 | Organisational structure | ||
| 6.1 | A brief description of the group | 1.3 | 46 |
| 6.2 | A list of the issuer's significant subsidiaries | 1.3; 6.3 Note 9.3; 7.2 Note 6 |
46; 317-319; 345-346 |
| Information | Chapters | Pages | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Operating and financial review | ||
| 7.1 | Financial condition | 1.1 ; 4.3–4.4; 6.2; 7.1 | 32-33; 209-221; 263-268; 328‑329 |
| 7.1.1 | A fair review of the development and performance of the issuer's business and of its position for each year |
1.1 ; 4.3 | 32-33; 209-215 |
| 7.1.2 | The review shall also give an indication of the issuer's likely future development and its activities in the field of research and development |
4.7 | 231 |
| 7.2 | Operating results | 4.3.2; 4.3.3; 6.2.1 | 212-215; 263 |
| 7.2.1 | Information regarding significant factors, including unusual or infrequent events or new developments, materially affecting the issuer's income from operations |
4.3.2; 4.3.3 | 212-215 |
| 7.2.2 | Where the historical financial information discloses material changes in net sales or revenues, provide a narrative discussion of the reasons for such changes |
4.3.1–4.3.2 | 209-214 |
| 8 | Capital resources | ||
| 8.1 | Information concerning the issuer's capital resources | 1.1; 4.5.5; 5.4; 6.2.5; 6.3 Note 4 |
13; 225-230; 257-259; 266‑267; 290‑296 |
| 8.2 | An explanation of the sources and amounts of and a narrative description of the issuer's cash flows |
6.2.6 | 268 |
| 8.3 | Information on the borrowing requirements and funding structure of the issuer | 4.4.3 | 219-221 |
| 8.4 | Information regarding any restrictions on the use of capital resources that have materially affected, or could materially affect, directly or indirectly, the issuer's operations |
NA | NA |
| 8.5 | Information regarding the anticipated sources of funds needed to fulfil commitments | NA | NA |
| 9 | Regulatory environment | ||
| 9.1 | Information regarding any governmental, economic, fiscal, monetary or political policies or factors that have materially affected, or could materially affect, directly or indirectly, the issuer's operations |
8.3 | 378-385 |
| 10 | Trend information | ||
| 10.1 | The most significant trends in production, sales and inventory, costs and selling prices since the end of the last financial year |
4.7 | 231 |
| Significant change in the Company's financial performance | |||
| 10.2 | Information on any known trends, uncertainties, demands, commitments or events that are reasonably likely to have a material effect on the issuer's prospects for at least the current financial year |
4.7 | 231 |
| 11 | Profit forecasts or estimates | NA | NA |
| 12 | Administrative, management and supervisory bodies and Senior Management | ||
| 12.1 | Information on administrative, management and supervisory bodies and senior management |
2 (summary); 2.1–2.3 | 50-51; 53-101 |
| 12.2 | Conflicts of interest in administrative, management and supervisory bodies and Senior Management |
2.1.1.2.3 | 60 |
| 13 | Remuneration and benefits | ||
| 13.1 | The amount of remuneration paid and benefits in kind granted | 2.4; 6.3 Note 6 | 102-143; 305‑309 |
| 13.2 | The total amounts set aside or accrued by the issuer or its subsidiaries to provide for pension, retirement or similar benefits |
6.3 Note 6 | 305-309 |
| 14 | Board practices | ||
| 14.1 | Date of expiration of the current term of office | 2.1.1.1.2 | 54 |
| 14.2 | Information about members of the administrative, management or supervisory bodies' service contracts with the issuer |
2.1.1.2.3 | 60 |
| 14.3 | Information about the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee | 2.1.3.3; 2.1.3.4 | 70-71; 72-73 |
| 14.4 | A statement as to whether or not the issuer complies with the corporate governance regime(s) applicable to the issuer |
2 (Preamble); 2.1.1.4 | 52; 62-63 |
| 14.5 | Potential material impacts on the corporate governance, including future changes in the Board and composition of Committees |
2.1.1.1 | 53-59 |
| 15 Employees 15.1 Number of employees 6.3 Note 6.1; 305; 361 7.2 Note 33 15.2 Shareholdings and stock-options 1.1 ; 4.5.5; 6.3 Note 6.5; 13; 225-226; 7.2 Note 2.13 339 15.3 Description of any arrangements for involving the employees in the capital 4.5.5; 7.2 Note 2.13 225-230; 339 of the issuer 16 Major shareholders 16.1 Shareholders holding more than 5% of the capital 1.1 ; 4.5.5; 7.2 Note 1 13; 225; 332 16.2 Whether the issuer's major shareholders have different voting rights, or an NA NA appropriate statement to the effect that no such voting rights exist 16.3 To the extent known to the issuer, state whether the issuer is directly or indirectly 4.5.5; 6.1; 7.2 Note 1 255-230; 262; owned or controlled and by whom 332 16.4 A description of any arrangements, known to the issuer, the operation of which may NA NA at a subsequent date result in a change in control of the issuer 17 Related party transactions 17.1 Details of related party transactions 4.6.1; 6.3 Note 9.2; 231; 315-316; 7.2 Note 21; 8.5 353; 387-388 18 Financial information concerning the issuer's assets and liabilities, financial position and profits and losses 18.1 Historical financial information 6.2‑6.3 263-321 18.2 Interim and other financial information NA NA 18.3 Auditing of historical annual financial information 6.4; 7.3 322-325; 363‑366 18.4 Pro forma financial information NA NA 18.5 Dividend policy 4.3.4; 4.5.3 215; 224 18.6 Legal and arbitration proceedings 6.3 Note 5.14; 304; 351 7.2 Note 15 18.7 Significant change in the issuer's financial position 8.4 386 19 Additional information 19.1 Share Capital 4.5.5 ; 8.1 Section II 225; 368 19.1.1 The amount of issued capital, and for each class of share capital 4.5.5 ; 8.1 Section II 225; 368-369 19.1.2 If there are shares not representing the capital, state the number and main NA NA characteristics of such shares 19.1.3 The number, book value and face value of shares in the issuer held by or on behalf 6.3 Note 5.15; 304-305; 347 of the issuer itself or by subsidiaries of the issuer 7.2 Note 8 19.1.4 The amount of any convertible securities, exchangeable securities or securities NA NA with warrants 19.1.5 Information about and terms of any acquisition rights and or obligations over NA NA authorised but unissued capital or an undertaking to increase the capital 19.1.6 Information about any capital of any member of the Group which is under option NA NA or agreed conditionally or unconditionally to be put under option and details of such options 19.1.7 A history of share capital, highlighting information about any changes, for the period 4.5.5 225-226 covered by the historical financial information 19.2 Memorandum and Articles of Association 8.1 368-373 19.2.1 Description of corporate purpose and the Trade and Companies Register number 6.1; 8.1; 8.4 262; 368; 386 19.2.2 Where there is more than one class of existing shares, a description of the rights, 8.1 368-369 preferences and restrictions attaching to each class 19.2.3 A brief description of any provision of the issuer's articles of association, statutes, NA NA charter or bylaws that would have an effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of the issuer 20 Material contracts 8.4 386 21 Documents available 8.4 386 |
Information | Chapters | Pages |
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The cross-reference table below identifies the information in this Universal Registration Document that constitutes the management report in accordance with the applicable legislative and regulatory provisions and, in particular, Articles L. 225-100 et seq. of the French Commercial Code.
| Themes | Chapters | Pages | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Information concerning the Company's business | ||
| 1.1 | Review of the performance (specifically the progress made and difficulties encountered) and the results of the Company, each subsidiary and the Group |
4.3 | 209-215 |
| 1.2 | Analysis of business trends, results, financial situation and, in particular, of Company and Group debt |
4.3; 4.4 | 209-215; 216‑221 |
| 1.3 | Foreseeable changes to the Company and/or the Group | 4.7 | 231 |
| 1.4 | Key financial and non-financial indicators of the Company and the Group | 1.1; 3 (key figures); 4.3.2; 4.3.3; 4.4.3 |
10-13; 20-21; 24; 32-33; 146; 213‑215; 219-221 |
| 1.5 | Significant post-closure events of the Company and the Group | 4.7 | 231 |
| 1.6 | Information on its objectives and policy regarding the hedging of each main category of transactions expected for which hedging accounting is used, as well as its exposure to price, credit, liquidity and cash risks. These indications include the Company's use of financial instruments |
5.2.2; 6.3 Note 1.3.2 | 241-245; 272‑280 |
| 1.7 | Description of the main risks and uncertainties of the Company and the Group | 4.6.2; 4.7; 5.2 | 231; 236-245 |
| 1.8 | Financial risk indicators associated with the effects of climate change and the presentation of measures that the Company is taking to reduce them by implementing a low-carbon strategy in all its business components |
3.2.4; 3.2.7; 3.5 | 157-161; 162‑165; 188‑193 |
| 1.9 | Information on the Company's and Group's Research and Development | NA | NA |
| 1.10 | Main features of the internal control and risk management procedures put in place by the Company relating to the preparation and processing of accounting and financial information |
4.6.2; 5.3 | 231; 245-256 |
| 1.11 | Note on existing branches | 1.3 | 46 |
| 1.12 | Activities and results of the whole Company, subsidiaries of the Company and the companies it controls, by business sector |
4.3 | 209-215 |
| 2 | Legal, financial and tax information for the Company | ||
| 2.1 | Breakdown, identity of persons and changes in shareholding | 4.5.5 | 225 |
| 2.2 | Names of controlled companies that hold the Company's treasury shares and share of the capital that they hold |
4.5.5 | 225 |
| 2.3 | Significant investments made during the financial year in companies with their registered office in France |
6.3 Notes 9.3 et 9.4; 8.4 |
317-320; 386 |
| 2.4 | Notice of holdings of more than 10% of the capital of other stock companies; disposal of cross-shareholdings |
NA | NA |
| 2.5 | Buyback of treasury shares | 4.5.5 | 227-229 |
| 2.6 | Purchase and sale by the Company of its own shares with a view to allocating them to its employees (share buyback) |
4.5.5 | 227-229 |
| 2.7 | Status of employee shareholding in the share capital | 4.5.5 | 225 |
| 2.8 | Opinion of the Works Council on changes to the economic or legal structure | NA | NA |
| 2.9 | Table of results over the last five financial years | 4.8 | 232 |
| 2.10 | Income for the financial year and proposed allocation of income | 4.3.2 ; 4.3.4 ; 7.2 Note 37 |
212-214; 25; 362 |
| 2.11 | Issue of securities giving access to share capital | 4.5.5 | 225-226 |
| Indication of calculation elements for the adjustment and the results of this adjustment | |||
| 2.12 | Amounts of dividends distributed over the previous three financial years | 4.5.3 ; 4.8 | 224; 232 |
| 2.13 | Amount of expenses and charges that are not deductible for tax purposes | NA | NA |
| 2.14 | Payment deadline and breakdown of supplier and client debt balance by due date | 4.9 | 233 |
| 2.15 | Injunctions or financial sanctions for anti-competitive practices | NA | NA |
| 2.16 | Information on related party agreements, the effects of which continue to be felt during the financial year |
8.5 | 387-388 |
| 2.17 | Securities acquired by employees as part of a company buyout by its employees | NA | NA |
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| Themes | Chapters | Pages | |
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| 3 | Information relating to corporate officers | 2.1; 2.2; 2.3 | 53-75; 76-91; 92-101 |
| 3.1 | In the event that stock options are granted, reference to the information upon which the Board of Directors has based its decision: • either prohibiting executives from exercising their options prior to the end of their duties; • or requiring them to retain in registered form, until their duties have ended, all or |
NA | NA |
| part of the shares derived from options already exercised (specifying the fraction thus fixed). |
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| 3.2 | Summary statement of transactions in the Company's shares of executives and related persons |
2.3.4.3 | 100-101 |
| 3.3 | In the event that free shares are granted, reference to the information upon which the Board of Directors has based its decision: • either prohibiting executives from disposing of any free shares granted to them prior to the end of their duties; • or setting the number of these shares that they are required to retain in registered |
NA | NA |
| form until the end of their duties (specifying the fraction thus fixed). | |||
| 4 | Company CSR information | 3 | 145-202 |
| 4.1 | Non-financial performance statement | NA | NA |
| 4.2 | Information on facilities classed as at risk | NA | NA |
| 5 5.1 |
Other information Amount of loans for periods of under two years granted by the Company, on an ancillary level, to micro-companies, SMEs or medium-sized companies with which it has economic links justifying it |
NA | NA |
| 5.2 | Information on payments made to the authorities of each of the States or territories in which the Company conducts the following activities: exploration, prospecting, discovery, exploitation or extraction of hydrocarbons, coal and lignite, metallic ores, gemstones, sand and clays, chemical minerals and mineral fertilisers, peat, salt or other mineral resources, or logging of primary forests |
NA | NA |
| 5.3 | Information relating to use of the CICE (tax credit for competitiveness and employment) |
NA | NA |
| 5.4 | Special report on share subscription or purchase options concerning stock options granted to corporate officers and employees |
NA | NA |
| 5.5 | Special report on the free share award transactions granted to corporate officers and employees, conducted during the financial year |
NA | NA |
| 5.6 | Vigilance plan: • Risk mapping intended to identify, analyse and prioritise risks • Procedures for regular assessment of the situation of subsidiaries, subcontractors or suppliers with whom an established commercial relationship is maintained, with regard to risk mapping • Actions adapted to mitigate risks or prevent serious infringements • A mechanism for alerting and collecting reports relating to the existence or occurrence of risks, established in conjunction with the trade unions represented in said company • A system for monitoring the measures implemented and evaluating their effectiveness |
3.6.1 | 193 |
The cross-reference table below identifies the information in this Universal Registration Document that constitutes the annual financial report in accordance with Articles L. 451-1-2 of the French Monetary and Financial Code and 222-3 of the General Regulations of the AMF.
| Themes | Chapters | Pages | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Statement of individual investors who assume responsibility for the annual financial report |
8.6 | 389 |
| 2 | Management report | ||
| 2.1 | Objective and comprehensive analysis of the progress of the Company's business, results and financial situation, particularly its debt situation, in terms of the volume and complexity of its business and/or of the Group |
4.3; 4.4 | 209-215; 216‑221 |
| 2.2 | Foreseeable changes to the Company and/or the Group | 4.7 | 231 |
| 2.3 | Key financial and non-financial indicators of the Company and the Group | 1.1 ; 3 (key figures); 4.3.2; 4.3.3; 4.4.3 |
10-13; 20-21; 24; 32-33; 146; 213-215; 219-221 |
| 2.4 | Financial risk indicators associated with the effects of climate change and the presentation of measures that the Company is taking to reduce them by implementing a low-carbon strategy in all its business components |
3.2.4; 3.2.7; 3.5 | 157-161; 162‑165; 188‑193 |
| 2.5 | Information on its objectives and policy regarding the hedging of each main category of transactions expected for which hedging accounting is used, as well as its exposure to price, credit, liquidity and cash risks. These indications include the Company's use of financial instruments |
5.2.2; 6.3. Note 1.3.2 | 241-245; 272‑280 |
| 2.6 | Main features of the internal control and risk management procedures put in place by the Company relating to the preparation and processing of accounting and financial information |
4.6.2; 5.3 | 231; 245-256 |
| 2.7 | Description of main risks and uncertainties facing the Company | 4.6.2; 4.7; 5.2 | 231; 236-245 |
| 2.8 | Acquisition and disposal by the Company of its own shares (share buyback) | 4.5.5 | 227-229 |
| 3 | Financial statements and reports | ||
| 3.1 | Corporate accounts | 7.1; 7.2 | 328-362 |
| 3.2 | Statutory Auditors' report on the consolidated financial statements | 7.3 | 363-366 |
| 3.3 | Consolidated financial statements | 6.2; 6.3 | 263-321 |
| 3.4 | Statutory auditors' report on the consolidated financial statements | 6.4 | 322-326 |
The cross-reference table below identifies the information in this Universal Registration Document that constitutes the management report in accordance with the applicable legislative and regulatory provisions and, in particular, Articles L. 225-100 et seq. of the French Commercial Code.
| Themes | Chapters | Pages | |
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| 1 | List of positions and duties exercised in any company by each corporate officer during the financial year |
2.2 | 76-91 |
| 2 | Agreements, directly or through an intermediary, between one of the corporate officers or one of the shareholders holding more than 10% and another company with over half its share capital held directly or indirectly by the first company |
2.1 | 60; 64 |
| 3 | Summary table of valid delegations granted by the Annual General Shareholders' Meeting regarding capital increases and showing the use made of these delegations during the year |
4.5.5 | 227-229 |
| 4 | Choices relating to the Management's mode of operation | 2.1; 2.3 | 53-75; 92-101 |
| 5 | • Compensation policy for Executives and Directors (Say on Pay) • Ex-ante vote: Draft resolutions prepared by the Board of Directors relating to mandatory prior voting by shareholders on the compensation of executives and Directors, and relevant compensation items • Decision-making process used to determine the compensation and distribution and allocation criteria for the fixed, variable and exceptional components comprising the total compensation and benefits in kind attributable to executives • Criteria for distributing the fixed annual sum allocated by the General Meeting to Directors • Ex post vote on variable or exceptional compensation items paid or allocated during the past financial year |
2.4 | 102-143 |
| 6 | Information relating to the compensation of corporate officers | 2.4 | 102-143 |
| • Total compensation and benefits of any kind that each corporate officer holding at least one office in a company whose securities are admitted for trading on a regulated market received during the financial year from the Company, the companies it controls and the Company that controls it |
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| • Commitments of any kind and their terms and conditions, made by this Company alone for the benefit of its corporate officers (only those who also have an office in a listed company of the same group), corresponding to compensation items, allowances or benefits due or likely to be due as a result of taking up, terminating or changing their duties or subsequent to the performance of such duties, particularly retirement commitments and other lifetime benefits |
2.4 | 102-143 | |
| 7 | Equity ratio and information on compensation differences between corporate officers and employees |
2.4 | 102-143 |
| 8 | Information to be provided concerning retirement commitments and other lifetime benefits | 2.4 | 102-143 |
| 9 | Composition and conditions for preparing and organising the Board's work | 2.1 | 53-75 |
| 10 | Any limitations that the Board of Directors may place on the powers of the Chief Executive Officer |
2.3 | 92 |
| 11 | Corporate governance code selected and provisions of the code that may be waived | 2.1 | 53-75 |
| 12 | Specific procedures for participation in General Meetings | 8.1 | 371-372 |
| 13 | Information on items that may have an impact in the event of a takeover bid | 2 (Preamble) | 52 |
| 14 | Application of the principle of equal representation of women and men within the Board of Directors or the Supervisory Board |
1.1; 2.1.1.1.4 | 35; 56-59 |
| 15 | Comments from the Supervisory Board on the Management Board's report and on the financial statements for the financial year |
NA | NA |
In application of Article 19 of Regulation EU No. 2017/1129, the following information is incorporated by reference in this Universal Registration Document:
A French limited company with share capital of €509,650,327.50 Registered office: 91–93, boulevard Pasteur, 75015 Paris, France SIREN number: 314 222 902 RCS Paris LEI: 9695 00 10FL2T1TJKR5 31
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