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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Japan's Sharp to unveil revival plan on May 14-sources, (NASDAQ: AAPL), (NYSE: MFG), (NYSE: MTU)

Japan's Sharp Corp will unveil a business plan on May 14 that will outline how the display panel maker will revive its business and bolster its finances, two sources familiar with the plan said on Tuesday. Sharp, which supplies screens to Apple Inc for its iPhone 5, will release the plan when it announces business results for the year that ended March 31, the sources told Reuters on condition they were not identified.Bailed out by banks including Mizuho Financial Group and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group last year, Sharp needs to raise cash before September to pay a $2.14 billion convertible bond.Sources at Sharp and its banks, as well as analysts, have told Reuters they expect the Osaka-based company will resort to equity financing to make up any shortfall after it adds up available cashflow and gains from asset sales and cash from investors, including Qualcomm Inc and Samsung Electronics Co.

Apple Inc. (Apple) designs, manufactures and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, and portable digital music players, and a variety of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications. Shares of AAPL remained unchanged at $428.91. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $419.00 and as high as $705.07. On average, 18755000 shares of AAPL exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 2365.

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. is a Japan-based bank holding company. Shares of MFG remained unchanged at $4.05. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $2.80 and as high as $4.68. On average, 759782 shares of MFG exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 0.

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. is a Japan-based company mainly engaged in the banking business. Shares of MTU remained unchanged at $5.63. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $4.16 and as high as $6.10. On average, 2417170 shares of MTU exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 0.



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