Agenda

• ISTANBUL, Turkey, July 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- D-MARKET Electronic Services & Trading (d/b/a “Hepsiburada”) (NASDAQ: HEPS) (the “Company”), a leading Turkish e-commerce platform, will hold its 2022 Annual General Assembly on Friday, August 25, 2023 at 11:00 İstanbul time at the Company’s headquarters at Kuştepe Mahallesi, Mecidiyeköy Yolu Caddesi, No:12 Trump Towers Kule:2 Şişli, İstanbul.
• Holders of the Company’s American Depositary Shares (the “ADSs”) who wish to exercise their voting rights for the underlying shares must act through the depositary of the Company’s ADS program, The Bank of New York Mellon.
• The agenda of the Annual General Assembly consists of the following items in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Turkish Commercial Code (the “TCC”) and the Regulation on Principles and Procedures for General Assembly Meetings of Joint Stock Companies and Ministry Representatives in Such Meetings (the “Regulation”) governing the agenda of ordinary general assembly meetings:
  Opening of the meeting and election of the General Assembly Meeting Chairmanship;
  Authorization of the General Assembly Meeting Chairmanship to sign the minutes of the meeting;
  Reading and discussion of the Board of Director’s annual report for 2022 and reading of the independent auditor’s report, as stipulated in the Regulation on Principles and Procedures for General Assembly Meetings of Joint Stock Companies and Ministry Representatives to be Present at These Meetings (the “Regulation”);
  Reading, discussion, and ratification of the financial statements for the 2022 accounting period, as specified in the Regulation;
  Release of the members of the Board of Directors for all their respective business, transactions and activities for the 2022 accounting period, as specified in the Regulation;
  Decision on the Company’s profit for the 2022 accounting period, the use of the profit, the proportions of the profit and earnings shares to be distributed, as specified in the Regulation;
  Decision on the salary, honorarium, bonus, and premium to be paid to the members of the Board of Directors in their capacity as such and, as applicable, in their capacity as members of committees for the year 2023 under Article 394 of the TCC and the Regulation;
  Approval of the appointment of Mr. Stefan Gross-Selbeck, who was appointed by the Board of Directors pursuant to Article 363 of the TCC as an independent member of the Board of Directors to fill a seat vacated due to the resignation of Mr. Cemal Ahmet Bozer, as specified in the TCC and the Regulation;
  Appointment of the members of the Board of Directors and determination of their terms of office;
  Appointment of the independent auditor for the 2023 accounting period, as specified in the Regulation;
  Consent of members of the Board of Directors for the commercial activities and transactions referred to in Article 395 and Article 396 of the TCC;
  Approval of the renewal of the directors’ and officers’ insurance policy;
  Determination of the upper limit for the aid and donations to be made until the next Ordinary General Assembly meeting of the Company as 2 per thousands of the total net assets of the Company and approval of the authorization of the Board of Directors within this context;
  Approval of the granting of Company’s Class B shares that can be represented by ADSs (American Depositary Shares) within the scope of the Incentive Plan (HAPP), the main framework and conditions of which were established under the decision of the Company’s Board of Directors dated 24 March 2021 and numbered 2021/13, to senior executives, key employees, consultants, managers and members of the Board of Directors, as determined by the resolution of the Board of Directors dated 27 February 2023 and numbered 2023/03;
  Approval of the Revised Incentive Plan under which shares may be granted to senior executives, key employees, consultants, managers and members of the Board of Directors as set forth in the resolution of the Board of Directors dated 24 April 2023 and numbered 2023/10;
  Determining the procedures and principles of the authorization to the Board of Directors to repurchase a portion of the Company’s ADSs traded on Nasdaq, pursuant to the applicable laws of the United States by complying with the requirements and limitations in applicable law, for the purpose of granting shares of the Company that can be represented by ADS to those senior executives, key employees, consultants, managers and members of the Board of Directors, within the scope of the Revised Incentive Plan approved with the decision of the Board of Directors dated 24 April 2023 and numbered 2023/10;
  Determination of the procedures and principles of the authorization to be given to the members of the Board of Directors for the repurchase of ADSs representing Class B shares of the Company from the publicly traded portion, as specified in Article 16 of the Agenda above, in accordance with the provisions of Article 379 et seq.
• of the TCC;
  Approval of the Remuneration Policy for the members of the Board of Directors and managers of the Company;
  Explanatory notes on the agenda items along with the copies of certain materials related to the Annual General Assembly will be made available on the Company’s investor relations website https://investors.hepsiburada.com/ as of July 27, 2023.

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• "This investment benefits not only Latin America and the Caribbean, but also the European Union, at a time of many shared priorities.
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• The inaugural Future Sustainability Forum marks the Year of Sustainability in the UAE and will be held in Dubai 4-5 October 2023.
• Dubai, United Arab Emirates--(Newsfile Corp. - July 18, 2023) - Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the leading global financial hub in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region, today announced its first edition of the Future Sustainability Forum.
• Arif Amiri, CEO of DIFC Authority, said: "We are thrilled to welcome the world to Dubai and the Future Sustainability Forum as part of our 'Path to COP28' programme.
• The UAE and Dubai government have spearheaded a range of comprehensive sustainability programmes in the pursuit of a net zero future.

• Is it possible to measure sustainable development?
• Can we go beyond just embracing virtuous principles and actually apply the concept in a concrete manner?
• We will try to shed some light on these issues in our work as researchers in the Chair in eco-advising (Chaire en éco-conseil).

SD: yesterday, today and tomorrow

• Finding a balance between meeting human needs and respecting the limits of the environment has been a perennial challenge in the history of humanity.
• Development that meets the needs of the present generations without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
• This led to the adoption in 2015 of the 2030 Agenda, a global reference framework for SD.
• It is a universal call to eradicate poverty, protect the planet and improve the lives of all people everywhere.

Tools for implementing SD

• Implementing SD cannot be done without applying a systemic approach.
• The Systemic Sustainability Analysis (SSA) puts into perspective the multiple dimensions of SD, the synergies and antagonisms and the means used to achieve them.
• The Sustainable Development Analysis Grid (SDAG) and the SDG Target Prioritization Grid (SDGT-PG) are the two main tools of the SSA.
• Since 2017, SDAG is among the tools available at the United Nations for mainstreaming the 2030 Agenda’s SDGs.
• It aims to guide SD policies, strategies, programs or projects (PSPPs) in order to improve their gaps and/or characterize their progress.

So…can SD be measured?

…Yes, it is possible, but in a framework where SD is applied dynamically over time and using a pragmatic and systemic approach with measurable indicators, as do the SDAG and SDGT-PG. Patrick Faubert has received funding from Mitacs, MAPAQ, MFFP, etc.