References: Public disclosures on 10/16/2019, 02/17/2021, 10/22/2021, 01/17/2022, 10/03/2022, 04/20/2023, 05/02/2024, 10/22/2024, 05/06/2025 and 10/06/2025.
Concerning the criminal charges brought against our Bank on October 15, 2019 in the U.S. it was approved by our Bank's Board of Directors that a Deferred Prosecution Agreement ("DPA") in our Bank's favor be signed with the U.S. Justice Department's U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York in order to conclude the case by means of settlement.
Within the scope of that settlement agreement our Bank will not be admitting to any criminal wrongdoing, nor will any judicial or administrative fines be paid. Upon the submission of a compliance report which will be drawn up by an expert firm to the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), with a copy to be provided to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, Halkbank and the U.S. Attorney's Office will file a joint letter of dismissal to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Upon the Court's approval, the criminal case process ongoing with regard to our Bank for around 9 years in the United States will have been completely ended. OFAC also informed our Bank that it was closing its administrative processes of Halkbank without taking further action.
This development is expected to positively impact our Bank's financial structure thanks to the expansion of our Bank's access to overseas resources, correspondent banking network and international markets.
Serving our country's economy for 88 years, our Bank will maintain its activities in compliance with all local and international regulations and in a robust, trustworthy and seamless manner in the future just like it has done so in the past, and will continue to contribute to the growth of both the banking sector and our country's economy.
For the information of the public and investors.
In case of any contradiction between the Turkish and English versions of this public disclosure, the Turkish version shall prevail.