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WOOD Daily: KRU PW; EBS AV; RICHT HB; SFG RO; AQ RO; SNG RO; DIGI RO; TLV RO; BVB RO; EAT PW; TXT PW; LOGO TI; CIMSA TI; THYAO TI; ELM AB; NOVAL GA; ELPE GA; EUROB GA; ALPHA GA; DUNAHOUS HB; DNP PW; BRISA TI; G2M SS

HEADLINES:
• Kruk: detailed 4Q24 results, revealing headwinds in Spain NEGATIVE
• Erste Bank: small miss on 4Q24 results, but promises strong ROTE outlook for 2025E and adds another round of share buyback potential NEUTRAL
• Richter: soft 4Q24 operating results NEGATIVE
• Sphera Group: 4Q24 soft, as expected NEGATIVE
• Aquila Part Prod Com S.A.: earnings a small beat, bottom line boosted by negative goodwill and low tax rate POSITIVE
• Romgaz: 4Q24 results NEUTRAL
• DIGI Communications: 4Q24 preliminary results – adjusted EBITDA up 8% yoy, 5% above our estimate POSITIVE
• Banca Transilvania: 4Q24 preliminary results in line with expectations NEUTRAL
• Bucharest Stock Exchange: weak print in 4Q24 NEGATIVE
• AmRest: 4Q24 above expectations, on successful restructuring of Western Europe POSITIVE
• Text: 3Q24-25 (calendar 4Q24) results – EBITDA down 5% yoy, 2% below the consensus NEGATIVE
• Logo Yazilim: 4Q24 earnings beat POSITIVE
• Cimsa: 4Q24 financial results review NEGATIVE
• Turkish Airlines: 4Q24 broadly in line with the consensus NEUTRAL
• Elm: 4Q24 financial results review NEUTRAL
• Noval Property: 2H24 – FFO improves materially yoy POSITIVE
• HELLENiQ Energy: 4Q24 results – EBITDA beats expectations, EUR 0.75 dividend proposal POSITIVE
• Eurobank Ergasias Services: 4Q24 results and medium-term guidance highlights NEUTRAL
• Alpha Services and Holdings: 4Q24 results and 2025-27E guidance highlights POSITIVE
• Alpha Services and Holdings: acquires bank in Cyprus and calculates 60bpts ROE accretion, with 40bpts CET1 hit POSITIVE
• Duna House: 4Q24 figures in line, constructive guidance, updated strategy
• Dino Polska: preliminary 4Q24 EBITDA up 14% yoy, 1% short of the consensus, but 4% above our estimate NEUTRAL
• Brisa: takeaways from the 4Q24 earnings call
• Gentoo Media: appoints new CFO NEUTRAL
• Short News (SHO)
Underlyings
Alpha Bank AE

Alpha Bank is a banking and financial services group which is based in Greece. Co. is engaged in offering a range of services including retail, SME and corporate banking, credit cards, asset management, investment banking, private banking, brokerage, leasing and factoring. Co. is also active in international financial market, with a presence in Cyprus, Romania, London, Serbia, Albania, Jersey (Channel Islands), Bulgaria, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and New York. Co. maintains a focus on retail banking in Greece and particularly loans to individuals and small business loans, and overall expansion in Southeastern Europe. Co.'s activities are divided into retail and wholesale banking.

AmRest Holdings SE

Amrest Holdings SE is a Spain-based company active in the restaurants and bars sector. The Company's core activity is operating Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), Pizza Hut, Burger King and Starbucks restaurants through its subsidiaries in Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, the Russian Federation, Serbia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Spain and France, on the basis of franchises granted, and Applebee's in the United States. Additionally, in Spain and France the Company operates its own brands La Tagiatella, Trastevere and il Pastificcio. It also operates PizzaPortal.pl, an online portal for ordering food from various restaurants. The Company operates through subsidiaries, such as AmRest Sp z o o, AmRest sro, AmRest doo, AmRest Adria doo, Blue Horizon Hospitality Group PTE, AmRest TAG SL, SC Marinopoulos Coffee Company III Srl and Marinopoulos Coffee Company Bulgaria EOOD, among others.

AQUILA PART PROD COM

Banca Transilvania S.A.

Brisa-Bridgestone Sabanci Lastik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.

Brisa Bridgestone Sabanci Lastik Sanayi ve Ticaret is engaged in the manufacture and sale of vehicle tires for domestic and foreign brands.

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.

Digi Communications NV

Dino Polska S.A.

Dino Polska is engaged in the business of retail sale in non-specialized stores with food, beverages and tobacco. In addition, Co. conducts processing of meats and the resulting products are dedicated, in the form of culinary meat, to external recipients within Co.'s retail chain. As of December 31, 2016, Co. operated a network of 628 Dino stores.

Duna House

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.

Eurobank Ergasias Services & Holdings SA

Eurobank Ergasias and its subsidiaries are organized in the following reportable segments: Retail. which incorporates customer current accounts, savings, deposits and investment savings products, credit and debit cards, consumer loans, small business banking and mortgages; Corporate, which incorporates direct debit facilities, current accounts, deposits, overdrafts, loan and other credit facilities, foreign currency and derivative products; Wealth Management, which incorporates private banking services; Global and Capital Markets, which incorporates investment banking services; and International, which incorporates operations in Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Cyprus, Ukraine and Luxembourg.

GAMING INNOVATION GROUP

Gaming Innovation Group Inc. (GIG) is a holding company. The Company provides gambling solutions and entertainment. The Company's principal activity is to provide a platform for and facilitate Internet gambling, gaming and sports betting. The Company operates two segments, the Business to Consumer (B2C) segment which includes the gaming operations directed towards end users, and the Business to Business (B2B) segment which includes its iGC platform offering, sports trading, games and affiliate marketing. The Company's GiG Core is a cloud-based solution licensed in Malta, United Kingdom, New Jersey, Germany, Sweden, Iowa, Latvia and Romania. The Company's sportsbook can deliver end users a betting experience on offline or online channels. The Company's GiG Data is a data platform, which can be integrated with GiG Core or with third-party solutions for data system. The Company operates in Nordic countries, Europe excluding Nordic countries and Rest of world.

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.

Livechat Software SA

Livechat Software SA is a Poland-based company engaged in the software industry. The Company is a producer and global provider of software as a service (SaaS) LiveChat, communication software for business. LiveChat enables fast and intuitive communication between company's employees and customers visiting corporate Website. The application also tracks customers' activity on a Website. The Company produces and distributes software for business-to-consumer (B2C) and business-to-business (B2B) communication. Its product portfolio includes three types of LiveChat plans: Solo, dedicated to single user and offering such features as unlimited chats, ticketing system, enhanced security and basic reporting; Team, for numerous teams that additionally includes chat routing and groups creation; and Enterprise, for companies that, additionally to previous ones, provides advanced reporting, work scheduler and unlimited visits on a Website.

Logo Yazilim Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.

Logo Yazilim Sanayi ve Ticaret AS is a Turkey-based company engaged in the development of computer operation systems, business application software, database structures, multimedia software, as well as in the provision of technical support and service, and training. The Company's products are offered in eight units: Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) products, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) products, Java products, Vertical solutions, Integration products, Human Resources (HR) products, Business Intelligence solutions, Mobile solutions and LOGO keys. Its products and services are used in a range of industries, such as distribution, machine and automotive spare parts, marine, packaging, retailing, cement, glass, steel, furniture, telecommunication, information technology (IT), tourism and textile. The Company has business partners in Azerbaijan, Egypt, Georgia, Germany, India, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kosovo, Kuwait, Libya, Russia, Sudan, Syria, Turkmenistan, and the Unit

S.C. Bursa de Valori Bucuresti S.A.

Societatea Nationala De Gaze Naturale ROMGAZ SA

Sphera Franchise Group SA

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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