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Focus: Bank Millennium – very strong delivery in 3Q19 amid provisions for CJEU ruling; Akbank’s 3Q19 highlights – 9% higher than consensus, but tone somewhat downbeat; Vestel Beyaz’s 3Q19 results – weak on stronger TRY and high base

HEADLINES:
• Bank Millennium: very strong delivery in 3Q19 amid provisions for CJEU ruling POSITIVE
• Akbank: 3Q19 highlights - 9% higher than consensus, but tone somewhat downbeat
• Vestel Beyaz: 3Q19 results - weak on stronger TRY and high base, but export growth remains intact NEUTRAL
• Tekfen Holding: 3Q19 results - broadly in line
• CME: to be acquired by PPF NEUTRAL
• Atrium: shareholders vote down Gazit's offer NEGATIVE
• Alior Bank: takeaways from call with management after the 25 October conference call NEUTRAL
• Mobile TeleSystems: confirms current listing structure POSITIVE
• S Immo: Ronny Pecik and Norbert Ketterer buy 10% stake from VIG NEUTRAL
• Cyfrowy Polsat: creates OTT platform in cooperation with Discovery NEUTRAL
• Kruk: announces purchase of NPL portfolio in Poland POSITIVE
• MMK: 3Q19E financial results preview - small rise in EBITDA, tripling of FCF qoq (due on 31 October) POSITIVE
• Short News (CIE)
Underlyings
Akbank TAS

Akbank is a commercial bank. Co. operates in five segments: Retail banking offers a range of retail services, such as deposit accounts, loans, credit cards, insurance products and asset management services; Corporate and Small and Medium Size Enterprises banking provides financial solutions and banking services; Treasury Activities conducts regional and foreign currency spot and forward transactions, bonds and other domestic securities; Private banking offers banking and investment transactions for upper-income groups and the International banking provides services for foreign trade financing and Turkish Lira clearances, and money transfers through agent financial institutions.

Alior Bank SA

Alior Bank is a universal lending and deposit-taking bank which renders services to individuals, legal persons and other entities which are Polish and foreign persons. Co.'s core activities include maintaining bank accounts, granting loans and advances, issuing banking securities and purchasing and selling foreign currency. Co. also conducts brokerage activities, consulting and financial agency services and renders other financial services.

Atrium European Real Estate Limited

Atrium European Real Estate is engaged in the ownership, management and operation of commercial real estate in the retail sector. Co. primarily operates in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Russia, Hungary and Romania. Co. has two reportable segments: the standing investment segment includes all commercial real estate held to generate rental income for Co.; and the development segment includes all development activities and activities related to land plots. As of Dec 31 2016, the portfolio of standing investments consisted of 59 properties in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Russia, Hungary, and Romania.

Bank Millennium SA

Bank Millennium provides various banking products and services to individual clients, small businesses, corporate, and public sector entities in Poland. Co. offers current account, custody account, and escrow account; standard deposits, negotiated deposits, millenet deposits, and automatic overnight deposits; debit and charge cards; funds management; professional cash services; and management of balances of current and auxiliary accounts. Co. also provides current account overdraft facility, real estate loans, revolving credits, working capital loans, investment loans, energy financing facility, sureties, line of guarantees, letters-of-credit, preferential loans, and bid bond guarantees.

Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. Cl A

Cyfrowy Polsat SA

Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (GDR)

Mobile TeleSystems PJSC

Mobile Telesystems is a provider of mobile cellular communications services in the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan to consumers and corporate customers, employing technology based primarily on Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM). Co. had a mobile subscriber base of around 102.5 million (77.3 million in Russia, 20.4 million in Ukraine, 2.1 million in Turkmenistan, 1.6 million in Uzbekistan and 1.1 million in Armenia). In addition to standard voice services, Co. provides improved services, including voice mail, short message service, general packet radio service, and various SMS- and GPRS-based information and entertainment services.

S IMMO AG

S Immo AG is an Austria-based company engaged in the real estate sector. The Company specializes in the acquisition, letting and sale of properties. Furthermore, It offers real estate project developments, which includes Einsteinova office, Quartier Belvedere Central, and The Mark office project, among others, renovation of existing properties, asset and portfolio management and a range of services, such as facility management and brokerage. The Company's real estate portfolio comprises residential, office, retail and hotel properties. It operates four geographical segments: Austria, Germany, Central Europe (CEE) and Southeastern Europe (SEE). In addition, the Company is a parent of CEE Immobilien GmbH, Hansa Immobilien EOOD, Rega Property Invest sro, Ikaruspark GmbH, SC Societate Dezvoltare Comercial Sudului (SDCS) SRL, Maior Domus Hausverwaltung GmbH, and Eurocenter doo, among others.

Tekfen Holding

Tekfen Holding conducts its operations in four main business segments: Contracting, Agriculture, Real Estate and Other operations. Contracting group focuses on construction of petroleum and gas facilities, land and sea terminals, offshore platforms and tank farms. Agricultural group has operations in chemical fertilizer, ground and vegetable grain, production, distribution and trade of seedling and sapling. Real estate group operates in designing, constructing, renting, and sale of real estates such as residents, offices, shopping centers and hotels. Operations of other segment comprise of light-pulp trading, cotton yarn production and trading, insurance services and holding operations.

Vestel Beyaz Esya Sanayi ve Ticaret

Vestel Beyaz Esya Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (Vestel Beyaz Esya) is a Turkey-based manufacturer of home appliances, including no-frost, double door, and single door, refrigerators; washing machines with different capacities; air conditioners; ovens with different functions, and dishwashers. The Company operates production facilities in Manisa and Turkey. The Company's marketing and sales activities are carried out by two other group companies, Vestel Dayanikli Tuketim Mallari Pazarlama AS and Vestel Dis Ticaret AS. Vestel Beyaz Esya is a subsidiary of Vestel Group. In January 2014, Vestel Elektronik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS, increased its stake in the Company to 92.6%.

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