Presenting Young Social Entrepreneurs in a Talk Show on the Role of Social Entrepreneurs in the Country's Economy Growth

Jakarta, 12 November 2015 - PT Bank Danamon Indonesia, Tbk. (Danamon) today held the awarding ceremony of Danamon Social Entrepreneur Awards (DSEA) 2015 and Bisa! Award 2015 as well as holding a talk show titled 'The Role of Social Entrepreneurs in the Country's Economic Growth.' DSEA is a form of Danamon's appreciation to Indonesia's empowerment heroes who have built sustainable enterprises that managed to overcome the societal challenges in their surrounding communities. Meanwhile, Bisa! Awards 2015 is an annual award to the employees of Danamon and its subsidiaries, Adira Finance and Adira Insurance, who have shown corporate values and service excellence.

As announced in the awarding ceremony of Danamon Social Entrepreneur Awards 2015, the Indonesian public has chosen Fajri Mulya Iresha, who empowered waste collectors and marginalized residents of Depok, West Java, through a waste collection enterprise, as the Favorite Recipient from the five recipients of DSEA 2015. The selection process of the Favorite Recipient was conducted through online voting via the official website and social media accounts of DSEA 2015 from 5 October to 1 November 2015.

Fajri Mulya Iresha was entitled to IDR 50 million in cash, while the four other recipients received IDR 30 million each. Each of the recipients received a medal and an award certificate. The four others DSEA 2015 recipients who are selected by the Juries are Ahmed Tessario, Ni Kadek Eka Citrawati, Putu Gede Asnawa Dikta, and Yayah Muslihah.

For Bisa! Award 2015, Yasthi Narieswari, Operation Head - Adira Finance Madiun, was chosen as the First Recipient in the General Category. I Gusti Ayu Putu Jayanthi Prihartini, Business Manager, Danamon Denpasar Gajah Mada, was chosen as First Recipient in the Service Excellence Category.

In addition to announcing the award recipients of DSEA and Bisa! Award 2015, Danamon also held a talk show titled 'The Role of Social Entrepreneurs in the Country's Economic Growth,' which featured Rhenald Kasali, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Economic Studies, University of Indonesia and Haris Purnawan, recipient of Danamon Social Entrepreneur Awards 2014. The talk show, among others, discussed the positive impacts of young entrepreneurs in their efforts to overcome socio-economic challenges in their environment.
Sng Seow Wah, President Director of Danamon said, 'The recipients of Danamon Social Entrepreneur Awards 2015 have established sustainable enterprises that brought prosperity, not only for themselves, but also for their surrounding communities. Their successes were achieved through the empowerment of their communities as integral parts of their enterprises. What they have achieved is in line with Danamon's vision, which is 'to care and enable millions to prosper.''

'The recipients of Bisa! Award 2015 are employees of Danamon and its subsidiaries who practice our values in the workplace and have contributed to the growth of the company as well as inspiring their colleagues to do likewise,' added Seow Wah.

The DSEA 2015 Juries are composed of Rhenald Kasali, Senior Lecturer of the Faculty of Economic Studies, University of Indonesia; Choirul Djamhari, Deputy Minister of Financing of the Indonesian Ministry of Cooperatives and SMEs; Usman Kansong, Editorial Director of Media Indonesia; Nadine Zamira Sjarif, Miss Earth Indonesia 2009; and Ketut Alam Wangsa Wijaya, Business Performance & Alignment Head of Danamon Simpan Pinjam.

About Danamon:
 PT Bank Danamon Indonesia, Tbk. ('Danamon') was established in 1956 and as of September 30, 2015 operates a network of 2,001 including among others conventional branches, Danamon Simpan Pinjam (DSP) and Syariah units as well as its subsidiaries branches. As of September 30, 2015, Danamon provides its customers with close to 66,000 ATMs, including through its association with ATM Bersama and ALTO, in all 34 provinces in Indonesia. Danamon manages around IDR 195 trillion in assets as of September 2015.
Danamon was recently awarded as The Most Efficient Bank and The Best Bank in Retail Banking Services from the Indonesia Banking Award 2015, which was held by Tempo Media Group. Danamon also received an award for Bank with a 'Very Good' rating in the above IDR 100 trillion asset category in the Infobank Award 2015 held by Infobank Magazine. Danamon also recently received the Customer Satisfaction Award 2014 - Consumer Bank of the Year by Roy Morgan. Internationally, Danamon was awarded as Asia's Best Company 2015 - Best Managed Company (Indonesia, ranked 8th) by Finance Asia.

Danamon is also the sole license holder of Manchester United cards in Indonesia, allowing the Bank to issue Manchester United ATM/Debit cards and credit cards.

PT Adira Dinamika Multi Finance, Tbk. (Adira Finance), the automotive financing subsidiary of Danamon, operates an extensive branch network in more than 260 cities in Indonesia. Danamon is also the majority owner of PT Asuransi Adira Dinamika (Adira Insurance), a general insurance company and PT Adira Quantum Multifinance (Adira Kredit), a durable goods financing company.

A s of September 30, 2015, Danamon was 67.37% owned by Asia Financial (Indonesia) Pte. Ltd., 6.81% by JPMCB-Franklin Templeton Investment Funds and 25.82% by the Public.
For further information regarding Danamon, please visit Danamon's corporate website at: www.danamon.co.id.

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