Vestel Elektronik Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ’s Board of Directors decided to authorize the Company’s management to carry out the necessary procedures for the planned issuance of up to TL 750 mn of debt instruments in single or multiple tranches with varying maturities of up to maximum 5 years. The instruments will be sold to qualified investors in the domestic market and can be issued as corporate bonds and/or convertible bonds, commercial papers, and as all other kind of debt instruments accepted by Capital Markets Board.
JCR Eurasia Rating evaluated Vestel Elektronik Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ in a high-level investment grade category and assigned its Long and Short-Term National Ratings as “A (Trk)” and “A-1 (Trk)” respectively along with “Stable” outlooks. In addition, the Long Term International Foreign and Local Currency Ratings have been assigned at the sovereign ceiling of ‘BBB-’ along with “Negative” outlooks.
Vestel Elektronik announced consolidated sales revenues of TL 12,007 mn (US$ 2,132 mn) and net profit of TL 149 mn (US$ 26 mn) in 9M19.
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Pursuant to our material event disclosures dated 05.08.2015, 10.11.2016, 28.08.2018 and 14.12.2018, the Ankara 6th Administrative Court has rejected the annulment of the administrative fine imposed by the Competition Authority on Vestel Ticaret AŞ, our fully owned subsidiary. Vestel Ticaret AŞ has appealed against the decision and the appeal is rejected by the Ankara 8th Administrative Court (“Court”). Vestel Ticaret AŞ has appealed against the Court’s decision within the legal period and the judicial process continues.
Vestel Elektronik signed a Corporate Governance Principles Compliance Rating Agreement with SAHA Kurumsal Yönetim ve Kredi Derecelendirme Hizmetleri AŞ on August 9, 2019 for the assessment of the Company’s corporate governance rating. The term of the agreement is one year
Vestel Elektronik announced consolidated sales revenues of TL 7,826 mn (US$ 1,395 mn) and net profit of TL 35.5 mn (US$ 6.3 mn) in 1H19.
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Pursuant to our material event disclosures dated 05.08.2015, 10.11.2016, 28.08.2018 and 14.12.2018, the Ankara 6th Administrative Court has rejected the annulment of the administrative fine imposed by the Competition Authority on Vestel Ticaret AŞ, our fully owned subsidiary. Vestel Ticaret AŞ has appealed against the decision and the appeal is rejected by the Ankara 8th Administrative Court (“Court”). Vestel Ticaret AŞ will appeal against the Court’s decision within the legal period and the judicial process continues.
Pursuant to the article numbered 4.2.8 of Capital Markets Board’s Communiqué on Corporate Governance, Vestel Elektronik has renewed its existing Directors and Officers Liability Policy for one year. The annual insurance limit of the policy exceeds 25% of the Company’s share capital.
Zorlu Holding AŞ sold 6,500,000 Vestel Elektronik Sanayi ve Ticaret AŞ ("Vestel Elektronik") shares at a price of TL 11.4 per share on Borsa Istanbul on June 21, 2019 with the aim of increasing the liquidity in the shares, expanding the institutional investor base and thereby ensure that Vestel Elektronik is included in the leading stock market indices at home and abroad. Following the transaction, the Company's share in Vestel Elektronik declined to 73.66%.
Our company commits not to sell any additional Vestel Elektronik shares for 6 months from this date.
The conclusion section of the "Report on the Common and Continuous Transactions" between the Company (including consolidated subsidiaries) and its related parties, which was prepared in accordance with the Article 10 of the CMB’s II.17.1 Communiqué on Corporate Governance, is provided below:
Within the context of the Company’s financial planning for the year 2019: