2012

May 9, 2012	Ajinomoto Frozen Foods (Thailand) Co., Ltd. to Resume Production in Mid-November 2012 Reconstruction of the Plant's Production Lines Will Start in May 2012
May 8, 2012	Ajinomoto Concludes Contract to Sell Calpis Shares
May 8, 2012	Notice of Decisions on Matters Related to Share Repurchase
May 8, 2012	Record Operating and Ordinary Income for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2012
February 29, 2012	Ajinomoto-Genetika Research Institute (AGRI) Receives 2011 Russian Federation Government Prize in Science and Technology Outstanding Amino Acid Production Technology Rated Higly
February 28, 2012	Ajinomoto and Nomura Research Institute Announce a Strategic IT Service Alliance Joint Venture and Share Transfer Agreements Concluded
February 13, 2012	Ajinomoto and Toray to Conduct Joint Research on Biobased Nylon
January 17, 2012	JPY 2 Billion (BRL 47 Million) to Be Invested in Capacity Expansion for Tempero Sazón Flavor Seasoning in Brazil Scheduled to Start Construction in January 2012 and Operation in June 2013

2011

December 8, 2011	Nissin-Ajinomoto Alimentos to Build New Plant in Northeast Region of Brazil Aims to Expand Business in Fast-Growing Instant Noodle Market Scheduled to Start Full-Scale Operation in October 2012
November 7, 2011	Ajinomoto Animal Nutrition Business Strategy
November 4, 2011	Summary of Interim Period Earnings - Record Operating and Net Income - and Revisions to the Consolidated Performance Forecast for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2012
October 21, 2011	Ajinomoto to Establish Sales Company in Côte D'Ivoire to Accelerate Market Development in West Africa
September 30, 2011	Ajinomoto Tops Global Food Industry Patent Rankings in Technology Strength
September 20, 2011	Ajinomoto Establishes Sales Company in Bangladesh to Accelerate Market Development in South Asia
September 8, 2011	Article on "Plasma free amino acid profiling of five types of cancer patients and its application for early detection" Published in Online Scientific Journal PLoS ONE
August 30, 2011	Notice of Retirement of Repurchased Shares
July 19, 2011	Notice of Share Repurchase and Program Completion
July 14, 2011	Ajinomoto to Establish Pharmaceutical Intermediate Joint Venture in India
July 13, 2011	Ajinomoto to Reinforce Food Products Operations in Europe
June 22, 2011	Ajinomoto Begins Supplying Humus,Residue from Liquid Seasonings Manufacturing to a Power Plant as Biomass Fuel
June 20, 2011	Investment to Expand Production Facilities of Amino Acids in Shanghai 〜 Strengthening Amino Acids for Pharmaceuticals and Foods Business in China 〜
June 15, 2011	Key Measures after the Earthquake
June 13, 2011	Ajinomoto to Establish Joint venture with Shanghai BreadTalk Co., Ltd. Frozen dough business to commence operation in September 2011
June 9, 2011	Ajinomoto to Establish Sales Subsidiaries in Egypt and Turkey Aiming at the Markets of the Middle East and Africa
May 9, 2011	Notice Regarding Non-consolidated Performance Outlook for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2011
May 9, 2011	Notice Regarding Extraordinary Impairment Loss
May 9, 2011	Notice of Reduction of Capital Reserve
May 9, 2011	Notice of Reversal of Voluntary Reserves
May 9, 2011	Notice of Decisions on Matters Related to Share Repurchase
May 9, 2011	Increase in Sales and Income for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2011 ●Operating Income 69.3 billion yen (an 8% increase from previous fiscal year) ●Net Income 30.4 billion yen (an 82% increase from previous fiscal year) Full-year dividend of 16 yen per share planned, unchanged from previous fiscal year
April 26, 2011	Structural Reforms of Feed-Use Amino Acids Business
April 22, 2011	Ajinomoto to Incur Extraordinary Losses Due to Great East Japan Earthquake
March 30, 2011	Start of Production of Feed-use Threonine by Fufeng Tie-Up Strengthens Ajinomoto's Feed-use Amino Acids Business in China
January 31, 2011	Notice Regarding Return of Substitutional Portion (for Future Service) of Employees' Pension Fund to the Government
January 31, 2011	Revision of the Consolidated Performance Forecast for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2011
January 31, 2011	Changes to the "Notice of Reversal to Loss on Devaluation of Securities for the Third Quarter of the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2011"
January 6, 2011	Notice of Reversal to Loss on Devaluation of Securities for the Third Quarter of the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2011

2010

November 4, 2010	Summary of Interim Period Earnings and Revision of Consolidated Performance Forecast for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2011
November 4, 2010	Ajinomoto to Build New Umami Seasonings Factory in Thailand Part of 24 Billion Yen Investment in Thailand Including Expansion of Nucleotide Capacity 〜Further strengthening the overseas food products business by deepening presence and expanding in the growing seasonings markets of Asia and other overseas regions〜
October 25, 2010	USDA-ARS and Ajinomoto Launch Sodium Glutamate Research Collaboration
July 14, 2010	Study Suggests Brown Adipose Tissue Involved in Increased Energy Expenditure after Capsinoids Ingestion
July 12, 2010	Ajinomoto and Kellogg Company Create Research and Development Alliance
July 07, 2010	Notice of Extraordinary Loss Due to Loss on Devaluation of Securities for the First Quarter of the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2011
May 10, 2010	Overview of Results for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2010
May 10, 2010	Notice Regarding Extraordinary Impairment Loss and Reversal of Deferred Tax Assets
February 1, 2010	Revision of Consolidated Performance Forecast for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2010
January 28, 2010	Announcement of Cooperation with DSM to Establish "Social Business", Aiming for Nutritional Improvement in Developing Countries

2009

November 6, 2009	Summary of Interim Period Earnings and Revision of Consolidated Performance Forecast for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2010
September 30, 2009	"Ajinomoto Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd." to be Inaugurated on April 1, 2010
July 31, 2009	Ajinomoto to Expand Osteoporosis Treatment Risedronate Business in Japan by Obtaining Related Assets Including Patents and Trademarks from P&G
May 14, 2009	Overview of Results for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2009
May 8, 2009	Full Year Performance Forecast for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2009
March 13, 2009	Ajinomoto Announces New President & CEO
March 3, 2009	Agreement to Establish Joint Venture in Thailand with Itoham and Betagro as Part of Ajinomoto's Business Alliance with Itoham
February 2, 2009	Revision of Consolidated Performance Forecast for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2009
January 9, 2009	Notice of Recording Non-Operating Expense

2008

November 7, 2008	Summary of Interim Period Earnings and Revision of Consolidated Performance Forecast for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2009
October 31, 2008	Notice of Extraordinary Impairment Loss and Consolidated Performance Forecast for Interim Period of Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2009
September 22, 2008	Ajinomoto Establishes New Factory in Long Thanh, Vietnam Doubles Production Capacity for Flavor Seasoning Aji-ngon to Further Strengthen Overseas Food Products Business Approx. ¥1.3 Billion Investment in Rapidly Growing Flavor Seasoning Market
August 1, 2008	Ajinomoto to seek ITC review of ALJ ruling on lysine patents ITC at odds with Hague decision
May 30, 2008	Ajinomoto Announces Business Alliance with Itoham
May 9, 2008	Overview of Results for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2008
April 1, 2008	Ajinomoto newly built 2 factories in Thailand Continues the globalization of its presence and further strengthens its food business
April 1, 2008	Cook Do<For Ma-Bo Tofu with minced pork><For Ma-Bo Eggplant with minced pork> New release nationwide from April 28, 2008 (Mon)
April 1, 2008	Ajinomoto built a new Birdy canned coffee factory in Thailand
March 31, 2008	Notice of Revisions to the Consolidated Performance Forecast for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2008
March 28, 2008	Ajinomoto International Cooperation for "Nutrition and Health" Support Program Five New Projects to Start in April 2008

2007

November 22, 2007	Ajinomoto Frozen Foods Co., Inc. reinforces production facility to meet the increased demand of frozen processed chicken products and to further pursue quality excellence - A new production facility inaugurated in Thailand -
November 9, 2007	Ajinomoto announced Financial Results for the Interim Period ended September 30, 2007
August 23, 2007	Ajinomoto wins patent infringement lawsuit of feed-use lysine before the Court of the Hague in Netherlands
July 12, 2007	Ajinomoto to Market New Dietary Supplement in the U.S.A. CAPSIATE NATURA Test Sales Start July 16
June 11, 2007	Ajinomoto and Calpis to Integrate Operations
May 11, 2007	Overview of Results for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2007
March 27, 2007	Notice of Revisions to the Consolidated Performance Forecast for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2007
February 1, 2007	Ajinomoto to Form Capital and Business Alliance with YAMAKI Co., Ltd.

2006

November 10, 2006	Ajinomoto announced Financial Results for the Interim Period ended September 30, 2006
August 31, 2006	Ajinomoto and Sankyo Reach Agreement on the Development, Manufacture and Marketing of the New Diabetes Drug, AJD101
May 12, 2006	Overview of Results for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2006
January 12, 2006	Ajinomoto Co., Inc. acquired Amoy Food Group Companies from Groupe Danone

2005

December 13, 2005	Ajinomoto Co., Inc. Expands its R&D Base in Russia
November 11, 2005	Ajinomoto announced Financial Results for the Interim Period ended September 30, 2005
October 3, 2005	2005-2010 Ajinomoto Group Zero Emissions Plan Launches Aiming Toward A Recycling-oriented Society
October 3, 2005	Ajinomoto Group Issues CSR Report 2005 - Initiatives Toward A Sustainable Society -
June 20, 2005	Ajinomoto to Invest a Total of JPY15 Billion to Expand Production of Feed Grade Amino Acids and Umami Seasonings in France, Brazil, Vietnam and Thailand
May 13, 2005	Overview of Results for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2005
April 5, 2005	Ajinomoto International Cooperation for "Nutrition and Health" Support Program Six New Projects Start in April 2005
April 1, 2005	Construction of Nong Khae Factory Completed on April 5, 2005
March 28, 2005	Ajinomoto Scholarship Foundation Starts in April Expansion to Include Overseas Students in Japan Total \40 Million to Be Awarded in Fiscal 2005
March 22, 2005	Ajinomoto Appoints Its First Three Foreign Corporate Executive Officers
March 18, 2005	Start of Thailand"s First Production of Frozen Processed Pork Products Using SPF Technology
March 15, 2005	Ajinomoto Announces New President & CEO
February 3, 2005	Ajinomoto to Produce Glutamine and BCAA at One of World's Largest Pharmaceutical- and Food-Use Amino Acid Plands in Brazil
January 31, 2005	Ajinomoto Group Issued CSR Report 2004
January 25, 2005	Full-Scale Start of Instant Noodle Business in Poland
January 6, 2005	Ajinomoto Group Donates 40 Million Yen For Supporting the Relief Operations and Rehabilitation Projects of South Asia Tsunamis Disaster

2004

December 22, 2004	Ajinomoto Group Expands Bases and Strengthens Sales in Mexico and South America
December 6, 2004	Ajinomoto Increases Aspartame Production Capacity in Japan and France
December 12, 2004	Ajinomoto announces consolidated interim results
December 6, 2004	Run with Ms. Arimori! Ajinomoto to Support the 9th Angkor Wat International Half Marathon and Angkor Wat Walk
November 30, 2004	Ajinomoto Group Takanawa Training Center Opened
November 25, 2004	A novel manufacturing process for the peptide production by a new enzymatic method
November 12, 2004	Ajinomoto announces consolidated interim results
November 1, 2004	Toward the realization of "Ajinomoto Group Zero Emissions" Chuo Ace Logistics Corporation achieves "Green Management Certification" Chuo Ace Logistics Corporation promotes environmentally friendly logistics
September 17, 2004	"The First" in Japan! Ajinomoto Launches Cholesterol-Reducing, tasty as well, Pure Select SARALEAR Healthy Mayonnaise type dressing, Approved as a "Food for Specified Health Use"
September 7, 2004	Ajinomoto Group Inaugurates New Social Responsibility Activity for 2005 International Cooperation for "Nutrition and Health" Support Program
August 13, 2004	Seven plants in three countries are newly designated as Zero Waste Emissions Plants - Ajinomoto Group's resource recovery ratio rise to 96.3% -
August 12, 2004	Ajinomoto was selected for FTSE4-Good Index Series - Towards realization of global Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) -
July 29, 2004	Ajinomoto to Invest a Total of JPY 21.6 Billion in Amino Acids Business -Construction of Second Feed grade Lysine Plant and One of World's Largest Amino Acids Plants for Pharmaceuticals and Foods in Brazil -Expansion of Feed grade Amino Acids Production Capacity in China and U.S.
June 25, 2004	Ajinomoto Establishes Sales Company in Russia OOO "Ajinomoto"
May 14, 2004	Ajinomoto announces full-year consolidated results
April 21, 2004	BOI promoted "Ros Dee" Project of Thai Ajinomoto
March 21, 2004	THE LATEST RECRUIT FROM JAPAN BRINGS NEW POWER TO THE NEW YORK YANKEES Amino Vital sings exclusive deal with the New York Yankees [PDF 172KB]
January 30, 2004	Ajinomoto Group New Approach to Environmental Activities Ajinotmo Group Zero Emissions”
January 15, 2004	Production of Cutlets and Other ”Reliable Quality” Frozen Processed Pork Products

2003

December 9, 2003	Ajinomoto’s New Nucleotide Seasoning Factory in Thailand Begins Operations Establishment of Global Production and Supply Network
November 14, 2003	Ajinomoto announces consolidated interim results
November 13, 2003	Ajinomoto to Introduce New Products in Chinese Market
October 21, 2003	Notice with respect to the Decision of the Offer Price
October 15, 2003	Inauguration of Ajinomoto Foods Europe S.A.S.
October 10, 2003	Notice in Respect of Secondary Offering of the Shares
June 23, 2003	Expanding Feed grade Lysine Plant in Brazil
June 11, 2003	Building a New Production Facility of Feed grade Threonine and Expanding Feed grade Lysine Plant in USA
June 2, 2003	Ajinomoto Expands Instant Noodle Production Line in Thailand Toward a Number-Two Share for Yum Yum Noodles in Thailand
May 14, 2003	Ajinomoto reports record consolidated net income, fourth consecutive year of increased sales, profits
March 31, 2003	Amino Vital Is Chosen as the Official Amino Acid Sports Performance Drink of the Seattle Mariners [PDF 204KB]
March 13, 2003	Launch of Sweetener Business in Thailand First Step: Manufacture and Sale of Low-Calorie Sweetener Lite Sugar
February 18, 2003	Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (2802 JP) and Unilever reached agreement for the sale of Ajinomoto's 50% stake in their JV to Unilever
January 28, 2003	Ajinomoto to establish seasonings sales company in South Korea

2002

November 13, 2002	Financial Results Interim Period 2002 (Six Months Ended September 30, 2002)
October 28, 2002	Acquisition set to expand Ajinomoto's Pharmaceutical business
October 24, 2002	Ajinomoto del Peru S.A. continues expansion by diversification
September 24, 2002	SHANGHAI HOUSE AJINOMOTO FOODS to launchJapanese-style retort pouched curries in Shanghai
September 2, 2002	Revoked Degussa's EU Patent on GC-Lysine
September 2, 2002	Expanding Feed grade Lysine Plant in Brazil
August 7, 2002	Ajinomoto Announces Opening of Two New Food R & D Centers
February 8, 2002	Completion Ceremony for Lianyungang Ajinomoto Frozen Foods Co., Ltd.
February 8, 2002	Approval Obtained for Manufacture of Risedronate Sodium Hydrate, a Treatment for Osteoporosis
January 30, 2002	Reinforcement of Production Facilities for Feed-Use Lysine in Thailand

2001

November 19, 2001	Reinforcement of Production Facilities for Feed grade Lysine in Thailand
November 19, 2001	Production Reinforcement for Nucleotides Seasonings
November 16, 2001	Expansion of Facilities at Ajinomoto Frozen Foods (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
April 4, 2001	Expansion of the production capacity of feed grade Threonine

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