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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.

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Tencent Music (TME): All Cheerful Data in Music, To Grow in Q3 After 3 Flat Years

Tencent Music (TME): 3Q24, Began to Grow with Record Gross Margin

2025 High Conviction: Tencent Music Entertainment (TME) – Music as Promising Future

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>TME announced 2Q24 results on 13 Aug: total revenue declined by 2% YoY to RMB7.16bn, in line with our/Bloomberg consensus estimate of RMB7.16/7.13bn; non-IFRS net income was up by 22% YoY to RMB1.87bn, 2/2% ahead of our/consensus estimate.</li><li>For 2H24E, management will focus more on balanced growth of music subs and ARPPU, expecting slower music subscriber net adds but continued QoQ ARPPU growth, which has raised certain investor concerns.</li><li>That said, management reiterated its long-term target (150mn music subscribers &amp; RMB15 in monthly ARPPU). </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>

TME announced 2Q24 results on 13 Aug: total revenue declined by 2% YoY to RMB7.16bn, in line with our/Bloomberg consensus estimate of RMB7.16/7.13bn; non-IFRS net income was up by 22% YoY to RMB1.87bn, 2/2% ahead of our/consensus estimate.For 2H24E, management will focus more on balanced growth of music subs and ARPPU, expecting slower music subscriber net adds but continued QoQ ARPPU growth, which has raised certain investor concerns.That said, management reiterated its long-term target (150mn music subscribers &amp; RMB15 in monthly ARPPU). 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.

TME (TME US) - Focus on Balanced Growth of Music Subs and ARPPU in 2H24E