Koç Holding's 60th Ordinary General Assembly Convened

Koç Holding convened its 60^th Ordinary General Assembly on Thursday April 18, 2024. The meeting that was held with the participation of Koç Holding Honorary Chair Rahmi M. Koç, Chair of the Board of Directors Ömer M. Koç, Vice Chair of the Board of Directors Ali Y. Koç, Member of the Board of Directors İpek Kıraç, Koç Holding CEO Levent Çakıroğlu, senior management and shareholders took place at the Nakkaştepe headquarters.

Underlining that Koç Group continues to provide added value to domestic economy, Koç Holding Honorary Chair Rahmi M. Koç said, "As we emphasize on every occasion, we have confidence in the future of our country." In his assessment, Koç stated "As Koç Group, we have continued to create value for our country during this challenging period with our robust financials, diversified portfolio, extensive supply chain, exemplary environmental, social, and corporate governance practices, and our effective risk management policies. As always, we have been diligently assessing profitable and sustainable growth opportunities and pursuing our investments with unyielding determination. As a testament to our confidence in, and commitment to our country, we have undertaken around 11.2 billion USD of investments over the last five years, with 3.7 billion USD of that invested in 2023 alone. Last year, Koç Holding was the only company representing our country in the Fortune Global 500, the listing of the world’s largest companies.”

Sharing that a special year was left behind with the 100^th anniversary of the Republic celebrated with great enthusiasm, Koç Holding Chair of the Board of Directors Ömer M. Koç declared, “We are aware that the dreams the Great Atatürk had for this country a century ago and his vision of a contemporary civilization go far beyond what has been achieved so far. The Koç Group has been working with all its might to realize these dreams for a century. We will continue to work even harder to ensure a modern and prosperous future for our country.”
 

Ömer M. Koç observed that Koç continues to invest both in its existing businesses and in new areas as part of its strategic vision and went on to explain, “Arçelik entered an agreement with Whirlpool, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of home appliances, to acquire its production, sales and marketing subsidiaries in Europe. Moreover, distribution Tofaş reached an agreement with Stellantis to acquire the Turkish sales and distribution company. The approval of the Turkish Competition Authority is awaited for Tofaş’s acquisition. Ford Otosan continues its investments in new vehicle models as one of the Europe’s largest manufacturer of electric commercial vehicles. Meanwhile, we are pressing ahead with our investments in renewable energy. As life expectancy increases around the world, leading to an ageing of the population, we invest in the health sector and monitor opportunities in this field. While we remain a majority shareholder in Yapı Kredi Bank, we have sold some of our shares to international institutional investors. We completed the sale of our shares in Tat Gıda. With our stronger liquidity, we will maintain our work with the aim of creating long-term value for all our stakeholders in the coming period.”

Koç Holding CEO Levent Çakıroğlu commented, “With the strength we draw from our corporate culture that has evolved over a century and our constantly improving competitive strength, we create value for all our stakeholders with the goal of bringing about a better world without deviating from our goal of profitable and sustainable growth. We are progressing towards our second century with tremendous self-confidence by building the reputation of the Koç brand.”
 

Affirming “Our multi-dimensional transformation programs, which enabled us to adopt a change-friendly corporate culture, has played a key role in all we accomplished” Çakıroğlu continued, “We are confident that we will achieve much greater success going forward with the digital competencies, agile management processes, data-based decision-making, efficient resource utilization discipline and, most importantly, our unique human resources equipped with the competencies of the era.” Indicating that the Group has never interpreted success as limited to financial results, Çakıroğlu mentioned, “The reputation of the Koç brand -the fruit of our century long efforts, dedication, fundamental corporate values and economic leadership- is our most valuable asset. Thanks to this approach sincerely adopted by all of our colleagues, once again we were recognized as the most reputable brand in Türkiye in 2023.”
 

Levent Çakıroğlu expressed that in the wake of the devastating earthquake that struck Turkey in the beginning of last year, Koç Group responded to the disaster by immediately rushing to the aid of the victims, supporting search and rescue efforts and meeting the urgent needs of all those affected. He explained that the Group shortly built and prepared its Cities of Hope to provide temporary housing for 20,000 people in five provinces in cooperation with the AFAD. Çakıroğlu also pointed out that the Group launched a comprehensive assessment study of the earthquake-related risks of their companies and business partners in the regions where they operate.