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Foreign activities

INVEN CAPITAL invests in cyber security. The Israeli CyberX platform protects energy operations as well as infrastructure.

INVEN CAPITAL, CEZ Group’s investment fund that seeks opportunities in the new energy sector, acquired a minority share in the successful Israeli company CyberX. They are a major supplier of complex solutions in industrial cyber security. This is already INVEN CAPITAL’s second investment in Israel. In the four years of its existence, the fund has made nine investments in four countries and has successfully exited one of its investments.

26. 3. 2019

Economics and financial news

CEZ Group Earned CZK 10.5 Billion in 2018, Expects Significantly Increased Net Income of CZK 17 to 19 Billion in 2019

CEZ Group’s operating revenues were CZK 184.5 billion in 2018, increasing by almost CZK 11 billion year-on-year in real terms. EBITDA was CZK 49.5 billion and net income adjusted for extraordinary effects generally unrelated to ordinary financial performance in the year was CZK 13.1 billion, in line with initial estimates. The year-on-year comparison of income was significantly affected by nonrecurrent effects that increased the 2017 net income by a total of CZK 7.5 billion, in particular a successful sale of shares in MOL. CEZ Group’s ambition for 2019 is to increase its EBITDA to CZK 57–59 billion and net income to CZK 17–19 billion.

19. 3. 2019

Elektromobility

Trutnov public transport has only alternative fuel buses as the first in CR. ČEZ ESCO supplies energy from biomass, a unique 150kW charging station and facilities.

February 5, 2019 - From February, the public transport service in Turnov will have a fleet consisting only of electric buses and CNG buses. Seven new vehicles will replace the old diesel buses and will join three existing CNG buses. In total, there will be ten buses in operation including backup vehicles. The project of Arriva Eastern Bohemia, ABB and ČEZ ESCO will contribute to the improvement of the environment and to public transport modernization.

5. 2. 2019

Elektromobility

Million almost reached: Sharp increase in charging volumes of ČEZ chargers last year. Electric vehicles stopped by for 75,000 charging sessions.

January 28, 2019 - The volume of electricity consumed in the network of public charging stations of the ČEZ Group grew by almost 50% to 959,115 kWh on a year-to-year basis. The most frequently used were charging stations in Prague-Karlín, Olomouc, Prague-Holešovice, and Vestec. The ČEZ Group currently operates 140 public charging stations in the Czech Republic, of which eighty are fast charging stations. This infrastructure is being built also thanks to the European grant from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) programme.

28. 1. 2019