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WOOD Daily: RICHT HB; HUG PW; PCO PW; CZ/HU Macro; TL Macro; PL Banks; GPP PW; MIL PW; SPL PW; MONET CP

HEADLINES:
• Richter Gedeon: swimming against the tides (HOLD)
• Huuuge Games: strong preliminary 3Q22 adjusted EBITDA implies 97% coverage of our FY forecast POSITIVE
• Pepco Group: FY trading update implies 2H21/22E EBITDA 4-9% ahead of our expectations POSITIVE
• Czech Republic/Hungary macro: inflation - small improvements in September, food is key
• Turkey macro: current account remains in deficit for 10th consecutive month
• Polish banks: Head of the PFSA to join CJEU hearing on a FX mortgage saga case
• Grupa Pracuj: number of new online job ads down 3% yoy in September 2022 NEUTRAL
• Bank Millennium: 3Q22E preview (due on 24 October)
• Santander Bank Polska: 3Q22E preview summary (due on 26 October)
• MONETA Money Bank: 3Q22E preview (due on 27 October)
• Short News (CPS, OTE, FP)
Underlyings
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.

GRUPA PRACUJ DA

MONETA Money Bank AS

Moneta Money Bank as is a Czech Republic-based retail and expanding small and medium enterprises (SME) bank. The Company holds an universal banking licence and provides a range of retail and SME-focused financial products and services. The Company operates through a national distribution network of 229 branches and through alternative distribution channels, such as the internet, its call centre, auto dealers, brokers and approximately 4,700 leasing partners. The Company together with its controlled subsidiaries offers current accounts, savings accounts, term deposits and transactional banking products including payment services and debit cards, consumer loans, credit cards, overdrafts, mortgages and auto loans, auto leases and other complementary products such as bancassurance and sales of investment funds.

PEPCO GROUP NV

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.

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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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