Shareholders

Information requests of shareholders are evaluated in accordance with our company’s Disclosure Policy. Additionally, as mentioned above, any type of information and announcement which may affect the exercise of the shareholders’ rights are put and updated on a regular basis on our website and through our IR application for the usage of the shareholders. Our Disclosure Policy dictates equal treatment of all our shareholders and investors, and provides that accurate disclosure with similar content reach to everyone at the same time.

While shareholder’s right to get and examine information given by laws, is not abolished or limited by the articles of association or the decision of any bodies of the company; every mechanism has been set up in order to ensure that shareholders use this right fully.

The Company’s articles of association do not include an article that obstructs special audit and the management avoids any action that makes special audit process difficult. Our company acts in accordance with the relevant articles of Turkish Commercial Law regarding the right to ask for a special audit. In 2018, there has not been any request by shareholders for the assignment of a special auditor.

While our company avoids practices that make the use of voting rights difficult, the mechanisms have been set in order to enable every shareholder, including the cross-border ones, to use their voting rights in a proper and simple way. In this context, according to the Article 26 of the articles of association of the company regarding “Participation to General Assembly via Electronic Means”, shareholders having the right to attend the General Assembly can attend the meeting electronically in accordance with article 1527 of Turkish Commercial Law. In accordance with this article of articles of association, at the 2017 Ordinary General Assembly meeting, shareholders and their representatives were able to use their rights as mentioned in the regulation.

While utmost care is given to the use of minority rights, our articles of association regulates the usage of all minority rights in accordance with regulations. While, Corporate Governance Principles enables provision of minority rights to shareholders with less than 1/20 share in capital in the articles of association; articles of association of our company does not include any article broadening the extent of minority rights compared to Law.

There are no privileged shares among the shares representing the paid-in capital of our Company. There is no cross shareholding relationship with the majority shareholders of our Company.

As there is no cross-ownership associated within our Company, therefore there occurred no voting in the General Assemblies of such companies.

There are no provisions contained in the Company’s Articles of Association restricting the transfer of shares, or provisions causing the transfer of shares difficult.