Ajinomoto to cancel 5.49m shares of treasury stock

Ajinomoto Co announced today that its board of directors has resolved to cancel 5,495,946 shares of its own treasury stock. This cancellation, based on Article 178 of the Companies Act, is scheduled for March 27, 2025. The shares being cancelled were acquired through ToSTNeT-3 transactions and market purchases on the Tokyo Stock Exchange between November 8, 2024, and January 28, 2025. The cancelled shares represent a total of acquired treasury stock excluding 1,165,700 shares that comprise 0.23% of the total outstanding shares and 106,646 shares from unknown shareholders which have already been retained as treasury stock. Following the cancellation, Ajinomoto's total outstanding shares will be 502,818,808.