Poland - Factors to Watch May 14

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14/05/2015 06:57

Following are news stories, press reports and events to watch 
that may affect Poland's financial markets on Thursday. ALL 
TIMES GMT (Poland: GMT + 2 hours): 
     
    DATA 
    Poland's statistics office will publish April inflation 
data, while the central bank is to announce last-month's reading 
of M3 money supply. Both are scheduled for 1200 GMT.  ECONPL  
     
    TAURON  TPE.WA  
    Tauron, Poland's second largest utility, surprised with a 
27-percent rise in its first-quarter net profit thanks to a 
one-off tax return and savings. 
    The state-controlled company earned 502 million zlotys 
($139.4 million), while analysts polled by Reuters expected a 
10-percent drop in net profit, to 356 million.  ID:nW8N0XX009    
   
     
    CYFROWY POLSAT  CPS.WA  
    Poland's largest media group, Cyfrowy Polsat, booked a 
larger-than-expected 74-percent rise in its first-quarter net. 
    The group showed a bottom line of 171 million zlotys ($47.5 
million) on sales more than tripling to 2.33 billion zlotys. 
Analysts expected revenue to stand at 2.37 billion. 
 ID:nW8N0XX004  
     
    ASSECO POLAND  ACPP.WA   
    Eastern Europe's No.1 software maker, Asseco Poland, booked 
a 20-percent net profit drop.  
    The group showed a bottom line of 78 million zlotys ($22 
million), beating analysts expectations of a 38-percent decline 
to 60 million.  ID:nW8N0XX003  
     
    KOFOLA  KFL.WA  
    Warsaw-listed Czech soft drinks maker Kofola is considering 
moving its headquarters to the Czech Republic and listing its 
shares at the Prague bourse as well, the company said on 
Wednesday. 
    Kofola added it may consider a secondary public offering 
consisting of new and existing shares, in the Czech Republic as 
well as in Poland and/or Slovakia.  ID:nP7N0Y3002  
     
    PHN  PHN.WA  
    The state-controlled real-estate group recommended a 
dividend payout of nearly 61 million zlotys ($17 million) from 
last year profits, or 1.30 zlotys per share, the company said on 
Wednesday. 
     
    PGNIG  PGN.WA   
    Poland's largest gas distributor PGNiG said on Wednesday it 
had filed for arbitration with the Stockholm Arbitration 
Tribunal in a dispute with its biggest gas supplier Gazprom 
 GAZP.MM , looking to change the pricing of their long-term 
contract.  ID:nL5N0Y469X  
        
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 Polish money           PL-M      Polish debt            PL-D   
 Eastern Europe         EEU       All emerging markets   EMRG  
 Hot stocks             HOT       Stock markets          STX  
 Market debt news       DBT       Forex news             FRX  
  
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 Warsaw WIG20  .WIG20   Budapest BUX  .BUX   Prague PX  .PX  
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