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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>Hon Hai (2317 TW, NR)'s 4Q24 revenue (+15% QoQ, +15% YoY) was in-line, but net profit (-6% QoQ, -13% YoY) missed consensus by -12% mainly due to non-op loss (FX &amp; investment loss).</li><li>For 2025, mgmt. guided 15%+ YoY sales growth, with Cloud/ Networking up 15%+, Components up 15%+, Consumer electronics flattish, and Computing down 5%+.</li><li>For AI server, mgmt. guided 1) 1Q25 sales to grow 100%+ QoQ/YoY, growing QoQ throughout in 2025, 2) GB200 rack yield reaching mass production level, and 3) CSP demand is not slowing down yet and capex will not peak in 2025. </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>

Hon Hai (2317 TW, NR)'s 4Q24 revenue (+15% QoQ, +15% YoY) was in-line, but net profit (-6% QoQ, -13% YoY) missed consensus by -12% mainly due to non-op loss (FX &amp; investment loss).For 2025, mgmt. guided 15%+ YoY sales growth, with Cloud/ Networking up 15%+, Components up 15%+, Consumer electronics flattish, and Computing down 5%+.For AI server, mgmt. guided 1) 1Q25 sales to grow 100%+ QoQ/YoY, growing QoQ throughout in 2025, 2) GB200 rack yield reaching mass production level, and 3) CSP demand is not slowing down yet and capex will not peak in 2025. 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.

Strong AI Server Outlook and Flattish Consumer Electronics in 2025