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Shard Capital Stockbrokers T +44 (0) 207 186 9950 rd 23 Floor, F +44 (0) 207 186 9979 20Fenchurch St, E [email protected] London, EC3M 3BY W shardcapitalstockbrokers.com BROKER UPGRADES AND DOWNGRADES & KEY UK CORPORATE SNAPSHOTS 23 November 2017 UK Broker Upgrades / Downgrades Please contact us for more information Code Company Broker Recomm. From Recomm. To Price From Price To Upgrades ESUR Esure Group Plc HSBC Buy Buy 320 325 HSTG Hastings Group Holdings Ltd HSBC Reduce Reduce 230 260 LGEN Legal & General Group Plc HSBC Buy Buy 290 295 PHNX Phoenix Group Holdings HSBC Hold Hold 810 820 RDSA Royal Dutch Shell 'A' AlphaValue Sell Reduce SLA Standard Life Aberdeen Plc HSBC Buy Buy 470 475 STJ St James's Place Plc HSBC Buy Buy 1350 1380 WINE Majestic Wine Plc Peel Hunt Buy 380 450 Downgrades ADM Admiral Group Plc HSBC Hold Hold 2100 2045 AV. Aviva Plc HSBC Hold Hold 550 535 JUP Jupiter Fund Management Plc HSBC Buy Hold 575 610 MDC Mediclinic International Plc Macquarie Neutral Underperform 660 500 MRO Melrose Industries Plc Liberum Capital Buy Buy 260 235 RDSA Royal Dutch Shell 'A' HSBC Buy Hold https://www.shardcapitalstockbrokers.com/trading-platform/ https://www.shardcapitalstockbrokers.com/trading-platform/ https://www.shardcapitalstockbrokers.com/trading-platform/ https://www.shardcapitalstockbrokers.com/trading-platform/ https://www.shardcapitalstockbrokers.com/trading-platform/ BROKER UPGRADES AND DOWNGRADES & KEY UK CORPORATE SNAPSHOTS Code Company Broker Recomm. From Recomm. To Price From Price To Downgrades RSA RSA Insurance Group Plc HSBC Buy Buy 745 736 SHI SIG Plc Canaccord Genuity Buy Hold 190 180 SSE SSE Plc Berenberg Buy Buy 1650 1600 Initiate/Neutral/Unchanged AO. AO World Plc Peel Hunt Buy Buy 145 145 AUTO Auto Trader Group Plc Macquarie Underperform Underperform 295 295 BDEV Barratt Developments Plc Deutsche Bank Buy Buy BKG Berkeley Group Holdings Plc Deutsche Bank Buy Buy BVS Bovis Homes Group Plc Deutsche Bank Buy Buy BWY Bellway Plc Deutsche Bank Hold Hold CBG Close Brothers Group Plc Peel Hunt Buy Buy 1600 1600 CBG Close Brothers Group Plc Macquarie Underperform Underperform 1138 1138 CRST Crest Nicholson Holdings Plc Deutsche Bank Hold Hold DLG Direct Line Insurance Group Plc HSBC Buy Buy 440 440 ETO Entertainment One Ltd Peel Hunt Hold Hold 260 260 LLOY Lloyds Banking Group Plc Macquarie Neutral Neutral 67 67 LRE Lancashire Holdings Ltd HSBC Buy Buy 863 863 MCS McCarthy & Stone Plc Deutsche Bank Buy Buy NXG NEX Group Plc Barclays Capital Overweight Overweight 700 700 PSN Persimmon Plc Deutsche Bank Hold Hold RDW Redrow Plc Deutsche Bank Hold Hold SGE Sage Group Plc/The Barclays Capital Equal weight Equal weight SGE Sage Group Plc/The Deutsche Bank Hold Hold 740 740 SSPG SSP Group Plc Barclays Capital Overweight Overweight 650 650 STB Secure Trust Bank Plc Macquarie Neutral Neutral 1800 1800 TW. Taylor Wimpey Plc Deutsche Bank Buy Buy 2 BROKER UPGRADES AND DOWNGRADES & KEY UK CORPORATE SNAPSHOTS Key UK Corporate Snapshots Today AIM Altona Energy Plc (ANR.L) Announced that it has raised £735,000 before expenses through a placing of 147,000,000 new ordinary shares at an issue price of 0.5p per share. The net proceeds of the Placing will primarily be used for further exploration that the company expects to be identified by the recently commissioned report by Runge Pincock Minarco Global. Amphion Innovations Plc (AMP.L) Announced a further update regarding its partner company Polarean Imaging Limited, in which it currently has an interest of circa 26%. Polarean's proposed IPO and admission to AIM is now expected to complete in Q1 2018. Following publication of the Northland Research Report, the management of Polarean is now seeking interim funding to ensure there are adequate financial resources to complete the proposed IPO and gain the best result for Polarean's shareholders. Angle Plc (AGL.L) Announced that it has established a collaboration with Philips to develop liquid biopsy solutions. Philips has successfully secured a European Union research grant worth €6.3 million, of which £0.4 million will flow to ANGLE. The collaboration with Philips comes shortly after ANGLE's announcement of its co-marketing agreement with QIAGEN and is part of ANGLE's strategy to establish partnerships with a wide range of large companies for the commercialisation of ParsortixTM. Bagir Group Limited (BAGR.L) Announced a proposed strategic partnership with Shangdong Ruyi Technology Group Ltd, a leading Asian global textile manufacturer, alongside a proposed investment of $16.5 million to acquire c.54%1 of the company's enlarged issued share capital. Blur Group Plc (BLUR.L) Announced, in its trading update, that the company is making steady progress. The company’s gross profit and revenue in Q3 2017 are ahead of H1 2017, the Q4 2017 revenue and gross profit are expected to be ahead of Q3 2017 and the cash balance as at 22 November 2017 was £2.71 million. Cloudcall Group Plc (CALL.L) Announced the launch of its updated and enhanced software solution for Bullhorn and added that the updated solution significantly improves user interface and provides a more intuitive user journey and feedback from customers who have trialled or beta tested the new integration has been highly positive. Directa Plus Plc (DCTA.L) Announced that it has collaborated with Iterchimica S.r.l., an established producer and distributor of specialised additives for asphalt. Moreover, the collaboration with Iterchimica is focused on developing a graphene-enhanced asphalt additive, which is patent-pending, that can significantly improve the durability and sustainability of asphalt road surfaces. The new additive incorporating the company's Graphene Plus (G+) has been launched by Iterchimica as Eco Pave. Eco (Atlantic) Oil and Gas Limited Announced, in its results for the six months ended 30 September 2017, that its reported revenue stood at £1.3 million, (ECO.L) compared to £3.5k in the same period of the preceding year. Net loss was £4.0 million compared to net loss of £1.8 million. The company's basic and diluted net loss per share was 0.03p, compared to basic and diluted net loss per share 0.02p. Edenville Energy Plc (EDL.L) Announced its trading update on the recently commenced commercial coal production and the Company's coal-to- power project. Following the start of washed coal production, announced on 9 October 2017, processed coal is currently being delivered on commercial terms to many customers in Tanzania and neighbouring countries. These initial, "test shipments", currently totalling over 1,000 tonnes, are to parties that have expressed interest in placing long-term coal orders with the Company, subject to finalising pricing and quality, that in total could exceed the initial planned output of 10,000 tonnes per month, which is targeted to be achieved by the end of January 2018. First Property Group Plc (FPO.L) Announced, in its final results for the six months to 30 September 2017, that its reported revenue stood at £12.09 million, compared to £11.12 million in the preceding year. Operating profit stood at £5.76 million, compared to £5.62 million. Profit after tax was £3.86 million compared to £3.25 million. The company’s diluted earnings per share was 2.84p, compared to 2.40p. Fox Marble Holdings Plc (FOX.L) Announced that it has made further shipments under its agreement with Simsekler and has shipped more than €200,000 of marble to the company till date, as part of the sales agreement for a minimum of €400,000, signed in April 2017. Furthermore, the company also announced that it has shipped and received payment on an order from US-based Granite Planet LLC. The company, which is in the process of ordering two further containers this month, has indicated their intention to purchase a further six containers of marble prior to the end of 2017. Georgian Mining Corp (GEO.L) Announced, in its operational update for Kvemo Bolnisi East Project, that new discovery 150m to the west of the GZ2 Mineral Resource indicates scope for significant growth in tonnage. Further, the core logging indicates that two additional holes drilled at GZ3 have intersected the same mineralisation style extending the strike length in the process. Geochemical multi element data between GZ2 and GZ3 drill holes indicate that the two zones may be connected at depth and new linear gold in soil anomaly and drill target that may increase the KB gold Resource highlighted by gold in soil geochemical surveys to the south of the KB Mineral Resource. Gfinity Plc (GFIN.L) Announced that Andy MacLeod, Garry Cook and Preeti Mardia have been appointed as Non-Executive Directors of the company with immediate effect. Also, the company stated that Non-Executive Directors Jon Varney, Phil Shuldham- Legh and David Yarnton have stepped down from the Board with immediate effect, while current Executive Director, Paul Kent, will also leave the Board in order to take on additional operational responsibilities within the executive team, 3 BROKER UPGRADES AND DOWNGRADES & KEY UK CORPORATE SNAPSHOTS leading the development of the Group's esports programmes and technology solutions. Great Western Mining Corporation Plc Announced an update on its M1 Copper-Gold prospect and other operations in Mineral County, Nevada, USA. The M1 (GWMO.L) prospect consists of 164 full and 12 fractional claims covering approximately 15km². Further, ground conditions made core recovery difficult, and in some places the core was fractured. Anomalous gold intersects were found in both holes. Gusbourne Plc (GUS.L) Announced that it has been awarded IWSC 'English Wine Producer of the Year' for the third time in the past five years.