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WOOD Daily: STCK LN; PPC GA; MOEX RX; RICHT HB; MAIL LI; PL Macro; EU Refining and Petrochemicals; Postcards from Prague

HEADLINES:
• Stock Spirits Group: 2H FY19/20 - deceleration on pandemic impact, but share gains in Poland POSITIVE
• Public Power Corporation: takeaways from the Investor Day NEUTRAL
• Moscow Exchange: November volumes very strong, migration of volumes continuing POSITIVE
• Richter: acquires ex-US Janssen contraceptive patch assets for USD 264m NEUTRAL
• Mail.ru: top mobile games revenue up 5%, downloads drop 18% in November vs. October
• Poland macro: NBP's interest rate decision
• European refining and petrochemicals margins monthly: November 2020 NEUTRAL
• WOOD's Winter Wonderland EME Conference 2020
• 11 bit studios: postcard from Prague
• Cyfrowy Polsat: postcard from Prague
• JSW: postcard from Prague
• KGHM: postcard from Prague
• LiveChat Software: postcard from Prague
• Orange Polska: postcard from Prague
• PKN Orlen: postcard from Prague
• Kofola: postcard from Prague
• Fondul Proprietatea: postcard from Prague
• MedLife: postcard from Prague
• Purcari Wineries: postcard from Prague
• Sphera Franchise Group: postcard from Prague
• Gazprom: postcard from Prague
• Mail.ru: postcard from Prague
• Moscow Exchange: postcard from Prague
• QIWI: postcard from Prague
• Yandex: postcard from Prague
• DP Eurasia: postcard from Prague
• MLP Care: postcard from Prague
• Tofas: postcard from Prague
• Erste Bank: postcard from Prague
• AD Plastik: postcard from Prague
• Georgia Capital: postcard from Prague
• Sava Re: postcard from Prague
• Kernel: postcard from Prague
• MHP: postcard from Prague
Underlyings
11 Bit Studios S.A.

11 BIT STUDIOS SA is a Poland-based company engaged in the game development industry. Its product portfolio includes four games: Anomaly Korea, Sleepwalker's Journey, Funky Smugglers and Anomaly Warzone Earth. The Company produces video games for different devices, such as video consoles, personal computers (PC), and Apple products (iPhone, iPad), among others.

AD Plastik d.d.

Cyfrowy Polsat SA

DP Eurasia

DP Eurasia is the exclusive master frachisee in Turkey, Russia, Azerbaijan and Georgia of the Domino's Pizza brand. Co. offers pizza delivery and takeaway/eat-in facilities through its 212 corporate stores and 359 franchised stores as of Mar 31 2017. Co. offers pizza products at a range of price points and adapted to local tastes. It also offers complementary products such as chicken, other side dishes and desserts, some of which have been developed by Co.s innovation center in Istanbul and subsequently adopted by other master franchisees of DP Inc. around the world. Co. owns and operates five commissaries which manufacture the pizza dough and supply system stores in Turkey and Russia.

Erste Group Bank AG

Erste Group is a financial services provider based in Austria. As of Dec 31 2015, Co.'s total assets amounted to Euro199,743 million and the number of customers was approximately 16.5 million. Co.'s key business is the retail business, covering the entire spectrum from lending, deposit and investment products to current accounts and credit cards. In addition to providing financial services to private individuals, Co.'s core activities also include advisory services and support for corporate clients in financing, investment and access to international capital markets, public sector funding and interbank market operations.

Fondul Proprietatea S.A. GDR (Reg S)

Gazprom (GDR)

Georgia Capital

Georgia Capital PLC. Georgia Capital PLC is a United Kingdom-based holding company. The Company is focused on investing in developing businesses in Georgia. Its portfolio companies include Georgian Global Utilities LLC (GGU), JSC m2 (m2), JSC Aldagi (Aldagi) and JSC Teliani Valley (Teliani). GGU carries on business in two areas: water utility and renewable energy generation. m2 is the Company's real estate business. m2 develops residential and commercial property in Georgia, outsourcing design while focusing on project and construction management, and sales. m2 also focuses on developing hotels with outsourced operations. Aldagi is a provider of property and casualty insurance products in Georgia. Aldagi primarily focuses on the Georgian motor vehicle, property, credit life, and liability insurance markets and also on other markets offering cargo and agricultural (Agro) insurance. Teliani is a wine and beer producer in Georgia and its sells its products across 15 countries.

Jastrzebska Spolka Weglowa S.A.

Jastrzebska Spolka Weglowa is a producer of type 35 coking coal (“orthocoking coal” according to Polish Standard). The main line of Co.'s business is also the mining and sales of steam coal. Co. is also central for selling all coal derivative products, i.e. coke and hydrocarbons produced by coking plants owned by the JSW S.A. Capital Group. The mining area is located in the Upper Silesian Coal Basin. The principal clients for Co.'s products are located primarily in Poland, Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and also India and Brazil.

Kernel Holding S.A.

Kernel Holding is a holding company. Co.'s is a diversified agribusiness engaged in the production and sale of bottled sunflower oil (sold under brand names Schedry Dar, Stozhar and Chumak Zolota), the production and subsequent export of bulk sunflower oil and meal, the wholesale trade of grain (mainly wheat, barley and corn), farming, and the provision of logistics and transshipment services n the ports of Ilyichevsk, Taman and Mykolaiv. The majority of Co.'s manufacturing facilities are primarily based in Ukraine and Russia. In addition, Co. is a private provider of inland silo services in Ukraine.

KGHM Polska Miedz S.A.

KGHM Polska Miedz is engaged in the mining of copper and non-ferrous metals ore; the excavation of gravel and sand; the production of copper, precious and non-ferrous metals; the production of salt; the casting of light and non-ferrous metals; the forging, pressing, stamping and roll forming of metal- powder metallurgy; waste management; wholesale based on direct payments or contracts; warehousing and storage of merchandise; holding management activities; geological and exploratory activities; general construction activities with respect to mining and production facilities; scheduled and non-scheduled air transport; telecommunication and IT services; and other activities.

Kofola CeskoSlovensko a.s.

Kofola CeskoSlovensko as is a Czech Republic-based company, which is engaged in the non-alcoholic beverages production. The Company is part of the Kofola Group, which produces drinks in eight production plants and its key brands include Kofola, Hoop Cola, Jupi, Jupk, Rajec, Radenska, Paola, Semtex and Vinea. Besides the traditional markets of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the Company is also present in Poland and in Slovenia with limited activities in Austria and Russia. On selected markets the Company distributes among others Rauch, Evian or Badoit products and under the licence produces RC Cola or Orangina. The Company also produces and distributes Pepsi Co products in Croatia and Slovenia.

Livechat Software SA

Livechat Software SA is a Poland-based company engaged in the software industry. The Company is a producer and global provider of software as a service (SaaS) LiveChat, communication software for business. LiveChat enables fast and intuitive communication between company's employees and customers visiting corporate Website. The application also tracks customers' activity on a Website. The Company produces and distributes software for business-to-consumer (B2C) and business-to-business (B2B) communication. Its product portfolio includes three types of LiveChat plans: Solo, dedicated to single user and offering such features as unlimited chats, ticketing system, enhanced security and basic reporting; Team, for numerous teams that additionally includes chat routing and groups creation; and Enterprise, for companies that, additionally to previous ones, provides advanced reporting, work scheduler and unlimited visits on a Website.

Mail.ru Group Ltd. Sponsored GDR

Mail.Ru Group is an Internet company based in the Russian Federation. Co. operates the email service [email protected] and two IM networks in Russia - Mail.Ru Agent and ICQ. Co. operates two Russian-language online social networking sites: Moi [email protected] and Odnoklassniki.ru, and owns a strategic minority equity stake in the social network Vkontakte. Co. is also engaged in developing projects in E-commerce and operating more than 40 thematic vertical sites, targeting various user categories. Co. is also Russia's predominant online games company. Co. maintains a portfolio of online games which includes 34 MMO games and over 30 games for social networking sites.

Med Life

MLP Saglik Hizmetleri AS

MLP Saglik Hizmetleri AS, formerly Medical Park Saglik Hizmetleri AS, is a Turkey-based company engaged in the healthcare sector. The Company operates more than 20 hospitals in more than 10 provinces in Turkey. The Company's medical departments include: Mouth and Dental Health, Brain and Nerve Surgery, Biochemistry, Dermatology, Child Health and Diseases, Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Hematology, Check-up, Eye Health and Diseases, Gastroenterology, Cardiac Surgery, Ear-Nose-Throat, Cardiology, Gynecology and Obstetrics, as well as Laboratory Services, among others. The Company's subsidiaries are: Medical Park Gaziantep Hastanesi, Samsun Medikal Grup Ozel Saglik Hizmetleri AS and Sentez Saglik Hizmetleri AS, among others.

MOL Nyrt

Moscow Exchange MICEX-RTS PJSC

Moskovskaya Birzha MMVB-RTS PAO. Moskovskaya Birzha MMVB-RTS PAO (MMVB-RTS OAO) is a Russia-based integrated stock exchange that provides electronic trade organization, clearing and settlements on trades, depository and information services. The Company provides trading and settlement services in such segments of the financial market as foreign exchange (FX) market, federal bonds market, market of derivative financial instruments, cash equities market, corporate and regional fixed income market, commodities market, as well as market for state and municipal orders. The Company was established as a result of the merger between MMVB ZAO and RTS OAO. It operates through six branches and three representative offices. As of February 27, 2013, the Company's major shareholder was the Central bank of the Russian Federation with a stake of 22.47%. In January 24, 2014, the Company sold its whole stake in MMVB-IT ZAO.

Orange Polska S.A.

Orange Polska SA is a supplier of telecommunications services in Poland. Co. provides services, including fixed-line telecommunication services, Integrated Services Digital Network, voice mail, dial-up and fixed access to the Internet and Voice over Internet Protocol. Co. is one of Poland's three DCS 1800 and GSM 900 mobile telecommunications providers. Co. provides also third generation UMTS services. In addition, Co. provides leased lines, radio-communications and other telecommunications value added services, sells telecommunications equipment, produces electronic phone cards and provides data transmission, telephone directories, multimedia services and various Internet services.

Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN S.A.

Polski Koncern Naftowy Orlen's activities are divided into three main business segments: the Refining Segment that comprises crude oil processing as well as wholesale and retail trade in refinery products. The Petrochemical Segment that encompasses production and sale of petrochemicals and chemicals. The Retail Segment that comprises of sales at petrol stations. Co.'s basic products include gasolines, diesel oils, light heating oil, Jet fuel, liquid gas, polyetylene, polypropylene, benzene, butadiene, acetone, phenol, glycols, toluen, ortoxylene.

Pozavarovalnica Sava

Pozavarovalnica Sava dd (or Sava Reinsurance Plc), also known as Sava Re dd, is a Slovenia-based reinsurance undertaking. It operates as a parent company of Sava Re Group, which comprises direct insurance and pension undertakings. The Company's activities are divided into four segments: Reinsurance operations, Non-life insurance operations, Life insurance operations and Other business segment. The Reinsurance operations segment comprises treaty and facultative arrangements for intra-group clients and insurance and reinsurance partners worldwide. The Non-life insurance operations segment supports local markets with non-life insurance products and customer oriented services. The Life insurance operations segment is focused on life protection and saving products, including pension schemes. The Other business segment comprises operations of the Company's non-insurance subsidiaries. Sava Re Group operates through subsidiaries in Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Macedonia, Montenegro and Kosovo.

Public Power Corporation S.A.

Public Power Corp. is a vertically intergrated electric utility engaged in electricity generation, transmission and distribution throughout Greece. At Dec 31 2014, Co. and its subsidiaries generated electricity in its own 62 power generating stations of Co. and from the additional stations which belong to its wholly owned subsidiary PPC Renewables S.A, facilitated the transmission of electricity through its own power lines of approximately 12,273 km and distributed electricity to consumers through its own distribution lines for Medium and Low voltage of 235,100 km which are managed by its wholly owned subsidiary Hellenic Distribution Network Operator (HEDNO S.A.) (Medium and Low voltage).

Qiwi Plc Sponsored ADR Class B

Sphera Franchise Group SA

Stock Spirits Group

Stock Spirits Group is a spirits company. Co. along with its subsidiaries are engaged in the production and distribution of branded spirits in Central and Eastern Europe. Co.'s spirits include vodka, flavoured vodka, rum, brandy and herbal bitter liqueurs. Co. has more than 40 brands and export internationally to more than 40 countries worldwide. Co.'s brands include Zoladkowa de Luxe, Lubelska, Zoladkowa Gorzka, Stock Prestige, 1906, Fernet Stock, Bozkov, Amundsen, Keglevich, Limonce, Stock Original, Keglevich, Golden, Stock 84, Fernet Stock Citrus, and Hammerhead. Co. has operations in Poland, Czech Republic, Italy, Slovakia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Tofas Turk Otomobil Fabrikasi A.S.

Yandex NV Class A

Yandex is an internet and technology company that operates an internet search engine in Russia. Co. builds intelligent products and services powered by machine learning. Co.'s products and services are based on complex, unique technologies that are not easily replicated. Co. generates substantially all of its revenues from online advertising. Co. also generates revenues from its e-commerce offerings, classifieds and e-hailing service. Co.'s businesses are organized in the following operating segments: Search and Portal; E-commerce; Taxi; Classifieds and Experimental businesses.

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