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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 05 January 2018 UK Broker Upgrades / Downgrades Please contact us for more information Code Company Broker Recomm. From Recomm. To Price From Price To Upgrades Jefferies AAL Anglo American Plc Hold Buy 1500 2000 International CNA Centrica Plc Credit Suisse Neutral Outperform 175 170 LRE Lancashire Holdings Ltd JP Morgan Cazenove Underweight Neutral 725 UU. United Utilities Group Plc Credit Suisse Underperform Neutral 850 Downgrades ADM Admiral Group Plc JP Morgan Cazenove Neutral Underweight 1980 1900 HSTG Hastings Group Holdings Ltd JP Morgan Cazenove Overweight Neutral 350 Initiate/Neutral/Unchanged BBY Balfour Beatty Plc Liberum Capital Buy Buy 350 350 BOWL Hollywood Bowl Group Plc Peel Hunt Buy Buy 215 215 BVS Bovis Homes Group Plc Peel Hunt Add Add 1180 1180 CAKE Patisserie Holdings Plc Peel Hunt Buy Buy 450 450 CAML Central Asia Metals Plc Peel Hunt Buy Buy 315 315 CARD Card Factory Plc Peel Hunt Buy Buy 400 400 CBG Close Brothers Group Plc Peel Hunt Buy Buy 1600 1600 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. 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To Price From Price To Initiate/Neutral/Unchanged CINE Cineworld Group Plc Peel Hunt Hold Hold 600 600 CKN Clarkson Plc Liberum Capital Buy Buy 3300 3300 DNLM Dunelm Group Plc Peel Hunt Hold Hold 620 620 DOM Domino's Pizza Group Plc Peel Hunt Buy Buy 400 400 ECEL Eurocell Plc Peel Hunt Buy Buy 305 305 EIG EI Group Plc Peel Hunt Buy Buy 165 165 FSTA Fuller Smith & Turner Peel Hunt Add Add 1150 1150 GFRD Galliford Try Plc Peel Hunt Buy Buy 1620 1620 GNK Greene King Plc Peel Hunt Add Add 600 600 GOAL Goals Soccer Centres Plc Peel Hunt Add Add 105 105 GYM Gym Group Plc/The Peel Hunt Buy Buy 260 260 JDW JD Wetherspoon Plc Peel Hunt Reduce Reduce 1100 1100 KCOM Kcom Group Plc Peel Hunt Buy Buy 150 150 LMP Londonmetric Property Plc Peel Hunt Add Add 195 195 MAB Mitchells & Butlers Plc Peel Hunt Add Add 300 300 MANX Manx Telecom Plc Peel Hunt Buy Buy 250 250 MARS Marston's Plc Peel Hunt Buy Buy 140 140 MARS Marston's Plc Peel Hunt Buy Buy 140 140 MER Mears Group Plc Peel Hunt Buy Buy 550 550 MNZS John Menzies Plc Peel Hunt Add Add 758 758 MONY Moneysupermarket.com Group Plc Peel Hunt Buy Buy 370 370 MOSB Moss Bros Group Plc Peel Hunt Buy Buy 140 140 NTG Northgate Plc Peel Hunt Buy Buy 575 575 PHP Primary Health Properties Plc Peel Hunt Buy Buy 125 125 POLR Polar Capital Holdings Plc Peel Hunt Buy Buy 560 560 RBG Revolution Bars Group Plc Peel Hunt Buy Buy 240 240 RDI Redefine International Plc Peel Hunt Buy Buy 48 48 RM. RM Plc Peel Hunt Buy Buy 203 203 RNK Rank Group Plc Peel Hunt Buy Buy 265 265 RTN Restaurant Group Plc Peel Hunt Reduce Reduce 250 250 SFR Severfield-Rowen Plc Peel Hunt Buy Buy 100 100 SKY Sky Plc Liberum Capital Buy Buy 1060 1060 SRE Sirius Real Estate Ltd Peel Hunt Buy Buy 68 68 STVG STV Group Plc Peel Hunt Buy Buy 460 460 TEG TEG Group Plc/The Peel Hunt Buy Buy 250 250 TPT Topps Tiles Plc Peel Hunt Buy Buy 100 100 TRS Tarsus Group Plc Peel Hunt Buy Buy 345 345 TW. Taylor Wimpey Plc Peel Hunt Add Add 210 210 VEC Vectura Group Plc Peel Hunt Hold Hold 160 160 2 BROKER UPGRADES AND DOWNGRADES & KEY UK CORPORATE SNAPSHOTS Key UK Corporate Snapshots Today AIM ABCAM Plc (ABC.L) Announced, in its unaudited trading update for the six months ended 31 December 2017, that the company expects a revenue growth of approximately 11% on a constant currency basis and approximately 10% on a reported basis. Catalogue revenue grew by over 11%, with all product categories growing ahead of estimated underlying market growth rates. The company’s business in China continues to operate well and it expects revenue growth of over 24% in the first half, ahead of the market growth rate in the territory. Investments in R&D, the organisation, global ERP system, and facilities continue according to plan, and underlying gross margins remain in line with the company’s expectations. It is expected that the US Tax Cuts and Jobs Act would result in a one-off, exceptional non-cash tax credit in the company’s current financial year of between £6 million and 7 million relating to the restatement of certain deferred tax assets and liabilities. The company continues assessing the full impact of the Act and expect to provide a further update of its half year results. Abzena Plc (ABZA.L) Announced, in its update on its UK and US facilities, that it has commenced for 30,000 square feet of space in Building 900 on the Babraham Research Campus and building has been developed by Imperial College ThinkSpace (Imperial) under a long-lease granted to Imperial for land owned by BBSRC. Furthermore, the company indicated that it is consolidating all its UK operations including the head office functions, biology and chemistry research services groups from its two current buildings on the campus into this new facility during January 2018. The new building has been purpose-built to accommodate company's needs and enables all the Group's UK-based science teams to work together in a single, state-of-the-art facility. Also, the company has entered into an agreement with BBT to run and develop the antibody discovery services formerly provided by BBT's Technology Development Laboratory. Atlantis Resources Limited (ARL.L) Announced that the company has agreed to sell its stake in its Canadian joint venture to its partner DP Energy, a leading renewable energy developer, at the FORCE facility in the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia, Canada. The company has entered into a conditional sale and purchase agreement with DP Energy for the sale of its 50% interest in Atlantis Operations (Canada) Limited (AOCL) which will be renamed after the sale is completed. Audioboom Group Plc (BOOM.L) Announced that it has signed a multi-year contract to host Casefile, a true crime podcast, on its digital platform. Further, the company noted that the Board is hopeful that the contract will generate potentially material incremental hosting, distribution and advertising revenues from Casefile podcasts in the company's current and future financial years. Cabot Energy Plc (CAB.L) Announced, in its results from the drilling and flow test of the 10-32 sidetrack well in the Rainbow area in Canada, that the 10-32 sidetrack well kicked off from the original well bore at a depth of 1,244 metres and extended for an additional 988 metres in length and the true vertical depth of the well is 1,541 metres. Further, the well was swab tested over a total period of 38 hours and cleaned up throughout the test and it is expected to produce dry oil once all the completion fluid has been recovered. Crawshaw Group Plc (CRAW.L) Announced, in its trading update for the 15 week period to 24 December 2017, that continued progress was made in the period against the group's strategy to strengthen its position as the leading value butcher in Britain, delivering great quality fresh meat at amazing value everyday. Total group sales for the 15 week period increased by +0.6% versus the prior year, with group gross margin also increasing by +0.6%. The group has opened two more new factory shop units to complete the five planned for the year, taking the total to 10 factory shops within the 54-shop estate. The board is making progress on re-balancing the portfolio towards the factory shop model, which underpins the long-term profitability of the business, and anticipates a period of transition as the necessary actions are taken. Deltex Medical Group Plc (DEMG.L) Announced, in its update on trading for the year ended 31 December 2017, that the company’s overall revenues fell to £5.9 million from £6.3 million reported in the same period last year. The company’s cash consumption over the year reduced by approximately £1.0 million to £1.3 million (£0.8 million H1, £0.5 million H2). Also, loss for 2017 expected to be higher than market expectations with some of the impact of lost revenue partially offset by improved margin and reduced overheads, while cash at 31 December was £0.2 million (2016: £0.6 million). Furthermore, the company noted that discussions on the future funding of the Group are in progress and the company expects to be able to make a further announcement in the near future. Egdon Resources Plc (EDR.L) Announced that the Planning Inspectorate has issued its decision in respect of the Wressle Planning Inquiry. Moreover, the decision made by the Inspector is to reject the appeals by the company against the two planning refusals by North Lincolnshire County Council's Planning Committee in respect of the development of the Wressle oil discovery in licences PEDL180 and PEDL182. Meanwhile, the Planning Inspectorate has advised that it did uphold the company's appeal against the decision to refuse the application to retain the existing planning for the well site, which is now retained until the 28 April 2018.