Our Company's Board of Directors evaluated the report on the independent members of the Board of Directors prepared by the Nomination Committee in accordance with the clause 4.3.7 of the Corporate Governance Principles annexed to the Corporate Governance Communiqué of the Capital Markets Board (II-17.1), Sn. Kerim Sinan ALÇIN ve Sn. M. Murat SAĞMAN was determined as an independent member of the board of directors, and decided to be submitted to the approval of the general assembly as candidates for independent members of the board of directors and an application was made to the Capital Markets Board (CMB) to get an opinion on the list of independent member candidates.

By CMB, Our Company has been informed that it has been decided not to express any negative opinion about Sn. Kerim Sinan ALÇIN ve Sn. M. Murat SAĞMAN, taking into account the independence declarations that they meet the conditions set forth in Article 4.3.6 of the Corporate Governance Principles. 

Based on this, Sn. Kerim Sinan ALÇIN ve Sn. M. Murat SAĞMAN will be presented to the approval of general assembly as candidates for independent members of the board of directors.

In case of a discrepancy between the Turkish and the English versions of this disclosure statement, the Turkish version shall prevail.