Employee Data

Employee Data (As of March 31, 2011)

Number of employees

	Full-time employees			Temporary staff
	Male	Female	Total	Temporary staff
Ajinomoto Co., Inc.	2,379	931	3,310	295
Group companies in Japan	6,593	1,621	8,214	5,366
Group companies outside Japan	11,882	4,678	16,560	8,509
Total	20,854	7,230	28,084	14,170

Number of managers¹

		Male	Female	Total
Japan	Ajinomoto Co., Inc.	853	52	905
Japan	Group companies	1,664	58	1,722
Asia		892	395	1,287
Europe and Africa		204	71	275
The Americas		348	80	428
Total		3,961	656	4,617

1. Managers: Employees in the position of manager, a position equivalent to manager, or a position higher than manager (excluding executives)

Full-time employees

	Average age	Average work years	Average annual working hours	Paid leave utilization rate¹	Employment turnover rate
Ajinomoto Co., Inc.	40.2	16.9	2,003.4	72.2%	1.1%

1. Including managers' utilization rates.

Number of personnel with disabilities

	Total	Workforce rate
Ajinomoto Co., Inc.	83	1.85%
Group companies in Japan	246	1.7%

Number of new hires (school graduates and employees hired during the fiscal year)

	Total
Ajinomoto Co., Inc.	92
Group companies in Japan	256

Group employees by region

Number of retirees and re-employed personnel in fiscal 2010

	Number of retirees		Re-employed after retirement²
	Retired	Resigned for personal reasons¹	After retirement	After resigning for personal reasons
Ajinomoto Co., Inc.	25	46	22	１
Group companies in Japan	99	128	73	-

1. Contract staff are not included in this category.
2. Re-employed from retirees and personnel resigned for personal reasons such as job transfer of spouse