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Raiffeisen Centrobank Equity Daily 12.03.2020

 AT: Flughafen Wien - Airlines cut capacities further (negative)
 AT: Lenzing - 4Q 19 results and negative 2020e guidance in line, 2024e EBITDA guidance of EUR 800 mn way above expectations (neutral)
 AT: Oesterreichische Post - Slightly better than expected operating performance, DPS 2.08 (positive)
 AT: OMV - Supervisory Board approved acquisition of additional stake in Borealis for USD 4.7 bn (neutral)
 AT: OMV, Verbund - Verbund evaluates a potential acquisition of OMV's stake in Gas Connect Austria (neutral/negative)
 AT: Wolford - Company no longer expects positive EBIT in 2020/21 (negative)
 EU: European Banks - Relief in regulatory demands seeked by European banks and plans for a EU sponsored lending scheme (positive)
 PL: Agora - Poland closed cinemas for at least two weeks (negative)
 PL: Bank Pekao - The bank will book PLN 110-130 mn provision for planned job cuts (neutral)
 PL: Cyfrowy Polsat - 4Q 19 results in line with expectations, we stick to our view of Cyfrowy Polsat as a safe haven in the current environment (neutral)
 PL: Lotos - 4Q 19 earnings come below RCBe, but fully in line with consensus (neutral)
 PL: PGNiG - 4Q 19 final earnings fully in line with preliminaries (neutral)
 PL: PKP Cargo - Chief Commercial Officer Mr. Fingas resigned (negative)
 PL: PKP Cargo - Preliminary EBITDA of PLN 859 mn in 2019, 1% below our est., 7% below company guidance (neutral)
 PL: PL Banks - Polish President to meet PL banks today on coronavirus outbreak (negative)
 PL: PZU - Net Profit significantly ahead of expectations, driven by strong combined ratio and investment income, good premium dynamics (positive)
 PL: Santander Bank Polska - Planned 430 FTE reduction (positive)
 RU: LUKoil - Shares buyback will be financed by new debt to support high dividends (positive)
 CEE Macro Daily
Underlyings
Agora S.A.

Agora principally produces and sells newspapers and carries out the Internet activity. Co. is also engaged in the cinema segment through its subsidiaries, Helios S.A. and Next Film Sp. z o.o., and in the outdoor segment through its subsidiary, AMS S.A. Co. controls radio broadcasting companies and is a publisher in magazines, periodicals and books segment. Moreover, Co. and its subsidiaries provide printing services for external clients in printing houses belonging to Co. and its subsidiary, Agora Poligrafia Sp.z o.o. Co. is also engaged in TV segment by holding shares in Stopklatka S.A. Co. and its subsidiaries also engage in projects related to production and coproduction of movies.

BANK POLSKA KASA OPIEKI SA

Bank Polska Kasa Opieki (the Bank) is a commercial bank providing a range of banking services, mainly in Poland. The segments of the Bank are as follows: Retail banking, which comprises all banking activities related to retail customers and small and micro companies; Private banking, which comprises all banking activities related to the affluent individual customers; Corporate and Investment banking, which comprises all banking activities related to the companies, interbank market, debt securities and other instruments; and Assets and Liabilities Management and other, which is engaged in the supervision and monitoring of fund transfers, and other activities centrally managed.

Cyfrowy Polsat SA

Flughafen Wien AG

Flughafen Wien is the operator of Vienna Airport. Through its subsidiaries, Co. is engaged in managing airport operations and also provides a range of infrastructure services, which include the development and maintenance of infrastructure, ground handling and security services to a variety of retail, gastronomy and parking services as well as real estate marketing. Co. is responsible for the operation and maintenance of all movement areas and the terminals, the facilities involved in passenger and baggage handling as well as security controls for persons and hand luggage. Co. also provides services for aircraft and passenger handling in scheduled, charter and general aviation traffic.

Grupa LOTOS S.A.

Grupa Lotos is an oil concern which deals with oil extraction and processing and trading of high quality oil products. Co. supplies the market with, unleaded petrol, diesel oil, fuel oil, aviation fuel, industrial oil, asphalt and paraffin, among other things. Co. is engaged in the production and sales of engine oils and bitumen in Poland. Co. maintains oil exploration and production activities in the Baltic, North Sea and Norwegian Sea and operates three refineries in Gdansk, Jaslo and Czechowice, Poland. Co. markets its products in wholesale markets, as well as in retail markets through a network of petrol stations.

Lenzing AG

Lenzing is engaged in supplying the global textile and nonwovens industries with man-made cellulose fibers and is a supplier in many business-to-business markets. The portfolio ranges from dissolving pulp, standard and specialty cellulose fibers to high-quality plastic polymer products and engineering services. Co.'s operations are divided into three segments: Fibers, which produces and markets man-made cellulose fibers for the textile and nonwovens industry; Plastics, which produces weaving, labelling films, laminates and woven fabrics; Engineering, which implement projects, supply plant and equipment and provide services arond the world.

Oil company LUKOIL PJSC

PJSC Lukoil is a vertically-integrated oil company engaged in the exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas. Co. is engaged in all main sectors of the modern oil business including supplies, refining, marketing, transportation, petrochemicals and oil-related activities. Co.'s operations are divided into five business segments: Exploration and Production; Refining, Marketing and Distribution; Chemicals; Power Generation and Other Business Segments. Co. owns and operates refineries in Bulgaria (LUKOIL Neftochim Bourgas AD) and Romania (Petrotel-LUKOIL).

OMV AG

OMV is an international energy company with activities in Exploration and Production (E&P), Refining and Marketing including petrochemicals (R&M), and Gas and Power (G&P). Co. explores and develops oil and gas resources and supply energy to over 100 million people. OMV has three operating segments: Exploration and Production (E&P), Refining and Marketing, including petrochemicals (R&M), and Gas and Power (G&P), as well as the segment Corporate and Other (Co&O).

Osterreichische Post AG

Austrian Post is a logistics and postal services provider in Austria. Its main business activities include the transport and delivery of letters, direct mail items, print media and parcels. Co.'s branch network offers postal, banking and telecommunications products and services to its customers throughout Austria. Co. is also represented by subsidiaries in 12 European markets, particularly in the parcel and logistics segment as well as in unaddressed direct mail items.

PKP Cargo

PKP Cargo SA is a Poland-based company active in the transportation sector. The Company's main activity is domestic and international transport of goods by rail and provision of logistic services in the field of railway cargo transport services. The Company divides its services into six divisions: Transport, offering rail transport carried out by PKP Cargo, road transport and ferry transport; Intermodal, providing intermodal rail transport; Forwarding, services carried out by Trade Trans, Cargosped and PKP Cargo International; Terminals, offering service of reloading terminals; Sidings, providing railway sidings; and Rolling Stock, which provides repairs of the rolling stock. It operates through Advanced World Transport BV (AWT).

Polskie Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA

Polskie Gornictwo Naftowe I Gazownictwo SA Polish Oil & Gas Co (PGNiG) is an integrated natural gas company based in Poland. Co.'s core activity covers exploration and production of natural gas and crude oil as well as import, storage, trade and distribution of gas and liquid fuels. Co.'s scope of activity includes gas trading and commercial support, as well as operation, maintenance and expansion of its distribution system. Co.'s distribution networks comprises over 100 thousand kilometers of gas pipelines (high, upper-medium, medium and low pressure), which cover primarily industrialized and urbanized areas of the country.

Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen Spolka Akcyjna

Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen is an insurance group based in Poland. Co. is engaged in offering a broad range of insurance and financial products. Co. pursues three main lines of business: Property and Casualty Insurance, offered by PZU; Life Insurance, offered by PZU Zycie; and Open-end Pension Funds, offered by PTE PZU, the manager of OFE PZU Zlota Jesien. Co. maintains a network of sales and service outlets including 500 outlets throughout Poland, including 243 shared outlets (common for PZU and PZU Zycie), 137 outlets of PZU Zycie and 120 outlets of PZU. Co.'s business is focused on the Polish market but it also conducts insurance business in the Lithuanian and Ukrainian markets.

Santander Bank Polska SA

Bank Zachodni is a bank seated in Poland. Co. and its subsidiaries provide a range of banking services for individual and business customers and operate in domestic and interbank foreign markets. Additionally, Co. provides also the following services, including intermediation in trading securities, leasing, factoring, asset/ fund management, insurance services, trading in stock and shares of commercial companies, and brokerage activity. Operational activity of Co. and its subsidiaries has been divided into five segments: Retail Banking, Business and Corporate Banking, Global Banking and Markets, ALM (Assets and Liabilities Management) and Centre, as well as Santander Consumer.

VERBUND AG Class A

Verbund is a public utility company engaged in the generation and transmission of electricity from subsidiaries' hydro and thermal power stations located throughout Austria. Through its subsidiaries, Co. is involved in the planning and construction of water systems, hydroelectric power plants, river structures, sewage disposal systems, and high voltage transmission towers and lines. Co. generates, trades and sells electrical energy to power exchange buyers, traders, energy supply companies and industrial companies as well as households and commercial customers.

Wolford AG

Wolford is engaged in the production and marketing of leg wear and ready-to-wear garments and lingerie, seasonal swimwear and complementary textile and leather accessories. Co. operates in two business segments: Retail, encompassing its boutiques and factory outlets, online business and shop-in-shops, and Wholesale, covering all business activities with other retailers. Co.'s products include: leg wear, ranging from pantyhose, stockings, stay-ups and knee-highs to leggings and socks; ready-to-wear products, including bodies, shirts and tops, sweaters, dresses, coats, skirts, lingerie, made of lace, satin and tulle; swimwear, encompassing swimsuits and bikinis and accessories.

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