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WOOD Daily: MIL PW; JAHEZ AB; CCC PW; APR PW; CAR PW; RICHT HB; FROTO TI; ARABIAND AB; RICHT HB; TLV RO; GPW PW; SFG RO; CBF PW; VRC PW; GPP PW; OPAP GA

HEADLINES:
• Bank Millennium: solid, but neutral, set of 1Q25 results; FX mortgage saga still eating material part of profits
• Jahez: mixed 1Q25 results, affected by seasonality and intensified competition NEGATIVE
• CCC: preliminary 1Q25 EBITDA beats expectations by 2-8%, on FX differences NEUTRAL
• Auto Partner: April sales growth slows down to 5% yoy NEGATIVE
• Inter Cars: April sales growth decelerates to 6% yoy NEGATIVE
• Richter: Trump promises 30-80% cuts in US drug prices NEGATIVE
• Ford Otosan: share split – new price target at TRY 155.40/share
• Arabian Drilling: 1Q25E results preview (due out tomorrow) NEUTRAL
• Richter: 1Q25E earnings preview (due out tomorrow)
• Banca Transilvania: 1Q25E preview (due on 14 May)
• Warsaw Stock Exchange: 1Q25E preview (due on 14 May)
• Sphera Group: 28% yoy EBITDA decline expected in 1Q25E (due on 15 May) NEGATIVE
• cyber_Folks: 1Q25E results preview – 17% yoy organic adjusted EBITDA growth (due on 20 May)
• Vercom: 1Q25E results preview – 23% yoy adjusted EBITDA growth (due on 20 May)
• Grupa Pracuj: 1Q25E results preview – 11% yoy adjusted EBITDA growth expected (due on 27 May)
• OPAP: 1Q25E results preview (due on 28 May)
• Short News (CEZ, MBR)
Underlyings
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.

Banca Transilvania S.A.

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.

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.

Ford Otomotiv Sanayi A.S.

Ford Otomotiv Sanayi is an automobile manufacturing company based in Turkey. Co. operates as a joint venture between Ford Motor Company and the Koc Group of Companies. Co. is engaged in manufacturing, assembling and selling motor vehicles, primarily commercial vehicles, imports and sells passenger cars and manufactures and imports and sells spare parts of those vehicles. Co. has two plants located in Kocaeli and Eskisehir, has a spare part distribution warehouse in Kartal, Istanbul and a branch in Tubitak Marmara Research Centre, Gebze Campus Technological Free Zone (TEKSEB).

Greek Organisation of Football Prognostics SA

OPAP is engaged in the operating and management of numerical lottery and sports betting games as well as lottery games. Co. holds concession to operate and manage new sports betting games in Greece as well as a right of first refusal to operate and manage any new lottery games permitted by the Hellenic Republic. Co. operates six numerical lottery games, including Joker, Lotto, Proto, Extra 5, Super 3, and Kino; and three sports betting games consisting of Stihima, Propo, and Propo-goal. Co. is also engaged in designing new lottery games, including Bingo and Super 4. Co. distributes its games through an extensive on-line network of agents.

GRUPA PRACUJ DA

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.

JAHEZ INTERNATIONAL CO

R22
R22

R22 Sa. R22 SA is a Poland-based holding of technology companies offering: hosting services and domain sales. The Company provides internet services and operating in promising areas of the e-economy. The Company gathers the other companies hosting services, internet domain registration worldwide and services related to the security of transmitted data-SSL certificates. The Company has three operating segments: Domains and hosting, Omnichannel communication services automating electronic communication with recipients and Telecommunication services provided by the Oxylion Group.

Sphera Franchise Group SA

VERCOM SA

Warsaw Stock Exchange

Gielda Papierow Wartosciowych w Warszawie SA (Warsaw Stock Exchange, GPW) is a Poland-based stock exchange. It is a parent entity of WSE Group that offers products and services within its trading markets of equity, derivate, fixed income and structured products. It also distributes market data. The Company has two business lines: Financial market, which includes trading in equities, derivatives, fixed-income and other instruments, listing, and information services; and Commodity market, which includes trading in electricity and property rights in certificates of origin, operation of a register of certificates of origin, clearing, trade and technical trade operator services. As of December 31, 2011, it operates two wholly owned subsidiaries, WSEInfoEngine SA, providing data transmission and information services; and Instytut Rynku Kapitalowego WSE Research SA, engaged in publishing; as well as 92.47%-owned BondSpot SA.

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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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