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Focus: EME Macro/Strategy – inflation, not Trump, is the biggest problem; mBank’s 2Q18 – small miss due to higher provisions, but core revenues solid; Erste Bank’s 2Q18 – beat on provisions, guidance unchanged

HEADLINES:
* EME Macro/Strategy: inflation, not Trump, is the biggest problem
* mBank: 2Q18 - small miss due to higher provisions, but core revenues solid NEUTRAL
* Erste Bank: 2Q18 - beat on provisions, guidance unchanged NEUTRAL
* Athens Exchange Group: decent 2Q numbers, weak outlook for 3Q NEUTRAL
* Bizim Toptan: 2Q18 results - continued fundamental improvement, finance costs remain a headache
* PKP Cargo: 2Q18 preliminary results - 20% yoy EBITDA growth and capex growth slower than guided POSITIVE
* Polish gencos: Energy Ministry wants all power sales on TGE NEUTRAL
* Pfleiderer: obtains financing for share buyback programme NEUTRAL
* Richter: 2Q18E preview (due on 2 August)
* MOL: 2Q18E preview (due on 3 August) NEUTRAL
* Siauliu Bankas: 2Q18E results preview (due on 6 August)
* Conpet: 2Q18E results preview (due on 10 August) NEUTRAL
* Short News (RICHT)
Underlyings
Bizim Toptan Satis Magazalari AS

Conpet SA

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.

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.

MBANK SA

mBank is a provider of comprehensive corporate banking services in Poland. Co. and its subsidiaries make up the mBank Group which is engaged in offering financial services. Co.'s service offering includes a comprehensive financial offer tailored to the needs of corporate clients, Private Banking clients, and retail clients. The business activities of Co. is conducted in the following business segments: Retail Banking and Corporates and Markets.

MOL Nyrt

Pfleiderer Group SA

Pfleiderer Grajewo, through its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and veneering of wood and wood-based products, and impregnation of paper in Poland and internationally. Co. is also involved in the manufacture of melamine-faced, raw chipboards, laminated and raw HDF boards, worktops, high-pressure laminates (HPL), MFP panels, finish foils, adhesive resins and other wood and wood-based products; production of materials from wood waste; wholesale of own and third-party products; and generation and distribution of heat.

PKP Cargo

PKP Cargo SA is a Poland-based company active in the transportation sector. The Company's main activity is domestic and international transport of goods by rail and provision of logistic services in the field of railway cargo transport services. The Company divides its services into six divisions: Transport, offering rail transport carried out by PKP Cargo, road transport and ferry transport; Intermodal, providing intermodal rail transport; Forwarding, services carried out by Trade Trans, Cargosped and PKP Cargo International; Terminals, offering service of reloading terminals; Sidings, providing railway sidings; and Rolling Stock, which provides repairs of the rolling stock. It operates through Advanced World Transport BV (AWT).

Siauliu Bankas

Siauliu bankas AB is a Lithuania-based company engaged in the provision of commercial banking and financial services to private and corporate clients. It offers such services as provision of bank accounts, offering the debit and credit cards and safety deposit boxes, cash and non-cash money transfers, operations with securities, currency exchange, lending and investment services, Internet banking, financial brokerage and real estate development. It also issues monetary warranties, guarantees and other warranty liabilities, as well as performs operations with payable documents, such as checks and others. The Bank has several branches, numerous client service units and subsidiaries.

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Wood and Company
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.

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