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Advantest to Showcase Latest Test Solutions at SEMICON Europa 2023, Nov. 14-17, in Munich, Germany

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Thursday, November 9, 2023

TOKYO, Nov. 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Leading semiconductor test equipment supplier Advantest Corporation (TSE: 6857) will showcase its latest IC test solutions at SEMICON Europa 2023 on Nov. 14-17 at the Messe München in Munich, Germany.

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  • TOKYO, Nov. 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Leading semiconductor test equipment supplier Advantest Corporation (TSE: 6857) will showcase its latest IC test solutions at SEMICON Europa 2023 on Nov. 14-17 at the Messe München in Munich, Germany.
  • Under the theme “Beyond the Technology Horizon,” Advantest will highlight its wide portfolio of leading-edge test technology for applications including automotive, 5G, AI and high-performance computing (HPC).
  • This year’s SEMICON Europa will happen in conjunction with productronica , a trade fair focusing on the newest innovations and trends in electronics manufacturing.
  • ACS open solutions ecosystem enabling streaming data access and real-time analytics with integrated test software and hardware monitoring and control to improve semiconductor device yield, quality, and capacity.

FREYR Battery Reports Third Quarter 2023 Results

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Thursday, November 9, 2023

FREYR Battery (NYSE: FREY) (“FREYR” or the “Company”), a developer of clean, next-generation battery cell production capacity, today reported financial results for the third quarter of 2023.

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  • FREYR Battery (NYSE: FREY) (“FREYR” or the “Company”), a developer of clean, next-generation battery cell production capacity, today reported financial results for the third quarter of 2023.
  • Having ended 3Q 2023 with $328 million of cash and no debt, the Company expects to exit 2023 with cash of approximately $250 million after satisfying its remaining commitments and fourth quarter overhead.
  • At the end of 3Q 2023 FREYR had completed the handovers of 337 of 388 discrete commissioning and testing packages.
  • A presentation will be held today, November 9, 2023, at 8:30 am Eastern Standard Time (2:30 pm Central European Time) to discuss financial results for the third quarter 2023.

VANFLYTA® Approved in the EU as the First FLT3 Inhibitor Specifically for Patients with Newly Diagnosed FLT3-ITD Positive AML

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Thursday, November 9, 2023

VANFLYTA is the first FLT3 inhibitor approved in the EU specifically for the treatment of patients with newly diagnosed FLT3-ITD positive AML, which represents about 25 to 30% of all new AML cases.1,2

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  • VANFLYTA is the first FLT3 inhibitor approved in the EU specifically for the treatment of patients with newly diagnosed FLT3-ITD positive AML, which represents about 25 to 30% of all new AML cases.1,2
    The authorization by the European Commission (EC) follows the positive opinion of the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use and is based on the results of the QuANTUM-First trial, which were published in The Lancet .
  • The most common grade 3 or 4 treatment emergent adverse events (occurring in ≥ 10% of patients) were febrile neutropenia (43%), hypokalemia (19%), neutropenia (18%) and pneumonia (11%).
  • QTcF > 500 ms occurred in 2.3% of patients receiving VANFLYTA and 0.8% of patients discontinued VANFLYTA due to QT prolongation.
  • Two (0.8%) patients receiving VANFLYTA experienced cardiac arrest with recorded ventricular fibrillation on ECG (one with fatal outcome), both in the setting of severe hypokalemia.

Trend Micro Reports Earnings Results for Q3 2023 Marking 100 Consecutive Quarters of Profitable Growth

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Thursday, November 9, 2023

TOKYO, Nov. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Trend Micro Incorporated ( TYO: 4704 ; TSE: 4704 ), a global cybersecurity leader, today announced earnings results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2023, ending September 30, 2023 by reporting 13% year-over-year (YoY) growth.

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  • TOKYO, Nov. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Trend Micro Incorporated ( TYO: 4704 ; TSE: 4704 ), a global cybersecurity leader, today announced earnings results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2023, ending September 30, 2023 by reporting 13% year-over-year (YoY) growth.
  • Trend will host its investor day at 10:00 a.m. (GMT+9) on Thursday, December 1, 2023, as a hybrid event format for invited investors.
  • The company will not revise expected consolidated results for the full fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 (released on February 16, 2023).
  • Trend Micro was awarded the following patents in Q3 2023:

Asset Value Investors Voices Concerns Over Corporate Governance and Directors' Credibility at Digital Garage

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Wednesday, November 8, 2023

Asset Value Investors ("AVI") raises governance issues at Digital Garage (4819:JP) and announces intention to vote against the re-election of directors at next AGM.

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  • Asset Value Investors ("AVI") raises governance issues at Digital Garage (4819:JP) and announces intention to vote against the re-election of directors at next AGM.
  • Over this period, AVI engaged with the board privately by sending two presentations and five letters to encourage corporate governance and structural reforms.
  • Since the announcement, the share price fell by -39%, resulting in a loss of JPY 90 billion in shareholder value.
  • AVI believes that Digital Garage's poor performance, unconvincing growth strategy and inefficient holding structure have resulted in the company trading around 40% below its intrinsic value.

Industry breakthroughs in optical-engine technologies prompt TDK Ventures' investment in Nubis Communications

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Wednesday, November 8, 2023

Electrical is the favored domain for compute processing and storage while optical is the preferred domain for networking and transmission.

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  • Electrical is the favored domain for compute processing and storage while optical is the preferred domain for networking and transmission.
  • "The support of TDK Ventures is a huge opportunity for our team," stated Dan Harding, Nubis CEO.
  • Nubis represents the potential for unmatched performance and connectivity, aligning with the expected megatrend of growth in information and communication technologies.
  • Celebrating the new partnership, Nicolas Sauvage, President of TDK Ventures, commented, "TDK Ventures sees a tremendous opportunity to partner with Nubis.

Renesas Extends Tender Offer and Receives UK NSIA Clearance for Proposed Acquisition of Sequans

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Monday, November 6, 2023

Shareholders to Receive U.S. $0.7575 per Ordinary Share and U.S. $3.03 per ADS in cash

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  • The tender offer, which was previously scheduled to expire at one minute after 11:59 P.M., New York City time, on November 6, 2023, has been extended until one minute after 11:59 P.M., New York City time, on November 21, 2023, unless the tender offer is further extended or earlier terminated.
  • The tender offer was extended to allow additional time for the satisfaction of the remaining closing conditions of the tender offer, including, but not limited to, regulatory approvals (other than the NSIA approval and the previously announced CFIUS approval) and the valid tender of ordinary shares and ADSs of Sequans representing - together with ordinary shares and ADSs of Sequans beneficially owned by Renesas, if any - at least 90% of the fully diluted ordinary shares of Sequans.
  • The Bank of New York Mellon, the Tender Agent for the tender offer, has advised Renesas that as of 6 p.m., New York City time, on November 3, 2023, approximately 98,807,609 ordinary shares of Sequans (including ordinary shares represented by ADSs), representing approximately 35.2% of the fully diluted ordinary shares of Sequans, have been validly tendered and not properly withdrawn pursuant to the tender offer.
  • Holders that have previously tendered their shares do not need to re-tender their shares or take any other action in response to this extension.

Newly developed data infrastructure for accelerating Open Science through industry-university collaboration in Japan

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Tuesday, November 7, 2023

In recent years, universities and other research institutions have been strongly urged to promote Open Science enabling research data to be shared with society.

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  • In recent years, universities and other research institutions have been strongly urged to promote Open Science enabling research data to be shared with society.
  • This high-speed data transmission function allows massive amounts of research data to be rapidly shared among research groups.
  • The objective is to enable uploading large amounts of research data to a data aggregation platform from research groups and sharing the data among research groups instantaneously.
  • (3) Hideyuki Tanushi, Akihiro Yamashita, Takeo Hosomi, Yuta Namiki, Naoto Kai, Kanna Matsuura, and Susumu Date, "Campus Information Infrastructure Collaboration Supporting Research Data Management," Journal for Academic Computing and Networking.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Delivers Large YoY Increases to Order Intake, Revenue, and Profit in Remarkable First Half, Raises FY2023 Order Intake Guidance

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Monday, November 6, 2023

- Raised full-year FY2023 order intake forecast by YEN1 trillion to reflect strength in GTCC and Defense & Space businesses.

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  • - Raised full-year FY2023 order intake forecast by YEN1 trillion to reflect strength in GTCC and Defense & Space businesses.
  • TOKYO, Nov 6, 2023 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI, TSE Code: 7011) announced that order intake rose 55.4% year-over-year to YEN3,137.0 billion in the half-year ended September 30, 2023.
  • Profit attributable to owners of parent (net income) was YEN91.9 billion, an increase of 69.8% year-over-year, with a profit margin of 4.4%.
  • LT&D saw large YoY increases in order intake and revenue, at YEN71.9 billion and YEN69.9 billion, respectively.

Recruit Holdings to Announce Second Quarter FY2023 Results on Nov 8 JST

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Monday, November 6, 2023

Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. (TSE 6098) will be reporting the second quarter financial results for FY2023 on November 8 at 3:00 p.m. JST.

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  • Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. (TSE 6098) will be reporting the second quarter financial results for FY2023 on November 8 at 3:00 p.m. JST.
  • The earnings release and related materials can be accessed on the Recruit Holdings Investor Relations website at https://recruit-holdings.com/en/ir/ .
  • Recruit Holdings will host an earnings call to discuss the results at 4:00 p.m. JST (2:00 a.m. EDT) on the same day.
  • The video and transcript of the call will be available on our IR website shortly after the call.