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Research Team

WOOD Morning (9 March)

HEADLINES:
* TBC Bank: we still see value at 7.5x 2018 P/E (stays BUY)
* AmRest: 4Q17 results - in line with expectations NEUTRAL
* Siauliu Bankas: calls AGM to distribute profit NEUTRAL
* Waberer's International: 4Q17 results recap - freight rate hike and high LINK contribution POSITIVE
* Alior Bank: 4Q17 - takeaways from the conference
* Tauron: BGK and PGNiG lend PLN 900m for Stalowa Wola POSITIVE
* Eurobank: 4Q17E results (due on 12 March)
* Motor Oil Hellas: 4Q17E preview (due on 12 March, after the close) NEUTRAL
* PKP Cargo: 4Q17E - PLN 171m EBITDA expected, 17% lower yoy due to high base (due on 16 March)
Underlyings
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.

Autohellas S.A.

Autohellas is a Hertz national franchisee. Co. is engaged in the rent-a-car segment, comprising of renting (short-term lease) and fleet management (long-term lease and fleet management) in Greece, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro. Renting covers the needs of both individuals and companies for occasional, small duration rentals up to 1 year long.

Eurobank Ergasias Services & Holdings SA

Eurobank Ergasias and its subsidiaries are organized in the following reportable segments: Retail. which incorporates customer current accounts, savings, deposits and investment savings products, credit and debit cards, consumer loans, small business banking and mortgages; Corporate, which incorporates direct debit facilities, current accounts, deposits, overdrafts, loan and other credit facilities, foreign currency and derivative products; Wealth Management, which incorporates private banking services; Global and Capital Markets, which incorporates investment banking services; and International, which incorporates operations in Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Cyprus, Ukraine and Luxembourg.

PKP Cargo

PKP Cargo SA is a Poland-based company active in the transportation sector. The Company's main activity is domestic and international transport of goods by rail and provision of logistic services in the field of railway cargo transport services. The Company divides its services into six divisions: Transport, offering rail transport carried out by PKP Cargo, road transport and ferry transport; Intermodal, providing intermodal rail transport; Forwarding, services carried out by Trade Trans, Cargosped and PKP Cargo International; Terminals, offering service of reloading terminals; Sidings, providing railway sidings; and Rolling Stock, which provides repairs of the rolling stock. It operates through Advanced World Transport BV (AWT).

TAURON Polska Energia S.A.

Tauron Polska Energia is engaged in the generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of electricity and heat in Poland. Co. generates electricity from various conventional and renewable energy sources, including hard coal, lignite, natural gas, biomass, wind, solar, and hydro power. It is also involved in quarrying, crushing, and breaking of limestone; quarrying of stone for the construction industry; mining of hard coal; trading in electricity; and production of technical gases. In addition, Co. engages in the repair and maintenance of machinery and electrical equipment; electrical installations; and construction of power lines.

TBC Bank Group

TBC Bank Group is a holding company. Through JSC TBC Bank and its subsidiaries, Co. is engaged in universal banking operations that include corporate, small and medium enterprises, retail and micro operations within Georgia.

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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