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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>ASML released its 1Q24 earnings this week, with revenue down by 21.6% YoY, missing the street’s expectations. Net profit beat expectations but also declined by 37.4% YoY.</li><li>GPM was 51% for Q1, surpassing company guidance due to a favourable mix of more immersion and EUV (Extreme Ultraviolet) system sales compared to dry business.</li><li>Mgmt. guided Q2 revenue to be between EUR5.7bn and EUR6.2bn and GPM around 50-51%. </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>

ASML released its 1Q24 earnings this week, with revenue down by 21.6% YoY, missing the street’s expectations. Net profit beat expectations but also declined by 37.4% YoY.GPM was 51% for Q1, surpassing company guidance due to a favourable mix of more immersion and EUV (Extreme Ultraviolet) system sales compared to dry business.Mgmt. guided Q2 revenue to be between EUR5.7bn and EUR6.2bn and GPM around 50-51%. 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.

Semi - 2024 Is a Transition Year for ASML