International Rating Agency Fitch Affirmed BankPozitif's Rating

Fitch Ratings has affirmed Bank Pozitif Kredi ve Kalkınma Bankası A.Ş. ratings at National LT 'AAA(tur)', Long-term (LT) local currency Issuer Default rating (IDR) 'BBB-' (BBB minus), LT foreign currency IDR 'BB'. The Outlooks on the LT IDRs and National rating are Stable.

Local currency LT rating of BBB- is accepted as an investment grade within the rating scale of Fitch Ratings, and National rating of AAA is classified as the prime and the highest rating within the rating scale of Fitch Ratings. All the ratings that are affirmed by Fitch represent the higher ratings possible for Turkish Banks.

Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO Hasan Akçakayalıoğlu "Last year's performance of BankPozitif resulted in 151% of asset growth, 167% of loan book growth and 191% of net income growth. Share capital increase will enhance our performance further. It is beyond doubt that the increase of our loan book, funded by both our strong equity and additional borrowings, will have positive contributions to our country in terms of growth, increasing national income and creating new employment areas" said