In the material event disclosure of our Company dated February 11, 2026, it was announced that the Board of Directors had reviewed the candidacy declarations and independence declarations of Ms. Demet Özdemir, Mr. Adil İlter Turan, Ms. Fatma Çiğdem Bicik and Mr. Salih Samim Aydın, who declared their candidacy for Independent Board Membership to be elected at the Ordinary General Assembly Meeting, as well as the Corporate Governance Committee's evaluation report on the independence of such nominees, and resolved that they possess the qualifications required to be nominated in accordance with the Turkish Commercial Code, Capital Markets Law, the Company's Articles of Association and other relevant legislation, and that, within this framework, the necessary applications would be made to the Capital Markets Board ("CMB") pursuant to Article 4.3.7 of the Corporate Governance Principles annexed to the Corporate Governance Communiqué (II-17.1) of the CMB.
Following the application made in this context, the Capital Markets Board, with its letter dated February 26, 2026 and numbered 87005, resolved not to express any adverse opinion regarding the candidacies of Ms. Demet Özdemir, Mr. Adil İlter Turan, Ms. Fatma Çiğdem Bicik and Mr. Salih Samim Aydın for Independent Board Membership.
The nominations of Ms. Demet Özdemir, Mr. Adil İlter Turan, Ms. Fatma Çiğdem Bicik and Mr. Salih Samim Aydın for Independent Board Membership will be submitted to the approval of the shareholders at the Ordinary General Assembly Meeting for the year 2025.
This Material Disclosure Announcement is prepared in Turkish and in English. In case of any discrepancy between the two versions, Turkish disclosure will prevail.