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WOOD Daily: WOOD’s Universe – ESG; EEG1T ET; IIA AV; SPI AV; TL Macro; BHW PW; MIL PW; OTP HB; EU Refining and Petrochemicals; Rear-View Mirror

HEADLINES:
• WOOD's Universe - ESG: ready, set, report
• Ekspress Grupp: faster growth and higher profitability (upgraded to BUY)
• Immofinanz/S Immo: CPI acquires stakes in both companies, launches takeover bid for IIA
• Turkey macro: underlying trends suggest a drastic inflation acceleration ahead
• Bank Handlowy: publishes 2024E targets POSITIVE
• Bank Millennium: targeting 2024E ROE of 14% (excluding the FX mortgage saga) POSITIVE
• OTP Bank: buying bank in Albania from Alpha Bank
• European refining and petrochemicals margins monthly: November 2021 NEUTRAL
• The Rear-View Mirror - EME markets: markets down in November, as MSCI EM Europe loses 8.9%
• Short News (CEZ, ENJSA)
Underlyings
4iG Nyrt

4iG Nyrt. 4iG Nyrt, formerly Freesoft Szoftverfejleszto es Szamitatechnikai Szolgaltato Nyrt is a Hungary-based company engaged in providing software products and consultancy. The Company's activities include development and implementation of specific, custom-made software systems, document management, knowledge management, portal and collaboration applications, complex services for business needs in the areas of implementation, support and consultation, intranet- and Internet-based development, services, graphical and creative design, and consultation, design, development and implementation of mobile business applications, as well as operation, support, outsourcing, application service provision (ASP), application portfolio management (APM), hosting and other services. The Company has three subsidiaries: Axis Consuling 2000 Kft, BankSoft Kft and HUMANsoft Kft.

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Aegean Airlines SA

Aegean Airlines is an airline carrier based in Greece. Co. is engaged in aviation transportation, providing services that concern the transportation of passengers and commodities in the sector of public aviation transportation inside and outside Greece, conducting scheduled and unscheduled flights. Co. provides full service, premium quality short and medium haul services. Co. maintains a network of 145 destinations, 111 international in 45 countries and 34 domestic destinations. Co. is a member of global airline network, the Star Alliance network.

Bank Handlowy w Warszawie S.A.

Bank Handlowy W Warszawie is a Polish bank holding company engaged in a wide range of banking services for individuals and corporate customers in the domestic and foreign markets. Additionally Co. operates in brokerage operations, lease services and investment operations. Customers have access to these services at the branches, ATM's, telephone services and electronic banking services.

Bank Millennium SA

Bank Millennium provides various banking products and services to individual clients, small businesses, corporate, and public sector entities in Poland. Co. offers current account, custody account, and escrow account; standard deposits, negotiated deposits, millenet deposits, and automatic overnight deposits; debit and charge cards; funds management; professional cash services; and management of balances of current and auxiliary accounts. Co. also provides current account overdraft facility, real estate loans, revolving credits, working capital loans, investment loans, energy financing facility, sureties, line of guarantees, letters-of-credit, preferential loans, and bid bond guarantees.

Ekspress Grupp A.S.

Ekspress Grupp AS is an Estonia-based company that is principally engaged in the printing and publishing sector. The Company operates through three segments: Online media, Periodicals and Printing services. The Online media segment provides the administration of online classified portals and intermediation of Internet advertising services. The Periodicals segment is engaged in the publishing of newspaper, magazines, custom publications and books in Estonia and Lithuania. The Printing services segment provides printing and related services. It is active through its subsidiaries, joint ventures and associated companies, including UAB Ekspress Leidyba, UAB Adnet media, AS Express Post, AS Linnaleht and OU Hea Lugu, among others. The Company is active in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, the Russian Federation and Finland, among others.

IMMOFINANZ AG

Immofinanz AG is an Austria-based real estate company that invests in commercial properties. The Company's core activities are the management and development of retail and office properties in selected Central and Eastern European countries. The Company focuses its operations on such markets as Austria, Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Romania and Poland. The Company manages a portfolio of approximately 240 properties, covering rentable space of approximately 1.8 million square meters. In the office sector, the Company concentrates on the capital cities of the core countries and the major office locations in Germany with its international myhive brand. The Company's activities in the retail sector are based on the brands STOP SHOP for retail parks and VIVO! for shopping centers which are designed for secondary and tertiary cities of Central and Eastern Europe.

OTP Bank Nyrt

OTP Bank is a financial institution based in Hungary. Co. is engaged in retail banking (account management, bankcards and Electronic sevices - OTPdirekt) corporate banking and private banking. In Hungary traditional banking operations are performed by Co. while specialized services, including car leasing, investment funds and insurance are developed and offered by Co.'s subsidiaries. Co. expands its operations throughout the region via its foreign subsidiaries. As of Dec 31 2011, Co. had total assets of HUF10,200,527,000,000 and deposits of HUF6,398,853,000,000.

S IMMO AG

S Immo AG is an Austria-based company engaged in the real estate sector. The Company specializes in the acquisition, letting and sale of properties. Furthermore, It offers real estate project developments, which includes Einsteinova office, Quartier Belvedere Central, and The Mark office project, among others, renovation of existing properties, asset and portfolio management and a range of services, such as facility management and brokerage. The Company's real estate portfolio comprises residential, office, retail and hotel properties. It operates four geographical segments: Austria, Germany, Central Europe (CEE) and Southeastern Europe (SEE). In addition, the Company is a parent of CEE Immobilien GmbH, Hansa Immobilien EOOD, Rega Property Invest sro, Ikaruspark GmbH, SC Societate Dezvoltare Comercial Sudului (SDCS) SRL, Maior Domus Hausverwaltung GmbH, and Eurocenter doo, among others.

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Wood and Company

WOOD & Company is the leading investment bank in Emerging Europe. Founded in 1991 and head-quartered in Prague, our footprint spans the region and touches investors around the globe.

A pioneer in Emerging Europe, WOOD executed many of the first CEE equity trades and landmark investment banking transactions. Our electronic trading platform was the first in the region, and remains the best. We are continually expanding our relevance and reach in these ever-evolving markets.

Our equity market share reflects our stature: 7% in Warsaw, 20% in Bucharest, 16% in Hungary, 40% in Prague and 5% in Vienna. Our distribution is unparalleled, with the largest salesforce in the region, servicing a uniquely diverse investor base.

We couple local expertise with a truly international perspective. With offices on the ground in the region, and in key financial hubs such as London and Milano, we are never far from our clients and we remain at the forefront of what’s afoot in the CEE emerging and frontier landscape.

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