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WOOD Daily: PEO PW; EBP PW; EUR PW; ING PW; KRU PW; MBK PW; CAR PW; PKN PW; CPS PW; 11B PW; CDR PW; CTPNV NA; KOMB CP; RICHT HB; TLV RO; BRD RO; H2O RO; SNP RO; AKCNS TI; CIMSA TI; TKNSA TI; THYAO TI; SOKM TI; EBS AV; OMV AV; MCOVB SS...

HEADLINES:
• Bank Pekao: solid 1Q26 results, volume growth shines POSITIVE
• Erste Bank Polska: 1Q26 results in line with expectations, market focus on the future business outlook NEUTRAL
• Eurocash: massive miss in 4Q25, due mainly to PLN 296m in negative one-offs NEGATIVE
• ING BSK: neutral 1Q26 results NEUTRAL
• Kruk: results below expectations and flat line with regards to revenue dynamcis NEGATIVE
• mBank: 1Q26 results - solid beat, driven by low provision charges and good admin cost delivery POSITIVE
• Inter Cars: management recommends a DPS of PLN 1.42, implying an immaterial DY NEUTRAL
• Orlen: recommends an increased dividend payment POSITIVE
• Cyfrowy Polsat: key takeaways from the 4Q25 earnings call POSITIVE
• 11 bit studios: 1Q26E results preview – we expect EBITDA of PLN 6.3m (due on 20 May)
• CD Projekt: 1Q26E results preview - lower qoq EBITDA on reduced volumes (due on 28 May)
• CTP: 1Q26 results in line with our estimates NEUTRAL
• Komercni Banka: neutral 1Q26 results - 2026E 13% ROE uninspiring vs. peers, but KOMB offers a strong dividend yield NEUTRAL
• Richter: top-line readout on ABBV/RGH-932 PII trial POSITIVE
• Banca Transilvania: proposes a RON 1.284/share cash dividend NEGATIVE
• BRD-GSG: bottom-line beat in 1Q26 but weak mix NEGATIVE
• Hidroelectrica: 1Q26 preliminary volumes in line with our estimates NEUTRAL
• OMV Petrom: 1Q26 results NEUTRAL
• Akcansa: mixed 1Q26 financial results NEUTRAL
• Cimsa: solid 1Q26 financial results POSITIVE
• Teknosa: very weak set 1Q26 results NEGATIVE
• Turkish Airlines: 1Q26 results - calm before the storm NEUTRAL
• Sok Marketler: 1Q26E earnings preview (due on 7 May)
• Erste Group: solid 1Q26 results - beat on one-offs in Croatia, 2026E outlook unchanged NEUTRAL
• OMV: 1Q26 results NEUTRAL
• Medicover: takeaways from the 1Q26 earnings call NEUTRAL
• NLB Group: is proposing a EUR 6.92/share cash dividend NEUTRAL
• Borouge: 1Q26 results NEUTRAL
Underlyings
11 Bit Studios S.A.

11 BIT STUDIOS SA is a Poland-based company engaged in the game development industry. Its product portfolio includes four games: Anomaly Korea, Sleepwalker's Journey, Funky Smugglers and Anomaly Warzone Earth. The Company produces video games for different devices, such as video consoles, personal computers (PC), and Apple products (iPhone, iPad), among others.

Akcansa Cimento

Co. is engaged in the manufacture and sale of clinker, cement and ready mixed concrete, establishment of facilities for the same or their purchase in part or in full.

Banca Transilvania S.A.

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.

BRD-Groupe Societe Generale

CD Projekt S.A.

CD Projekt is a holding company of the CD PROJEKT Capital Group which conducts its operations in two activity segments: CD PROJEKT RED and GOG.com. CD PROJEKT RED's activities cover the creation and publication of videogames, licensing the associated distribution rights and manufacturing tie-in products which exploit the commercial appeal of brands owned by Co. The activities of GOG Ltd. involve digital distribution of videogames via Co.'s proprietary GOG.com distribution platform, on the basis of contracts signed by GOG Ltd. with producers, IPR holders and external publishers. The platform enables customers to purchase games, remit payment and download game files to their personal devices.

Cimento Sanyai Ve Ticaret A.S.

Cimsa Cimento Sanayi ve Ticaret is engaged in the cement industry. Co. produces and sells cement and ready-mixed concrete. As of Dec. 31, 2004, Co. maintains 17 ready-mixed concrete plants in 8 provinces.

Cyfrowy Polsat 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.

Eurocash S.A.

Eurocash, through its subsidiaries, is engaged in the distribution of food products, household chemicals, alcohol, and tobacco products (fast moving consumer goods). Through a range of distribution formats, Co. and its subsidiaries focus its business activities on the wholesale distribution to customers across the wholesale market segments, in particular, to stores throughout Poland such as retail stores, convenience stores at petrol stations, restaurants, hotels and cafeterias. Co. and its subsidiaries operate a range of distribution formats focused on supplying independent stores in Poland, which primarily include: Cash and Carry, Franchise Systems, and Distribution.

HIDROELECTRICA S.A.

ING Bank Slaski S.A.

ING Bank Slaski is a bank holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. is engaged in providing a range of banking services rendered for individual and institutional clients in line with the scope of services outlined in Co.'s charter. Co. runs operations both in the home currency and in foreign currencies. Co. is also active on the domestic and foreign financial markets. The subsidiary, ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A., also runs banking business, including loans secured with mortgage. Additionally through subsidiaries, Co. operates brokerage services, real estate, leasing of real estate and advisory and acts as a financial intermediary as well as provides other financial services.

Inter Cars S.A.

Inter Cars is an automotive spare parts distributor for passenger cars, commercial vehicles and trucks in Middle-Eastern Europe. The product range of Co. reaches over one million different automotive spare parts for passenger cars and trucks. No matter if the car is European or Asian one, Co.'s customers can find full range of products for their cars as well as all the necessary tools and garage equipment. Besides spare parts distribution, which is the core business of Co., Co. is also an exclusive distributor of legendary motorcycle brand “TRIUMPH” in Poland (via motorcycle distribution network, called Inter Motors) and distributor of spare parts and accessories for other motorcycle brands.

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.

Kruk S.A.

Kruk SA. Kruk SA is a Poland-based company, which is engaged in the business support industry. The Company is a multi-operator, which offers loss prevention and debt collection services. The Company divides its business into two main operating segments: Debt Purchase, including acquisition of non-performing debt portfolios, and Debt Collection Outsourcing, offering fee-based collection of debt on client's behalf, focused on consumer and corporate loans. The Company provides services to financial institutions and large corporate customers. It manages receivables of banks, credit intermediaries, leasing companies and digital platform providers, among others. The Company's operating activities concentrate in a number of countries, such as Poland, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Spain. The Company's subsidiaries include Kruk Deutschland GmbH, Presco Investments Sarl and Espand Soluciones de Gestion y Recuperacion de Deuda SL, among others.

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.

Medicover AB

Medicover AB is a Sweden-based healthcare and diagnostic services provider. It offers a broad range of healthcare services and hub-and-spoke diagnostic laboratory network, supported by proprietary software and information systems infrastructure. The Company offers its services through two divisions: Healthcare Services and Diagnostic Services. The Healthcare Services division offers services ranging from primary care to specialist outpatient and inpatient care. The care is delivered mainly through Medicover's own network of clinics and medical facilities. The Diagnostic Services division offers a broad range of diagnostic laboratory testing for humans and some veterinary services across all main clinical pathology specialties. The Company focuses primarily on such markets, as Poland, Germany, Romania, Ukraine.

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).

Petrom S.A.

Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN S.A.

Polski Koncern Naftowy Orlen's activities are divided into three main business segments: the Refining Segment that comprises crude oil processing as well as wholesale and retail trade in refinery products. The Petrochemical Segment that encompasses production and sale of petrochemicals and chemicals. The Retail Segment that comprises of sales at petrol stations. Co.'s basic products include gasolines, diesel oils, light heating oil, Jet fuel, liquid gas, polyetylene, polypropylene, benzene, butadiene, acetone, phenol, glycols, toluen, ortoxylene.

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.

Sok Marketler Ticaret AS

Sok Marketler Ticaret AS. Sok Marketler Ticaret AS, located in Istanbul, Turkey, owns and operates grocery stores. It sells Amigo, Crown, Deren, Evin, Karmen, Lio, Peki, Piyale and Tempo brands. The Company was founded in 1995.

Teknosa Ic Ve Dis Ticaret AS

Teknosa Ic ve Dis Ticaret AS is a Turkey-based company engaged in the retail trade of electronics. Its products mainly comprise of a wide range of consumer electronics and household appliances, such as dishwashers, vacuum cleaners, televisions, mobile phones, digital cameras as well as personal computers, among others.

Turk Hava Yollari A.O.

Turk Hava Yollari is engaged in the airline industry with the airline flying to 103 destinations, throughout Turkey and internationally. As of the year end, Co. maintains 66 aircrafts with a total seat capacity of 10,672, and leases a A300-200 cargo aircraft. Co. has various services for their customers which include: various ways of checking in and on-line ticket sales.

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