Articles of Association

ARTICLE 1

A Joint Stock Company was incorporated for the purpose of being administered in line with provisions of the applicable laws and the provisions of these Articles of Association the Company pursuant to the provisions of the Turkish Commercial Law regarding instant incorporation of companies.

ARTICLE 1

• Tümaş Marble Industry and Trade Joint Stock Company
• Elsan Electrical Equipment Industry and Trade Joint Stock Company
• Orsan Textile Industry and Trade Joint Stock Company
• Ali Yağlı
• Ceyhan Saldanlı

ARTICLE 2

The title of the Company is “Aydem Yenilenebilir Enerji Anonim Şirketi”.

ARTICLE 3

The purpose and subject of the Company are as follows: To establish, operate, put into operation, lease, all types of renewable electrical power generation facilities, to generate electricity, to convert any renewable and recyclable energy source into electrical energy, provided that the Company has obtained a license from the Energy Market Regulatory Authority when necessary, to sell the electrical energy and / or capacity so generated to customers according to the applicable legislation, and to provide engineering services.

In order to realize this purpose, the Company will carry out following activities in accordance with the Turkish Commercial Code, capital market legislation, relevant legislation related to the electricity market and other relevant legislations.

• 1) To establish, commission, take over, lease, operate, rent out all kinds of renewable electrical power plants in order to generate electrical energy, and to provide engineering, consultancy survey, planning, project and feasibility services related to these facilities,
• 2) To sell the electricity and / or capacity so generated within the framework of the relevant legislation,
• 3) To enter into affiliate relations with distribution companies incorporated or to be incorporated without creating any control relationship,
• 4) To enter into an affiliate relationship with any electric power generation companiesincorporated or to be incorporated.

On the other hand, in order to realize the matter related to the purpose and subject matter of the company, the Company may carry out on the following acts and actions, provided that they are limited to the purpose and subject of the Company:

• 1) To open agencies, representation offices, branches and to carry out marketing activities in relation to its fields of activity;
• 2) Regarding the fields of activity, to rent, buy and sell machinery and equipment from home and abroad;
• 3)To obtain all kinds of loans from domestic or foreign companies and banks for its own needs and for the purpose of financing, to obtain long, medium and short-term and collateralized or unsecured loans and other loans, to enter into a loan agreement, to execute necessary contracts and bills of exchange; as main debtor, drawer, avaliste, joint debtor, joint guarantor, or in other capacity, and to give, accept, and endorse any kind of checks, bills, and promissory notes;
• 4) To make agreements with domestic and / or foreign companies related to their fields of activity, to participate in domestic and foreign tenders and to make commitments,
• 5) To provide the administrative and technical organizations of existing or future companies to which the Company has participated and to participate as founder;
• 6) To establish domestic and foreign companies, capital companies, ordinary companies and companies with foreign direct investment, ordinary partnerships and business partnerships with any real person related to its fields of activity, and to participate in existing partnerships;
• 7) To purchase and sell, transfer securities and other capital market instruments, such as shares and other securities, such as debt instruments, usufruct securities issued or to be issued by private and public legal entities, to give them as collateral, to exercise usufruct rights over them or to make avail of benefits provided by them or to make other legitimate disposal within the limitations of the legislation and in accordance with the procedures, provided that none of the foregoing transactions should be in the nature of investment services and activities regulated by capital market legislation;
• 8) To make industrial and commercial investments within the scope of its fields of activities;
• 9) To invest, buy, and operate facilities that produce all kinds of cement, ready mixed concrete and mortar and items produced therefrom;
• 10) Regarding its purpose, to acquire, transfer and waive any brand, patent certificate, know-how, patent, utility model, trademark, industrial design, trade name, model, drawing, goodwill and other industrial property rights; to enter into license agreements, and to carry out research and development studies to this end;
• 11) If it is deemed beneficial to carry out other acts and actions other than the ones mentioned above, if the proposal of the Board of Directors is deemed appropriate by the General Assembly, to obtain the necessary permissions from the Turkish Ministry of Commerce, the Capital Markets Board, and other relevant authorities and to carry out such commercial activities with the approval of the Energy Market Regulatory Authority.,
• 12) To realize its purpose and subject, to acquire, rent, lease, sell, transfer and assign all kinds of movable and immovable properties; to register, annotate and withdraw its rights over any movable and immovable properties before concerned authorities, including land registration and title deed offices; to make all kinds of disposal on movable and immovable assets; including the movable pledge to be established on all kinds of movable and immovable assets in accordance with the Law on Movable Pledge in Commercial Transactions No. 6750 and the Turkish Civil Code numbered 4721, including movable pledge in commercial transactions, mortgage and other collateral; To make any disposal, including establishing all kinds of collateral and all kinds of real and personal rights, allocating or transferring these assets to others; to provide all kinds of in-kind or personal collateral, surety and guarantee on all movable and immovable assets of third parties, including those specified in this paragraph, on the condition of complying with the principles determined within the framework of the Capital Market legislation; to give all kinds of guarantees and sureties; to give all kinds of collaterals for the debts of the real and legal persons of which the Company is a partner;
• 13) To establish, cause to be established and operate all kinds of plants in order to generate and sell electricity in these sources by obtaining a license for geothermal resources and natural mineral waters; to carry out, and to cause to be carried out any drilling and generation works to this end; to obtain the operation and / or exploration right of the geothermal fields by obtaining a license,
• 14) To carry out research, development, exploration, extraction activities related to wind energy, hydroelectricity, solar energy, geothermal, methane gas, biomass, landfill gas, tidal gas and all kinds of energy resources to generate electricity; to enter into concession agreements related to such sources; To establish and operate all kinds of plants based on sources, including but not limited to the ones specified above;
• 15) To make formal and private construction commitments and to undertake construction projects at home and abroad; to plan all kinds of structures; to design them; to provide consultancy and supervision services; to prepare tenders and to prepare tender documents and specifications;
• 16) To manufacture, buy and sell, export and import machinery related to its fields of activities and to prepare all kinds of mechanical projects; to provide consultancy and control services,
• 17) To manufacture, buy and sell, export and import all kinds of electrical and non-electric materials and vehicles; to undertake all kinds of electrical commitments; to provide engineering, consultancy and control services of all kinds of projects related to these works.
• 18) On the other hand; To operate all kinds of greenhouse; to build, operate, buy, lease, and rent out all kinds of greenhouses for hydroponics and non- hydroponics farming; To carry out production, wholesale and retail purchase, sale, distribution, export and import of all kinds of foodstuffs; To produce, and to import, export and market all kinds of vegetables and fruits that can be grown in the greenhouse, including tomato, pepper, cucumber, eggplant; to carry out all kinds of seed development, production and improvement studies To produce, process, buy and sell, package, import, and export all kinds of fresh, dry, frozen vegetables, fruits, flowers, legumes, cereals, agricultural products; To produce, wholesale, retail purchase and sale, import and export all kinds of olive oil, sunflower, corn oil, hazelnut oil, and to establish, buy, lease, rent out, and sell olive groves; To import and export all kinds of greenhouse and greenhouse technologies, to provide international and domestic consultancy services in this regard; To buy and sell, import, and export all kinds of organic and chemical fertilizers and pesticides, home pest medicine, veterinary medicine, environmental health medicine, all kinds of chemical and analysis related hormones, plant development regulators, and all kinds of chemical and natural fertilizers; To carry out technology consultancy services on all issues related to agriculture; to carry out landscaping works; to develop agricultural projects; to undertake and control projects and investments;
• 19) To redeem its own shares, provided that the Company should act in accordance with the capital market legislation and other relevant legislation, and make the necessary material disclosures;
• 20) To make any kind of donation and to provide assistance to any person, institution or organization, including universities, educational institutions, foundations, associations seeking public interests, and individuals with such qualifications, provided that such donations must not contradict with provisions of the capital market legislation related to transfer of implicit earnings and other regulations, that required special case disclosures are made, that the donations made during the year are presented to the shareholders at the general meeting, and that such donations must not hinder the realization of the purpose and subject matter of the Company. The annual upper limit of the donations to be made is determined by the General Assembly, donations in excess of this limit cannot be made within the same year and the donations made in a given year are added to the distributable profit base. Regarding the amount of donation, in any case, mandatory limits determined by the Capital Markets Board are to be abided by.

The principles determined within the framework of the capital market legislation are complied with in the case of creating pledge rights, including guarantees, sureties, securities, or mortgages given on behalf of the Company or on other’s behalf.

In case of changes in the purpose and subject matters of the Company, necessary permissions must be obtained from the Turkish Ministry of Commerce and the Capital Markets Board.

In case the matters in this article and the future regulations to be issued by the Capital Markets Board are in conflict, the regulations to be issued by the Capital Markets Board shall be complied with.

In the context of this article, the necessary disclosures will be made in accordance with the regulations of the Capital Markets Board regarding the public disclosure in order to ensure that the investors are informed of transactions that may affect the investment decisions of the investors in terms of the works, transactions and activities carried out by the Company in accordance with the capital market legislation.

ARTICLE 4

The head office of the Company is in Adalet Mahallesi, Hasan Gonullu Blv. No: 15/1 Merkezefendi, Denizli. In case of any changes in the address of the Company, the new address shall be registered by the Trade Registry Office and be published in the Trade Registry Gazette and also be notified to the Turkish Ministry of Commerce and the Capital Markets Board. Any notifications delivered to the registered and published address shall be deemed to have been properly delivered to the Company. Although the Company has left its registered and published address and fails to register its new address within the prescribed period, this situation shall be deemed as a reason for termination. The Company may open branches and representative offices in Turkey and abroad and have this occurrence registered and published in accordance with the decision of the Board of Directors, provided that this decision complies with the provisions of the Turkish Commercial Code and other relevant legislations, and that the Company informs the Turkish Ministry of Commerce and the Energy Market Regulatory Authority.

ARTICLE 5

The Company was set up for an indefinite period of time.

ARTICLE 6

The Company has accepted the registered capital system in accordance with the provisions of the Capital Markets Law, and with the permission of the Capital Markets Board dated February 20, 2020 and numbered 11/270, it has started to implement the registered capital system.

The cap of the registered capital of Company is TRL 2,000,000,000 (two billion), as divided into 2,000,000,000 (two billion) registered shares with a nominal value of TRL 1.00 (one) each.

The permit for cap of the registered capital issued by the Capital Markets Board is valid for 2020- 2024 (5 years). Even if the permitted cap of the registered capital could not be reached at the end of 2024, in order for the Board of Directors to make a capital increase decision after 2024, it is mandatory to obtain authorization for a new period from the General Assembly for a period not exceeding five years by obtaining permission from the Capital Markets Board for the previously allowed cap or a new cap amount. In case the authorization is not obtained, the capital increase cannot be affected by the decision of the Board of Directors.

The issued capital of the Company is TRL 705.000.000,00 (seven hundred and five million). Whole of this capital was paid in cash and completely, free from collusion. The Company's issued capital of TRL 705,000,000, is divided into 420,000,000 (four hundred and twenty million) Class A registered shares, and 285,000,000 (two hundred and eighty-five million) Class B shares with a nominal value of TRL 1.00 (one) each.

The shares representing the issued capital are monitored within the framework of dematerialization principles.

Between the years 2020-2024 (until the end of 2024), the Board of Directors is authorized, as and when it deems necessary, to increase the issued capital up to the cap of the registered capital, to restrict rights of shareholders of privileged shares and to limit shareholders’ right to acquire new shares, and to adopt resolutions with respect to issue privileged shares, or shares with premiums, or shares with a value below their nominal value. The power to restrict right to acquire new shares cannot be used in a way that causes inequality among shareholders.

(*) The relevant amendment was registered by the Denizli Trade Registry Office on 10.06.2021 and it was announced in the Turkish Trade Registry Gazette dated 10 June 2021 and number 10346.

ARTICLE 7

The capital of the Company can be increased or decreased when necessary within the framework of the provisions of the Turkish Commercial Code and capital market legislation.

Bonus shares issued during bonus capital increases are distributed pro rata to existing shareholders on the date of the increase to their shares.

Unless otherwise agreed during capital increases, Class A shares are issued in relation to Class A shares and Class B shares are issued in relation to Class B shares.

In the initial public offering of the Company's shares, the Board of Directors is authorized to remove all the shares to be issued within the scope of the capital increase by restricting the right of all existing shareholders to acquire new shares from the Class B and to offer all of these shares to the public.

After the initial public offering of the shares of the Company, the Board of Directors is authorized to exclude all shares to be issued from Class B within the scope of the increase, if it is explicitly authorized by the General Assembly

ARTICLE 8

The business affairs and management of the Company shall be conducted by the Board of Directors consisting of 8 (eight) members, who shall have the qualifications as set forth in the Turkish Commercial Code and the capital market legislation, to be selected by the General Assembly in accordance with the provisions of the Turkish Commercial Code and the Capital Markets Law. It is not required that any board members shall be a shareholder of the Company. Legal entities may be elected to the Board of Directors. In case a legal person is elected as a member of the Board of Directors, only one real person, who is nominated by such legal entity, is registered and announced together with the legal entity on behalf of such legal entity. In addition, the fact that the registration and announcement has been made shall be announced on the Company's website. Only this registered real person may attend the meetings and vote on behalf of such legal entity.

The half of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company shall be selected among the candidates to be nominated by the shareholders holding the majority of the Class A shares, provided that the capital represented by Class A shares continues to represent at least 30% of the issued capital of the Company. The members of the Board of Directors to be selected among the candidates to be nominated by the shareholders holding the majority of the capital represented by the said Class A shares shall be among the members other than the independent members specified in the corporate governance principles of the Capital Markets Board.

In the event that the capital represented by Class A shares does not continue to represent at least 30% of the issued capital of the Company, the privilege to nominate candidates for the above-mentioned Board of Directors from the moment the legal transaction leading to this situation occurs shall be automatically cease to exist. In addition, at the next General Assembly meeting to be held upon the occurrence of this situation, these Articles of Association shall be amended and the share classes and any reference to the share classes shall be removed.

A sufficient number of independent members of the Board of Directors shall be elected by the General Assembly to the Board of Directors within the framework of the principles regarding the independence of the members of the Board of Directors specified in the Corporate Governance Principles of the Capital Markets Board. The independent members must meet the conditions stipulated in the regulations of the Capital Markets Board regarding corporate governance.

ARTICLE 9

Board members can be elected for a maximum of three years. Board members whose term of office has expired can be re-elected.

Regarding the term of office of the independent board members, the Capital Markets Board's regulations regarding corporate governance and the provisions of this articles of association shall be complied with.

If the general assembly deems it necessary, it can dismiss the members of the board of directors at any time.

If one of the memberships becomes vacant for any reason or an independent member of the board of directors loses his independence, an appointment is made in accordance with the provisions of the Turkish Commercial Code and capital markets legislation and is submitted to the approval of the next general assembly. The member whose election is approved by the general assembly completes the remaining term of office of the member he/she was elected to replace. In case of a vacant membership, instead of the member of the board of directors nominated and elected by the shareholders holding the majority of the capital represented by the group A shares, the candidate jointly proposed by all of the remaining members of the board of directors elected by the nomination of the shareholders holding the majority of the capital represented by the group A shares. is appointed with the approval of the board of directors.

The board of directors may conclude contracts and other transactions that exceed its term of office.

ARTICLE 10

For any meetings of the Board of Directors, the provisions of the Turkish Commercial Code and capital market legislation shall apply regarding the quorum of meeting and resolution.

Pursuant to the provisions of the Turkish Commercial Code, the Board of Directors may adopt a resolution if none of the members of the Board of Directors requests that a meeting be held, provided that the written approval of members of the board in the number as specified in the Turkish Commercial Code, the capital market legislation, and these Articles of Association is obtained for any written proposal of resolution on a specific matter of any member of the Board of Directors.

Those who have the right to attend the Company's board meeting may also attend these meetings through electronic means of communication in accordance with Article 1527 of the Turkish Commercial Code. The Company may establish an Electronic Meeting System that will allow the right holders to attend and vote electronically in accordance with the provisions of the Communiqué on Electronic Meeting of Board of Directors which will be held Outside the General Assembly of the Joint Stock Companies, and may purchase services from systems created for this purpose. At the meetings to be held, it is ensured that the right holders can exercise their rights specified in the relevant legislation through the system established in accordance with this provision of the Articles of Association of the Company, or through the system to be provided with support within the framework of the Communiqué on Electronic Meeting of Board of Directors which will be held Outside the General Assembly of the Joint Stock Companies.

ARTICLE 12

Pursuant to Article 394 of the Turkish Commercial Code, members of the Board of Directors are entitled to receive honorarium, wages, bonuses, premiums and annual profits, provided that such payments are determined by a resolution of the General Assembly.

The Capital Market Law and relevant legislation provisions regarding the remuneration of independent members of the Board of Directors are reserved

ARTICLE 13

The Board of Directors is authorized to adopt resolutions regarding all kinds of acts and actions required within the scope of the Company's objectives and fields of activity, except those left to the authority of the General Assembly pursuant to the Turkish Commercial Code and these Articles of Association.

The provisions of relevant laws and regulations shall apply in connection with the formation, duties, and code of conduct of the committees that the Board of Directors is required to establish in accordance with the Capital Market Law, regulations on corporate governance issued by the Capital Market Board, the Turkish Commercial Code, and relevant laws and regulations. In order to ensure that the duties and responsibilities of the Board of Directors are fulfilled, other committees, including the Early Detection of Risk Committee, the Audit Committee, the Corporate Governance Committee, the Nomination Committee and the Remuneration Committee, or other committees which are required to be established, or which or are deemed appropriate to be established by the Board of Directors, shall be established. However, if it is impossible to establish a standalone. Nomination Committee and a Remuneration Committee due to the structure of the board of directors, the Corporate Governance Committee fulfills the duties of these committees. The duties, code of conduct, and members of the committees shall be determined by the Board of Directors and be disclosed to the public. All members of the Audit Committee and the chairmen of the other committees should be selected from among the independent board members.

The General Assembly of the Company convenes ordinarily and extraordinarily.

The following principles are followed in these General Assembly meetings:

• a) Form of Invitation: Notifications regarding General Assembly meetings are made in accordance with the provisions of the Turkish Commercial Code and capital market legislation. In addition to the procedures stipulated in the legislation, the notice for General Assembly meeting is given at least three weeks before the date of the General Assembly meeting, excluding the notice and meeting days by using any means of communication, including electronic communication. The notice shall be published at the Company's website, on the Public Disclosure Platform, and in Turkey Trade Registry Gazette. In addition to the notice for General Assembly meeting, the Company's notices and disclosures to be made in accordance with the legislation, as well as the issues determined by the Capital Markets Board's corporate governance regulations, shall be announced to the shareholders.
• b) Time of Meeting: Ordinary General Assembly meetings convene in three months from the end of the related accounting period of the Company and at least once a year. Extraordinary General Assembly meetings, on the other hand, convene whenever required for the Company's business.
• c) Venue: General Assembly meetings may be held at the principal place of business of the Company or at a convenient place in the city where the principal place of business is located, or in any of the provinces of Denizli, Istanbul or Izmir only in line with the resolution of the Company's Board of Directors.)
• d) Voting and Appointment of a Proxy: Each share is entitled to one vote. Voting should comply with the provisions of the Turkish Commercial Code, Capital Markets Law and other relevant legislation.
  • At the General Assembly meetings, shareholders may have themselves represented by other shareholders or a proxy appointed from outside. The proxies who are shareholders in the Company are also authorized to use the votes of the shareholders they represent, in addition to their own votes.
  • The regulations of the Capital Markets Board on voting by proxy are abided by.
  • Shares are an indivisible whole vis-à-vis the Company. If a share has more than one owner, they can exercise their rights to the Company only through a proxy to whom they jointly appoint. If they do not appoint a joint proxy, the notices made by the Company to one of them shall be enforceable to all of them.

• e) Discussions and Resolution Quorum: The agenda determined within the framework of the Turkish Commercial Code and the capital market legislation shall be discussed at the General Assembly meetings of the Company and necessary resolutions shall be taken. Subject to the article 438 of the Turkish Commercial Code and the article 29 of the Capital Market Law, the issues that are not on the agenda may not be discussed and resolved.

  At the General Assembly meetings, the provisions of the capital market legislation and the corporate governance principles of the Capital Markets Board and the provisions of the Turkish Commercial Code are complied with respect to the quorums for meetings and resolutions.

  The shareholders holding the majority of the capital represented by the Class A shares must also use a positive vote in order for the General Assembly of the Company to resolve on the following matters, and any amendments of the Articles of Association related to these matters, provided that the quorums in the Capital Market Law and the Turkish Commercial Code are maintained:

  • Release of the members of the Board of Directors from their liabilities upon approval of the annual report, budget and financial statements.
  • Amendment of the Articles of Association, except for capital increases to be made according to the registered capital system
  • Changing the Company's business subject, entering new main fields of activities, or ceasing to conduct existing ones.
  • Capital increase, liquidation, termination, capital reduction, change of type, except for capital increases to be made according to the registered capital system of the Company.

ARTICLE 15

Matters that are required to be announced by the Company under law are announced in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Turkish Commercial Code and the Capital Markets Law, the provisions specified in accordance with the regulations, communiqués and other relevant legislation provisions issued within the framework of these laws. Matters not mentioned in the regulations are announced on the Company website.

Any material disclosures to be made in accordance with the regulations of the Capital Markets Board and all kinds of disclosures to be foreseen by the Board are made on time in accordance with the relevant legislation.