TOKYO, April 23 (Reuters) - The following is a list
of ratings that have been assigned by Citigroup, Citigroup said on Friday.
Rated higher:
NTT DoCoMo Inc -- '1L' from '1M' (target price 160000yen) Rating unchanged:
Toshiba Corp -- '1H' (target price 700yen)
Nippon Television Network Corp -- '1L' (target price 16000yen->17000yen)
Fuji Media Holdings Inc -- '1L' (target price 150000yen->170000yen)
Japan Retail Fund Investment Corp -- '1L' (target price 135000yen->140000yen)
TV Asahi Corporation -- '1L' (target price 160000yen->170000yen)
United Urban Investment Corp. -- '1L' (target price 680000yen)
Softbank Corp -- '1M' (target price 2650yen->2520yen)
Kuraray Co Ltd -- '1M' (target price 1450yen)
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co Ltd -- '1M' (target price 6000yen)
eAccess Ltd -- '2H' (target price 77000yen->80000yen)
Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd -- '2H' (target price 6000yen)
Nitto Denko Corp -- '2H' (target price 3900yen)
Nippon Zeon Co Ltd -- '2H' (target price 550yen->660yen)
Dentsu Inc -- '2M' (target price 2700yen)
Asatsu-DK Inc -- '3L' (target price 1600yen)
TV Tokyo Corporation -- '3L' (target price 1600yen)
Hakuhodo DY Holdings Incorporated -- '3L' (target price 4200yen)
KDDI Corp -- '3M' (target price 490000yen)
TBS Holdings -- '3M' (target price 1200yen->1300yen) Citigroup assigns ratings as follows: '1L' or 'Buy/Low Risk' - issues expected to outperform ETR by 10
percentage points. '1M' or 'Buy/Medium Risk' - issues expected to outperform ETR by 15
percentage points. '1H' or 'Buy/High Risk' - issues expected to outperform ETR by 20
percentage points. '1S' or 'Buy/Speculative' - issues expected to outperform ETR by 35 percentage points. 538976288 '2L' or 'Hold/Low Risk' - issues expected to outperform ETR greater
than zero, but below 10 percentage points. '2M' or 'Hold/Medium Risk' - issues expected to outperform ETR greater
than zero, but below 15 percentage points. '2H' or 'Hold/High Risk' - issues expected to outperform ETR greater
than zero, but below 20 percentage points. '2S' or 'Hold/Speculative' - issues expected to outperform ETR greater
than zero, but below 35 percentage points. '3L' or 'Sell/Low Risk' - issues expected to perform less than or equal
to ETR. '3M' or 'Sell/Medium Risk' - issues expected to perform less than or
equal to ETR. '3H' or 'Sell/High Risk' - issues expected to perform less than or
equal to ETR. '3S' or 'Sell/Speculative' - issues expected to perform less than or
equal to ETR. Expected Total Return (ETR) - expectation of total return
(projected share price appreciation
plus forcast dividend yield) within
12 months. (Tokyo Equities Desk +81-3-3432-9404 tokyo.newsroom@reuters.com) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2010. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
NTT DoCoMo Inc -- '1L' from '1M' (target price 160000yen) Rating unchanged:
Toshiba Corp -- '1H' (target price 700yen)
Nippon Television Network Corp -- '1L' (target price 16000yen->17000yen)
Fuji Media Holdings Inc -- '1L' (target price 150000yen->170000yen)
Japan Retail Fund Investment Corp -- '1L' (target price 135000yen->140000yen)
TV Asahi Corporation -- '1L' (target price 160000yen->170000yen)
United Urban Investment Corp. -- '1L' (target price 680000yen)
Softbank Corp -- '1M' (target price 2650yen->2520yen)
Kuraray Co Ltd -- '1M' (target price 1450yen)
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co Ltd -- '1M' (target price 6000yen)
eAccess Ltd -- '2H' (target price 77000yen->80000yen)
Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd -- '2H' (target price 6000yen)
Nitto Denko Corp -- '2H' (target price 3900yen)
Nippon Zeon Co Ltd -- '2H' (target price 550yen->660yen)
Dentsu Inc -- '2M' (target price 2700yen)
Asatsu-DK Inc -- '3L' (target price 1600yen)
TV Tokyo Corporation -- '3L' (target price 1600yen)
Hakuhodo DY Holdings Incorporated -- '3L' (target price 4200yen)
KDDI Corp -- '3M' (target price 490000yen)
TBS Holdings -- '3M' (target price 1200yen->1300yen) Citigroup assigns ratings as follows: '1L' or 'Buy/Low Risk' - issues expected to outperform ETR by 10
percentage points. '1M' or 'Buy/Medium Risk' - issues expected to outperform ETR by 15
percentage points. '1H' or 'Buy/High Risk' - issues expected to outperform ETR by 20
percentage points. '1S' or 'Buy/Speculative' - issues expected to outperform ETR by 35 percentage points. 538976288 '2L' or 'Hold/Low Risk' - issues expected to outperform ETR greater
than zero, but below 10 percentage points. '2M' or 'Hold/Medium Risk' - issues expected to outperform ETR greater
than zero, but below 15 percentage points. '2H' or 'Hold/High Risk' - issues expected to outperform ETR greater
than zero, but below 20 percentage points. '2S' or 'Hold/Speculative' - issues expected to outperform ETR greater
than zero, but below 35 percentage points. '3L' or 'Sell/Low Risk' - issues expected to perform less than or equal
to ETR. '3M' or 'Sell/Medium Risk' - issues expected to perform less than or
equal to ETR. '3H' or 'Sell/High Risk' - issues expected to perform less than or
equal to ETR. '3S' or 'Sell/Speculative' - issues expected to perform less than or
equal to ETR. Expected Total Return (ETR) - expectation of total return
(projected share price appreciation
plus forcast dividend yield) within
12 months. (Tokyo Equities Desk +81-3-3432-9404 tokyo.newsroom@reuters.com) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2010. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.