Bank Asya declares shareholders list to banking watchdog


Bank Asya, which has been seized, announced that information and documents of 152 out of 185 of its preferred shareholders have been transferred to the Banking Regulation and Supervision Board (BDDK). The Saving Deposit Insurance Fund (TMSF) seized 63 percent of the preferential shares of the bank two months ago due to a decision by the BDDK. Bank Asya, which is affiliated with the Gülen movement, had been avoiding sharing the shareholder information, which was the reason behind the banking watchdog's operation. The bank finally decided to share the information and published an announcement on the Public Disclosure Platform (KAP) on Friday. According to the announcement, Bank Asya said that there was misinformation in some media concerning whether A group shareholders had the necessary qualifications to be founders; therefore, they wanted to clarify the delivery of the information and documents to the BDDK by publishing the announcement on KAP. Accordingly, as of April 9, 2015, about 90.12 percent of A group shares with a nominal value of TL 324,422,569 ($123 million) belonging to 152 shareholders (out of the total 185 shareholders of A group shares with a nominal value of TL 360 million have been delivered to the BDDK.