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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.

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<ul><li>Meta Connect 2025 was held on 17 Sep (US Time) and Meta officially launched three new smart glasses including Meta Ray-Ban Display, Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 2) updated version and Oakley Meta Vanguard.</li><li>The key focus was on its first smart glasses with a HUD display and Meta Neural Band to allow gesture interaction.</li><li>Meta has also upgraded Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 2) with longer battery life and improved resolution, and cooperated with Oakley to extend smart glasses in sportswear market. </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.

Meta Connect 2025 was held on 17 Sep (US Time) and Meta officially launched three new smart glasses including Meta Ray-Ban Display, Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 2) updated version and Oakley Meta Vanguard.The key focus was on its first smart glasses with a HUD display and Meta Neural Band to allow gesture interaction.Meta has also upgraded Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 2) with longer battery life and improved resolution, and cooperated with Oakley to extend smart glasses in sportswear market. 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 - Meta Connect 2025: Smart glasses launches continue to fuel supply chain innovation

<ul><li>We conducted tracking for delivery lead times for the first two days of iPhone 17 pre-orders (9/12-9/13), and our analysis shows that average delivery lead times for most iPhone 17 models are longer than iPhone 16 last year, implying betterthan-feared consumer demand for iPhone 17.</li><li>In particular, pre-orders for iPhone 17 base model (US$100 cheaper vs iPhone 16) and China market (subsidies, high trade-in value) are tracking much stronger than iPhone 16 last year.</li><li>Despite market concerns on macro/tariffs, muted AI upgrades and earlier pull-in orders, we believe a stronger iPhone 17 pre-order trend will continue to drive re-rating across Apply supply chain in the near term.</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 conducted tracking for delivery lead times for the first two days of iPhone 17 pre-orders (9/12-9/13), and our analysis shows that average delivery lead times for most iPhone 17 models are longer than iPhone 16 last year, implying betterthan-feared consumer demand for iPhone 17.In particular, pre-orders for iPhone 17 base model (US$100 cheaper vs iPhone 16) and China market (subsidies, high trade-in value) are tracking much stronger than iPhone 16 last year.Despite market concerns on macro/tariffs, muted AI upgrades and earlier pull-in orders, we believe a stronger iPhone 17 pre-order trend will continue to drive re-rating across Apply supply chain in the near term.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 - iPhone 17 pre-order takeaways: longer delivery lead times suggest stronger demand YoY

<ul><li>The US President Trump announced plans (link) on a 100% tariff on semi imports, but companies that pledged large investments in the US manufacturing will be exempt.</li><li>Trump indicated that Apple would be exempt from proposed tariffs given its commitment to increase US investments to US$600bn over the next 4 years.</li><li>Several tech companies (e.g. Samsung, SK Hynix) also announced their tariff exemptions due to their committed investments in the US. </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.

The US President Trump announced plans (link) on a 100% tariff on semi imports, but companies that pledged large investments in the US manufacturing will be exempt.Trump indicated that Apple would be exempt from proposed tariffs given its commitment to increase US investments to US$600bn over the next 4 years.Several tech companies (e.g. Samsung, SK Hynix) also announced their tariff exemptions due to their committed investments in the US. 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 - US New Sectoral Tariffs Better than Feared...

<ul><li>2Q25 results were largely in-line with market expectations, but 3Q25E guidance is mixed with strength in premium smartphones and sluggish mainstream demand post order pull-in and China subsidies in 1H25.</li><li>Qualcomm (QCOM US, NR) guided 15% YoY growth in non-Apple QCT revenue in FY25, while MediaTek (2454 TT, NR) expected 40% YoY growth in flagship revenue in FY25.</li><li>New form factors (XR, Trifold, AI glasses) have become emerging growth drivers. </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.

2Q25 results were largely in-line with market expectations, but 3Q25E guidance is mixed with strength in premium smartphones and sluggish mainstream demand post order pull-in and China subsidies in 1H25.Qualcomm (QCOM US, NR) guided 15% YoY growth in non-Apple QCT revenue in FY25, while MediaTek (2454 TT, NR) expected 40% YoY growth in flagship revenue in FY25.New form factors (XR, Trifold, AI glasses) have become emerging growth drivers. 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 - Smartphone: Samsung/MTK/QCOM Results Takeaways

<ul><li>We reiterate our positive view on the booming AI glasses cycle, and we believe ongoing strength of Ray-Ban Meta glasses (+200% in 1H25), Xiaomi AI glasses’ bullish shipment target of 500k, strong product pipeline (Meta/Xiaomi/Rokid/ RayNeo/Quark) and improving ecosystem with more AI features/use cases will continue to pave wave for the AI glasses supply chain into 2H25E.</li><li>Looking ahead, global/China smart glasses market is set to continue robust growth of 43%/121% YoY in 2025, based on IDC.</li><li>As more tech players are entering the AI smart glass market, we expect cost optimization and more gen-AI use cases will continue to drive demand in the next few years. </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 reiterate our positive view on the booming AI glasses cycle, and we believe ongoing strength of Ray-Ban Meta glasses (+200% in 1H25), Xiaomi AI glasses’ bullish shipment target of 500k, strong product pipeline (Meta/Xiaomi/Rokid/ RayNeo/Quark) and improving ecosystem with more AI features/use cases will continue to pave wave for the AI glasses supply chain into 2H25E.Looking ahead, global/China smart glasses market is set to continue robust growth of 43%/121% YoY in 2025, based on IDC.As more tech players are entering the AI smart glass market, we expect cost optimization and more gen-AI use cases will continue to drive demand in the next few years. 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 -  Ray-Ban Meta Upbeat in 1H25, Xiaomi 500k Target and Quark Glasses Launch

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Technology - Meta Connect 2025: Smart glasses launches continue to fuel supply chain innovation

Meta Connect 2025 was held on 17 Sep (US Time) and Meta officially launched three new smart glasses including Meta Ray-Ban Display, Ray-Ban Meta...

CMB International

Technology - iPhone 17 pre-order takeaways: longer delivery lead times suggest stronger demand YoY

In particular, pre-orders for iPhone 17 base model (US$100 cheaper vs iPhone 16) and China market (subsidies, high trade-in value) are tracking...

CMB International

Technology - US New Sectoral Tariffs Better than Feared...

The US President Trump announced plans (link) on a 100% tariff on semi imports, but companies that pledged large investments in the US...

CMB International

Technology - Smartphone: Samsung/MTK/QCOM Results Takeaways

2Q25 results were largely in-line with market expectations, but 3Q25E guidance is mixed with strength in premium smartphones and sluggish...

CMB International

Technology - Ray-Ban Meta Upbeat in 1H25, Xiaomi 500k Target and Quark Glasses Launch

We reiterate our positive view on the booming AI glasses cycle, and we believe ongoing strength of Ray-Ban Meta glasses (+200% in 1H25), Xiaomi AI...

CMB International

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