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The firm rpg Energiehandel GmbH, a fully owned (100%) daughter company of CEZ, began quoting its shares on the German energy exchange market EEX, whose member it is. CEZ thus became the first Eastern European company to be allowed to trade on the German exchange market.

In the first year of a fully open market, CEZ increased its profits by almost 300 million CZK

Petr Voboril was appointed the vice-chairman of the CEZ Executive Board, by a meeting of the Board held today.

Today´s extraordinary general meeting of the newly elected CEZ Supervisory Board, appointed Stanislav Kazecky as the new chairman of the supervisory board.