ALROSA – CFO MEETING TAKE-AWAYS: Last week we met with the new CFO Alexey Filippovskiy, and head of Corporate Finance, Sergey Mezokh. This was the 1st meeting of the new CFO with the investor community since he assumed the role on Sept 1st. Background. New CFO is ex McKinsey. Previously FD of the Siberian Generating Company. Key meeting take-aways: 1) Initial priorities. First plans to complete a benchmarking exercise by the end of this year. First impressions are that there is serious potential to improve efficiency across the group. Zero based budgeting will be used; 2) KPI's. KPI's have not yet been set, but are likely to include shareholder returns, incl an aim to increase ALROSA's trading multiple, as well as a focus on working capital and balance sheet optimisation. He thinks a cash generative industrial company can operate with ND/EBITDA of 1-1.5x; 3) Corporate events. Ambition to divest gas assets by end of the year. Grib (diamond mine located close to ALROSA's Severalmaz operation) may be available following Otkritie's administration. ALROSA will assess the opportunity, but would have to meet investment criteria; 4) Mir. Understanding the cause of the accident at Mir underground mine is key. Impairment could total RUB10bn, very close to the value of the insurance. If both are recorded in the P&L this year, net impact would be minimal. Unlikely to receive insurance payout this year, but could book an accrual. Aim remains to restart production after full review; 5) Marketing. Open to all possibilities on marketing of diamonds. There have been hires in the marketing department made by new CEO; 6) Midstream. Understand the need to maintain the integrity of the value chain, but does not yet see compelling reason to amend payment terms to cutters and polishers; 7) Costs. Aims to keep RUB inflation down to 0.5x CPI for materials. General and admin costs should be flat YoY in RUB terms. SALES VIEW: Meeting gave a very +ve impression. CFO is extremely well aware of all the details around the company already, which was impressive. Fundamentally, Dan Shaw remains EW on the stock