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WOOD Morning (9 January)

HEADLINES:
* CCC: these boots are made for walking (upgraded to BUY)
* Prime Car Management: leveraged fleet (stays HOLD)
* Akbank: 2018E targets - meeting takeaways NEUTRAL
* Aegean Airlines: strong passenger growth in 4Q17 POSITIVE
* Turkish Airlines: strong traffic growth in December POSITIVE
* EME Macro/Strategy: New Year, same optimism
* Romanian banks: impact of key rate hike NEUTRAL
* Stock Spirits Group: pre-close trading update on 2H17 NEUTRAL
* Transgaz: BRUA open season initial results are positive NEUTRAL
* Polish telecoms: mobile number portability in 4Q17 NEUTRAL
* Forte: 4Q17E preview - another weak quarter ahead (date TBC)
* Pfleiderer: 4Q17E preview - better than previous quarter, but still not good (date TBC)
* Short News (PL banks, PZU, OTP)
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.

CCC SA

CCC is engaged in the wholesale and retail trade of clothing and footwear. Co. offers its products to wide range of consumers, from demanding clientele of trendy boutiques to value-oriented medium segment customers, to less wealthy customers seeking reasonably priced quality footwear. Co. pursues a strategy of brand diversification, which is reflected in its three autonomous distribution channels: a chain of official CCC stores, BOTI footwear shops and QUAZI boutiques. Co. offers more than 2,500 designs of footwear. Co. also owns more than 67 proprietary brand names e.g. Lasocki.

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.

Stock Spirits Group

Stock Spirits Group is a spirits company. Co. along with its subsidiaries are engaged in the production and distribution of branded spirits in Central and Eastern Europe. Co.'s spirits include vodka, flavoured vodka, rum, brandy and herbal bitter liqueurs. Co. has more than 40 brands and export internationally to more than 40 countries worldwide. Co.'s brands include Zoladkowa de Luxe, Lubelska, Zoladkowa Gorzka, Stock Prestige, 1906, Fernet Stock, Bozkov, Amundsen, Keglevich, Limonce, Stock Original, Keglevich, Golden, Stock 84, Fernet Stock Citrus, and Hammerhead. Co. has operations in Poland, Czech Republic, Italy, Slovakia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Turk Hava Yollari A.O.

Turk Hava Yollari is engaged in the airline industry with the airline flying to 103 destinations, throughout Turkey and internationally. As of the year end, Co. maintains 66 aircrafts with a total seat capacity of 10,672, and leases a A300-200 cargo aircraft. Co. has various services for their customers which include: various ways of checking in and on-line ticket sales.

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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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