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WOOD Daily: TITC GA; WPL PW; SFG RO; PBK RO; ANY HB; CCC PW; DIGI RO; FP RO; ALR RO; MTELEKOM HB; EUR PW; ALR PW; SNP RO; GR6 BU

HEADLINES:
• Titan Cement: hidden value (stays BUY)
• Wirtualna Polska: strong 1Q21, with adjusted EBITDA up 48% yoy, 13% above our estimate POSITIVE
• Sphera Franchise Group: 1Q21 EBITDA recovers 4x yoy POSITIVE
• Patria Bank: 1Q21 results review - ROEs increase, despite higher COR levels
• ANY PLC: 1Q21 results - a return to growth both at home and internationally
• CCC: bonds repayment delayed by five years POSITIVE
• DIGI Communications: key takeaways from the 1Q21 earnings call NEGATIVE
• Fondul Proprietatea: 1Q21 conference call takeaways POSITIVE
• Fondul Proprietatea: Chamber of Deputies requests additional report on draft law changing water tax
• Alro: 1Q21 conference call takeaways POSITIVE
• Magyar Telekom: approves HUF 15 DPS from the 2020 net profit NEUTRAL
• Eurocash: Frisco.pl enters another city (Poznan) POSITIVE
• Alior Bank: appoints new CFO, and marketing and logistics board members
• OMV Petrom: completes sale of its Kazakhstan business
• Gradus: approaches Bulgarian regulator for an audit NEUTRAL
• Short News (PGE)
Underlyings
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.

Allami Nyomda

Any Security Printing is a securities products group based in Hungary. Co. produces security products and solutions (tax stamps. stickers with security elements), plastic and paper cards (document cards, bank and telephone cards, commercial cards), personalized business and administration forms, and conventional printing products. Co.'s product offering its organized along three segments: Security Products, Solutions (paper-based documents, excise and tax stamps, security printers and security inks, additives); Card Production, Personalization (document cards, bank cards and loyalty cards); and Form Production, Personalization (transactional mailing, business, lottery and election forms).

Alro Slatina

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.

Digi Communications NV

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.

Fondul Proprietatea S.A. GDR (Reg S)

Magyar Telekom Telecommunications

Magyar Telekom is engaged in the providing fixed line and mobile telecommunication services for public and business customers. Co. provides voice and non-voice (SMS, MMS, internet, data and content provision) within mobile services; voice, data, internet and TV services within fixed line services. In addition, Co. sells equipment needed for using fixed line and mobile services (telephones, tablets, notebooks, TV sets etc.).

Patria Bank SA

Petrom S.A.

Sphera Franchise Group SA

Titan Cement Co. SA

Titan Cement Co. and, its subsidiaries (collectively, the Group) are engaged in the production, trade and distribution of a range of construction materials, including cement, concrete, aggregates, cement blocks, dry mortars and fly ash. The Group operates primarily in Greece, the Balkans, Egypt, Turkey and the U.S. The Group operates in 14 countries in Europe, North America and the Eastern Mediterranean and is organized in the following four operating (geographic) segments: Greece and Western Europe, North America, South East Europe, and Eastern Mediterranean.

Wirtualna Polska Holding SA

Wirtualna Polska Holding SA is a Poland-based holding company. The Company owns entities that are engaged in the Internet publishing and broadcasting content, including operating business, technology, sports and entertainment portals, as well as electronic mail (e-mail) and electronic commerce (e-commerce). It also offers a range of advertising products, including display ads. The Company operates through such Internet portals as Wirtualna Polska, o2.pl, Money.pl, WP SportoweFakty, Dobreprogramy.pl, WP Parenting, Domodi and Homebook, among others. The Company operates domestically.

Provider
Wood and Company
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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