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maltatoday WEDNESDAY 9 MAY 2018 12 Business Today Market Summary as at 08/05/2018 Equity Official List Session State ................................................................... Market Closed Trading Date .................................................................... 08-May-2018 Number of Trades ............................................................. 100 Turnover .......................................................................... €1,339,004.57 MSE TRX Index ................................................................. 8,465.922 (Change: 0.146%) Bank of Valletta plc ........................ 1.760 1.15% Mapfre Middlesea plc .................... 1.900 0.00% FIMBank plc .................................. 0.530 0.00% MIDI plc ........................................ 0.360 0.00% GlobalCapital plc ........................... 0.320 0.00% Plaza Centres plc ........................... 1.040 0.00% GO plc ........................................... 3.480 0.58% RS2 Software plc............................ 1.280 1.59% Grand Harbour Marina plc ............. 0.750 0.00% Simonds Farsons Cisk plc ............... 6.700 0.00% HSBC Bank Malta plc ..................... 1.700 -1.73% Tigné Mall plc ................................ 0.950 0.00% International Hotel Investments plc 0.645 0.00% Pefaco International plc ................. 2.240 0.00% Lombard Bank Malta plc ................ 2.340 0.00% Santumas Shareholdings plc ......... 1.500 0.00% Malita Investments plc ................... 0.840 -0.59% Malta Properties Company plc ........ 0.452 0.00% Malta International Airport plc ....... 4.860 0.83% PG plc ........................................... 1.280 -1.54% MaltaPost plc ................................. 1.780 0.00% Trident Estates plc ......................... 1.600 0.00% Medserv plc .................................. 1.050 0.00% MSE Index Regular market closed –08/05/2018 Symbol Code Volume Traded Value Traded Trades High Price Low Price Open Price Close Price Change s BOV 6,837 11,950.86 5 1.760 1.740 1.740 1.760 0.020 s GO 14,710 51,150.80 5 3.480 3.460 3.460 3.480 0.020 t HSB 18,219 31,125.30 7 1.730 1.700 1.720 1.700 -0.030 s MIA 5,039 24,518.34 3 4.880 4.860 4.860 4.860 0.040 t MLT 2,500 2,100.00 1 0.840 0.840 0.840 0.840 -0.005 l MMS 3,950 7,505.00 3 1.900 1.900 1.900 1.900 0.000 t PG 3,800 4,924.00 2 1.300 1.280 1.300 1.280 -0.020 l PZC 14,000 14,560.00 1 1.040 1.040 1.040 1.040 0.000 s RS2 16,580 21,072.40 3 1.280 1.270 1.270 1.280 0.020 l TRI 10,000 16,000.00 1 1.600 1.600 1.600 1.600 0.000 t G20A 50,000 55,415.00 2 110.830 110.830 110.830 110.830 -0.050 t G20B 100,000 109,000.00 1 109.000 109.000 109.000 109.000 -0.040 s G21A 14,318 16,587.40 1 115.850 115.850 115.850 115.850 0.040 t G22B 24,600 28,649.16 2 116.460 116.460 116.460 116.460 -0.030 t G29B 6,700 7,355.93 1 109.790 109.790 109.790 109.790 -0.210 t G30A 30,000 42,727.00 3 142.440 142.390 142.440 142.390 -0.170 t G31A 300 430.95 1 143.650 143.650 143.650 143.650 -0.300 t G32A 21,800 30,049.12 1 137.840 137.840 137.840 137.840 -0.100 t G34A 30,000 39,639.00 2 132.130 132.130 132.130 132.130 -0.080 t G35A 36,000 37,888.60 2 105.250 105.110 105.250 105.110 -0.220 t G36A 108,600 118,994.52 4 109.600 109.490 109.570 109.490 -0.080 t G39A 195,000 198,863.84 11 102.000 101.800 102.000 101.800 -0.150 t G40A 21,000 24,870.30 2 118.460 118.400 118.460 118.400 -0.220 t G41A 135,000 145,241.00 4 107.700 107.530 107.700 107.530 -0.170 t 1923A 21,500 22,245.75 4 104.000 103.000 104.000 103.000 -1.000 s AX24A 14,700 16,494.00 4 112.500 111.000 111.000 112.500 0.950 s BV18A 23,000 23,000.00 2 100.000 100.000 100.000 100.000 0.100 s BV19A 7,500 7,687.50 1 102.500 102.500 102.500 102.500 0.700 s GP23A 47,000 48,901.50 3 104.500 104.000 104.000 104.500 0.500 l IH26A 1,700 1,776.50 1 104.500 104.500 104.500 104.500 0.000 l MB27A 8,000 8,340.00 2 104.250 104.250 104.250 104.250 0.000 s MF24A 44,900 48,907.40 6 109.990 108.450 108.450 109.990 1.490 t PC26A 24,000 24,840.00 1 103.500 103.500 103.500 103.500 -0.800 t ST27A 15,200 15,838.40 1 104.200 104.200 104.200 104.200 -0.300 l VH24A 8,000 8,080.00 2 101.000 101.000 101.000 101.000 0.000 l VR27A 70,000 72,275.00 5 103.250 103.250 103.250 103.250 0.000 McDonald's licencee Premier Capital exceeds €260 million turnover in 2017 Premier Capital plc, the Maltese- owned Developmental Licencee for McDonald's in six European markets, registered a 14.5% in- crease in turnover to realise rev- enue of €263 million for the year ended December 31, 2017. All markets saw increases in turnover as the group continues on its jour- ney of consistent growth. Thanks to its team of 7,500 people in Estonia, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta and Romania, Premier Capital served 112 million customers last year, seven million more than in 2016, setting a new guest count record for the group. In 2017, the group registered an operating profit of €23.4 million. After accounting for investment income and finance costs, the group registered a pre-tax profit of €20 million, up from €16.5 million the previous year. Net assets for 2017 amounted to €47.6 million. All markets reported double digit growth, with Greece registering the highest advancement on 2016 with 16%, followed by Romania (15.7%), Lithuania (14.8%), Estonia (12.2%), Latvia (10.4%), and Malta (10.3%). Premier Capital opened seven additional restaurants last year: four in Romania, two in Lithuania and one in Greece. A further five restaurants in Romania were remodelled. The outlook for the group's business across all markets remains positive. In the Baltic states, Malta and in Romania, McDonald's market leadership in the Informal Eating Out sector endures. The group continues to grow its market share and user base on the back of enhanced in-store experience. In Greece, despite strong competition from local and international brands and a persistently challenging economic environment, results are improving and the market share is growing. More than 10 new restaurants are due to be inaugurated across the six markets in 2018, and the ambitious remodelling programme around the footprint continues. "The positive momentum and excellent results of 2017 are evidence that our vision for the group and the strategy for each market are bearing fruit," Premier Capital Managing Director Victor Tedesco said. "Guided by the direction on which McDonald's has embarked globally and inspired by our people's passion for the brand, Premier Capital continues to invest heavily in restaurant development, innovation, and staff training and progression. "Our objective in all markets is to retain, regain and convert customers by elevating the McDonald's experience even further. The teams in each market are excited to share McDonald's 'Experience of the Future' as we gradually introduce McDelivery, added online functionality including mobile ordering and payments, and greater in-store hospitality with table service across our footprint. We are confident this next round of investment will result in sustained guest count and market share growth as we focus on delivering on McDonald's promise to make 'delicious feel-good moments easy for everyone'." Banking sector data protection guidelines published Updated Data Protection Guide- lines for the Banking Sector have now been finalised and published on the websites of the Malta Bankers' Association and of the Office of the Information and Data Protection Commissioner. The updated guidelines reflect and address the requirements of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which will become applicable in all Member States, including Malta, as from 25 May 2018. These guidelines are the fruit of extensive meetings held over a number of months by a joint working group consisting of members of the Malta Bankers' Association and representatives of the Office of the Information and Data Protection Commissioner. The GDPR will replace the EU's Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC which was transposed into our national law in 2001. Data Protection legislation regulates the processing of all personal data, and the aim of the GDPR is to further strengthen such protection for all individuals within the EU. James Bonello, MBA Secretary General, explained that "these Guidelines are intended to focus on those sections of the Regulation which may not be entirely clear, or which could lend themselves to differing interpretations, thereby ensuring that a common understanding is arrived at, and a consistent interpretation is applied, across the banking sector". The Information and Data Protection Commissioner, Saviour Cachia, recognised the need for the processing of personal data by banks in this heavily regulated sector. He said that these guidelines were aimed at providing banks with a clearer interpretation of the law when dealing with specific situations involving the processing of personal data. He further emphasised that "while the Guidelines are a good starting point for banks to comply with their data protection obligations, these shall apply without prejudice to any decision which the Commissioner may take on complaints and on any other specific data protection issue".