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Turkiye Garanti Bankasi A.S. (TGBD)
Announcement regarding the revised Corporate Governance Rating
11-Dec-2018 / 06:54 GMT/BST
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FROM: Garanti Bank / Investor Relations
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SUBJECT: Announcement regarding the revised Corporate Governance Rating
DATE: December 11, 2018
Our Bank has signed an agreement with JCR Eurasia Rating, which is an
authorized rating agency operating under the license of the Capital Markets
Board of Turkey ("CMB") in accordance with the Corporate Governance
Principles issued by the CMB, on 17.07.2018 for a period of two years. As a
result of JCR Eurasia Rating's assessment for 2018, our Bank's Corporate
Governance compliance score has been revised up to 9.60 from 9.51 (over 10)
and the outlook has been maintained as Positive.
The Bank's overall Corporate Governance Rating is determined, in compliance
with the relevant regulations of the CMB, under the weighted four
sub-sections. Compliance levels in each of the four main sections with
comparison to the previous years are as below. The rise in three
sub-sections in 2018 has increased the Bank's overall compliance score.
Main Weight Dec 11, 2017 Dec 11, 2018
Sections
Shareholders 25% 9,22 9,22
Disclosure 25% 9,40 9,67
and
Transparency
Stakeholders 15% 9,57 9,72
Board of 35% 9,66 9,76
Directors
Corporate 9,51 9,60
Governance
Overall
Score
The Bank will remain to be within the scope of Borsa Istanbul Corporate
Governance Index due to its overall corporate governance compliance score
being higher than the threshold score of "7".
Corporate Governance Rating Report prepared by JCR Eurasia Rating is
accessible on the Bank's Investor Relations website
www.garantiyatirimciiliskileri.com [1] and www.garantiinvestorrelations.com
[2]
In contradiction between the Turkish and English versions of this public
disclosure, the Turkish version shall prevail.
We declare that our above statements are in conformity with the principles
included in the Board's Communiqué, Serial II Nr.15.1, that it exactly
reflects the information we received; that the information complies with our
records, books and documents; that we did our best to obtain the correct and
complete information relative to this subject and that we are responsible
for the declarations made in this regard.
Yours sincerely,
Garanti Bank
Contact Garanti Bank Investor Relations:
Tel: +90 212 318 2352
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Fax: +90 212 216 5902
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E-mail: investorrelations@garanti.com.tr
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www.garantiinvestorrelations.com [2]
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ISIN: US9001487019
Category Code: MSCL
TIDM: TGBD
OAM Categories: 3.1. Additional regulated information required to be
disclosed under the laws of a Member State
Sequence No.: 6834
EQS News ID: 756375
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