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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>2Q25 results were largely in-line with market expectations, but 3Q25E guidance is mixed with strength in premium smartphones and sluggish mainstream demand post order pull-in and China subsidies in 1H25.</li><li>Qualcomm (QCOM US, NR) guided 15% YoY growth in non-Apple QCT revenue in FY25, while MediaTek (2454 TT, NR) expected 40% YoY growth in flagship revenue in FY25.</li><li>New form factors (XR, Trifold, AI glasses) have become emerging growth drivers. </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>

2Q25 results were largely in-line with market expectations, but 3Q25E guidance is mixed with strength in premium smartphones and sluggish mainstream demand post order pull-in and China subsidies in 1H25.Qualcomm (QCOM US, NR) guided 15% YoY growth in non-Apple QCT revenue in FY25, while MediaTek (2454 TT, NR) expected 40% YoY growth in flagship revenue in FY25.New form factors (XR, Trifold, AI glasses) have become emerging growth drivers. 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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