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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>Apple’s (AAPL US, NR) FY4Q25 (CY3Q25) results were solid, with revenue growth of 8% YoY and adjusted EPS growth of 13% YoY, driven by iPhone/Mac sales (+6%/13% YoY) and record Service revenue (+15% YoY), offsetting weakness in Greater China (-4% YoY) due to supply constraints on strong iPhone 16/17 demand.</li><li>For FY1Q26E (CY4Q25E), mgmt. guided for 10-12% YoY revenue growth, double-digit iPhone revenue growth and resilient GPM of 47-48%, which includes US$1.4bn tariff impact (vs US$1.1bn in 4Q).</li><li>We believe this set of robust guidance should alleviate market concerns, especially given ongoing supply constraints for iPhone 17 and reduction in channel inventories QoQ. </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>

Apple’s (AAPL US, NR) FY4Q25 (CY3Q25) results were solid, with revenue growth of 8% YoY and adjusted EPS growth of 13% YoY, driven by iPhone/Mac sales (+6%/13% YoY) and record Service revenue (+15% YoY), offsetting weakness in Greater China (-4% YoY) due to supply constraints on strong iPhone 16/17 demand.For FY1Q26E (CY4Q25E), mgmt. guided for 10-12% YoY revenue growth, double-digit iPhone revenue growth and resilient GPM of 47-48%, which includes US$1.4bn tariff impact (vs US$1.1bn in 4Q).We believe this set of robust guidance should alleviate market concerns, especially given ongoing supply constraints for iPhone 17 and reduction in channel inventories QoQ. 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.

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