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CEZ Group’s operating revenues amounted to CZK 101.7 bn in H1 2014. Its EBITDA achieved CZK 39.9 bn and net income was CZK 17.2 bn. The year-on-year drop reflects continually worsening conditions in the energy business, decreasing wholesale electricity prices, as well as this year’s extraordinarily warm and dry winter. CEZ Group tries to counterbalance those effects by cuts in fixed costs and by additional business opportunities.

In Vienna CEZ signed a settlement agreement with Albanian counterparty under supervision of Energy Community Secretariat. According to the agreement CEZ, after fulfillment of conditions precedent, will get in annual installments EUR 100 m in total, i.e. the amount similar to initial investment into purchase of Albanian distribution company. Conditions for ending of arbitrage are part of the agreement.

The parties listed below today announced that they have entered into an amicable settlement agreement.

In the first quarter of 2014, the CEZ Group recorded a Net Profit of CZK 9.9 bn, with its Operating Profit Before Depreciation (EBITDA) at CZK 21.2 bn and Operating Cash Flow at CZK 15.6 bn; this was 5% less than in Q1 2013. These results reflect the deteriorating business conditions in the energy sector, lower electricity wholesale prices and the stagnating European economy. The year-on-year profit was also affected by the above-average temperatures and below-average precipitation in Q1 2014, combined with the extraordinary revenues posted in Q1 2013.