At the open, reports covered 中央自動車工業's secondary offering, ストライクグループ's earnings revision, アイダエンジニアリング's earnings announcement, 佐藤食品工業's stock split and other developments involving individual stocks.
中央自動車工業 is reportedly planning a secondary offering by existing shareholders, comprising 3,548,600 shares, with an additional offering of up to 532,200 shares. The offering price is expected to be determined between 7 and 10 September. The company's share price has fallen in response.
On 28 August, ストライクグループ raised its ordinary profit forecast for the current fiscal year from its previous forecast. The revision was approximately 13%, and the market viewed it as a positive factor.
アイダエンジニアリング announced its earnings on 28 August, reporting a substantial decline in consolidated ordinary profit for the April-June quarter, down approximately 43% year on year. Progress against the full-year plan was approximately 13.4%, significantly below the historical average.
佐藤食品工業 announced on 28 August that it would conduct a 1-for-2 stock split. The split will apply to shareholders as of 15 September. The share price has fluctuated before and after the split.
In response to reports that it would go private, eSOL issued a comment. It said that no decision to go private had been made as of the present time and that the matter remains under consideration.