Banca Transilvania joins the Romanian Stock Exchange Investor Relations Association

Banca Transilvania (BVB: TLV), the largest bank in Southeast Europe, joins ARIR

Based on assets and profit in 2018, according to the Top 100 Commercial Banks in Southeast Europe, conducted and published by See News

Bucharest, 22 January 2020 - The Association for Investor Relations at the Romanian Stock Exchange(ARIR) is pleased to announce that Banca Transilvania (BVB:TLV), the largest financier of the Romanian economy, becomes an Associate Member of ARIR. The company is recognized for over 25 years of activity in the Romanian banking sector and is the first bank listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange. The value of the company has increased by an average of 50% per year since the listing until today.

Mihaela Nadasan, Deputy General Manager Financial Institutions and Markets, Banca Transilvania:

"We are glad to be able to share our experience in the capital markets and contribute to companies' best practices in dealing with investors. They are key partners for listed companies. To inform their decisions, investors need a coherent dialogue from which to build their confidence in the business environment as a whole, in the potential of the company, in the quality of the people who started and run that business."

Daniela Serban, President and Co-founder of ARIR: 

"Most of the investors active on the stock exchange have at least once had in their portfolio the shares of Banca Transilvania, the flagship company of the Romanian capital market and the most traded stock on the Bucharest Stock Exchange. Excellence in Investor Relations has been appreciated by investors and we are happy to build a strong team of professionals within ARIR to contribute to important market projects. We also congratulate them on the inclusion of the shares in the FTSE Russell Emerging Markets Index, starting September 2020."

Banca Transilvania is the largest bank in Romania, based on assets, with a market share of over 16% and has over 3 million customers, of which 700,000 are credit customers. The company is also the only Romanian bank included in the 2019 global Brand Finance Banking 500 ranking, with a brand value of $242 million.

Banca Transilvania joins an elite group of ARIR member companies, such as Bursa de Valori Bucuresti, ALRO, Antibiotice, BRK Financial Group Electrica, Electromagnetica, Franklin Templeton - Bucharest, Hidroelectrica, Idea Bank, Nuclearelectrica, OMV Petrom, Purcari, Teraplast and Transelectrica.

ARIR members have access to exclusive content for the implementation of best practices in Investor Relations and Corporate Governance, training sessions tailored to their needs and objectives for Investor Relations, participate in capital market development projects. ARIR invites to join: as Associate Member - listed companies, companies in the process of listing or issuing listed bonds, Affiliate Member - other companies and Professional Member - individuals with experience in IR.

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About the Association for Investor Relations at the Romanian Stock Exchange (ARIR):
ARIR is a non-governmental and non-profit organization that was established to provide current and potential issuers with a platform for the development of investor relations (IR) professionals and to contribute to the implementation of best practices in investor communications and corporate governance. It was established in November 2018 and has as members listed companies, potential listed companies, fund managers, investor relations professionals and consultants.

The founding members are Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB), ALRO, Electromagnetica, Franklin Templeton Management - suc. Bucuresti, Hidroelectrica, Nuclearelectrica, Teraplast, Transelectrica, Daniela Serban, Cosmin Raduta and Tony Romani, while Electrica, OMV Petrom, Antibiotice, Purcari, Idea Bank and BRK Financial Group joined as Associate Members and INNOVA Project Consulting as Affiliate Member.

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