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Focus: EME Macro/Strategy – Turkey – consumption prospects; PZU posts solid 1Q19 net profit, helped by cost performance; Transgaz – 1Q19 above expectations on higher capacity revenues; CEZ’s 1Q19 results in line

HEADLINES:
• EME Macro/Strategy: Turkey - consumption prospects
• PZU: posts solid 1Q19 net profit, helped by cost performance POSITIVE
• Transgaz: 1Q19 above expectations on higher capacity revenues
• CEZ: 1Q19 results in line, CZK 24/share dividend proposal may disappoint NEGATIVE
• Cyfrowy Polsat: 1Q19 - EBITDA in line with consensus, beat on NI solely on lower-than-expected D&A NEUTRAL
• Play Communications: strong 1Q19 beats consensus EBITDA by 6% POSITIVE
• Rosneft: 1Q19 results - stronger FCF, but another asset impairment and risks of higher capex
• Bank of Cyprus: core trends in line, but higher COR in 1Q19
• Medicalgorithmics: weak monthly data for April (-6% yoy) NEGATIVE
• Philip Morris CR: conference call takeaways - doom and gloom in cigarette land NEGATIVE
• EME Strategy: MSCI May 2019 SAIR results NEUTRAL
• National Bank: better trends in 1Q19E (due out today, after the close)
• Georgia Healthcare Group: 1Q19E earnings to improve on growth of new units (due out tomorrow)
• MedLife: 1Q19E loss expected on FX revaluation (due out tomorrow)
• Sphera: 1Q19E results preview (due out tomorrow) NEUTRAL
• Short News (WINE)
Underlyings
Bank of Cyprus PCL

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.

Cyfrowy Polsat SA

Georgia Healthcare Group

Georgia Healthcare Group is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. operates in three segments: Healthcare Services, which is the inpatient and outpatient medical services delivered by the referral hospitals, community hospitals and polyclinics owned by Co. throughout Georgia; Medical Insurance, which comprises medical insurance products, including personal accident insurance, term life insurance products bundled with medical insurance and travel insurance policies, which are provided by Co.'s wholly owned subsidiary Imedi L; and Pharma, which comprises a range of medicines and para-pharmacy products which are provided through a chain of pharmacies by Co.'s subsidiary JSC GEPHA.

Med Life

Medicalgorithmics SA

Medicalgorithmics SA is a Poland-based company engaged in the advanced medical equipment and technology industry. The Company develops and manufactures system for the diagnosis of heart arrhythmia. Its product, named PocketECG, is used for remote monitoring of cardiac disorders, arrhythmia diagnosis and monitoring of heart, as well as is used for clinical drugs trials for cardiac safety. In addition, Medicalgorithmics SA provides services in the field of information technology and biotechnology, scientific research and development of natural sciences. Moreover, the Company works on the several projects, such as a device for tele-rehabilitation cardiology, software for optimizing repetitive task in hospitals, as well as devices and systems for remote description of the electrocardiography (ECG). It operates through MEDICALGORITHMICS US HOLDING CORPORATION and Medi-Lynx Cardiac Monitoring LLC and Medi-Lynx Cardiac Monitoring LLC.

National Bank of Greece S.A. ADS

Philip Morris CR AS

Philip Morris CR is engaged in the production, sale, distribution and marketing of cigarettes and other tobacco products and the provision of related services. Co. manufactures the following brands of cigarettes: L & M, Bond, Marlboro, Philip Morris, Petra, Start, Sparta, and Chesterfield.

Play Communications SA

Play Communications SA Formerly known as Play Holdings 2 SARL. Play Communications SA, formerly Play Holdings 2 SARL, is a Luxembourg-based provider of financial investment services. The Company is the owner of mobile operator P4 Sp z o o, that provides a wide range of mobile telecommunications services, including voice, data transmission services, messaging, video service (PLAY NOW), as well as Value Added Services and sales of handsets and other devices, to individual and business subscribers in Poland.

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.

Rosneft Oil Co. Sponsored GDR RegS

Societatea Nationala de Transport Gaze Naturale Transgaz S.A.

Sphera Franchise Group SA

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Wood and Company

WOOD & Company is the leading investment bank in Emerging Europe. Founded in 1991 and head-quartered in Prague, our footprint spans the region and touches investors around the globe.

A pioneer in Emerging Europe, WOOD executed many of the first CEE equity trades and landmark investment banking transactions. Our electronic trading platform was the first in the region, and remains the best. We are continually expanding our relevance and reach in these ever-evolving markets.

Our equity market share reflects our stature: 7% in Warsaw, 20% in Bucharest, 16% in Hungary, 40% in Prague and 5% in Vienna. Our distribution is unparalleled, with the largest salesforce in the region, servicing a uniquely diverse investor base.

We couple local expertise with a truly international perspective. With offices on the ground in the region, and in key financial hubs such as London and Milano, we are never far from our clients and we remain at the forefront of what’s afoot in the CEE emerging and frontier landscape.

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