In the first quarter of 2026, repayments from the claim portfolios held by BEST Group reached PLN 220 million, representing an 85% increase year-on-year. During the same three-month period, BEST Capital Group invested PLN 86.4 million in new claim portfolios with a total nominal value of PLN 349.8 million. This investment volume was more than double that of the corresponding period in 2025.

– Following last year’s completion of the merger and operational integration with Kredyt Inkaso, BEST Group entered 2026 as a fully integrated international organisation with a strong appetite for growth across all our active markets: Poland, Italy, Romania, and Bulgaria. In the first quarter, recoveries from the claim portfolios we manage reached PLN 220 million, 18% of which was generated from international markets. Our ambition is for annual recoveries to reach PLN 1 billion this year, and we are well on track to achieving this goal, comments Krzysztof Borusowski, President of BEST S.A.

– At the same time, we are continuing to invest in new claim portfolios, remaining an active purchaser in all four markets where we operate. In the first quarter, our total expenditure exceeded PLN 86 million – more than double the figure from a year ago – with approximately 42% of that capital deployed outside Poland. This demonstrates the increasingly international nature of BEST Capital Group, notes Marek Kucner, Vice-President of BEST S.A.

BEST finances new investments through generated profits as well as bond issues. In Q1 of this year, BEST conducted its first public bond offering worth over PLN 134 million and is planning further issues aimed at both qualified and retail investors. In addition to a public bond issue programme worth up to PLN 500 million, conducted under a prospectus approved in February by the Polish Financial Supervision Authority, BEST also maintains an ongoing multi-year bond issue programme not requiring a prospectus, with a value of up to PLN 1 billion.

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Repayments under claim portfolios and investments in new portfolios

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About BEST

BEST Capital Group is one of the largest debt collection companies in Poland, and it invests actively in non-performing debts. BEST S.A. has been listed at the Warsaw Stock Exchange (GPW) since 1997.

BEST S.A., as a member and co-founder of the Association of Financial Companies in Poland, and a co-founder and moderator of the Good Debt Collection Practice actively contributes to the development and shaping of the claims market in Poland.

The BEST Capital Group aims to become a leader in the debt management industry in Europe. Apart from Poland, it has been operating in Italy since 2017, and since 2025 – following a merger with Kredyt Inkaso – also in Romania and Bulgaria.

For more information, visit www.best.com.pl or contact us:

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e-mail: [email protected]

Krzysztof Woch | phone + 48 516 173 691

Maciej Szczepaniak | phone + 48 514 985 845