RESEARCH ALERT-Citigroup ratings(Jun 9)

TOKYO, June 9 (Reuters) - The following is a list of ratings that have been assigned by Citigroup, Citigroup said on Wednesday. Rated higher:

Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd -- '1H' from '2H' (target price 6000yen->8400yen)

Hakuhodo DY Holdings Incorporated -- '2L' from '3L' (target price 4200yen->4900yen) Rating unchanged:

Japan Steel Works Ltd -- '1H' (target price 1300yen->1160yen)

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd -- '1H' (target price 310yen)

JX Holdings Inc -- '1H' (target price 620yen)

Sega Sammy Holdings Inc. -- '1H' (target price 1500yen->1600yen)

Nippon Television Network Corp -- '1L' (target price 17000yen)

Fuji Media Holdings Inc -- '1L' (target price 185000yen)

TV Asahi Corporation -- '1L' (target price 170000yen)

TonenGeneral Sekiyu kk -- '1M' (target price 1000yen)

Suzuki Motor Corp -- '1M' (target price 2700yen->2310yen)

Senko Co Ltd -- '1M' (target price 440yen->400yen)

Dentsu Inc -- '2M' (target price 2700yen)

Showa Shell Sekiyu KK -- '2M' (target price 630yen->650yen)

Cosmo Oil Co Ltd -- '3H' (target price 180yen->230yen)

TV Tokyo Corporation -- '3L' (target price 1600yen)

Asatsu-DK Inc -- '3L' (target price 1600yen->1900yen)

TBS Holdings -- '3M' (target price 1300yen->1200yen) 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

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