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WOOD Daily: PKO PW; KRU PW; BHW PW; NLBR SV; PGSUS TI; ADNOCDIS UH; CTPNV NA; AQ RO; APR PW; RBI AV; PEO PW; ALR PW; ING PW; ARABIAND AB; SFG RO; ETEL EY

HEADLINES:
• PKO BP: strong 1Q24, with 9% beat, but big part due to lower quarterly tax charge POSITIVE
• Kruk: 1Q24 results in line with earlier communication; strong trend continues, but digested by the market already NEUTRAL
• Bank Handlowy: books neutral 1Q24, questions on future capital management NEUTRAL
• NLB Group: guidance upgrade spices up vanilla 1Q24 bottom-line beat POSITIVE
• Pegasus Airlines: 1Q24 in line, guidance for mild margin compression and 10-12% ASK growth maintained NEUTRAL
• ADNOC Distribution: 1Q24 results NEUTRAL
• CTP: 1Q24 results broadly in line, EPRA EPS guidance for 2024E confirmed NEUTRAL
• Aquila Part Prod Com S.A.: 1Q24 results marred by high effective tax rate NEUTRAL
• Auto Partner: preliminary 1Q24 EBIT falls by 10% yoy NEGATIVE
• Auto Partner: April sales growth recovers to 23% yoy NEUTRAL
• Raiffeisen Bank International: walks away from “Strabag transaction”, aimed at limiting Russian exposure NEUTRAL
• Bank Pekao: estimates cost of 2024E PLN mortgage credit holiday extension at c.PLN 513m NEUTRAL
• Bank Pekao: changes in the Management Board have begun NEUTRAL
• Alior Bank: estimates cost of 2024E PLN mortgage credit holiday extension at PLN 117m NEUTRAL
• ING BSK: estimates cost of 2024E PLN mortgage credit holiday extension at c.PLN 220m NEUTRAL
• Arabian Drilling: 1Q24E results preview (due on 14 May) NEUTRAL
• Sphera Group: 47% yoy EBITDA growth expected in 1Q24E (due on 15 May)
• Telecom Egypt: 1Q24E results preview (due in May (TBC))
Underlyings
ADNOC Distribution PJSC

Alior Bank SA

Alior Bank is a universal lending and deposit-taking bank which renders services to individuals, legal persons and other entities which are Polish and foreign persons. Co.'s core activities include maintaining bank accounts, granting loans and advances, issuing banking securities and purchasing and selling foreign currency. Co. also conducts brokerage activities, consulting and financial agency services and renders other financial services.

AQUILA PART PROD COM

ARABIAN DRILLING CO.

Auto Partner SA

Auto Partner SA is a Poland-based company engaged in the auto, truck and motorcycle parts industry. The Company is an importer and distributor of spare parts for cars and light commercial vehicles. Auto Partner SA is an enterprising entity with its headquarters as well as logistic and distribution centre located in Bierun near Tychy. The Company has approximately 60 branch offices across the domestic markets and some representative offices in neighboring countries, in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine and Belarus, among others. Auto Partner SA distributes stabilizer links, steering rod end sets, steering rods, suspension arms, pins, rubber - metal parts, power steering pumps and steering gears, among others.

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 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.

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.

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.

Pegasus Hava Tasimaciligi AS

Pegasus Hava Tasimaciligi is a low-cost airline group based in Turkey. Co. provides reasonably-priced transportation opportunities on point-to-point basis in short and medium range flight lines on its domestic and international network. Co. primarily provides transportation opportunities from its main hub in Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen International Airport, but also offers scheduled flights from other domestic hubs, primarily in Adana, Antalya and Izmir. Co.'s fleet is composed of 49 airplanes in total. Co.'s flight network consists of 76 locations (45 abroad and 31 domestic flight locations in 30 countries). Co. also provides cargo services and provides various training services.

PKO Bank Polski S.A.

PKO Bank Polski is a universal commercial bank offering services to both domestic and foreign retail, corporate and other clients. Co. is licensed to hold foreign exchange and currencies and sell/buy them, as well as perform a full range of foreign exchange services; open and hold bank accounts abroad and to deposit foreign exchange in these accounts. In addition, Co. conducts activities relating to leasing, factoring, electronic settlements via payment cards, as well as renders other financial services. As of Dec 31 2009, Co. had total assets of Zl156,478,685,000 and total deposit of Zl124,628,562,000. Co. operates in the Republic of Poland, Ukraine and Sweden.

Raiffeisen Bank International AG

Raiffeisen Bank International is a universal bank focusing on corporate and retail customers in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and on corporate customers in Austria. In CEE, Co. consists of a network of banks, leasing companies and financial service providers. In Austria, Co. is involved in corporate finance and export and trade finance banks. Co. provides services to customers in 2,800 branch offices. In the retail banking business, Co.'s product and service portfolio comprises inter alia credit services (mortgages, credit cards and personal loans), as well as payment transaction and current account package services. As of Dec 31 2014, Co.'s total assets amounted to Euro121.6 million

Sphera Franchise Group SA

Telecom Egypt

Telecom Egypt is a telecommunications provider in Egypt and is engaged in the provision of fixed-line services in the Middle East. Co. offers a fixed line and retail telecommunications services and provides wholesale telecommunications services. Co. provides retail telecommunication services including access, local, long distance and international voice, internet and data, and other services. Co. also provides wholesale services including broadband capacity leasing to ISPs, and national and international interconnection services. Co.'s internet and data services include the provision of internet broadband access data transmission services and leased lines.

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