Ajinomoto Co., Inc. reached an accord with Meihua Holdings Group Co. Ltd. to subcontract the manufacture of feed-use lysine and feed-use threonine through Ajinomoto Animal Nutrition Group, Inc. (AANG), a consolidated subsidiary of Ajinomoto Co., and entered into an agreement on August 4, 2017. Under the agreement, AANG plans to sell both products manufactured by Meihua in the global market under the Ajinomoto brand from fiscal 2018. Meihua is the second company to act as AANG's manufacturing subcontractor for feed-use amino acids, and with the execution of this agreement, Ajinomoto Co. will rebuild its global supply system for feed-use amino acids, which are the foundation of its animal nutrition business. As overall global consumption of meat continues to grow, demand for feed production and feed-use amino acids is expected to remain firm. Under these conditions, AANG intends to meet the diversifying needs of the market and its customers by offering a stable supply of feed-use amino acids in the global market and improve its ability to provide solutions from the customers' perspective.