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As of March 31, 2026, Ajinomoto Co., Inc. has acquired 8,069,300 shares of treasury stock at an acquisition cost of 29,999,719,625 yen. Based on the Board of Directors resolution on November 6, 2025, up to 30 million shares and 80 billion yen are scheduled for acquisition.

Ajinomoto Co., Inc. is scheduled to receive dividends of approximately 38 billion JPY (7.6 billion baht) from its consolidated subsidiary, Ajinomoto (Thailand) Co., Ltd., between March 9 and 17, 2026.

From February 1 to February 28, 2026, 1,317,100 common shares were acquired at a total price of JPY 5,657,642,185. The cumulative number of shares acquired amounts to 6,774,100 shares, with a total acquisition price of JPY 24,230,691,931.

For the consolidated third quarter of the fiscal year ending March 2026, net sales were 1,164.1 billion yen (1.1% YoY increase), operating income was 145.9 billion yen (5.6% YoY increase), and net income attributable to owners of parent was 89.7 billion yen (8.9% YoY increase).

Revised the full-year consolidated earnings guidance for the fiscal year ending March 2026 to net sales of 1.6 trillion yen (1.1% decrease from previous forecast), operating income of 181 billion yen (0.6% increase), and net income attributable to owners of parent of 130 billion yen (8.3% increase).

Ajinomoto Co., Inc. plans to transfer land and building of its head office building for 45.1 billion yen and record a transfer gain of 40.6 billion yen in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ending March 2026.

From January 1 to January 31, 2026, treasury stock acquisition of 2,706,300 common shares was conducted at a purchase price of 9,240,563,599 yen, bringing the cumulative total to 5,457,000 shares acquired for 18,573,049,746 yen.

From December 1 to December 31, 2025, 2,750,700 shares of common stock were acquired for a total of 9,332,486,147 yen. The acquisition limit is 30 million shares, 80 billion yen, and the period is from December 1, 2025 to November 30, 2026.

Ajinomoto Co., Inc. announced that at the Board of Directors meeting on December 24, 2025, it resolved to cancel 27,902,000 shares of treasury stock, scheduled to be executed on January 26, 2026.

Acquired 2,778,600 shares of treasury stock by August 31, 2025, with a total acquisition cost of ¥11,141,032,979. Cumulative number of shares acquired is 20,380,400 shares, with a total acquisition cost of ¥69,351,847,118.