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Gielda Papierów Wartosciowych w Warszawie S A : Financial Results of the GPW Group Q1 2026
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Gielda Papierów Wartosciowych w Warszawie S A : Financial Results of the GPW Group Q1 2026

WSE Group Financial Results Q1 2026

May 26, 2026

Warsaw



Cash equities turnover

  • Record cash equities turnover on the Main Market amid high volatility:

PLN 157.8 bn +41.G%

Revenue

  • Record revenue of the WSE Group: PLN 168.8 mn +27.5%:

    • Financial Market: PLN 114.3 mn +34.3%

    • Commodity Market: PLN 50.6 mn +17.1%

OPEX

  • OPEX: PLN 97.3 mn +11.8%

  • Cost/income ratio: 57.7% -810 basic points

Earnings

  • Record-high EBITDA: PLN 77.9 mn +42.3%

  • Net profit: PLN 69.6 mn +37.8%

Dividend

  • Recommendation of PLN 3.40 dividend per share (+7.G%)

% year-over-year changes; net profit attributable to shareholders of the parent company

Warsaw Stock Exchange | 2

Q1

2026

Market activity Strategic initiatives

  • New listings: 6

  • Primary and follow-on deals listed value: PLN 4.2 bn

Main Market

  • 2nd edition launched

  • Participation of 24 companies interested in listing

GPW IPO Academy

  • New listings: 4

  • Primary and follow-on deals listed value : PLN 130 mn

NewConnect

  • Catalyst handbook, Municipals bonds handbook

  • Transaction Barometer - new cyclical report

Support for issuers and market promotion

  • Non-treasury issues listed: 126

  • Non-trasury issues listed value: PLN 11.8 bn

Catalyst

  • Exclusion of shares of 20 companies

  • NC Focus Day

Revitalization of New Connect

  • New listings: 13

  • Turnover Q1 2026: +194.3% YoY

ETF

  • Joint position on UE SIU and MISP

  • Regional markets key for financing local SME

CEE exchanges position paper

35 years of WSE: "From Transformation to Innovation"

Warsaw Stock Exchange | 3

2026

YTD





WIG index and selected listings



pts

150 000

Market cap of domestic companies



PLN bn

x 2.0

100 000

1 500

1 000

500

0

650

1 250

2023 2026



Average equities daily turnover

50 000

1 000

PLN bn

3.0

2.0

1.0

1.1

x 2.3

2.6

1991 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025

0.0

2023 Q1 2026

Warsaw Stock Exchange | 4

Monthly cash equity turnover on the WSE Main Market Change in cash equity turnover in Europe in Q1 2026

cash equity turnover (LHS, PLN mn) VIX - CBOE Volatility Index (RHS)

YoY, % (in EUR)

turnover value

EUR bn

velocity ratio1

Q1 2026: PLN 157.8 bn

+41.G% YoY

PLN bn



60

55

50

45

40

35

30

25

20

15

10

5

0

2024

2025

Bucharest

182.6%

1.4

7.9%

Points

40

Athens

BME

Budapest

93.7%

51.5%

47.1%

17.8

126.7

4.3

54.8%

43.4%

29.6%

35

40.6%

37.5

52.5%

30

Vienna

38.9%

12.7

25.8%

25

Prague

MEDIAN

27.9%

27.3%

2.1

119.0

13.6%

43.4%

20

Aquis (MTF)

26.6%

222.8

n/a

15

Cboe (MTF)

26.4%

906.7

n/a

10

Nasdaq N&B

Euronext

22.9%

15.2%

243.9

895.7

45.5%

51.0%

5

Turquoise (MTF)

11.8%

111.4

n/a

0

SIX

6.1% 223.1

40.0%

Deutsche Börse

4.9% 397.7

58.6%

2026

Session turnover; source: WSE. FESE (FESE exchanges with an annual turnover of more than EUR 2 bn)

1 Turnover ratio (velocity ratio): session turnover in shares of domestic companies as % of the average capitalization of domestic companies, as of March 2026

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SPO

Deep tech

PLN 116 mn

February 2026

Gaming

PLN 70 mn

March 2026

Biotechnology

PLN 25 mn

March 2026

Deep tech

PLN 20 mn

March 2026



Primary market Secondary market

Hotels & Restaurants

PLN 498 mn

May 2026

Gaming

transfer from NC

February 2026

Deep tech

transfer from NC

March 2026

Biotechnology

Spin-off

April 2026

Deep tech

Spin-off

Defensive

transfer from NC

April 2026

April 2026

January 2026

January 2026

PLN 28 mn

PLN 69 mn

Games

Biotechnology

January 2026

April 2026

PLN 1,359 mn

PLN 1,664 mn

Retail

Online Commerce

ABB

Defense

PLN 157 mn

May 2026

Deep tech

PLN 81 mn

May 2026



Biotechnology

PLN 66 mn

March 2026

Biotechnology

PLN 21 mn

March 2026



Selected transactions (PLN 20 mn+); as at 22/05/2026 Source: issuer reports

PLN 4.2 bn

Total value of IPO/SPO/ABB

transactions 2026 YTD

(-38% vs. 2025 YTD)

6

listings on the WSE Main Market 2026 YTD

10

SPO on the WSE Main Market 2026 YTD

6

Number of ABBs on the WSE Main Market

2026 YTD

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Quarterly and total value of listed non-treasury instruments

mortgage bonds (PLN bn, quarterly) municipal bonds (PLN bn, quarterly)



PLN bn 20

15

corporate bonds (PLN bn, quarterly)

value of listed non-treasury instruments listed EOP (PLN bn)

18.2

12.5 11.8

18.8

162.0

PLN bn 180

170

160

150

10

5.3

5

3.9

7.2 6.4

10.3

10.8

6.3

4.0

G.3

2.3

140

130

120

110

100

90

80

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 IV-V

2023

2024

2025

2026

Largest Corporate Bond Issues 2026 YTD

January 2026

PLN 180 mn

Real Estate

February 2026

PLN 250 mn

Construction

April 2026

PLN 600 mn

Financials

March 2026

PLN 600 mn

Retail

February 2026

PLN 1,600 mn

Mining

January 2026

PLN 2,000 mn

Fuels & Energy



Source: WSE's own data and issuers reports; as at 22/05/2026

PLN 11.5 bn

Value of non-treasury issues listed 2026 YTD

(-9.9% vs. 2025 YTD)

126

Number of non-treasury issues listed

2026 YTD

PLN 162.0 bn

Value of non-treasury issues at the end of April 2026 (+19.1% vs. 2025 YTD)

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ETF turnover on the WSE Main Market

  • Assets of ETFs listed on the WSE increased by 30% YoY in Q1 2026, to PLN 2.8 bn

  • Currently 33 ETFs listed on the WSE (27 on the Main

    Market, 6 on GlobalConnect)

  • In 2026, 13 ETFs listed, incl.:

    • PZU ETF WIG20 TR + mWIG40 TR

    • BETA ETF mWIG40TRlv and mWIG40TRsh

  • In May, the first ETF on WIG30TR listed on the Zagreb and Ljubljana stock exchanges

Q1 2026

ETF turnover (PLN mn)

Q1 2026: PLN 1.95 bn

+1G4.3% YoY

PLN mn

800

700

600

500

400

300

200

100

0

2024

2025

2026

ETFs by the end of 2026

~50

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Q1 2026 results

WSE Group results

  • Revenue: +27.5% YoY - growth in both segments:

    • Financial Market (+34.3% YoY), mainly due to higher revenue from trading in shares, AMX and market data

    • Commodity Market (+17.1% YoY) - increases in revenue from energy and gas trading, fees from market participants and transaction settlements

  • Cost/income: 57.7% (-810 bps YoY) - down due to revenue growth despite OPEX acceleration to 11.8% YoY

  • EBITDA: +42.3% YoY, strong operating leverage despite

    higher OPEX dynamics

  • Net profit: +37.8% rdr

  • ROE2: 18.6%

Q1 2026

PLN mn

Q1 2026

Q1 2025

YoY

REVENUE

168.8

132.3

+27.5%

Financial Market

114.3

85.1

+34.3%

Commodity Market

50.6

43.2

+17.1%

Other

3.7

4.0

-2.7%

OPEX

G7.3

87.0

+11.8%

Cost/income (%)

57.7

65.8

-810 bps

EBIT

70.3

46.0

+52.9%

Operating profitability (%)

41.7

34.7

+700 bps

EBITDA

77.G

54.7

+42.3%

EBITDA margin (%)

46.1

41.4

+480 bps

Share in the profits of affiliates

11.1

10.3

+7.2%

Balance of financial revenue and expenses

3.5

4.7

-26.7%

NET PROFIT1

6G.6

50.5

+37.8%

Net margin (%)

41.2

38.2

+360 bps

ROE2 (%)

18.6

14.4

+420 bps

1 Net profit attributable to shareholders of the parent company

2 ROE (return on equity) calculated based on profit for the last 12 months

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WSE Group revenue mix

Financial Market Commodity Market Other revenue

Market data

AMX

Market data

10.9%

PLN mn

Other

Property rights

0.4%

7.7%

Listing revenue

200

Operating registers 2.5% 2.1%

3.0%

4.3%

2.9%

Derivatives

(

)

67.7%

114.3

50.6

(30.0%)

+27.5%

168.8

3.9

140.4



Gas ground

Electricity

4.2%

2.7% Debt

5.3% Other1

150

132.3

85.1

(64.4%)

43.2

(32.6%)

4.0

3.4

4.7%

9.9%

Q1 2026

PLN 168.8 mn

100

50

Clearing

2.3%

Other

37.2% Cash equities

0

Q1 2025

92.7

(66.0%)

44.4

(31.6%)

Q4 2025

  • Share of non-trading related revenue2: 31.8%

    • Trading related revenue: PLN 115.1 mn +28.8%

    • Non-trading related revenue: PLN 53.6 mn +24.G%

Q1 2026

Q1 2026

1 Includes other fees from market participants in handling trading and other spot market instruments

2 Includes - Financial market: servicing issuers, AMX deposit activities, other fees from market participants, selling information; Commodity market: other fees from market participants, sale of information; Other revenue

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Trading Trading data

Q1 2026 YoY

EOB turnover (PLN bn) 157.8

+41.9%

+16.5%

+90 pbs

-2.5%

volume traded (mn shares) 3.3

share of HVP/market makers (%) 33.1%

average fee (pb) 1.94

W20 turnover (mn) 2.0

+7.5%

-0.9%

average fee W20 (PLN) 1.07

TBSP turnover (PLN bn) 565.3

Catalyst turnover (PLN bn) 2.5

+67.8%

+46.3%

structured products (PLN bn) 1.5

ETFs (PLN bn) 1.G

+52.4%

+194%

Cash equities Derivatives Debt Other1



PLN mn, YoY

80

75

70

65

60

+34.1%

56.4 57.9

75.7

3.5

4.5

4.8

+1.4%

+24.3%

+7.8%

STOCKS

DERIVATIVES

55 3.5

50 3.6

45 4.5

40

35

30

25 44.8

20

15

10

5

  • Revenue from cash equities trading (+40.0% YoY): higher turnover

    (+41.9% YoY) with a decrease in the average fee (-2.5% YoY)

  • Revenue from trading in debt instruments (+24.3% YoY): increase in turnover on TBSP and Catalyst

  • Revenue from trading in derivatives (+7.8% YoY): increase in turnover (+7.5% YoY) with a slight decrease in the average fee (-0.9% YoY)

Q1 2026

0

3.4

4.2

3.8

46.4

62.8

+40.0%

DEBT OTHER

Q1 2025 Q4 2025 Q1 2026

1 Includes: revenue from other fees from market participants and trading in other spot market instruments

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Information services Listing AMX

revenue (PLN mn) number of subscribers (thousands) Listing fees Fees for introduction Depository activity Exchange activity

PLN mn, YoY PLN mn, YoY PLN mn, YoY

+15.2%

17.8

18.4

16.0



20 2 000

15

1 500

10

1 000

20



15

+1.7%

10

7.2 6.1 7.3

-1.7%

20



15

10

5.6

+132.8%

10.9

1.5

12.G

1.6

+77.0%

1.4

5 5

1.1

1.4

5 0.9

9.4

11.3

+143.7%

5.8 5.0

5.9

+2.6%

4.7

0

Q1 2025 Q4 2025 Q1 2026

500

0

Q1 2025

Q4 2025 Q1 2026

0

Q1 2025 Q4 2025 Q1 2026

  • Revenue icrease due to:

    • new clients for real-time data

    • new recipients of processed data

Q1 2026

  • Stable revenue from issuers' listing fees and fees for introducing new instruments to trading

Q1 2026

  • Increase in deposit fees associated with higher fee rates

  • increase in revenue from exchange activities

related to greater market participants activity

Q1 2026

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Trading

Operational data

Q1 2026

YoY

total turnover (TWh)

38.3

+34.8%

ELECTRICITY

spot turnover (TWh)

13.7

+5.5%

forward turnover (TWh)

24.6

+59.4%

total turnover (TWh)

60.5

+54.9%

GAS

spot turnover (TWh)

15.8

+31.5%

forward turnover (TWh)

44.6

+65.4%

PROPERTY RIGHTS

spot turnover (TWh)

3.7

-30.7%

Electricity Gas Property rights Other fees

PLN mn, YoY

30

25 23.5

20 7.3

15

5.5

10

4.5

5

6.2

+19.5%



24.7

7.6

3.5

6.8

6.8

28.1

9.0

4.2

7.1

7.9

+22.7%

-25.0%

  • Revenue from gas trading (+57.9% YoY): growth in turnover on the futures market - growing importance of gas in the energy mix

  • Revenue from energy trading (+27.9% YoY): increase in turnover, mainly on the forward market, related to more favourable market conditions for conventional production

  • Revenue from other fees (+22.7% YoY): increase in IRGiT fees in the

security system and increase in the number of InfoEngine customers

Q1 2026

+57.9%

+27.9%

0

Q1 2025 Q4 2025 Q1 2026

TWh - terawatt-hours

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Clearing

PLN mn, YoY

+27.0%

16.7

13.2

14.3



25

20

15

10

5

Operation of registers

Register of certificates of origin

Register of guarantees of origin

PLN mn, YoY

0

5

0

5

5.9

1.8

4.1

-12.9%

4.9

1.3

3.5

0

5.1

2.0

3.2

+12.1%

-23.6%



25

2

1

1

0

Q1 2025 Q4 2025 Q1 2026

Q1 2025

Q4 2025 Q1 2026

  • Clearing revenue (+27.0% YoY): due to increased trading volumes mainly on the natural gas futures market, including settlement revenue

Q1 2026

  • RCO (-23.6% YoY) - lower volumes of issued RES as a result of weaker generation of RES in the winter and the gradual phasing out of the support system

  • RGO (+12.1% YoY) - stable growth in volumes of issued and redeemed GO related to new generation sources in RES

Q1 2026

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OPEX

Revenue vs. OPEX

revenue YoY operating expenses YoY



PLN mn

Q1 2026

Q1 2025

YoY

OPERATING EXPENSES

G7.3

87.0

+11.8%

Personnel costs

49.8

43.6

+14.2%

External services. incl.:

30.7

25.8

+19.2%

IT

17.7

13.6

+30.7%

advisory

3.4

3.7

-7.6%

other

9.6

8.5

+12.6%

D&A

7.6

8.7

-13.4%

Other1

4.6

4.8

-3.2%

PFSA fee

4.6

4.1

+11.1%

COST/INCOME (%)

57.7%

65.8%

-810 pbs

EBITDA MARGIN (%)

46.1%

41.4%

+480 pbs

30

20

10

0

-10

Q1

Q2 Q3 Q4

Q1 Q2 Q3

Q4 Q1

Q2 Q3

27.5%

11.8%

Q4 Q1

2023

2023 2023 2023

2024 2024 2024

2024 2025

2025 2025

2025 2026

Cost/income ratio

  • Personnel costs (+14.2% YoY):

    • increase in average employment by 7.9% YoY, mainly in IT

    • Increase in provisions for variable remuneration

    • Increase in personnel costs in AMX

  • External services (+19.2% YoY) - higher costs of IT services (WSE, AMX)

  • Depreciation and amortization (-13.4% YoY) - discontinuation of depreciation of solutions in non-core companies and UTP licenses

Q1 2026

80

70 66.1%

60

57.7%

50

40

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Q1 2026

1 Includes: service charges. taxes and fees (after deduction of fees at the PFSA) and other operating costs

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OPEX bridge

  • Operating expenses up +11.8% YoY

  • Cost dynamics increased by:

    • higher provision for variable remuneration (related to the increase in the results of the WSE Group)

    • higher AMX costs related to the development of the offer as a result of changes in the price list of deposit services

  • Cost dynamics were positively influenced by a

    decrease in the costs of non-core companies

  • Underlying increase in operating expenses in core business by +5.7% YoY

Q1 2026

PLN mn, YoY

4.0

87.0

2.1

4.9

-0.8

Q1 2026

underlying OPEX

increase

non-core companies OPEX decrease

AMX OPEX

increase

variable compensation accruals increase

Q1 2025

G7.3

+5.7%

+11.8%

Data of non-core companies without consolidation exclusions

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Overview GPW actions

GPW DAI

A company established to implement a project on the media market, related to the dynamic replacement of advertisements

  • The strategic options review has been completed - no investor was secured.

  • At the end of March, a decision to significantly reduce costs - the full impact will be

    visible from July 2026.

  • Expected significant reduction in the company's operating loss

GPW

Logistics

A company established to implement a project in the area of transport and logistics

  • Despite the implementation of a digital platform, the company's growth rate

    remains significantly below expectations

  • In February, the process of searching for an investor began

  • Talks currently underway with selected entities

GPW

Private Market

Company established to carry out the tokenization and trading project in non-financial assets

  • Despite the highest own contribution to the project, WSE is entitled to 34.5% of the generated solution (IP)

  • In February, a plan to acquire the company by WSE Tech was announced - the

transaction is aimed at simplifying the group's structure

GPW

Ventures

A company established to carry out VC investments in the agrotech market based on KOWR funds (Ministry of Agriculture)

  • In January 2026 KOWR decided to liquidate the KOWR Ventures ASI fund

  • In April, the liquidation of the fund was opened

  • Since February, the liquidation of WSE Ventures AM, the fund's sole general partner, has been underway

  • The objective is to minimize the negative impact of non-core companies on the WSE Group results

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CAPEX

  • Decrease in capital expenditures (-41.0% YoY)

    related to:

    • high base of expenditures on property, plant and equipment from Q1 2025 (replacement of IT infrastructure)

    • planned postponement of capital expenditures

      to the next quarters of 2026.

  • Expenditures on WSE WATS increased by 11.9% YoY due to the intensification of work

  • Current budget of the WSE WATS: PLN 164.5 mn

Q1 2026

intanbigle assets: WATS (PLN mn) intangible assets (PLN mn) plant, property and equipment (PLN mn)

PLN mn, YoY

-41.0%

24.2

12.9

15.2

1.0

3.6

14.3

1.4

4.3

7.7

11.1

8.6

3.1

30

25

20

15

10

5

0

Q1 2025

Q4 2025

Q1 2026

80

70

60

50

40

-89.2%

+19,4% 30

20

+11.9% 10

0

2025

LTM Q1 2026

-50.3%

-13.3%

74.7

22.9

64.8

11.4

15.5

16.2

36.3

37.2

+4,5%

+2.5%

CAPEX/revenue (%)

18.3%

10.8%

8.5%

13.5%

11.0%

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Consolidated cash flow

  • At the end of March 2026, WSE had PLN 474.3 mn in

liquid assets and net cash of PLN 453.5 mn

  • Free cash flow1 (FCF) for the twelve months ended

March 31, 2026 amounted to PLN 140.2 mn, +10.4% YoY

  • Operating cash flows for the twelve months ended

March 31, 2026 amounted to PLN 205.0 mn, which accounted for 82.5% of EBITDA adjusted for one-off events

Q1 2026

LTM Q1 2026

205.0

55.9

-64.8

2025

201.7

29.8

-74.7

PLN mn

Cash flows from operating activities Cash flows from investing activities

CAPEX

Cash flows from financing activities

-141.2

-140.6

Dividend paid

-132.4

-132.4

EBITDA adjusted for one-off events

248.5

225.4

Operating Flows / Adjusted EBITDA (%)

82.5%

89.5%

Free cash flow (FCF)1

140.2

127.0

Net cash

453.5

428.3

Net cash balance

PLN mn

31/03/2026

31/03/2025

Liquid assets

474.3

455.4

Cash and cash equivalents

160.5

153.2

Liquid financial assets

313.8

302.2

Interest-bearing liabilities (mainly leasing)

20.8

27.0

1 Operating flows less capital expenditure (CAPEX)

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