BEST S. A. announced group earnings results for the first quarter of 2017. For the quarter, the company continues to maintain a fast pace of growth. At the beginning of the year, repayments due to the group increased dynamically from PLN 41.0 million in the first quarter of 2016 to PLN 50.7 million in the first quarter of 2017, as a result of which the comparable cash EBITDA (excluding the results of Kredyt Inkaso) in the first quarter of 2017 amounted to PLN 30.8 million, up by 11% YOY. The group’s operating revenues in that period were PLN 35.8 million, the operating profit amounted to PLN 13.5 million and the net result was PLN 6.2 million. In the first quarter of 2017, the group made intense efforts to enter the Italian market, and there were no indications for an upward revaluation in the claims portfolios, as was the case in the first quarter of 2016 in connection with a very high number of settlements concluded with customers in that period.