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WOOD Morning (31 January 2022)

HEADLINES:
• Greece macro: strong growth, high inflation
• Poland macro: NBP President Glapinski reappointed
• NLB Banka: 4Q21 results review - solid quarter, with annualised ROE of 15.6%
• PGNiG: operating estimates for 4Q21, gas production volumes up 48%
• O2 Czech Republic: shares to be withdrawn from trading on Prague Stock Exchange at end-February NEUTRAL
• Electrica: looking to contract RON 1.5bn working capital loan for supply
• Mobile TeleSystems: New Towers in talks to buy MTS' mobile tower business POSITIVE
• Raiffeisen Bank International: 4Q21E preview (due on 2 February)
• OMV Petrom: 4Q21 results preview (due on 3 February)
• Sisecam: 4Q21E preview (due on 3 February, TBC)
• Asseco Poland: 4Q21E preview - 20% yoy drop in net profit expected (due on 23 March)
• Ciech: 4Q21E preview (due on 24 March)
• Cyfrowy Polsat: 4Q21E preview - 20% yoy drop in EBITDA expected (due on 24 March)
• Short News (ACP)
Underlyings
Asseco Poland SA

Asseco Poland is a provider of proprietary information technology ("IT") solutions which is based in Poland. Co. is engaged in provision of consulting on IT infrastructure, security solutions, human resources solutions, outsourcing services as well as fully comprehensive IT support. Co.'s profile includes software and computer hardware consultancy, production of software as well as supply of software and hardware. This category includes analysing, developing, and programming ready-to-use IT systems. In addition to IT services, Co. also sells goods including mainly computer hardware.

Ciech S.A.

Ciech is engaged in the production, trade and distribution of chemicals as well as comprehensive service activities directed at the domestic and foreign market. The main products sold by Co. are soda ash, TDI, plastics, resins, chemical fertilizers, plant protection chemicals, glass blocks and glass packaging, salt and other chemicals.

Cyfrowy Polsat SA

Mobile TeleSystems PJSC

Mobile Telesystems is a provider of mobile cellular communications services in the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan to consumers and corporate customers, employing technology based primarily on Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM). Co. had a mobile subscriber base of around 102.5 million (77.3 million in Russia, 20.4 million in Ukraine, 2.1 million in Turkmenistan, 1.6 million in Uzbekistan and 1.1 million in Armenia). In addition to standard voice services, Co. provides improved services, including voice mail, short message service, general packet radio service, and various SMS- and GPRS-based information and entertainment services.

O2 Czech Republic a.s.

O2 Czech Republic is a provider of voice, data and other telecommunications services in the Czech Republic. Co. provides telephony services to business and residential customers, operates pay phones, provides cellular phone services, euroISDN, leased lines, Internet and data services (including internet online ISDN services which offer digital connection to the internet network), telephone equipment and other services. Co. comprises two main business segments: the Fixed segment which is telephone services using the fixed telephone network and the Mobile segment which is mobile telephone services provided by Telefonica O2 Slovakia.

Petrom S.A.

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

Societatea Energetica Electrica

Turkiye Sise ve Cam Fabrikalari A.S.

Turkiye Sise ve Cam Fabrikalari is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. operates predominantly in the manufacture of glass and chemicals. Co.'s activities encompass all the areas of glass-making (flat glass, glassware, glass packaging and glass fiber) and soda ash and chromium chemicals. Co. consists of five operational divisions: flat glass, glass-ware, glass packaging, chemicals (soda ash products, chromium chemicals, glass fiber and unsaturated polyesters, industrial raw materials, electricity, steam, vitamin K3 derivatives and sodium metabisulfite), and export-import and insurance services.

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