59th Ordinary General Assembly Meeting of Koç Holding; Koç Holding Honor Chairman Rahmi M. Koç, Chairman of the Board of Directors Ömer M. Koç, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors Ali Y. Koç, Board Member Semahat Arsel, Koç Holding CEO Levent Çakıroğlu, Koç Holding top management and shareholders with the participation of the participation of the shareholders The day took place at the Holding Center in Nakkaştepe. At the meeting, the annual report of 2022 was shared with the participants and the Board of Directors report was read.

Rahmi M. Koç: “We will carry the deep pain they have left in their lives and their conditions in our hearts for a very long time and we will always remember.’ ’

Annual Report Description of the Kahramanmaraş -based earthquakes to those who lost their lives in the mercy, relatives and all our country with patience and fortitude of the President of the Honorary President Rahmi M. Koç, ” We lost the deep pain they have lost in our hearts for a long time and always remember the hearts of our hearts, and we will always remember. ‘ said. Rahmi M. Koç continued his words as follows: ’’ I have no doubt that we will handle this great disaster with the spirit of national unity and solidarity. In this context, our trained and equipped 531 employees who took part in search and rescue activities saved 117 citizens under the debris. With the projects we will realize in the coming period, we will allocate a significant amount of financial resources to the healing process of our country. ’’

” As the Koç Society, we continued to create value for our country with our strong financial power, diversified portfolio structure, wide supply chain, environmental, social and corporate governance policies and effective risk management policies. continued: ” 40.5 billion TL in 2022 (USD 2.4 billion) with the investment in the last 5 years with approximately 86 billion TL (9.3 billion US dollar) has reached the investment; We trusted and believed in our country. ’’

Ömer M. KOÇ: “In the light of our founder Vehbi Koç,‘ I have a state and my country as long as I exist ’, we will continue to take responsibility for our country as in 97 years and we will wrap the wounds of this great disaster with our strength in the social recovery process.’

Ömer M. Koç, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Koç Holding, said in a statement of the activity report, ” Koç Group, rapidly ran to the help of our people with all the means to support the great pain experienced, ” he continued his words as follows: ” The crisis coordination we created within the Holding Through the center, in close cooperation with all our stakeholders, we have delivered the materials and services that are needed to the region from the first day of the disaster. It is clear that much more with solidarity will need to be done in reducing the material and moral destruction of such a tragedy. In the light of the principle of our founder Vehbi Koç, ‘I have a state and my country as long as I exist’, we will continue to take responsibility for our country as in 97 years and we will wrap the wounds of this great disaster with our strength in the process of social recovery. ’

Ömer M. Koç: ’’ The only thing we need to do in the second century of the Republic is to go through the path of reason and science. As the Koç Group, we have done this for a century; We will continue to do even better together. ’’

In spite of all the difficulties, Ömer M. Koç emphasized that the Koç Group left behind 2022 with very satisfying financial results thanks to the prudent management approach. In line with our strategic vision, we continued to grow in our country and abroad in 2022. Arçelik acquired Whirlpool’s production and distribution activities in Russia; He also laid the foundations of his new factories in Bangladesh and Egypt. With Ford Otosan’s purchase of Ford’s factory in Romania, we carried our production activity abroad for the first time in a business partnership. Last year, our biggest investment in the country was to complete the purchase of Yapı Kredi’s additional 18 %shares from Unicredit. ’ Ömer M. Koç used the following statements in the continuation of his statement: ’’ The only thing we need to do in the second century of the Republic is to go from the path of reason and science. As the Koç Group, we have done this for a century; Regardless of the circumstances, we will continue to do even better together by hugging the centuries -old institutional values we have inherited. ’’

Levent ÇAKIROĞLU: ’’ We will continue to contribute to the healing process of our country with the projects we have initiated within the scope of priority themes such as establishment of temporary housing centers, providing health and training services, and supporting children affected by earthquakes. ’’

Levent Çakıroğlu, CEO of Koç Holding, said, “We are experiencing the indescribable grief of the earthquake disaster that occurred on 6 February 2023. In addition to tens of thousands of citizens who lost their lives in this disaster, unfortunately, 12 colleagues, 5 dealers and 32 employees working in our dealers, ” he said in a statement that he started by saying: ” Short -term shelter, food, health and logistics problems in overcoming the problems In case of coordination with public institutions, we immediately activated all our opportunities. As Koç Holding, we create temporary settlements consisting of 5 thousand containers in which approximately 20 thousand people will live in the regions of our state and contain social opportunities. In addition to the establishment of settlements in the coming period, we will continue to contribute to the healing process of our country with the projects we have initiated within the scope of priority themes such as providing health and training services and supporting children affected by earthquakes. ’’

Levent Çakıroğlu: ’’ The main reason for the successes in the ongoing uncertainty environment is the will of the transformation we have implemented with determination. ’’

Koç Holding CEO Levent Çakıroğlu said, ’’ In a background full of uncertainties, we are closing the year with a very successful performance thanks to our healthy balance sheet, diversified portfolio structure, prudent management and solid business strategies. In the Fortune Global 500, where the world’s largest companies are listed, we heard about being the only company representing our country last year. ’ In this context, the increasing efficiency with our digital competencies, our smart factories, our agile management teams, the change of mentality in resource use, data -based decision -making discipline, and most importantly, we believe that our unique human resources are equipped with the competencies of the age. ‘

New Board of Directors of Koç Holding has been determined

Koç Holding 59th Ordinary General Assembly Meeting as a result of the board of directors consists of the following names:

Rahmi M. Koç – Head of Honor

Ömer M. KOÇ – Chairman of the Board of Directors

ALİ Y. KOÇ – Vice President

Semahat S. Arsel – Member

Caroline N. Koç – Member

İpek Kıraç – Member

Levent Çakıroğlu – Member and CEO

Jacques A. Nasser – Member

Emily K. Raffery – Independent Member

Dr. Cem M. Kozlu – Independent Member

Peter Martyr – Independent Member

Michel Ray de Carvalho – Independent Member

Koç Holding and Koç Group in 2022:

Koç Holding is the only Turkish company in Fortune’s ılar 500 largest companies in the world ”. In addition, in 2022, Turkey was the number 1 in the list of the Best Employers in the World ”list published by Forbes.

In 2022, Koç Holding’s combined revenues were TL 1,406 billion.

Global growth, creating strong brands, always providing more value for all our stakeholders and developing our human resources have continued to guide our investments. With the combined investment of TL 40.5 billion in 2022, the total amount of the last 5 years reached TL 86 billion. In 2022, the highest investment was realized in the automotive sector and it was followed by durable consumption and energy sectors.

R & D has continued to be among the main areas where our community of innovation, technology and digital transformation focuses on our community. In 2022, approximately 6.8 billion TL R & D investment was made. Koç Group realizes approximately 7 %of private sector R & D investments in Turkey.

As of December 31, 2022, the total value of our public companies in Borsa Istanbul 100 Index (BIST 100) and Koç Holding in the market value of the companies in BIST 100 was 19 %.

The ratio of the combined revenues of our community to Turkey’s GDP is approximately 9 %; Our exports constituted approximately 7 %of Turkey’s total exports.

Koç Group’s foreign income, especially with the export performances of our automotive and durable consumption companies, was about 24 billion US dollars; The share of international revenues in total combined revenues was 30 %. Revenues indexed to foreign currency and foreign money, including TÜPRAŞ, constitute 55 %of total combined income.

Koç Holding, which is given in detail the sustainability priorities of the Koç Group and the performance of the Koç Holding 2022 Annual Report, is as follows:

Koç Holding aims to ensure the transition of community companies in different sectors to the low carbon economy with the carbon transformation program initiated within the scope of the carbon neutral contract for 2050.

The supporter of the climate, the financial declarations associated with the climate and the World Economic Forum Staked Capitalism Indicators this year, adding a new one to this year, bringing business leaders together to produce sustainable solutions to water management and CEO Water Mandate, a United Nations Initiative was also the signature.

Koç Holding aims to reduce the scope 1 and scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions in line with the 2050 carbon neutral target compared to the 2017 reference year (7.8 million TCO2E) in 2030 and 49 %in 2040. Scope 1 and scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions were 7 million TCO2E in 2022.

With the activities for ongoing emission reduction and energy efficiency in community companies, a 11 %decrease in community emissions in 2050 carbon neutral journey since 2017.

Source: (Byzha) – White News Agency