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Raiffeisen Centrobank Equity Daily 30.04.2020

 AT: AMAG - Underlying 1Q EBITDA ca. 10% ahead of RCBe, company flags noticeable earnings decline in FY 20 (neutral)
 AT: Andritz - 1Q 20 results: order intake in line, results sligthtly weaker, guidance remains suspended (neutral)
 AT: Erste Group - 1Q in line, with sound core revenues, negative trading result and still low COR; CET1 as weak spot (neutral)
 AT: EVN - EVN lowers FY 19/20 on impairments and delay of Kuwait project (neutral)
 AT: Palfinger - After double-digit top line decline in 1Q, pressure to intensify (negative)
 AT: Vienna Insurance Group - FY 19 results in line with preliminaries, confirmed previous statements regarding Covid-19 (neutral)
 CZ: Czech Banks - Application for loan payment deferrals affect ca. 11% of eligible loans (neutral)
 HR: Adris - Tourism segment adversely impacted by Covid-19 outbreak (neutral)
 HU: Gedeon Richter - Richter's JV expands collaboration with the US-based developer of vaccine for Covid-19 (neutral)
 PL: CCC - Share price of the newly issued shares set at PLN 37 (neutral)
 PL: mBank - 1Q 19 net profit 30% below expectations on higher COR despite strong volumes and core revenues / guides for quite a sharp negative market lending scenario (neutral)
 PL: PGNiG - Gazprom to invoice based on new pricing formula (neutral)
 PL: Retail - Starting from May 4 shopping malls are to be open (positive)
 RO: Banca Transilvania - Net profit came in 17% below our estimate in 1Q 20, on unexpected drop in NIM (negative)
 RO: Banca Transilvania - Shareholders approved 2019 DPS of RON 0.115, implying a DY of 5.7% (neutral)
 RO: Banca Transilvania, BRD-GSG, Erste Group - Parliament voted new criteria for hardship clause required for walkaway law, but it is not yet in force (neutral)
 RO: Conpet - Shareholders approved 2019 DPS of RON 7.05, implying a DY of 8.9% (neutral)
 RO: Electrica - Board's 2019 DPS proposal of RON 0.7248 was approved, implying a DY of 7.3% (neutral)
 RO: Purcari Wineries - Shareholders approved buy-back programs for up to 10% of own shares and new management incentive scheme, but no cash dividends this year (neutral)
 RU: Gazprom - Gazprom confirms opex and capex cut (positive)
 RU: Petropavlovsk - Failure to consolidate minorities having control over the Elginskoye license (negative)
Underlyings
Adris Grupa d.d. Pfd.

AMAG Austria Metall AG

AMAG Austria Metall is a holding company, engaged in the production of primary aluminum, as well as cast and rolled aluminum products. The metal division is responsible for the risk management and steering of the metal flows. The casting division recycles aluminum scrap to produce foundry alloys. Its product portfolio covers aluminum materials tailored to customer requirements in the form of ingots, sows and liquid aluminum. The rolling division is responsible for the production and sale of rolled products, and precision cast and rolled plates. The service division include facility management, energy supplies, waste disposal, and purchasing and materials management.

ANDRITZ AG

Andritzis develops production systems and industrial process solutions for standard and specialized products. Co. maintains five business areas. Pulp and Paper provides technology and services for production of various grades of pulp and fiber for the manufacture of paper, board and tissue. Metals develops and manufactures plants for the production of cold-rolled carbon steel, stainless steel, and non-ferrous metals strip. Environment and Process provides products and services for mechanical and thermal solid or liquid separation. Feed and Biofuel develops and produces equipment for production of feed. Hydro supplies turnkey electromechanical equipment and services for hydro power plants.

Banca Transilvania S.A.

BRD-Groupe Societe Generale

CCC SA

CCC is engaged in the wholesale and retail trade of clothing and footwear. Co. offers its products to wide range of consumers, from demanding clientele of trendy boutiques to value-oriented medium segment customers, to less wealthy customers seeking reasonably priced quality footwear. Co. pursues a strategy of brand diversification, which is reflected in its three autonomous distribution channels: a chain of official CCC stores, BOTI footwear shops and QUAZI boutiques. Co. offers more than 2,500 designs of footwear. Co. also owns more than 67 proprietary brand names e.g. Lasocki.

Chemical Works of Gedeon Richter Plc

Chemical Works of Richter Gedeon is a multinational pharmaceutical company that is engaged in the research, development, production and marketing and trade of pharmaceutical products. Co.'s activities are divided into two major business segments: Pharmaceutical, including research, development and manufacturing of pharmaceutical products; and Wholesale and Retail including wholesale and retail trade through the distribution chain as well as marketing of its products. Co. is primarily engaged in production of gynecological, cardiovascular and gastroenterological products, antibiotics, antimicotics, OTC and medicines for treatment of the central nervous system.

Conpet SA

Erste Group Bank AG

Erste Group is a financial services provider based in Austria. As of Dec 31 2015, Co.'s total assets amounted to Euro199,743 million and the number of customers was approximately 16.5 million. Co.'s key business is the retail business, covering the entire spectrum from lending, deposit and investment products to current accounts and credit cards. In addition to providing financial services to private individuals, Co.'s core activities also include advisory services and support for corporate clients in financing, investment and access to international capital markets, public sector funding and interbank market operations.

EVN AG

EVN is an energy and environmental services provider. Co.'s segments include: generation, which is engaged in electricity generation; energy trade and supply, which is engaged in the procurement of electricity; network infrastructure Austria, which is engaged in the operation of regional electricity and natural gas networks; energy supply South East Europe, which is engaged in operation of electricity networks and electricity, and energy trading; environmental services segment, which is engaged in among others, drinking water supply, as well as international project business; and strategic investments and other business segment, which is engaged in strategic and other investments.

Gazprom PJSC

PJSC Gazprom is a gas company based in Russia. Co.'s principal activity is the sale of gas. Co. is also involved in other types of activities which include leasing of assets, gas transportation and storage services, sale of gas condensate and refined products. Co. and its subsidiaries and associates operates gas pipelines systems in Russia. Co. is responsible for substantially all gas production and high pressure gas transportation in the Russian Federation. Co. is also a major exporter of gas to European countries. Co. is directly involved in exploration and drilling for hydrocarbons, production of gas and other hydrocarbons and domestic and export sale of gas and other hydrocarbons.

Komercni banka a.s.

Komercni banka is a universal banking group based in the Czech Republic. Co. is engaged in the provision of a range of financial services in retail, corporate and investment banking. Co.'s operating segments include: Retail Banking, the provision of products and services to individuals, such as among others building savings, pension insurance, overdrafts, credit card and personal loans and mortgages; Corporate Banking, the provision of products and services to corporate entities such as foreign currency and derivative products, syndicated and export financing, and guarantee transactions; and Investment Banking, which involves trading in financial instruments.

MBANK SA

mBank is a provider of comprehensive corporate banking services in Poland. Co. and its subsidiaries make up the mBank Group which is engaged in offering financial services. Co.'s service offering includes a comprehensive financial offer tailored to the needs of corporate clients, Private Banking clients, and retail clients. The business activities of Co. is conducted in the following business segments: Retail Banking and Corporates and Markets.

MONETA Money Bank AS

Moneta Money Bank as is a Czech Republic-based retail and expanding small and medium enterprises (SME) bank. The Company holds an universal banking licence and provides a range of retail and SME-focused financial products and services. The Company operates through a national distribution network of 229 branches and through alternative distribution channels, such as the internet, its call centre, auto dealers, brokers and approximately 4,700 leasing partners. The Company together with its controlled subsidiaries offers current accounts, savings accounts, term deposits and transactional banking products including payment services and debit cards, consumer loans, credit cards, overdrafts, mortgages and auto loans, auto leases and other complementary products such as bancassurance and sales of investment funds.

PALFINGER AG

Palfinger provides lifting solutions for use on commercial vehicles and in the maritime field. Co. is engaged in providing loader cranes, timber and recycling cranes, marine cranes, wind cranes and hooklifts service. In addition, Co. is engaged in providing tail lifts and high-tech railway systems. Co. offers its products and services primarily to construction industry, transport logistics, public authorities, waste disposal, forestry and agriculture and railway infrastructure. In the marine business, Co. sells worldwide, primarily to customers in deep sea navigation and in the oil and gas industry. Co.'s brand is LIFETIME EXCELLENCE.

Petropavlovsk PLC

Petropavlovsk is engaged in the mining of precious and non-precious metals which require it to hold licences which permit it to explore and mine in particular areas in Russia. Co.'s reportable segments, which are aligned with its operating locations, are Pokrovskiy, Pioneer, Malomir and Albyn hard-rock gold mines which are engaged in gold and silver production as well as field exploration and mine development.

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.

Societatea Comerciala de Distributie si Furnizare a Energiei Electrice Electrica

Vienna Insurance Group AG Wiener Versicherung Gruppe

Vienna Insurance is an insurance group based in Austria. Co. is engaged in the provision of insurance services in both life and non-life areas in 24 countries of Central and Eastern Europe. The business lines in which Co. operates are property/casualty, life and health insurance. Outside its Austrian core market, Co. is active in Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Turkey and Ukraine. Co. also has branch offices in Italy and Slovenia.

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