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WOOD Morning (11 January)

HEADLINES:
* Echo Investment: sounds good (BUY - initiation of coverage)
* CA Immo: time to take a breather (downgraded to HOLD)
* Kruk: 4Q17 - very strong recoveries; results hit by negative revaluation in Italy NEGATIVE
* Benefit Systems: Pure Jatomi exits Poland POSITIVE
* Poland macro: recap - Polish interest rate decision
* Czech Republic macro: recap - Czech inflation
* Prime Car Management: launches tender to acquire 3,000 vehicles NEUTRAL
* Unipetrol: POX unit resumes full operations NEUTRAL
* Short News (EBS, SAR)
Underlyings
CA Immobilien Anlagen AG

CA Immobilien Anlagenis a real estate investment company. Co. invests in commercial real estate, comprising hotel, residential, office, industrial, storage space, and logistics. Co. is also active in project development business. Co.'s activities are focused in Austria, Germany and Eastern Europe. Co. has 263 subsidiaries (including 24 joint ventures) in the following countries: Germany, Austria, Hungary, Luxembourg, Bulgaria, Netherlands, Slovakia, Cyprus, Russia, Czech Republic, Poland, Croatia, Ukraine, Romania and Serbia. Co., through its subsidiaries, is engaged in creation of entire urban districts, acquisition of real estate, project development, as well as property renovation.

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.

Prime Car Management

Prime Car Management Sa. Prime Car Management SA is a Poland-based company engaged in the passenger transportation industry. The Company operates on the car fleet management market. It specializes in leasing and car fleet management (CFM) services. The Company offers a full range of leasing products and CFM services, including full service leasing (FSL) and semi-FSL, fleet management and leasing (financial or operational). Prime Car Management SA is the parent company of a capital group, operating under the Masterlease brand. Masterlease Group's fleet, including leasing and CFM services, consists of over 23 000 vehicles. The Company operates in Poland through a countrywide sales network, including the headquarters in Gdansk and 16 branches.

Provider
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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