External broker reports(aggregated public sources), CMB International

CMB International

External broker reports(aggregated public sources)

Incorporated in Hong Kong, supported by the mainland and targeting in global market, CMB International Capital Corporation Limited (“CMBI”) is an integrated financial institution providing comprehensive and professional services. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Merchants Bank ("CMB"), by leveraging on the Group’s synergy and coordination in domestic and overseas markets, as well as CMB’s strong resources and outstanding social reputation, CMBI and its subsidiaries have been actively implementing diversified business strategies and set up an overall layout of main business segments including Corporate Finance, Asset Management, Wealth Management, Global Markets and Structured Finance, etc. Adhering to the philosophy of “being clients oriented and increasing our own values by the way of creating value for clients”, CMBI endeavors to provide quality and integrated financial services to institutional, corporate and individual customers both domestic and overseas including Hong Kong IPO sponsorship and underwriting, share placement and rights issue for listed companies, financial advisors, bonds issuance services, asset management, direct investment, wealth management, equity sales and trading, etc.

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>BYD announced plans to offer its “God’s Eye” advanced intelligent driving system on all models priced above RMB100k and 3 models priced below 100k, during its “Vehicle Intelligent Strategy” event in Shenzhen on 10 Feb.</li><li>Initial rollout includes 21 models, all equipped with industry-leading specs with endto-end LLM, 5 mm-wave radars, 12 cameras and 12 ultrasonic radars.</li><li>We believe BYD’s acceleration of intelligent driving with strong new model pipeline will boost adoption of intelligent driving in China, and key beneficiaries include BYDE (ADAS/domain controller), Sunny Optical/Q-tech/Cowell (1415 HK, NR)/AAC (camera/LiDAR/radar), BOEVx (display), AAC Tech (acoustics) and Luxshare/FIT (connector).</li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

BYD announced plans to offer its “God’s Eye” advanced intelligent driving system on all models priced above RMB100k and 3 models priced below 100k, during its “Vehicle Intelligent Strategy” event in Shenzhen on 10 Feb.Initial rollout includes 21 models, all equipped with industry-leading specs with endto-end LLM, 5 mm-wave radars, 12 cameras and 12 ultrasonic radars.We believe BYD’s acceleration of intelligent driving with strong new model pipeline will boost adoption of intelligent driving in China, and key beneficiaries include BYDE (ADAS/domain controller), Sunny Optical/Q-tech/Cowell (1415 HK, NR)/AAC (camera/LiDAR/radar), BOEVx (display), AAC Tech (acoustics) and Luxshare/FIT (connector).Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Technology - Intelligence Driving: Implications of BYD’s “vehicle Intelligence Strategy” Event

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

Index Rebalance

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<li>We see 38 potential and close adds and 51 potential and close deletes for the Hang Seng Composite Index in March. Some of the stocks are close on market cap/liquidity.</li>
<li>There have been many new listings in the last weeks of December. Some of them are fairly large and will be added and that increases the number of potential deletions.</li>
<li>There are stocks that have a very high percentage of holdings via Stock Connect and there could be some unwinding prior to the stocks becoming Sell-only.</li>
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We see 38 potential and close adds and 51 potential and close deletes for the Hang Seng Composite Index in March. Some of the stocks are close on market cap/liquidity.
There have been many new listings in the last weeks of December. Some of them are fairly large and will be added and that increases the number of potential deletions.
There are stocks that have a very high percentage of holdings via Stock Connect and there could be some unwinding prior to the stocks becoming Sell-only.


HSCI Index Rebalance Preview and Stock Connect: Updated Potential Changes in March 2025

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>We hosted BOEVx at 4Q outlook investor call this week. Mgmt. is positive on demand recovery in both domestic and overseas markets as well as rapid growth in system business in 2H24E.</li><li>As for Chengdu plant, mgmt. guided UTR to improve to 70-80% in the near term (vs. 60-70% now) given larger orders and better sales in 2H24E.</li><li>As for overseas markets, mgmt. stated Japan/Korea/ Europe project wins are on track in FY25-26E and reiterated 50% overseas sales mix guidance in FY27E.</li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

We hosted BOEVx at 4Q outlook investor call this week. Mgmt. is positive on demand recovery in both domestic and overseas markets as well as rapid growth in system business in 2H24E.As for Chengdu plant, mgmt. guided UTR to improve to 70-80% in the near term (vs. 60-70% now) given larger orders and better sales in 2H24E.As for overseas markets, mgmt. stated Japan/Korea/ Europe project wins are on track in FY25-26E and reiterated 50% overseas sales mix guidance in FY27E.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

BOE Varitronix (710 HK) - Chengdu Plant, System Biz and Overseas Market to Drive Growth

<ul><li>BOEVx will report 1H24 results in Aug. We estimate 1H24 revenue to grow 15% YoY driven by high-end displays, overseas client orders and Chengdu plant rampup, while net profit decline may narrow to -16% YoY (vs -18%/-19% YoY in 2H23/1H23) given inventory digestion offsetting better utilization.</li><li>For 2H24E, we expect revenue/net profit to improve due to order seasonality, better product mix and rising UTR.</li><li>We lower FY24-26E EPS by 17-30% to factor in ASP/margin weakness offsetting stronger shipments and market share gains. </li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

BOEVx will report 1H24 results in Aug. We estimate 1H24 revenue to grow 15% YoY driven by high-end displays, overseas client orders and Chengdu plant rampup, while net profit decline may narrow to -16% YoY (vs -18%/-19% YoY in 2H23/1H23) given inventory digestion offsetting better utilization.For 2H24E, we expect revenue/net profit to improve due to order seasonality, better product mix and rising UTR.We lower FY24-26E EPS by 17-30% to factor in ASP/margin weakness offsetting stronger shipments and market share gains. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

BOE Varitronix (710 HK) - Margin Weakness Priced In; Expect Gradual ASP/Margin Recovery in 2H

<ul><li>We hosted BOEVx at CMBI Technology Corporate Day on 26 Jun.</li><li>Overall, mgmt. expects larger and high-end displays remain the major upgrade trend and BOEVx is well positioned to benefit given its industry leadership position. Mgmt.</li><li>guided overall sales growth to outperform the market and NPM recovery on track in FY24E driven by ASP hikes, better operating efficiency, overseas orders and rapid growth of system products. </li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

We hosted BOEVx at CMBI Technology Corporate Day on 26 Jun.Overall, mgmt. expects larger and high-end displays remain the major upgrade trend and BOEVx is well positioned to benefit given its industry leadership position. Mgmt.guided overall sales growth to outperform the market and NPM recovery on track in FY24E driven by ASP hikes, better operating efficiency, overseas orders and rapid growth of system products. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

BOE Varitronix (710 HK) - Large-Size/High-End Display Demand

Hong Kong

BOE Varitronix Limited designs, manufactures, and sells small-to-medium sized LCDs (liquid crystal displays) and related products. The Company offers displays for dashboards, clock, rear seat, power meter, washing machines, ovens, blood glucose meters, dental instruments, and label printers. BOE Vanitronix markets its products worldwide.

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Technology - Intelligence Driving: Implications of BYD’s “vehicle Intelligence Strategy” Event

BYD announced plans to offer its “God’s Eye” advanced intelligent driving system on all models priced above RMB100k and 3 models priced below 100k

CMB International

HSCI Index Rebalance Preview and Stock Connect: Updated Potential Changes in March 2025

There could be 89 changes for the HSCI in March. That could result in 73 changes to the Southbound Stock Connect list and also have implications...

Brian Freitas