TOKYO, May 14 (Reuters) - The following is a list of
ratings that have been assigned by Citigroup, Citigroup said on Friday.
Rated lower:
Ono Pharmaceutical Co Ltd -- '3M' from '2M' (target price 4000yen->3700yen) Rating unchanged:
Nissin Foods Holdings Co Ltd -- '1H' (target price 3600yen)
Chiyoda Corp -- '1H' (target price 970yen)
Fuji Media Holdings Inc -- '1L' (target price 170000yen->185000yen)
Nippon Television Network Corp -- '1L' (target price 17000yen)
Asahi Kasei Corp -- '1M' (target price 570yen->640yen)
NTT Urban Development Corp. -- '1M' (target price 98000yen)
Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd -- '1M' (target price 1250yen)
Sumitomo Realty & Development Co Ltd -- '1M' (target price 2500yen)
Amada Co Ltd -- '1M' (target price 900yen)
Ariake Japan Co Ltd -- '1M' (target price 2100yen)
Taiyo Yuden Co Ltd -- '2H' (target price 1500yen)
Nippon Zeon Co Ltd -- '2H' (target price 660yen)
Sony Corp -- '2H' (target price 3800yen)
Modec Inc -- '2H' (target price 1800yen)
Konica Minolta Holdings Inc -- '2H' (target price 1000yen)
Konami Corp -- '2H' (target price 1800yen)
Daiwa Securities Group Inc -- '2H' (target price 550yen->460yen)
Sankyo Co Ltd (pinball) -- '2M' (target price 4900yen->4400yen)
Takefuji Corp -- '2S' (target price 405yen->340yen)
Hakuhodo DY Holdings Incorporated -- '3L' (target price 4200yen)
TBS Holdings -- '3M' (target price 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.
Ono Pharmaceutical Co Ltd -- '3M' from '2M' (target price 4000yen->3700yen) Rating unchanged:
Nissin Foods Holdings Co Ltd -- '1H' (target price 3600yen)
Chiyoda Corp -- '1H' (target price 970yen)
Fuji Media Holdings Inc -- '1L' (target price 170000yen->185000yen)
Nippon Television Network Corp -- '1L' (target price 17000yen)
Asahi Kasei Corp -- '1M' (target price 570yen->640yen)
NTT Urban Development Corp. -- '1M' (target price 98000yen)
Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd -- '1M' (target price 1250yen)
Sumitomo Realty & Development Co Ltd -- '1M' (target price 2500yen)
Amada Co Ltd -- '1M' (target price 900yen)
Ariake Japan Co Ltd -- '1M' (target price 2100yen)
Taiyo Yuden Co Ltd -- '2H' (target price 1500yen)
Nippon Zeon Co Ltd -- '2H' (target price 660yen)
Sony Corp -- '2H' (target price 3800yen)
Modec Inc -- '2H' (target price 1800yen)
Konica Minolta Holdings Inc -- '2H' (target price 1000yen)
Konami Corp -- '2H' (target price 1800yen)
Daiwa Securities Group Inc -- '2H' (target price 550yen->460yen)
Sankyo Co Ltd (pinball) -- '2M' (target price 4900yen->4400yen)
Takefuji Corp -- '2S' (target price 405yen->340yen)
Hakuhodo DY Holdings Incorporated -- '3L' (target price 4200yen)
TBS Holdings -- '3M' (target price 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.