Petroleum resources, light industry, etc. (additional) Rating

Upgraded - Bullish Code Stock Name Brokerage Firm Previous Changed After-------------------------------------------------------------<268A> Rigaku Nomura "Hold" "Buy" <3626> TIS GS "Hold" "Buy" <4528> Ono Pharmaceutical City "3" "2" <6752> Panasonic HD Morgan Stanley "Equal Weight" "Over Weight" <7735> Screen Morgan Stanley "Equal Weight" "Over Weight"

Fisco Japan22:35 ET

Rating [Securities company ratings]

Upgraded - Bullish Code Stock Name Securities Company Previous Change After -------------------------------------------------------------- <6752> Panasonic HD Morgan Stanley "Equal W" "Over W" <7735> Screen Morgan Stanley "Equal W" "Over W" <6266> Tatsumo Ichiyoshi "B" "A" Downgraded - Bearish Code Stock Name Securities Company Previous Change After -------------------

Fisco Japan20:06 ET

February 26 [Today's investment strategy]

[Fisco Selected Stocks] 【Material Stocks】 Pool Corp Japan <4690> 1508 yen (2/25) engages in the rental of pallets, handling, and transport equipment. It was announced that a Share Buyback will be implemented, with a maximum of 0.1 million shares, equivalent to 0.2 billion yen, representing 5.94% of the total shares outstanding. An order for the purchase will be placed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange's ToSTNeT-3 for self-owned stock trading on February 26. Additionally, it was announced that out of the acquired self-owned stock, up to 0.08 million shares will be canceled on March 25.

Fisco Japan18:58 ET

Mitsubishi Chemical G, Aisan Industry, etc. [List of stock materials from the newspaper]

*Mitsubishi Chemical G <4188> expands space materials and develops thermal conductivity sheets for Communications (Nikkai Industrial, page 1) - ○ *Toyota Motor <7203> changes the structure of the board of directors and establishes an audit committee company (Nikkai Industrial, page 3) - ○ *Kddi Corporation <9433> AIDC verification environment in Shibuya, compatible with cutting-edge GPUs (Nikkai Industrial, page 4) - ○ *Aisin Seiki <7283> new medium-term plan, revenue of 550 billion yen in fiscal 30, expansion of engine systems (Nikkai Industrial, page 4) - ○ *Honda <7267> achieves top rank in traffic safety initiatives.

Fisco Japan18:24 ET

Focus on JPHD and Akita Silver [Today's individual stock trends]

In the U.S. stock market on the 25th, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose by 159.95 points to 43,621.16, the Nasdaq Composite Index fell by 260.54 points to 19,026.39, and the Chicago Nikkei 225 Futures dropped by 285 yen to 37,955 yen compared to the daytime in Osaka. The exchange rate is 1 dollar = 149.00-10 yen. In today's Tokyo market, JPHD <2749> announced an upward revision of the Financial Estimates and the introduction of a Shareholder benefit program, along with the upward revision of the revenue, operating income, net profit, and Dividends for the fiscal year ending March 2025.

Fisco Japan18:15 ET

Aisan Industry, etc., announced a Share Buyback on February 25.

The stocks for which a share buyback plan was announced on February 25 (Tuesday) are as follows: <7283> Aisan Industry 6.6 million shares (10.6%) 11.2 billion yen 86.17 million yen 10,000 yen (from 25/2/26 to 25/5/31) <3395> Sanmarc HD 2.82 million shares (13.8%) 6.4 billion yen 99.98 million yen 7,200 yen (on 25/2/26) <2337> Ichigo 16 million shares (3.7%) 5 billion yen (from 25/3/3 to 25/8/29) <4220>

Fisco Japan17:08 ET