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Bearing in mind the nearing of the end of Biotrend Çevre ve Enerji Yatırımları A.Ş. (" Şirket ") Board of Directors' members' terms of office, within the scope of the report of the Corporate Governance Committee also assuming the functions of the Nomination Committee and working under the Board of Directors, it has been proposed for the 3 (three) independent members of the Board of Directors Kamile Banu Ejder Özcan, Hanife Öztürk Akkartal and Elif Ateş Özpak currently acting in the Board of Directors to continue their independent directorships and it has been concluded that there are no factors preventing all of their independence, apart from the criterion set out under paragraph (d) of Corporate Governance Principle 4.3.6 annexed to the Corporate Governance Communiqué numbered II-17.1 ("Corporate Governance Communiqué") of "being deemed resident in Türkiye as per Income Tax Law dated December 31, 1960 and numbered 193 ("ITL")".

Pursuant to Article 5.6 of Corporate Governance Communiqué, it is stated that it is sufficient for at least half of the independent directors to satisfy the criterion of being deemed resident in Türkiye as per ITL. Currently there are 3 (three) independent directors in the Company's Board of Directors. Both Elif Ateş Özpak and Kamile Banu Ejder Özcan currently acting as independent directors in the Board of Directors are not deemed resident in Türkiye as per ITL.

Pursuant to Article 6.5 of Corporate Governance Communiqué, it is stated that if there are reasonable grounds, with the affirmative view of the Capital Markets Board ("CMB") and limited to a temporary period of up to one year, persons not meeting one or more of the independence criteria can be elected as independent directors by the general assembly.

On this basis, an application has been made to the CMB for the purposes of obtaining affirmative views regarding both the entirety of the independent directors currently acting as such and the unmet independency criterion due to both Elif Ateş Özpak and Kamile Banu Ejder Özcan not being deemed resident in Türkiye as per ITL.

In this application, it has been submitted that Kamile Banu Ejder Özcan has been appointed as an independent member of the Board of Directors during the initial public offering process before the Company's shares started trading on Borsa İstanbul, she has made important contributions to the Company's management, thanks to her banking carrier, she has assumed great roles in the accurate development of the Company's strategies.

Concerning the said application, in the CMB's meeting dated March 21, 2023 and numbered 17/361, it has been decided not give any unaffirmative views regarding (i) Hanife Öztürk Akkartal and Elif Ateş Özpak determined as independent director nominees, and (ii) by virtue of the exemptions set forth in Article 6.5 of the Corporate Governance Communiqué, Kamile Banu Ejder Özcan's independent director nomination, who does not meet the criterion of being deemed resident in Türkiye as per ITL.

On this basis, continuation of the independent Board of Directors' membership of the currently acting 3 (three) independent directors Kamile Banu Ejder Özcan, Hanife Öztürk Akkartal and Elif Ateş Özpak to the approval of the general assembly.

English translation of this disclosure is attached hereto. In contradiction between the Turkish and English versions of this disclosure, the Turkish version shall prevail.