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TEB: PAST AND PRESENT

Starting out as Kocaeli Halk Bankası TAŞ in 1927, a small local bank based in İzmit, TEB was acquired by the Çolakoğlu Group in 1982. The same year its name was changed to “Türk Ekonomi Bankası A.Ş.” and its headquarters were relocated to İstanbul.

Having focused its attentions on the foreign trade finance and investment banking business lines in the 1980s, TEB undertook an initial public offering in February 2000 after which its shares began trading on the İstanbul Stock Exchange’s national market and was simultaneously quoted on the London Stock Exchange’s depository receipt market.

On 10 February 2005, TEB entered into a partnership agreement with BNP Paribas, a leading Europe-based international financial services group whose members had operations in 74 countries as of end-2015. By joining forces with the BNP Paribas Group, one of the most respected names in international markets, TEB further expanded the scope of its global vision.

In 2009 the BNP Paribas Group acquired majority stakes in Fortis Bank Belgium and Fortis Bank Luxembourg, as a result of which purchases the group also became the biggest shareholder in Fortis Bank’s Turkish subsidiary. Subsequently the BNP Paribas Group, which now indirectly controlled a majority stake in TEB and the Çolakoğlu Group reached an agreement under which it was decided to merge Fortis Bank Turkey into TEB. This merger formally took place on 14 February 2011.

As a result of this merger, TEB Holding now controls a majority (55%) stake in TEB while the Çolakoğlu Group and BNP Paribas each control an equal (50%) stake in TEB Holding.

At a time when TEB’s publicly-traded shares were listed on Borsa İstanbul National Market, on 14 November 2014, BNP Paribas Fortis Yatırımlar Holding A.Ş., acting on behalf of shareholders controlling a sufficient majority in TEB, applied to exercise their squeeze-out rights as provided for under current capital market regulations. With the completion of the delisting process on 25 June 2015, the shares in TEB A.Ş. were delisted from the stock exchange and TEB A.Ş. was excluded from the scope of Capital Market Law as a share issuer. Following an application from TEB, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange, depositary receipts were also closed to processing and delisted as of 31 March 2015. Furthermore, the depositary receipt program was terminated on 6 June 2015.

Benefitting from the worldwide organization and expertise of the BNP Paribas Group, TEB provides its customers with a complete array of corporate, small-business, treasury, capital market, retail and private banking financial products and services as well as an extensive line-up of investment, leasing, factoring, insurance and portfolio management products and services through its subsidiaries and group companies.

As of year-end 2016 TEB was at the service of;
5.1 million customers with,

Supported by BNP Paribas’s strength and its presence in 74 countries, TEB gives its customers access to BNP Paribas’s global vision and operational capabilities. A synergetic collaboration with BNP Paribas also makes it possible for the Bank to keep a close and constant watch on developments taking place in global markets as they unfold.