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Annual Report 2013
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Summon to a Meeting
The responsibility of summoning the General Assembly
to an Ordinary Meeting rests upon the Board of Directors,
while an Extraordinary Assembly shall be summoned either
by the Board or under the provisions of Article 355 of the
Turkish Commercial Code, by the Auditors.
The Board of Directors shall be bound to summon an
Extraordinary General Assembly when shareholders
holding in value not less than one-tenth of the shares
of the Corporation submit a written request containing
justificatory grounds for a meeting. Should such a request
by shareholders is not taken into consideration by the
Board of Directors and, under Article 355 of the Turkish
Commercial Code by the Auditors, the court of justice at the
place where the Head Office of the Corporation is located,
may authorize the said shareholders, upon their request, to
summon all shareholders to a General Assembly.
Summon to a Meeting
The responsibility of summoning the General Assembly to a
Meeting rests upon the Board of Directors.
Shareholders holding in value not less than one-twentieth
of the Corporation’s capital may apply to the Board of
Directors and ask that the General Assembly should
be summoned to a meeting in line with the applicable
legislation.
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Announcements
The agenda of the General Assembly shall be prepared by
the Board of Directors and announced at least two weeks
before the date of the Meeting of the General Assembly.
Notices to be thus announced shall specify the place, the
date and the hour of the Meeting of the General Assembly
and shall be announced at least two weeks before the
date of the Meeting of the General Assembly (excluding
the date of announcement and of the Meeting of the
General Assembly) in the Gazette of the Turkish Commercial
Register, as well as in at least two other newspapers.
Announcements concerning the General Assembly shall
contain the agendas of such General Assemblies. Items not
included on the agenda may not be discussed. The Board
of Directors shall be bound to include on the agenda any
items requested, when shareholders holding in value not
less than one-tenth of the shares of the Corporation submit
a written request to that effect containing justificatory
grounds. Should such a request by shareholders is not
taken into consideration by the Board of Directors and
under Article 355 of the Turkish Commercial Code, by
the Auditors, the court of justice, at the place where the
Head Office of the Corporation is located, may authorize
the said shareholders upon their request, to summon all
shareholders to a General Assembly and to include the
items in question on the agenda.
Announcements
The agenda of the General Assembly shall be prepared by
the Board of Directors and announced at least three weeks
before the date of the Meeting of the General Assembly in
line with the Turkish Commercial Code, the Capital Markets
legislation and the applicable legislation. Announcements
concerning the General Assembly shall contain the agendas
of such General Assemblies. Items not shown in the agenda
may not be discussed. Before paying the announcement fee
for the publication of the summons in the Gazette of Turkish
Commercial Registration, shareholders holding in value not
less than one-twentieth of the Corporation’s capital may
apply to the Board of Directors and demand to add item into
the meeting agenda, provided that such demand shall have
been delivered to the Corporation’s Board of Directors via a
notary public.
Amendments in the Articles of Incorporation in 2013
