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WOOD Morning (23 November)

HEADLINES:
• Eurobank: mixed third quarter, stock remains best play of the Greek banks
• JSW: 3Q18 financial results - in line with consensus, but costs continue to rise NEUTRAL
• Krka: lacklustre 3Q18 earnings, but accelerating the buyback programme NEUTRAL
• Enea: 3Q18 results fully in line with preliminaries NEUTRAL
• Bank of Georgia: 3Q18 results - generally in line NEUTRAL
• CEZ: PM Babis wants CEZ to build and finance new nuclear NEGATIVE
• KGHM: October production results - stable, with an improvement at Sierra Gorda NEUTRAL
• Greek banks: central bank's proposal for management of NPEs
• OMV Petrom: discovers gas in Oltenia
• DO&CO: moved to UNDER REVIEW due to a change in analyst responsibilities
• Athens Exchange Group: 3Q18E results (due on 26 November)
• Bank of Cyprus: 3Q18E results (due on 26 November)
• OPAP: 3Q18E - 8% EBITDA erosion from high base expected (due on 27 November, after the close) NEUTRAL
• Alpha Bank: 3Q18E results (due on 29 November)
• Piraeus Bank: 3Q18E results (due on 30 November)
• Short News (PKP)
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Bank of Cyprus PCL

Bank of Georgia

CEZ as

CEZ Group is a dynamic, integrated electricity conglomerate based in the Czech Republic and with operations in a number of countries of Central and Southeastern Europe and Turkey. Co. is an international group consisting of nearly 120 companies, Czech and foreign. Co.'s primary activities involve the production and transmission of electricity through nuclear, coal-fired and hydro power stations; production and distribution of heat and processing of secondary products generated during the production of electricity and heat as well as coal mining. Co. has operating companies in Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, the Netherlands, Ireland, Germany, Hungary, Albania, Turkey, Serbia, and Slovakia.

DO & CO Aktiengesellschaft

Do & Co AG is a foodservice company. Co. maintains three business divisions. Its Airline Catering division provides gourmet food for passengers of airline companies such as Austrian Airlines, Turkish Airlines, Air France on long-haul flights. Co.'s flying cooks prepare fresh meals on-board. The International Event Catering division provides services such as handling the menu and the provision of food for sporting events, including tennis and golf tournaments, skiing events and Formula One Grand Prix races. The Restaurants, Lounges & Hotel division operates three restaurants; five restaurants with bars and one at the Casino Baden, and three bakeries under the Demel brand.

Enea S.A.

ENEA is engaged in production of electricity and heat; trade in electricity; and distribution of electricity.

Eurobank Ergasias Services & Holdings SA

Eurobank Ergasias and its subsidiaries are organized in the following reportable segments: Retail. which incorporates customer current accounts, savings, deposits and investment savings products, credit and debit cards, consumer loans, small business banking and mortgages; Corporate, which incorporates direct debit facilities, current accounts, deposits, overdrafts, loan and other credit facilities, foreign currency and derivative products; Wealth Management, which incorporates private banking services; Global and Capital Markets, which incorporates investment banking services; and International, which incorporates operations in Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Cyprus, Ukraine and Luxembourg.

Greek Organisation of Football Prognostics SA

OPAP is engaged in the operating and management of numerical lottery and sports betting games as well as lottery games. Co. holds concession to operate and manage new sports betting games in Greece as well as a right of first refusal to operate and manage any new lottery games permitted by the Hellenic Republic. Co. operates six numerical lottery games, including Joker, Lotto, Proto, Extra 5, Super 3, and Kino; and three sports betting games consisting of Stihima, Propo, and Propo-goal. Co. is also engaged in designing new lottery games, including Bingo and Super 4. Co. distributes its games through an extensive on-line network of agents.

Hellenic Exchanges SA

The Hellenic Exchanges is engaged in the following business sectors: trading, clearing, settlement, data feed, IT, exchange services, depository services, clearinghouse services, and other.

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.

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.

KRKA d.d.

Krka is a public generic pharmaceutical company based in Slovenia. Co. is engaged in the development, production, sale and marketing of human health products (prescription and selfmedication pharmaceuticals and cosmetics), animal health products and health resort and tourist services. Co. focuses on a range of generic prescription pharmaceuticals, which are marketed under Co.'s own brands. Co. offers customers in over 70 countries a broad range of prescription pharmaceuticals, self-medication products and animal health and cosmetic products. Co.'s activities are supplemented by health resort and tourist services of Terme Krka.

National Bank of Greece S.A. ADS

Petrom S.A.

Piraeus Bank SA

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