The computer company reported strong second-quarter earnings that surpassed Wall Street’s estimates and announced the first in a series of price cuts intended to increase sales further. (A) The computer company reported strong second-quarter earnings that surpassed Wall Street’s estimates and announced the first in a series of price cuts intended to increase sales further. (B) The report of the computer company showed strong second-quarter earnings, surpassing Wall Street’s estimates, and they announced the first in a series of price cuts that they intend to increase sales further. (C) Surpassing Wall Street’s estimates, the report of the computer company showed strong second-quarter earnings, and, for the purpose of increasing sales further, they announced the first in a series of price cuts. (D) The computer company reported strong second-quarter earnings, surpassing Wall Street’s estimates, and announcing the first in a series of price cuts for the purpose of further increasing sales. (E) The computer company, surpassing Wall Street’s estimates, reported strong second-quarter earnings, while announcing that to increase sales further, there would be the first in a series of price cuts. (D) The computer company reported strong second-quarter earnings, while announcing the first in a series of price cuts for the purpose of increasing sales further that surpass Wall Street’s estimates.

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The computer company reported strong second-quarter earnings that surpassed Wall Street’s estimates and announced the first in a series of price cuts intended to increase sales further.

(E) The computer company, surpassing Wall Street’s estimates, reported strong second-quarter earnings, while announcing that to increase sales further, there would be the first in a series of price cuts.

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Is the structure "The computer company [Noun], surpassing Wall Street’s estimates [Present Participial Phrase],..." correct in GMAT?

I have seen most sentences placing the present participial phrases
(1) before the noun
(2) after the verb
(3) after the end of the clause

Whenever I see such a structure, should I assume that it has the same role as an Introductory Noun Modifier?

Dancing with joy, my daughter showed me her acceptance letter.
My daughter, dancing with joy, showed me her acceptance letter.

Both are correct. A present participle phrase can start a sentence and modify the subject or it come immediately after a noun and modify it.

It is more common to see it as a defining modifier without commas: The girl dancing with joy is my daughter.
It defines the girl about whom I am talking - the girl dancing with joy - and hence it is an essential modifier.

Though I would not use this:
My daughter showed me her acceptance letter, inviting her to join HARVARD.
'inviting her to join HARVARD' modifies 'letter' but it comes at the end of the clause and makes me wonder whether it is modifying the entire previous clause; but that doesn't makes sense. So I would re-structure.

Check these posts: https://anaprep.com/sentence-correction ... rticiples/
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