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WOOD Daily: RBI AV; EBS AV; MAIL LI; MGNT LI; SBER RX; GARAN TI; EEG1T ET; KMB MS; TITC GA; ARNT CZ; PGN PW; ATRS AV; PL Telecoms; SAB1L LH; EME Macro/Strategy; GR Banks; NVTK LI; OPL PW; KRKG SV; JMT PL; TL Macro; CDR PW; CPS PW; ELPE GA

HEADLINES:
• Raiffeisen Bank International: 2Q21 results - huge beat vs. market's expectations POSITIVE
• Erste Bank: posts very solid 2Q21 results, upgrades 2021E guidance and commits to more dividends POSITIVE
• Mail.ru: mixed 2Q21 results; guidance implies a strong recovery in 2H
• Magnit: releases 2Q21 results - EBITDA in line with market's expectations NEUTRAL
• Sberbank: 2Q21 highlights
• Garanti: 2Q21 highlights - good quarter, with robust fees and subsidiary performance
• Ekspress Grupp: 2Q21 EBITDA 11% above our forecast on stronger-than-expected top line POSITIVE
• Komercijalna Banka: 2Q21 results review - on track to reach our 2021E earnings estimate
• Titan Cement: solid 2Q21 confirms positive outlook
• Arena Hospitality Group: supportive 2Q21 results, 3Q shaping up nicely POSITIVE
• PGNiG: 2Q21 results estimates - trading segment drags earnings down
• Atrium: 2Q21 - restrictions affect results, flat valuations, transition into resi gathering momentum
• Polish telecoms: IlIliad submits non-binding offer to purchase UPC Polska for PLN 7.3bn NEGATIVE
• Siauliu Bankas: first read of 2Q21 results
• EME Macro/Strategy: July surveys - cooling tempo, due to industrial and consumers
• Greek banks: amendment to DTC law
• Novatek: takeaways from the 2Q21 conference call POSITIVE
• Orange Polska: key takeaways from the 2Q21 earnings call NEUTRAL
• Krka: 2Q21 conference call takeaways NEUTRAL
• Jeronimo Martins: 2Q21 conference call takeaways NEUTRAL
• Turkey macro: CBT inflation report revises year-end inflation upwards
• CD Projekt: over 1m downloads of The Witcher: Monster Slayer on Google Play in first week NEUTRAL
• Cyfrowy Polsat: announces squeeze out of Netia minorities at PLN 7/share NEUTRAL
• Hellenic Petroleum: Board launches corporate restructuring
• Kernel: calls EGM to vote on large buyback programme POSITIVE
• Moscow Exchange: to start morning session trading on the stock market in November-December POSITIVE
• BRD-GSG: 2Q21E preview - loan growth acceleration (due on 3 August)
• Piraeus Bank: 2Q21E - losses on reported basis, but decent recurring profitability (due on 4 August)
• National Bank: 2Q21E preview - on track to meet the guidance (due on 5 August)
• DIGI Communications: 2Q21E preview - 11% yoy adjusted EBITDA growth expected (due on 13 August)
• CD Projekt: uninspiring 2Q21E expected, assuming no qoq recovery in CP77 volumes (due on 26 August) NEGATIVE
• Bittnet Systems: 2Q21E - decent quarter, with RON 3.4m in EBITDA (up 26% yoy) (due on 27 August)
Underlyings
Arenaturist d.d.

Atrium European Real Estate Limited

Atrium European Real Estate is engaged in the ownership, management and operation of commercial real estate in the retail sector. Co. primarily operates in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Russia, Hungary and Romania. Co. has two reportable segments: the standing investment segment includes all commercial real estate held to generate rental income for Co.; and the development segment includes all development activities and activities related to land plots. As of Dec 31 2016, the portfolio of standing investments consisted of 59 properties in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Russia, Hungary, and Romania.

Bittnet Systems

BRD-Groupe Societe Generale

CD Projekt S.A.

CD Projekt is a holding company of the CD PROJEKT Capital Group which conducts its operations in two activity segments: CD PROJEKT RED and GOG.com. CD PROJEKT RED's activities cover the creation and publication of videogames, licensing the associated distribution rights and manufacturing tie-in products which exploit the commercial appeal of brands owned by Co. The activities of GOG Ltd. involve digital distribution of videogames via Co.'s proprietary GOG.com distribution platform, on the basis of contracts signed by GOG Ltd. with producers, IPR holders and external publishers. The platform enables customers to purchase games, remit payment and download game files to their personal devices.

Cyfrowy Polsat SA

Digi Communications NV

Ekspress Grupp A.S.

Ekspress Grupp AS is an Estonia-based company that is principally engaged in the printing and publishing sector. The Company operates through three segments: Online media, Periodicals and Printing services. The Online media segment provides the administration of online classified portals and intermediation of Internet advertising services. The Periodicals segment is engaged in the publishing of newspaper, magazines, custom publications and books in Estonia and Lithuania. The Printing services segment provides printing and related services. It is active through its subsidiaries, joint ventures and associated companies, including UAB Ekspress Leidyba, UAB Adnet media, AS Express Post, AS Linnaleht and OU Hea Lugu, among others. The Company is active in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, the Russian Federation and Finland, among others.

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.

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.

Kernel Holding S.A.

Kernel Holding is a holding company. Co.'s is a diversified agribusiness engaged in the production and sale of bottled sunflower oil (sold under brand names Schedry Dar, Stozhar and Chumak Zolota), the production and subsequent export of bulk sunflower oil and meal, the wholesale trade of grain (mainly wheat, barley and corn), farming, and the provision of logistics and transshipment services n the ports of Ilyichevsk, Taman and Mykolaiv. The majority of Co.'s manufacturing facilities are primarily based in Ukraine and Russia. In addition, Co. is a private provider of inland silo services in Ukraine.

Komercijalna Banka AD Skopje

KRKA d.d.

Krka is a public generic pharmaceutical company based in Slovenia. Co. is engaged in the development, production, sale and marketing of human health products (prescription and selfmedication pharmaceuticals and cosmetics), animal health products and health resort and tourist services. Co. focuses on a range of generic prescription pharmaceuticals, which are marketed under Co.'s own brands. Co. offers customers in over 70 countries a broad range of prescription pharmaceuticals, self-medication products and animal health and cosmetic products. Co.'s activities are supplemented by health resort and tourist services of Terme Krka.

Magnit PJSC Sponsored GDR RegS

Mail.ru Group Ltd. Sponsored GDR

Mail.Ru Group is an Internet company based in the Russian Federation. Co. operates the email service [email protected] and two IM networks in Russia - Mail.Ru Agent and ICQ. Co. operates two Russian-language online social networking sites: Moi [email protected] and Odnoklassniki.ru, and owns a strategic minority equity stake in the social network Vkontakte. Co. is also engaged in developing projects in E-commerce and operating more than 40 thematic vertical sites, targeting various user categories. Co. is also Russia's predominant online games company. Co. maintains a portfolio of online games which includes 34 MMO games and over 30 games for social networking sites.

Moscow Exchange MICEX-RTS PJSC

Moskovskaya Birzha MMVB-RTS PAO. Moskovskaya Birzha MMVB-RTS PAO (MMVB-RTS OAO) is a Russia-based integrated stock exchange that provides electronic trade organization, clearing and settlements on trades, depository and information services. The Company provides trading and settlement services in such segments of the financial market as foreign exchange (FX) market, federal bonds market, market of derivative financial instruments, cash equities market, corporate and regional fixed income market, commodities market, as well as market for state and municipal orders. The Company was established as a result of the merger between MMVB ZAO and RTS OAO. It operates through six branches and three representative offices. As of February 27, 2013, the Company's major shareholder was the Central bank of the Russian Federation with a stake of 22.47%. In January 24, 2014, the Company sold its whole stake in MMVB-IT ZAO.

National Bank of Greece S.A. ADS

NOVATEK JSC Sponsored GDR RegS

Orange Polska S.A.

Orange Polska SA is a supplier of telecommunications services in Poland. Co. provides services, including fixed-line telecommunication services, Integrated Services Digital Network, voice mail, dial-up and fixed access to the Internet and Voice over Internet Protocol. Co. is one of Poland's three DCS 1800 and GSM 900 mobile telecommunications providers. Co. provides also third generation UMTS services. In addition, Co. provides leased lines, radio-communications and other telecommunications value added services, sells telecommunications equipment, produces electronic phone cards and provides data transmission, telephone directories, multimedia services and various Internet services.

Piraeus Bank SA

Polskie Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA

Polskie Gornictwo Naftowe I Gazownictwo SA Polish Oil & Gas Co (PGNiG) is an integrated natural gas company based in Poland. Co.'s core activity covers exploration and production of natural gas and crude oil as well as import, storage, trade and distribution of gas and liquid fuels. Co.'s scope of activity includes gas trading and commercial support, as well as operation, maintenance and expansion of its distribution system. Co.'s distribution networks comprises over 100 thousand kilometers of gas pipelines (high, upper-medium, medium and low pressure), which cover primarily industrialized and urbanized areas of the country.

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

Sberbank Russia PJSC

Sberbank Russia is an open joint stock commercial bank. Co.'s principal business activity is corporate and retail banking. This includes, but is not limited to, deposit taking and commercial lending in freely convertible currencies, local currencies of countries where the subsidiary banks operate and in Russian Roubles, support of clients' export/import transactions, foreign exchange, securities trading, and trading in derivative financial instruments. Co.'s operations are conducted in both Russian and international markets. As of Dec 31 2014, Co. had total assets of RUB25.20 trillion.

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.

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.

Turkiye Garanti Bankasi Anonim Sirketi

Turkiye Garanti Bankasi is a private banking group based in Turkey. Co. operates as an integrated financial services group in every segment of the sector including corporate, commercial, SME, payment systems, retail, private and investment banking together with subsidiaries in pension and life insurance, leasing, factoring, brokerage, and asset management. Co. provides a range of financial services to 13 million customers through a distribution network of 994 domestic branches; 6 foreign branches in Cyprus, Luxembourg and Malta; 3 international representative offices in London, Dusseldorf and Shanghai with more than 4,152 ATMs, a Call Center and internet.

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