Under the provisions of the "Regulation on the Procedures and Principles Regarding Payments to Investors by the Investor Compensation Center Following the Partial Annulment of Paragraph Four of Article 13 of Capital Markets Law No. 6362" ("Regulation"), refunds and/or payments are being made to rightful owners through applications to the Investor Compensation Center ("ICC") in respect of our Company's shares whose ownership was transferred to the ICC because they were not dematerialized within the prescribed period.
Accordingly, rightful owners must first deliver the physical share certificates in their possession to our Company against a receipt. They must then apply to the ICC with the delivery receipt obtained from our Company, an application petition, a copy of their identity document, and, where applicable, a certificate of inheritance or a power of attorney.
Pursuant to the relevant Regulation, rightful owners seeking payment are required to apply to the ICC within 10 years from the Regulation's effective date of September 7, 2016.
Therefore, in accordance with the relevant Regulation, we would like to emphasize that shareholders holding non-dematerialized physical share certificates of our Company must submit their applications to the ICC no later than September 6, 2026, in order to avoid any loss of rights or hardship.