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Research Team

Focus: Vakifbank’s 2Q19 results review – NIM sinks, 2Q calls for reality check on numbers; MLP Care – takeaways from the 2Q19 conference call; SOK Marketler Ticaret – 2Q19 conference call takeaways – FY19E guidance reiterated

HEADLINES:
• Vakifbank: 2Q19 results review - NIM sinks, 2Q calls for reality check on numbers NEGATIVE
• MLP Care: takeaways from the 2Q19 conference call POSITIVE
• SOK Marketler Ticaret: 2Q19 conference call takeaways - FY19E guidance reiterated NEUTRAL
• Ciech: conference takeaways NEUTRAL
• Kofola: 2Q19E preview - cold weather to mute Easter benefit (due out today, after the close)
• Romgaz: 2Q19E preview (due on 14 August)
• PZU: 2Q19E preview (due on 29 August)
• Short News (RTKM)
Underlyings
Ciech S.A.

Ciech is engaged in the production, trade and distribution of chemicals as well as comprehensive service activities directed at the domestic and foreign market. The main products sold by Co. are soda ash, TDI, plastics, resins, chemical fertilizers, plant protection chemicals, glass blocks and glass packaging, salt and other chemicals.

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.

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.

Societatea Nationala De Gaze Naturale ROMGAZ SA

Sok Marketler Ticaret AS

Sok Marketler Ticaret AS. Sok Marketler Ticaret AS, located in Istanbul, Turkey, owns and operates grocery stores. It sells Amigo, Crown, Deren, Evin, Karmen, Lio, Peki, Piyale and Tempo brands. The Company was founded in 1995.

Turkiye Vakiflar Bankasi Turk Anonim Ortakligi

Turkiye Vakiflar Bankasi (Vakifbank) is a banking and financial services company based in Turkey. Co. offers products and services that cover corporate, commercial, investment and small-scale enterprise banking as well as the retail and private banking sectors. Co. also provides financial leasing, portfolio management, real estate, insurance and factoring services through its financial participations. Co.'s deposit products include time and demand deposits, as well as loans comprise spot loans, foreign currency indexed loans, consumer loans, automobile and housing loans, working capital loans, gold loans, foreign currency loans, eximbank loans, and pre-export loans.

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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.

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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