Our company, SASA Polyester Sanayi A.Ş. (|||SASA|||), has received the following statement from its main shareholder, Erdemoğlu Holding A.Ş. (|||Erdemoğlu|||):
Erdemoğlu entered into a derivative arrangement (|||Transaction|||) relating to the shares of SASA with an international financial institution (|||Financial Institution|||). To hedge the derivative arrangement, the Financial Institution buys 1,200,000,000 shares in SASA (|||Transaction Shares|||), representing approximately
2.7% of the issued capital of SASA, directly from Erdemoğlu at the 3.79 TRY. The transfer of the Transaction Shares will be executed outside of the Borsa Istanbul. The structured derivative transaction is intended to manage the continued long position of Erdemoğlu in SASA. Thus, Erdemoğlu will continue to maintain a long position in SASA shares throughout the Transaction. The economic terms of the Transaction are based on the Financial Institution`s initial hedging activity.
The proceeds from the transaction will be transferred to SASA in the form of a shareholder loan and appear under the |||shareholders` loans account.|||
This Transaction aims to increase the financial capacity and strengthen the financial flexibility of SASA, as well as to improve the net financial leverage ratio, while enabling effective and efficient utilization of international financing resources. Erdemoğlu remains fully committed to SASA and will continue to support it as it has been the case until today.
This Material Event Disclosure has been prepared in Turkish and English, and in case of any conflict between the two statements, the Turkish version shall prevail.
This announcement is presented for the information of the public and our investors.