Turkiye Halk Bankasi A.S. : Ordinary General Assembly Results

Subject: Statement made pursuant to Communiqué Serial: VIII, No: 54 of the Capital

Markets Board

Istanbul Stock Exchange

ISTANBUL

Material Event(s) to be disclosed:

The 2011 Ordinary General Assembly Meeting of Halkbank was held at 10:30, on April 18, 2012 at the Head Office located in Sö?ütözü-Ankara.
The following agenda items were discussed and approved at the Meeting:

1. General Assembly Council was formed,

2. The Council was granted with authorization to sign Minutes of Meeting,

3. The Board of Directors' Annual Report, Board of Auditors Report and the Report of the

Independent Auditors were discussed and negotiated in General Assembly,

4. 2011 Balance Sheet, Profit/Loss Statement and Profit Distribution table for the year 2011 were approved,

5. 2011 profit distribution plan suggested by Halkbank Board of Directors is approved as follows;

From net earnings amounting to 2,045,133,897.43 Turkish liras, as per Article 27.1.1 of the Articles of Association first legal reserves for 102,256,694.87 Turkish liras; from the remaining profit first dividend for 62,500,000.00 Turkish liras calculated as 5 percent of the paid-up capital as per Article 27.1.2 of the Articles of Association; from the remaining profit, as per Article 27.1.3.1 of the Articles of Association dividend payout amounting to
80,000,000.00 Turkish liras to the Board Members and Bank employees; from the remaining profit, as per the Article 27.1.3.2 of Articles of Association second dividend amounting to
244,270,084.61 Turkish liras and as per Article 27.1.4 of Articles of Association second legal reserves for 32,427,008.46 Turkish liras and the transfer of the remaining amount of net profit, totaling 1,523,680,109.49 Turkish liras to the extraordinary reserves as per Article 27.1.5 of the Articles of Association was approved and it was decided to make all dividend payments on May 23, 2012,

6. The appointments made to the Board of Directors during the financial period were approved,

7. Each Member of Board of Directors and Board of Auditors was released,

8. The appointment of Hasan CEBEC?, Mehmet Emin ÖZCAN, Süleyman ASLAN, Nurzahit KESK?N, Ahmet YARIZ, Emin Süha ÇAYKÖYLÜ, Sabahattin B?RDAL, Ahmet KAHRAMAN and Hikmet Ayd?n S?M?T as members of Board of Directors and appointment of Faruk ÖZÇEL?K and Ali ARSLAN as members of Audit Board for three years were approved,

9. Remuneration of Board of Directors and Audit Board,

10. As per Subparagraphs 3 and 4 added to Article 157 of the Law numbered 6111 and Provisional Article 6 of Capital Market Law no. 2499; shareholders who did not register their shares on their behalf register their shares before Central Registry Agency and inform General Assembly until the end of 2014,

11. General Assembly was informed on Halkbank's donations and contributions during 2011 financial period.

Minutes of General Assembly, List of Attendants and Profit Distribution are attached.

We hereby declare that our above statements conform with the principles contained in the Capital Markets Board Communiqué Serial VIII, No. 54, that it fully reflects the information received in connection with the matter(s); that the information complies with books, records and documents; that we have spent all the necessary efforts to obtain complete and accurate information related to the matter; and that we are responsible for all statements made in this regard.

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