Free Disclosure Statement - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
AJINOMOTO HEARTLAND LLC, )
a Delaware Corporation, )
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Plaintiff, )
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GLOBAL BIO-CHEM TEHCNOLOGY GROUP )
COMPANY, LIMITED, ) C. A. No, 06-.2,68-JJF
a Cayman islands Corporation; )
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CHANGCHUN DACHENG EIO-—CI-IEM )
ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, )
LIMITED, )
a People’s Republic of China Corporation; )
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CHANGCHUN BAOCHENG BIO—CI—IEM )
DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LIMITED, )
a Peopie’s Republic of China Corporation; )
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CHANGCHUN DAHE BIO TECHNOLOGY )
DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LIMITED, )
a People’s Republic ofCI1ina Corporation; )
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BIO-CHEM TECHNOLOGY (HK) LIMITED, )
a Hong Kong Special Administrative Region )
Corporation, )
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Defendants,. )
AJINOMOTO HEARTLAND LLC’S RULE 7.1 DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
Pursuant to Rule 7.l ofthe Federal Rules of`Civil Procedure, Plaintiff, Ajinornoto
Heartland LLC ("Heartland"), hereby states that it is a private company organized under the laws
ofthe State of Delaware. Heartland is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ajinomoto USA, Inc.
(“AJI~USA").. A.ll—USA is a private company organized under the laws ofthe State of
Delaware The parent of AJLUSA is Ajinornoto Co. Inc. (“AJICO"),. AJECO is a public

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company in Japan organized under the laws of Japan, AJICO owns more than 10% of the stock
of AJI-U SA.:
OF COUNSEL: ?OT"fER ANDERSON & CORROON LLP
Marc R: Labgoid, Ph:D.
Kevin M. Beli By: /s/ David E. Moore
Scott AM. Chambers, Ph.D. Richard L.. Horwitz (#2246)
PATTON BOGGS LLP David E. Moore (#3983)
8484 Westpark Drive Hercuies Plaza, 6m iiioor
McLean, VA 22102 1313 N: Market Street
(703) 744—8000 Wilmington, DE 1980I
(703) 744-8001 (fax) (302) 984-6000
(302) 658-1192 (fax)
Richard .L Oparii 1herwitz(@=gotte1:anderso1icom
PATTON BOGGS LLP dmoore@potte:··anderso1acom
2550 M Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037 Attorneys for Plcxintyj"
(202) 457—6000 Ajinomoto Hem?/and LLC
(202) 457-6315 (fax)
Dated: May 2.2, 2006
vmaa / $0162
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