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.

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<ul><li>We summarize the May 2025 price discounts at dealers for major automakers in this report.</li><li>Note that May discounts for each automaker are calculated based on the weighted average of Apr 2025 retail sales volume for each model, as May 2025 retail sales volume data have not been released yet.</li><li>The industrywide average discounts rose 0.7ppts MoM to about 15% in May 2025, based on our calculations, mainly driven by German brands (VW, Mercedes-Benz and BMW, etc.). </li></ul><p><em>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.</em></p>

We summarize the May 2025 price discounts at dealers for major automakers in this report.Note that May discounts for each automaker are calculated based on the weighted average of Apr 2025 retail sales volume for each model, as May 2025 retail sales volume data have not been released yet.The industrywide average discounts rose 0.7ppts MoM to about 15% in May 2025, based on our calculations, mainly driven by German brands (VW, Mercedes-Benz and BMW, etc.). 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.

Auto - New Models to Stabilize Chinese OEMs’ Discounts

Blue Lotus China New Economy Research, Blue Lotus Research Institute

Eric Wen

Blue Lotus China New Economy Research

China growth and global non-US Internet equities

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Blue Lotus Research is a Hong Kong Type 4 Licensed investment advisory firm focusing on Chinese growth equities and global non-US Internet equities

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<li>XPEV US : The new Xiaopeng car will collaborate on the development of Huawei's HUD solution (+)</li>
<li>NIO US: Onvo to Provide Ride-Hailing Vehicles for Didi (-)</li>
<li>New Energy Vehicle: 2025 May 26 – June 1 NEV Delivery Rankings(/)</li>
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XPEV US : The new Xiaopeng car will collaborate on the development of Huawei's HUD solution (+)
NIO US: Onvo to Provide Ride-Hailing Vehicles for Didi (-)
New Energy Vehicle: 2025 May 26 – June 1 NEV Delivery Rankings(/)


[Blue Lotus Daily]:XPEV US/NIO US/New Energy Vehicle

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.

Equity Capital Markets

Wuxi Lead Intelligent Equipmen / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/wuxi-lead-intelligent-equipmen" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27971:1" rel="noopener">Wuxi Lead Intelligent Equipmen (300450 CH)</a>  aims to raise around US$400m in its H-share listing.</li>
<li>WLIE is a global platform-based intelligent equipment enterprise, offering intelligent equipment and solutions to a wide range of emerging and high-end manufacturing industries.</li>
<li>In this note, we look at its past performance and other deal dynamics that might impact the listing.</li>
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Wuxi Lead Intelligent Equipmen (300450 CH)  aims to raise around US$400m in its H-share listing.
WLIE is a global platform-based intelligent equipment enterprise, offering intelligent equipment and solutions to a wide range of emerging and high-end manufacturing industries.
In this note, we look at its past performance and other deal dynamics that might impact the listing.


Wuxi Lead Intelligent Equipment A/H Listing - Market Leader but Has Been Facing Industry Headwinds

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<li>XPEV US: Mona M03 Max facelift launches with RMB15k price cut (+)</li>
<li>LI US/601127 CH/ XPEV US/NIO US: Week 21 Sales Ranking (May 19-25, 2025)(+/+/-/-)</li>
<li>New Energy Vehicle: MOC focuses on "zero-mile used cars", BYD(1211 HK) &amp; Dongfeng attend meeting(-)</li>
</ul>


XPEV US: Mona M03 Max facelift launches with RMB15k price cut (+)
LI US/601127 CH/ XPEV US/NIO US: Week 21 Sales Ranking (May 19-25, 2025)(+/+/-/-)
New Energy Vehicle: MOC focuses on "zero-mile used cars", BYD(1211 HK) &amp; Dongfeng attend meeting(-)


[Blue Lotus Daily]:XPEV US/LI US/601127 CH/NIO US/BZ US/1211 HK/New Energy Vehicle

Research from ACF Equity Research, ACF Equity Research

ACF Equity Research

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Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>GreenRoc Strategic Materials Plc (AIM: GROC.L) is unusually well positioned to become a key supplier of high-purity, battery-grade graphite into Western markets increasingly focused on critical material security.</li>
<li>GROC’s flagship Greenland Amitsoq Graphite Project, has amongst the highest known in-situ graphite grades globally at 20.41% TGC, potential purity is 99.95% (a purity essential to the EV battery value chain looking for lower cost natural graphite vs. synthetic graphite).</li>
<li>GROC.L’s Thule Black Sands Project (TiO2) aligns with green energy transition trends.</li>
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GreenRoc Strategic Materials Plc (AIM: GROC.L) is unusually well positioned to become a key supplier of high-purity, battery-grade graphite into Western markets increasingly focused on critical material security.
GROC’s flagship Greenland Amitsoq Graphite Project, has amongst the highest known in-situ graphite grades globally at 20.41% TGC, potential purity is 99.95% (a purity essential to the EV battery value chain looking for lower cost natural graphite vs. synthetic graphite).
GROC.L’s Thule Black Sands Project (TiO2) aligns with green energy transition trends.


GreenRoc Strategic Materials Plc (GROC.L) - Core Investment Case – Graphite to Drive For

China

XPeng Inc. designs, produces, and distributes electric vehicles. The Company designs, develops, manufactures and markets smart smart electric vehicles, as well as finance, parts, and maintenance services. XPeng serves customers in China.

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XPeng (XPEV US)

Auto - New Models to Stabilize Chinese OEMs’ Discounts

The industrywide average discounts rose 0.7ppts MoM to about 15% in May 2025, based on our calculations, mainly driven by German brands (VW,...

CMB International

[Blue Lotus Daily]:XPEV US/NIO US/New Energy Vehicle

Xiaopeng car partners with Huawei for HUD solution, Onvo to supply vehicles for Didi ride-hailing, NEV delivery rankings for May 26 - June 1.

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Wuxi Lead Intelligent Equipment A/H Listing - Market Leader but Has Been Facing Industry Headwinds

Wuxi Lead Intelligent Equipmen (300450 CH) aims to raise around US$400m in its H-share listing. In this note, we look at the company's past...

Sumeet Singh

[Blue Lotus Daily]:XPEV US/LI US/601127 CH/NIO US/BZ US/1211 HK/New Energy Vehicle

XPEV's Mona M03 Max gets a price cut, EV sales rankings fluctuate, MOC prioritizes "zero-mile used cars" with BYD and Dongfeng.

Blue Lotus Research Institute

GreenRoc Strategic Materials Plc (GROC.L) - Core Investment Case – Graphite to Drive For

GROC’s flagship Greenland Amitsoq Graphite Project, has amongst the highest known in-situ graphite grades globally at 20.41% TGC, potential purity...

ACF Equity Research

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Auto - New Models to Stabilize Chinese OEMs’ Discounts

The industrywide average discounts rose 0.7ppts MoM to about 15% in May 2025, based on our calculations, mainly driven by German brands (VW,...

CMB International

[Blue Lotus Daily]:XPEV US/NIO US/New Energy Vehicle

​Xiaopeng car partners with Huawei for HUD solution, Onvo to supply vehicles for Didi ride-hailing, NEV delivery rankings for May 26 - June 1.

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Wuxi Lead Intelligent Equipment A/H Listing - Market Leader but Has Been Facing Industry Headwinds

Wuxi Lead Intelligent Equipmen (300450 CH) aims to raise around US$400m in its H-share listing. In this note, we look at the company's past...

Sumeet Singh

[Blue Lotus Daily]:XPEV US/LI US/601127 CH/NIO US/BZ US/1211 HK/New Energy Vehicle

​XPEV's Mona M03 Max gets a price cut, EV sales rankings fluctuate, MOC prioritizes "zero-mile used cars" with BYD and Dongfeng.

Blue Lotus Research Institute

GreenRoc Strategic Materials Plc (GROC.L) - Core Investment Case – Graphite to Drive For

GROC’s flagship Greenland Amitsoq Graphite Project, has amongst the highest known in-situ graphite grades globally at 20.41% TGC, potential purity...

ACF Equity Research

Xiaopeng car partners with Huawei for HUD solution, Onvo to supply vehicles for Didi ride-hailing, NEV delivery rankings for May 26 - June 1.

XPEV's Mona M03 Max gets a price cut, EV sales rankings fluctuate, MOC prioritizes "zero-mile used cars" with BYD and Dongfeng.