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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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Tsingtao Brewery Co Ltd H / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Tsingtao reported 14% growth in 2Q net profits to RMB2.0bn. Driven by 3% volume growth and 5% ASP uptick, revenue stood at RMB11bn, up 8% YoY.</li><li>This compared to HSD growth of CR Beer and 20% of Budweiser.</li><li>Gross/EBIT margins was up approximately 2pp to 33%/21%, respectively, and we expect recurring strengths in both premiumization and cost efficiency to fuel margins expansion into 2H. </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>

Tsingtao reported 14% growth in 2Q net profits to RMB2.0bn. Driven by 3% volume growth and 5% ASP uptick, revenue stood at RMB11bn, up 8% YoY.This compared to HSD growth of CR Beer and 20% of Budweiser.Gross/EBIT margins was up approximately 2pp to 33%/21%, respectively, and we expect recurring strengths in both premiumization and cost efficiency to fuel margins expansion into 2H. 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.

Tsingtao Brewery (168 HK) – 2Q Rev/Np +8%/14% on Recurring Strengths