External broker reports(aggregated public sources), CMB International

CMB International

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.

External broker reports(aggregated public sources)

Equity Bottom-Up

Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC) - ADR / Equity Bottom-Up

Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC) - ADR (TSM US)

<ul><li>TSMC (TSM US, NR) reported a very solid 4Q24 result. Revenue was US$26.8bn (up 36.5% YoY/14.1% QoQ), beating BBG consensus/guidance by 3.9%/1.3%, driven by strong 3nm/5nm sales.</li><li>GPM expanded to 59.0%, surpassing BBG consensus/guidance of 58.5%/ 58.0%, due to higher utilization and productivity gains, partially offset by dilution of 3nm ramp-up.</li><li>By technology nodes, 3nm accounted for 26% of revenue in 4Q (vs. 20%/15% in 3Q24/4Q23). </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>

TSMC (TSM US, NR) reported a very solid 4Q24 result. Revenue was US$26.8bn (up 36.5% YoY/14.1% QoQ), beating BBG consensus/guidance by 3.9%/1.3%, driven by strong 3nm/5nm sales.GPM expanded to 59.0%, surpassing BBG consensus/guidance of 58.5%/ 58.0%, due to higher utilization and productivity gains, partially offset by dilution of 3nm ramp-up.By technology nodes, 3nm accounted for 26% of revenue in 4Q (vs. 20%/15% in 3Q24/4Q23). 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.

Semiconductors - TSMC: Surging AI Demands Propelled Strong Results and Guidance