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WOOD Daily: RO Banks; PLZL LI; SPL PW; CCC PW; EME Strategy – MSCI; THYAO TI; PLY PW; MTSS RX; TELEC CP; ING PW; TGN RO; MAVI TI; MTELEKOM HB; PLY PW; LVC PW

HEADLINES:
• Romanian banks: riding out the crisis (Banca Transilvania stays BUY, BRD-GSG stays HOLD)
• Polyus: relative safe haven (upgraded to BUY)
• Santander Bank Polska: to lose PLN 380-450m of net interest income due to 100bps rate cut NEGATIVE
• CCC: PLN 23m state aid approved, transferred partially already POSITIVE
• EME Strategy: MSCI delays reclassification of Kuwait until November SAIR
• Turkish Airlines: 63% load factor in March, RPK drops by 53% yoy NEUTRAL
• Play Communications: no need to change 2020E guidance due to COVID-19 pandemic NEUTRAL
• Mobile Telesystems: management recommends RUB 20.57 DPS (RUB 41.14/ADR) NEUTRAL
• O2 Czech Republic: to pay dividend advance of CZK 17/share NEUTRAL
• ING BSK: to pay PLN 124.4m to resolution fund in 2020
• Transgaz: CEO states that BRUA is moving forward as expected POSITIVE
• Mavi: main competitor Koton in trouble NEUTRAL
• Magyar Telekom: launches commercial 5G service NEUTRAL
• Play Communications: 1Q20E preview - 4% yoy adjusted EBITDA growth expected (due on 12 May)
• LiveChat Software: 4Q19-20E (calendar 1Q20E) - 16% yoy growth in EBITDA expected (due on 25 June)
• Short News (GTC, HC)
Underlyings
Banca Transilvania S.A.

BRD-Groupe Societe Generale

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.

ING Bank Slaski S.A.

ING Bank Slaski is a bank holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. is engaged in providing a range of banking services rendered for individual and institutional clients in line with the scope of services outlined in Co.'s charter. Co. runs operations both in the home currency and in foreign currencies. Co. is also active on the domestic and foreign financial markets. The subsidiary, ING Bank Hipoteczny S.A., also runs banking business, including loans secured with mortgage. Additionally through subsidiaries, Co. operates brokerage services, real estate, leasing of real estate and advisory and acts as a financial intermediary as well as provides other financial services.

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.

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.).

Mavi Giyim Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.

Mavi Giyim Sanayi ve Ticaret AS is a Turkey-based company, which designs and manufactures apparel and accessories, under the Mavi brand, for both women and men. The Company offers pants, jackets, shirts, shorts, dresses, skirts, and joggers. The Company operates more than 390 mono-brand Mavi stores with particular presence in Turkey, the United States (following the acquisition of Mavi USA), Canada (following the acquisition of Mavi Canada), Europe (centered on Germany) and Russia, more than 5,000 global points of sale, as well as an online store. It has a retail base in Turkey with more than 200 mono-brand retail stores, more than 60 franchise-operated mono-brand retail stores and more than 400 multi-brand points of sale across the country. Its wholesale partners include Nordstrom, Bloomingdale's and Peek & Cloppenburg.

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.

Play Communications SA

Play Communications SA Formerly known as Play Holdings 2 SARL. Play Communications SA, formerly Play Holdings 2 SARL, is a Luxembourg-based provider of financial investment services. The Company is the owner of mobile operator P4 Sp z o o, that provides a wide range of mobile telecommunications services, including voice, data transmission services, messaging, video service (PLAY NOW), as well as Value Added Services and sales of handsets and other devices, to individual and business subscribers in Poland.

Polyus (GDR)

Santander Bank Polska SA

Bank Zachodni is a bank seated in Poland. Co. and its subsidiaries provide a range of banking services for individual and business customers and operate in domestic and interbank foreign markets. Additionally, Co. provides also the following services, including intermediation in trading securities, leasing, factoring, asset/ fund management, insurance services, trading in stock and shares of commercial companies, and brokerage activity. Operational activity of Co. and its subsidiaries has been divided into five segments: Retail Banking, Business and Corporate Banking, Global Banking and Markets, ALM (Assets and Liabilities Management) and Centre, as well as Santander Consumer.

Societatea Nationala de Transport Gaze Naturale Transgaz S.A.

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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