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WOOD Morning (6 February)

HEADLINES:
• MLP Care: robust even in a recession (stays BUY)
• MONETA Money Bank: posts strong 4Q18, strong guidance and raises dividends guidance POSITIVE
• Rosneft: 4Q18 - earnings suppressed by more write-downs, but FCF & leverage reduction still on track
• Raiffeisen Int.: posts mediocre preliminary 4Q18 net profit, with some negative one-offs NEGATIVE
• CME: 4Q18 results review - OIBDA up 19% yoy, in line with guidance and our estimates NEUTRAL
• OMV: 4Q18 results and EUR 1.75 DPS proposal
• OMV Petrom: 4Q18 results and an 8% dividend yield
• Lotos: 4Q18 preliminary estimates, better than our expectations, below consensus
• EME macro: update - where do we go from here?
• Jeronimo Martins: goes online with Hebe in Poland POSITIVE
• Severstal: 4Q18 conference call notes - faster-than-expected ramp ups at Vorkuta and Yakovlevsky POSITIVE
• Severstal: to enter JV with Tenaris to build 300ktpa OCTG pipe plant NEUTRAL
• Severstal: 4Q18 results - in line on EBITDA, but FCF falls 52% qoq on high working capital build up
• BRD-GSG: 4Q18E results (due out tomorrow)
• MMK: 4Q18E financial results - in line with consensus, but FCF down 46% qoq (due out tomorrow) NEUTRAL
• NLMK: 4Q18E results - EBITDA down 17% qoq on lower prices and weaker mix (due out tomorrow) NEUTRAL
• Tofas: 4Q18E preview (due out tomorrow)
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BRD-Groupe Societe Generale

Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. Cl A

Grupa LOTOS S.A.

Grupa Lotos is an oil concern which deals with oil extraction and processing and trading of high quality oil products. Co. supplies the market with, unleaded petrol, diesel oil, fuel oil, aviation fuel, industrial oil, asphalt and paraffin, among other things. Co. is engaged in the production and sales of engine oils and bitumen in Poland. Co. maintains oil exploration and production activities in the Baltic, North Sea and Norwegian Sea and operates three refineries in Gdansk, Jaslo and Czechowice, Poland. Co. markets its products in wholesale markets, as well as in retail markets through a network of petrol stations.

Jeronimo Martins SGPS S.A.

Jeronimo Martins S.G.P.S. is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. is engaged as a food distribution company with operations in Poland and Portugal. Co. operates in four segments: Portugal Retail, which comprises the business unit of JMR - Gestao de Empresas de Retalho, SGPS, S.A. (Pingo Doce supermarkets); Portugal Cash & Carry, which includes the wholesale business unit Recheio; Poland Retail, which includes the business unit with the brand Biedronka; and Others, which includes marketing services and representations, restaurants in Portugal, health and beauty retail in Poland, and its retail business in Colombia.

Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (GDR)

MLP Saglik Hizmetleri AS

MLP Saglik Hizmetleri AS, formerly Medical Park Saglik Hizmetleri AS, is a Turkey-based company engaged in the healthcare sector. The Company operates more than 20 hospitals in more than 10 provinces in Turkey. The Company's medical departments include: Mouth and Dental Health, Brain and Nerve Surgery, Biochemistry, Dermatology, Child Health and Diseases, Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Hematology, Check-up, Eye Health and Diseases, Gastroenterology, Cardiac Surgery, Ear-Nose-Throat, Cardiology, Gynecology and Obstetrics, as well as Laboratory Services, among others. The Company's subsidiaries are: Medical Park Gaziantep Hastanesi, Samsun Medikal Grup Ozel Saglik Hizmetleri AS and Sentez Saglik Hizmetleri AS, among others.

MONETA Money Bank AS

Moneta Money Bank as is a Czech Republic-based retail and expanding small and medium enterprises (SME) bank. The Company holds an universal banking licence and provides a range of retail and SME-focused financial products and services. The Company operates through a national distribution network of 229 branches and through alternative distribution channels, such as the internet, its call centre, auto dealers, brokers and approximately 4,700 leasing partners. The Company together with its controlled subsidiaries offers current accounts, savings accounts, term deposits and transactional banking products including payment services and debit cards, consumer loans, credit cards, overdrafts, mortgages and auto loans, auto leases and other complementary products such as bancassurance and sales of investment funds.

NLMK (GDR)

OMV AG

OMV is an international energy company with activities in Exploration and Production (E&P), Refining and Marketing including petrochemicals (R&M), and Gas and Power (G&P). Co. explores and develops oil and gas resources and supply energy to over 100 million people. OMV has three operating segments: Exploration and Production (E&P), Refining and Marketing, including petrochemicals (R&M), and Gas and Power (G&P), as well as the segment Corporate and Other (Co&O).

Petrom S.A.

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

Rosneft Oil Co. Sponsored GDR RegS

Severstal (GDR)

Tofas Turk Otomobil Fabrikasi A.S.

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