Asian Hedge Fund Manager, Long Short Equity, Macro

David Mudd

Equity Capital Markets

Shenzhen Transsion Holdings / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Shenzhen Transsion Holdings (688036 CH) launched its Hong Kong H-share IPO today (Shenzhen Transsion Holdings (2636 HK)) to raise up to HK$3.36 billion.  Trading is to begin on October 15. </li>
<li>Shenzhen Transsion is the world's largest feature-phone maker, with a ~45% global market share in 2025, and ranks as the sixth-largest smartphone vendor with ~8%.</li>
<li>Transsion is aggressively hiking smartphone prices and shifting product mix toward higher-end models (&gt;$200).  Smartphone ASP rose over 30% YoY in Q1 2026, with further hikes planned through year-end 2026.</li>
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Shenzhen Transsion Holdings (688036 CH) launched its Hong Kong H-share IPO today (Shenzhen Transsion Holdings (2636 HK)) to raise up to HK$3.36 billion.  Trading is to begin on October 15. 
Shenzhen Transsion is the world's largest feature-phone maker, with a ~45% global market share in 2025, and ranks as the sixth-largest smartphone vendor with ~8%.
Transsion is aggressively hiking smartphone prices and shifting product mix toward higher-end models (&gt;$200).  Smartphone ASP rose over 30% YoY in Q1 2026, with further hikes planned through year-end 2026.


HK IPO WATCH: Shenzhen Transsion Holding - A Close Call !!

HK/China Healthcare Analyst (ex-Fosun Pharma)

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

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<li>Although Transsion holds an absolute leading position in African market, its fundamentals are in early stage of profit recovery, and it‘s facing dual uncertainties of patent litigation and intensified competition.</li>
<li>When competitors use mid-to-high-end models to encroach from above and use operator subsidies to pounce from below,Transsion lacks core product line with high profit margins to provide a profit buffer.</li>
<li>Transsion’s "multi-brand, full coverage" strategy is difficult to completely avoid the impact of the industry's downward cycle. Compared with peers, the A/H discount may fall within the range of 15%-25%.   </li>
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Although Transsion holds an absolute leading position in African market, its fundamentals are in early stage of profit recovery, and it‘s facing dual uncertainties of patent litigation and intensified competition.
When competitors use mid-to-high-end models to encroach from above and use operator subsidies to pounce from below,Transsion lacks core product line with high profit margins to provide a profit buffer.
Transsion’s "multi-brand, full coverage" strategy is difficult to completely avoid the impact of the industry's downward cycle. Compared with peers, the A/H discount may fall within the range of 15%-25%.   


Pre-IPO Shenzhen Transsion Holdings (PHIP Updates) - Some Points Worth the Attention

Asia Pac ECM and Index Rebal, Shenton Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac ECM and Index Rebal

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China Biotech

Shenton Research

Shenton Research is an independent Asia Pacific equity specialist. Our quantitative research covers index rebalancing flows, alongside exchange data analytics accross Asia Pacific. On the equity capital markets side, we focus on Asia Pacific ECM, especially biotech and TMT. Our lead analyst is frequently cited by international media.

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<li>Transsion, a mobile phone maker focused on Africa and other emerging markets, launched its IPO to raise USD 428m through an A+H listing. CITIC is the sole sponsor.</li>
<li>In this note, we look at the deal terms and provide our thoughts on valuation for the company.</li>
<li>We analyze reference A+H transactions, cornerstone and sponsor performance and assess the risk-reward of the deal.</li>
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Transsion, a mobile phone maker focused on Africa and other emerging markets, launched its IPO to raise USD 428m through an A+H listing. CITIC is the sole sponsor.
In this note, we look at the deal terms and provide our thoughts on valuation for the company.
We analyze reference A+H transactions, cornerstone and sponsor performance and assess the risk-reward of the deal.


Transsion (传音控股) A+H IPO: Analysis of Deal Terms

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

INFRONEER Holdings  / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.</li>
<li>On the IPO front, last week's Hong kong listings were a mixed bag.</li>
<li>On the placement front, given the holiday shorterened week there were only a few placements across the region.</li>
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Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.
On the IPO front, last week's Hong kong listings were a mixed bag.
On the placement front, given the holiday shorterened week there were only a few placements across the region.


Aequitas ECM Weekly (5 October 2026)- Moore Threads, ASR, Adtek, ESWIN, Transsion, Infroneer, Woori

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>Looking ahead to 2026, we expect distinct divergence in global technology endmarkets.</li><li>While AI computing supply chain is set to continue strong momentum driven by rapid LLM upgrade and sustained CSP capex, we believe edge AI cycle (AI smartphones/PCs/glasses) is just beginning to accelerate.</li><li>However, we anticipate near-term pressure on low-end consumer electronics demand due to macro uncertainty, fading China subsidies and rising memory costs. </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.

Looking ahead to 2026, we expect distinct divergence in global technology endmarkets.While AI computing supply chain is set to continue strong momentum driven by rapid LLM upgrade and sustained CSP capex, we believe edge AI cycle (AI smartphones/PCs/glasses) is just beginning to accelerate.However, we anticipate near-term pressure on low-end consumer electronics demand due to macro uncertainty, fading China subsidies and rising memory costs. 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 - 2026 Outlook: AI compute momentum expands to edge AI revolution

China

Shenzhen Transsion Holdings Co., Ltd. produces and sells mobile phones. The Company provides mobile phones researching, development, designing, production, sales, after-sales services, and other services. Shenzhen Transsion Holdings markets its products worldwide.

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