Financial Group Banca Transilvania enters the exchange-traded funds market through the launch of BT Index Romania ETF BET-TR, administered by BT Asset Management SAI, the market leader in asset management in terms of assets under management and number of investors.

The ETF (Exchange Traded Fund) debuts today on the regulated market of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BSE), a moment marked by the official opening of the trading session by representatives of the exchange and other institutions, as well as of the Transilvania Bank Financial Group.

• The commercial name of the fund is BT Romania ETF.
• The symbol under which it is traded on the stock exchange is BTBETRETF.

The ETF, listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange, tracks the performance of BET-TR (Bucharest Exchange Trading - Total Return), the reference index of the BVB, which includes the most liquid companies listed on the BVB and, at the same time, integrates all relevant corporate events, such as dividend reinvestment, granting of free shares, and capital increases.

Economic potential, transformed into investment opportunity

Romania has courage, resources, and growing companies. BT Romania ETF is the story of a fund born from the belief that the country's potential can be transformed into opportunity by those who see the direction and want to be part of it. It tracks the evolution of the most representative companies listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange, so their dynamics are reflected in its performance. Therefore, when companies grow, the fund grows as well. It is an ETF for Romania, for those who believe in Romania.

Ömer Tetik
General Director
Transilvania Bank

Liquidity for the BT România ETF fund units is ensured by BT Capital Partners, which is a Liquidity Provider (Market Maker) and Authorized Participant. BT Capital Partners is the largest intermediary on the Romanian capital market in terms of trading volumes on shares and bonds listed on the BVB.

Simple access to the local market through BT Romania ETF

• The fund is open to all those who choose to invest, without limitations related to the investor's profile.
  
  
• Passive management strategy, low costs, and dividend reinvestment contribute to the ETF's efficiency. The fund benefits from dividend tax exemption, a tax advantage that supports total return.
  
  
• 0.083%/month is the management fee, applied to the average net assets of the fund, and 0.25% is the transaction fee, applied to selling/purchasing.
  
  
• To invest in BT Romania ETF, the following are required: available funds, a trading account (opened at BT Capital Partners or at any other participant in the BVB trading system), the application BT Pay (access from the Investments/BT Romania ETF menu) and, for more responsible investments, of relevant information about fund, market and stock exchange.

Transilvania Bank, the longest-standing issuer in the BET index

For nearly 30 years, Banca Transilvania has been one of the pillars of the capital market in Romania, being the first bank listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange (1997) and the longest-standing issuer in BET index (2000). BT is also part of other indices relevant for the capital market in Romania, such as BET-XT, BET-BK, BET-EF, BETPlus, and ROTX. The bank's shares are also included in the MSCI (Morgan Stanley Capital International) indices.

Also, Banca Transilvania was among the first issuers to meet the criteria to be included in the FTSE Global All Cap indices in 2020, coinciding with Romania's promotion to Emerging Market status by FTSE Russell. BT's contribution was decisive in promoting the entire capital market to a new category of significant international investors.

From the listing until now, the TLV stock has registered an annual appreciation of over 35%, which means a return of over 5,000 times, including free shares and cash dividends distributed to shareholders.

The bank has over 72,000 shareholders and investors, and nearly 80% of the capital is Romanian. TLV shares are constantly among the most liquid securities on the main market of the BVB. Banca Transilvania is a promoter of investment culture in Romania and a partner in the development of the capital market and the Romanian economy.