In our PDP announcement dated 10.03.2025, it was disclosed that the Competition Authority had initiated two investigations concerning various retail companies and their suppliers, including our Company.
With respect to one of these investigations, it was concluded that our Company had not violated Article 4 of Law No. 4054 on the Protection of Competition and, accordingly, that there was no need to impose an administrative monetary fine pursuant to Article 16 of the same Law.
Regarding the other investigation, in accordance with the resolution of our Board of Directors dated 17.03.2026 and numbered 1054/26, it was decided to postpone the public disclosure of settlement process with the Competition Board until the conclusion of the process, in order to protect the legitimate interests of our Company and its investors and to avoid misleading investors, pursuant to Article 6 of the Capital Markets Board's Communiqué on Material Events (II-15.1) titled "Postponement of Public Disclosure of Inside Information," while taking all necessary measures to ensure the confidentiality of such information. Pursuant to the Competition Board's decision, the investigation has been concluded for BİM Birleşik Mağazalar A.Ş. through the settlement procedure, and the amount payable by our Company has been determined as TL 67,217,829.62 (reduced to TL 50,413,372 following a 25% early payment discount).
The processes relating to both investigations have now been completed, and we hereby submit this information to the public.
In the event of a contradiction between the Turkish and English versions of this public disclosure, the Turkish version shall prevail.