Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (AJINF)

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Ajinomoto Co., Inc.

15-1, Kyobashi 1-chome
Chuo-ku
Tokyo 104-8315
Japan
81 3 5250 8111
https://www.ajinomoto.co.jp

Sector(s): Consumer Defensive
Industry: Packaged Foods
Full-time employees: 34,615

Key executives

Name	Title	Pay	Exercised	Year born
Mr. Taro Fujie	Representative Executive Officer, President, CEO & Director	830.76k	N/A	1961
Mr. Jiro Sakamoto	Exec Officer, VP, GM of NA Div and President of Ajinomoto Health & Nutrition NA Inc.	238.28k	N/A	1962
Dr. Hiroshi Shiragami	EVP, Representative Executive Officer, Chief Innovation Officer, R&D Supervision and Director	547.4k	N/A	1961
Mr. Saburosuke Suzuki II	Founder	N/A	N/A	N/A
Eiichi Mizutani	Executive Officer, VP and In charge of Finance & Investor Relations	N/A	N/A	1965
Mr. Masataka Kaji	General Manager of IR Group - Global Finance Department	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ms. Chika Morishima	Executive Officer, VP and In charge of Sustainability & Communications	N/A	N/A	1963
Shino Kayahara	Executive Officer and In charge of Diversity & HR	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. Takayuki Koda	Executive Officer, Senior VP & Chief Digital Officer	N/A	N/A	1964
Mr. Junichiro Kojima	Executive Officer, VP, Deputy GM, Food Prdts Division & GM of Inst of Food Sciences and Technologies	N/A	N/A	1964

Amounts are as of 31 December 2023, and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. Pay includes salary, bonuses, etc. Exercised is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year. Currency in USD.

Description

Ajinomoto Co., Inc. engages in the seasonings and foods, frozen foods, and healthcare and other businesses in Japan and internationally. The Seasonings and Foods segment offers sauces and flavored seasoning products under the AJI-NO-MOTO, HON-DASHI, Cook Do, Ajinomoto KK Consommé, Pure Select Mayonnaise, Ros Dee, Masako, Aji-ngon, Sazón, Sajiku, and CRISPY FRY names; and solutions and ingredients for foodservice and processed food manufacturers, processed foods, and restaurants, as well as industrial, retail, and other applications. This segment also provides instant noodles under the Knorr Cup Soup and YumYum names; coffee beverages under the Birdy and Blendy brands; powdered drink under the Birdy 3in1 name; MAXIM brand products; Chyotto Zeitakuna Kohiten brand products; and gift sets and office supplies comprising coffee vending machines, tea servers, etc. The Frozen Foods segment offers Chinese dumplings, cooked rice, noodles, desserts, shumai, processed chicken, and other products under the AJINOMOTO FRESH FROZEN, Bernardi, FRED'S, Golden Tiger, José Olé, LingLing, POSADA, and TAI PEI brands. The Healthcare and Other segment provides amino acids for applications in various industries, such as pharmaceuticals and foods; contract development and manufacturing services for pharmaceutical intermediates and active ingredients, aseptic fill finish services, etc.; personal care ingredients; and medical foods, crop services, etc. This segment also offers Ajinomoto Build-up Film, an interlayer insulating material for semiconductor packages; fundamental foods under the Glyna and Amino Aile names; sports nutrition supplements under the amino VITAL brand; activated carbon products; and functional materials, such as curing agents for epoxy resins and adhesives, and release paper. Ajinomoto Co., Inc. was founded in 1909 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Corporate governance

Ajinomoto Co., Inc.’s ISS governance QualityScore as of 1 April 2024 is 1. The pillar scores are Audit: 1; Board: 1; Shareholder rights: 4; Compensation: 1.

Corporate governance scores courtesy of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). Scores indicate decile rank relative to index or region. A decile score of 1 indicates lower governance risk, while 10 indicates higher governance risk.