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Research Team

WOOD Morning (8 March)

HEADLINES:
* CD Projekt: what the "beep"? (downgraded to HOLD)
* Waberer's International: 4Q17 - 7% beat on EBITDA & strong net profit beat on tax asset recognition POSITIVE
* Alior Bank: 4Q17 results - in line with expectations NEUTRAL
* BIM: 4Q17 results - largely in line, margins down slightly due to price investments NEUTRAL
* Electrica: good 4Q17 results, conservative 2018E budget, stable dividends both this and next year NEUTRAL
* Stock Spirits: 2H17 results - two booked one-offs, Polish vodka market remains very competitive NEUTRAL
* PGE: takeaways from the 4Q17 webcast NEUTRAL
* Petrol Group: 4Q17 review - another good quarter NEUTRAL
* Aegean Airlines: January-February 2018 traffic up 12% yoy POSITIVE
* EME Strategy: EVRAZ and KAZ Minerals added to FTSE indices
* EME Strategy: ATX indices quarterly review
* AmRest: 4Q17E preview - EBITDA dynamics expected to decelerate to 5% (due out today)
* Short News (BZW, RBI)
Underlyings
Aegean Airlines SA

Aegean Airlines is an airline carrier based in Greece. Co. is engaged in aviation transportation, providing services that concern the transportation of passengers and commodities in the sector of public aviation transportation inside and outside Greece, conducting scheduled and unscheduled flights. Co. provides full service, premium quality short and medium haul services. Co. maintains a network of 145 destinations, 111 international in 45 countries and 34 domestic destinations. Co. is a member of global airline network, the Star Alliance network.

Alior Bank SA

Alior Bank is a universal lending and deposit-taking bank which renders services to individuals, legal persons and other entities which are Polish and foreign persons. Co.'s core activities include maintaining bank accounts, granting loans and advances, issuing banking securities and purchasing and selling foreign currency. Co. also conducts brokerage activities, consulting and financial agency services and renders other financial services.

AMREST HOLDING

AmRest is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. is an international fas-foods and casual dining restaurant operator in Central and Eastern Europe. Co. has been building a portfolio of well recognized power brands such as KFC, Pizza Hut, Burger King, Applebee's and Starbucks based on solid franchise and joint venture partnerships. Co. owns La Tagliatella brand which is being developed as Co. operated restaurants as well as franchised stores. Co. operates almost 700 category Quick Service and Casual Dining restaurants. Co. is based in Wroclaw and operates in Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Spain, France and the United States.

BIM Birlesik Magazalar A.S.

Bim Birlesik Magazalar is engaged in operating retail stores through its retail shops throughout Turkey, which sell an assortment of approx. 600 items, including a number of private labels. Co.'s object is to offer consumers basic food items and consumer goods at discount prices with quality. Co.'s private labels provides its consumers with quality tasting sausage, salami and similar meat products while at the same time being suitable to the consumers family budget. Products include meat products, breakfast and dairy products, beverages, legumes and bakery, snacks and sweets, fruits and vegetables, frozen foods, and non-food items - cleaning supplies.

CD Projekt S.A.

CD Projekt is a holding company of the CD PROJEKT Capital Group which conducts its operations in two activity segments: CD PROJEKT RED and GOG.com. CD PROJEKT RED's activities cover the creation and publication of videogames, licensing the associated distribution rights and manufacturing tie-in products which exploit the commercial appeal of brands owned by Co. The activities of GOG Ltd. involve digital distribution of videogames via Co.'s proprietary GOG.com distribution platform, on the basis of contracts signed by GOG Ltd. with producers, IPR holders and external publishers. The platform enables customers to purchase games, remit payment and download game files to their personal devices.

PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna S.A.

PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna is an electricity company based in Poland. Co. is engaged in the generation and selling of electricity. Co. is a predominant power producer and supplier in Poland and a major heat and power sector company in Central and Eastern Europe. Co. supplies over 5 million households, businesses and institutions through a combination of its own fuel resources (lignite), power generation and final distribution networks. Co.'s activities focus on the following areas: Conventional Power Generation, Renewable Power Generation, Nuclear Power Generation, Wholesale, Distribution and Retail. Co. has 12.2 GW of installed generation capacity.

Societatea Energetica Electrica

Waberer's International Zrt

Waberer's International Nyrt, formerly Waberer's International Zrt, is a Hungary-based company engaged in the provision of the transportation services in the region of Central and Eastern Europe. The Company provides international road transportation, forwarding of LTL and groupage cargo, overseas and air transportation management, customs services, vehicle repair, second hand vehicle sales and logistics services. The Company operates also through subsidiaries, including Waberer's Logisztika Ltd that is charge of domestic transportation activities and operates with four divisions - gas, food, dry-cargo transportation and large truck operation, and H-Rapid service that operates within the dry-cargo division, delivering freight to its destination within 24 hours. Waberer's International Nyrt manages also subsidiaries in Romania, Poland and Slovakia as well as in the western region, in Spain and Germany.

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