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RESEARCH ALERT-Citigroup ratings(Nov 6)

By: AFX | 06 Nov 2009 | 12:43 AM ET

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TOKYO, Nov 6 (Reuters) - The following is a list of ratings that have been assigned by Citigroup, Citigroup said on Friday. -------------------------------------------------- Rated higher: Ube Industries Ltd -- "1H" from "2H" (target price 290yen->320yen) Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co Ltd -- "1M" from "2M" (target price 1100yen->1200yen) -------------------------------------------------- Rating unchanged: Kyorin Co Ltd -- "1H" (target price 1900yen) T&D Holdings Inc -- "1H" (target price 3800yen) Nippon Television Network Corp -- "1L" (target price 14000yen) Astellas Pharma Inc. -- "1M" (target price 4200yen->4000yen) Asahi Glass Co Ltd -- "1M" (target price 1020yen) Mitsui-Soko Co Ltd -- "1M" (target price 405yen) Mitsubishi Materials Corp -- "1M" (target price 320yen) Seven Bank Ltd -- "1M" (target price 310000yen) Toyota Motor Corp -- "1M" (target price 5350yen) Kuraray Co Ltd -- "1M" (target price 1250yen) Promise Co Ltd -- "1S" (target price 970yen) Takefuji Corp -- "1S" (target price 740yen) Kakaku. com Inc -- "1S" (target price 455000yen) Elpida Memory Inc. -- "2H" (target price 1600yen) Fukuyama Transporting Co Ltd -- "2M" (target price 505yen) Bridgestone Corp -- "2M" (target price 1710yen) Denki Kagaku Kogyo Co Ltd -- "2M" (target price 440yen) Rakuten Inc -- "2S" (target price 62000yen) Acom Co Ltd -- "2S" (target price 1410yen) Mixi Inc -- "3S" (target price 581000yen) -------------------------------------------------- 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 2009. All rights reserved.

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