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WOOD Morning (30 July)

HEADLINES:
* TSKB: 2Q18 wrap-up (in line on the bottom line, but asset quality is a different story) NEGATIVE
* NIS: 2Q18 - strong results boosted by last repayment for Srbijagas POSITIVE
* O2 Czech Republic: capex to peak in FY18E at over 10% of revenues NEGATIVE
* Tauron: to book PLN 388m of net impairments in consolidated 2Q18 report NEGATIVE
* Surgutneftegas: strong 2Q18 RAS earnings, RUB 3.4 accrued dividend on preferred shares for 1H18
* Novatek: key takeaways from 2Q18 conference call
* AmRest: acquisition of 15 KFC restaurants in France NEUTRAL
* Echo Investment: sells 10k sqm office in Lodz for EUR 19m (8.4% yield) NEUTRAL
* NLMK: 2Q18E financial results preview - EBITDA up 12% qoq (due out tomorrow)
* RBI: 2Q18E results preview (due on 9 August) NEUTRAL
* PZU: 2Q18E results preview (due on 30 August)
* Kruk: 2Q18E - flat net income on a quarterly basis, but cash EBITDA very strong (due on 9 September)
* Short News (CY macro)
Underlyings
AMREST HOLDING

AmRest is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. is an international fas-foods and casual dining restaurant operator in Central and Eastern Europe. Co. has been building a portfolio of well recognized power brands such as KFC, Pizza Hut, Burger King, Applebee's and Starbucks based on solid franchise and joint venture partnerships. Co. owns La Tagliatella brand which is being developed as Co. operated restaurants as well as franchised stores. Co. operates almost 700 category Quick Service and Casual Dining restaurants. Co. is based in Wroclaw and operates in Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Spain, France and the United States.

Echo Investment

Echo Investment is a real estate investment and development company based in Poland. Co.'s is engaged in operations in the real estate market, the design, construction and development of shopping and entertainment centers, hotels, office buildings, houses, blocks of flats and apartments. Co.'s operations are organized along three operating segments: Shopping and Entertaining Centers, Offices and Hotels and Residential. Co. also offers general contracting services for third party investors. Co. owns properties throughout Poland, including Szczecin, Poznan, Warsaw, Krakow and Kielce, among others, and abroad, including Ukraine, Romania and Hungary.

Kruk S.A.

Kruk SA. Kruk SA is a Poland-based company, which is engaged in the business support industry. The Company is a multi-operator, which offers loss prevention and debt collection services. The Company divides its business into two main operating segments: Debt Purchase, including acquisition of non-performing debt portfolios, and Debt Collection Outsourcing, offering fee-based collection of debt on client's behalf, focused on consumer and corporate loans. The Company provides services to financial institutions and large corporate customers. It manages receivables of banks, credit intermediaries, leasing companies and digital platform providers, among others. The Company's operating activities concentrate in a number of countries, such as Poland, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Spain. The Company's subsidiaries include Kruk Deutschland GmbH, Presco Investments Sarl and Espand Soluciones de Gestion y Recuperacion de Deuda SL, among others.

Naftna Industrija Srbije Nova Sad

NLMK (GDR)

NOVATEK JSC Sponsored GDR RegS

O2 Czech Republic a.s.

O2 Czech Republic is a provider of voice, data and other telecommunications services in the Czech Republic. Co. provides telephony services to business and residential customers, operates pay phones, provides cellular phone services, euroISDN, leased lines, Internet and data services (including internet online ISDN services which offer digital connection to the internet network), telephone equipment and other services. Co. comprises two main business segments: the Fixed segment which is telephone services using the fixed telephone network and the Mobile segment which is mobile telephone services provided by Telefonica O2 Slovakia.

Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen Spolka Akcyjna

Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen is an insurance group based in Poland. Co. is engaged in offering a broad range of insurance and financial products. Co. pursues three main lines of business: Property and Casualty Insurance, offered by PZU; Life Insurance, offered by PZU Zycie; and Open-end Pension Funds, offered by PTE PZU, the manager of OFE PZU Zlota Jesien. Co. maintains a network of sales and service outlets including 500 outlets throughout Poland, including 243 shared outlets (common for PZU and PZU Zycie), 137 outlets of PZU Zycie and 120 outlets of PZU. Co.'s business is focused on the Polish market but it also conducts insurance business in the Lithuanian and Ukrainian markets.

Raiffeisen Bank International AG

Raiffeisen Bank International is a universal bank focusing on corporate and retail customers in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and on corporate customers in Austria. In CEE, Co. consists of a network of banks, leasing companies and financial service providers. In Austria, Co. is involved in corporate finance and export and trade finance banks. Co. provides services to customers in 2,800 branch offices. In the retail banking business, Co.'s product and service portfolio comprises inter alia credit services (mortgages, credit cards and personal loans), as well as payment transaction and current account package services. As of Dec 31 2014, Co.'s total assets amounted to Euro121.6 million

Surgutneftegas (GDR)

TAURON Polska Energia S.A.

Tauron Polska Energia is engaged in the generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of electricity and heat in Poland. Co. generates electricity from various conventional and renewable energy sources, including hard coal, lignite, natural gas, biomass, wind, solar, and hydro power. It is also involved in quarrying, crushing, and breaking of limestone; quarrying of stone for the construction industry; mining of hard coal; trading in electricity; and production of technical gases. In addition, Co. engages in the repair and maintenance of machinery and electrical equipment; electrical installations; and construction of power lines.

TSKB Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi AS (A)

TSKB Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi AS. TSKB Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi AS (TSKB GYO) is a Turkey-based real estate investment company. The Company is primarily an investment institution engaged in the investment and development of real estate projects in Turkey. Its real estate portfolio includes : two office buildings in Findikli, Istanbul with approximately 20,000 square meters of area, an office building in Karakoy, Istanbul with an area of 3,198 square meters, Pendorya Shopping Center Project in Pendik, Istanbul with 80,642 square meters of indoor area, and a piece of land in Seyhan, Adana with a city hotel project under development. The Company focuses on retail parks and mixed-use projects primarily in and around the city of Istanbul and in other parts of Turkey. TSKB GYO is a subsidiary of Turkiye Sinai Kalkinma Bankasi A.S.

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