BIM Birlesik Magazalar A.S. authorizes a Buyback Plan.

BIM Birlesik Magazalar AS is a Turkey-based company, which is engaged in the operation of retail stores. Through its retail shops in Turkey, the Company sells an assortment of approximately 600 items, including a number of private labels. The Company offers a range of consumer basic food items and consumer goods. BIM Birlesik Magazalar AS’s products include: televisions, cooking pans, toys, meat products, breakfast and dairy products, beverages, legumes and bakery, snacks and sweets, fruits and vegetables, frozen food and cleaning supplies, among others. The Company’s subsidiaries are: Bim Stores LLC, based in Egypt and BIM Stores SARL, based is Morocco, both engaged in the hard discount retail sector.