TCMA ANNUAL REPORT 2018

Training The Role of Capital Market Institutions and Instruments in the Manufacturing Industry’s Access to Financing The Association, in cooperation with the members, initiated investor education programs on “The Role of Capital Market Institutions and Instruments in the Manufacturing Industry’s Access to Financing”. The education programs are intended to inform companies, investors and interested parties in need of financing and planning to obtain financing from the capital markets about equity offering, debt instrument issuances, company mergers and acquisitions, and to raise awareness of the same. A total of 120 people took part in the investor education co- organized with the Aegean and Denizli Chambers of Industry with market specialist speaker support from our members Garanti Securities, Gedik Investment, and Is Investment and with the contributions of reputed economists. Companies that extended speaker support to the investor education also responded to participants’ questions at the stands they set up in the exhibition space where the training was given. Through a lot drawn, training participants were given “Commemorative Coins Kit of Turkish States in History” as a gift. The Role of Capital Market Institutions and Instruments in the Manufacturing Industry’s Access to Financing Date Chambers of Industry Number of Participants 14 May 2018 Denizli Chamber of Industry 60 26 September 2018 Aegean Chamber of Industry 60 Total 120 Free Training Programs on Capital Markets Board of Turkey Communiqué Capital Markets Board of Turkey (CMB) experts offered three training programs about the notifications filed by investment companies to the CMB under the provisions of the Communiqué at the Istanbul Representation Office on 13 September, 20 September and 27 September 2018. A total of 110 people from banks, intermediary institutions and asset management companies took part in the training. Date Participating Organizations Number of Participants 13 September 2018 Affiliates (Banks + Intermediary Institutions+ Asset Management Companies) 38 20 September 2018 Intermediary Institutions 37 27 September 2018 Intermediary Institutions + Asset Management Companies 35 Total 110 Zeytinburnu 100. Yil Vocational and Technical High School Career Seminar TCMA Training Director Gokhan Buyuksengur, Ph.D. was the guest of the “Career in the Finance Sector” seminar organized by the Accounting and Finance Department Finance and Exchange Services Division of Zeytinburnu 100. Yil Vocational and Technical High School on 15 January 2018. At the seminar that attracted an attentive crowd of over 150 students, Gokhan Buyuksengur provided information about the position and importance of the finance sector in Turkey. He then touched upon professions and qualifications in the financial services sector before making an introduction to the future professions and sharing his knowledge on “Disrupted Vocations”. Istanbul Commerce University The Association’s Research and Statistics Assistant Director Gokben Altas Cevikcan and Research and Statistics Specialist H. Onur Saltturk made a presentation on the financial system and capital markets on 24 December 2018 to capital market graduate students at Istanbul Commerce University. While the students learned about the preparatory process, implementation method and detailed performance evaluation for the Association investments made with the mutual funds traded on Turkey Electronic Fund Trading (TEFAS) Platform since March 2016, they also found the chance to get acquainted with the real-word implementation of the information they received in theoretical classes. Attended by 30 students, the presentation was concluded with an interactive Q&A session. 48 TCMA 2018 ANNUAL REPORT