Reference: Public disclosures of Türkiye İş Bankası A.Ş. (İşbank) on 18.08.2015, 16.09.2015, 18.01.2017, 05.04.2018 and 24.04.2019.
With the related public disclosures, it was announced that as the result of the audit carried out by the Ministry of Trade, an administrative fine of TL 110,110,000 had been imposed to our Bank, by benefiting from the discount within the context of the related legislation TL 82,582,500 of the fine had been paid, a lawsuit in İstanbul 11th Administrative Court for the cancellation of the fine had been filed, after our Bank's action was dismissed by the relevant court an appeal was made before the İstanbul Regional Court against the decision and İstanbul Regional Court 8th Administrative Chamber had cancelled the fine and this decision could be appealed at the Council of State, in its final judgement the Council of State had rejected the relevant Ministry's appeal and approved the Regional Administrative Court's decision regarding the annulment of the administirative fine; thus the relevant legal process had come to an end in favour of our Bank.
In relation with the above mentioned process, as a result of the audit that was started again by the Ministry of Trade, within the context of Law no. 6502 (in force) and Law no. 4077 (abolished), an administrative fine of TL 110.110.000 has been imposed to our Bank.
Any further progress regarding the issue will be disclosed in accordance with the related legislation.
This is the translation of the Turkish public disclosure made by Türkiye İş Bankası A.Ş. through the Public Disclosure Platform, under the Material Events Guideline prepared in accordance with the Communique of Material Events, numbered II-15.1. According to the Material Events Guideline and the regulations, the Turkish public disclosure shall prevail.