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WOOD Daily: EBS AV; MBK PW; ING PW; JMT PL; KOMB CP; MCOVB SS; TKNSA TI; AKCNS TI; GARAN TI; BRD RO; ADNOCDIS UH; SAB1L LH; PL Macro; HU Macro; GR Macro; HTO GA; DIGI RO; BDX PW; PGE PW; TPE PW; CAR PW

HEADLINES:
• Erste Bank: 3Q24 results – strong NII delivery
• mBank: underlying 3Q34 business delivery in line; beat on headline net profit due to tax charges NEUTRAL
• ING BSK: 3Q24 results – minor miss on high credit risk charges, as corporate NPL ratio surges NEUTRAL
• Jeronimo Martins: beat in 3Q24, Biedronka at -2% lfl and stable margin erosion; price war continues POSITIVE
• Komercni Banka: 3Q24 results – net profit largely in line with expectations
• Medicover: 3Q24 operating numbers in line, and pre-tax earnings excluding impairments NEUTRAL
• Teknosa: weak set of results in 3Q24 NEGATIVE
• Akcansa: 3Q24 financial results review NEGATIVE
• Garanti Bank: 3Q24 highlights – decent, given the circumstances NEUTRAL
• BRD-GSG: small beat on the bottom line in 3Q24 POSITIVE
• ADNOC Distribution: 3Q24 results – strong EBITDA performance POSITIVE
• Siauliu Bankas: solid delivery in 3Q24 POSITIVE
• Poland macro: October sentiment surveys confirm weak growth patch
• Hungary macro: 3Q GDP significantly lower than expected
• Greece macro: the consumer is not happy
• OTE/DIGI Communications: OTE negotiates sale of Telekom Romania with Digi and Vodafone Romania NEUTRAL
• Budimex: issuance of a debit note to the consortium executing the Turów Power Plant contract NEGATIVE
• PGE: 3Q24E preliminary preview (due on 5 November, TBC)
• Tauron: 3Q24E preliminary preview (due on 6 November, TBC)
• Inter Cars: 3Q24E EBITDA almost flat yoy (due on 15 November)
• Short News (CDR)
Underlyings
ADNOC Distribution PJSC

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.

BRD-Groupe Societe Generale

Budimex S.A.

Budimex S.A. is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. is engaged in building, assembly and erection works in the scope of general industrial and engineering construction, electrical power construction & assembly, environmental protection, road and highway construction, water and sewage system construction, the rendering of design services and technical and business consulting and real estate development. Co. maintains activities in strategic segments of the market, such as road and bridge construction, general construction works (office, hotel and institutes of higher education), and ecological/environment-related construction.

Digi Communications NV

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.

Hellenic Telecommunications Organization SA

Hellenic Telecommunications Organization is a full-service telecommunications group. Co. provides local, long-distance and international fixed-line telecommunications services in Greece and Romania, and mobile telephony services through its Cosmote subsidiary in Greece, as well as in Albania, Bulgaria, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Romania. Co. also provides internet access services and Internet Protocol (IP) -based telecommunications applications, as well as information technology application development and hosting services using IP technologies. Also, Co. provides several other telecommunications services, including value-added services and public telephone services.

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.

Jeronimo Martins SGPS S.A.

Jeronimo Martins S.G.P.S. is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. is engaged as a food distribution company with operations in Poland and Portugal. Co. operates in four segments: Portugal Retail, which comprises the business unit of JMR - Gestao de Empresas de Retalho, SGPS, S.A. (Pingo Doce supermarkets); Portugal Cash & Carry, which includes the wholesale business unit Recheio; Poland Retail, which includes the business unit with the brand Biedronka; and Others, which includes marketing services and representations, restaurants in Portugal, health and beauty retail in Poland, and its retail business in Colombia.

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.

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.

PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna S.A.

PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna is an electricity company based in Poland. Co. is engaged in the generation and selling of electricity. Co. is a predominant power producer and supplier in Poland and a major heat and power sector company in Central and Eastern Europe. Co. supplies over 5 million households, businesses and institutions through a combination of its own fuel resources (lignite), power generation and final distribution networks. Co.'s activities focus on the following areas: Conventional Power Generation, Renewable Power Generation, Nuclear Power Generation, Wholesale, Distribution and Retail. Co. has 12.2 GW of installed generation capacity.

Siauliu Bankas

Siauliu bankas AB is a Lithuania-based company engaged in the provision of commercial banking and financial services to private and corporate clients. It offers such services as provision of bank accounts, offering the debit and credit cards and safety deposit boxes, cash and non-cash money transfers, operations with securities, currency exchange, lending and investment services, Internet banking, financial brokerage and real estate development. It also issues monetary warranties, guarantees and other warranty liabilities, as well as performs operations with payable documents, such as checks and others. The Bank has several branches, numerous client service units and subsidiaries.

TAURON Polska Energia S.A.

Tauron Polska Energia is engaged in the generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of electricity and heat in Poland. Co. generates electricity from various conventional and renewable energy sources, including hard coal, lignite, natural gas, biomass, wind, solar, and hydro power. It is also involved in quarrying, crushing, and breaking of limestone; quarrying of stone for the construction industry; mining of hard coal; trading in electricity; and production of technical gases. In addition, Co. engages in the repair and maintenance of machinery and electrical equipment; electrical installations; and construction of power lines.

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.

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