CARGILL ASIA PACIFIC LTD

Cargill is an international marketer, processor and distributor of agricultural, food, financial and industrial products and services with 85,000 employees in 60 countries. The company provides distinctive customer solutions in supply chain management, food applications, and health and nutrition.

Cargill set up a presence in Singapore in 1974 and has been trading to and from Asia for more than 50 years. Singapore has become the administrative and trading headquarters for the company's Asia Pacific operations which employ more than 13,000 people in 14 countries. It's businesses include the trade and distribution of grains, oilseeds, protein, vegetable oils, financial and ferrous products to customers throughout the world.

UNI-PRESIDENT ENTERPRISES CORP.

On July 1, 1967, Uni-President was founded in Taiwan's ancient city of Tainan. Continuously for many years, Uni-President adheres to its management principles of "Best Quality, Highest Credibility, and Best Service at a Reasonable Price", "Integrity, Diligence and Improvement through Innovation" and the concept of "Uni-President, Do it Together" to encourage expertise and development to become the largest food kingdom in Taiwan.

Managing under the blueprint of "Every Moment for Tomorrow", Uni-President is farsighted. In addition to multi-processing raw materials and ingredients to upgrade our products with added value, Uni-President always explores new business. Under the strategy of High Growth and Internationalization, we seek cooperation with prestigious foreign corporations to absorb new concepts and skills in the company's development from a local firm to an international conglomerate, including markets in North America, China and Southeast Asia.

Uni-President currently owns more than 20 business divisions and invests in more than 150 affiliated companies with businesses ranging form foodstuff, consumption goods, distribution, fast food, construction, electronics, finance, leisure and entertainment within and outside of Taiwan. Through the consolidation of these operations, Uni-President has developed into a multifaceted business. Faced with even more competitive circumstance and future challenge, we have prudently mapped out the vision of the Uni-President - "Uni-President, a symphony of food" that will always be loved by everyone, referring to Uni-President's continuous management and prioritization with customer satisfaction. In the future, we will maintain our diversification by continuous growth and become a leading prestigious corporation all over the world.

Sojitz Corporation

Sojitz Corporation ( http://www.sojitz.com ) is a comprehensive enterprise with 8 branches and 210 subsidiaries in Japan and 64 branches and 420 subsidiaries in the other countries.

Its business scope encompasses foods, materials, textiles, machineries, aerospace, energy, mineral resources, chemistry, plastics, real estate, forest products and new businesses. Guided by the keywords "safety" and "reliability," Sojitz Foods Group has strategically enhanced operations that encompass upstream and downstream activities. It handles raw materials, manufacture or trade of wheat, rice, flour, sugar, soy, rapeseed, maize, milk products, processed foods, canned fruits, frozen vegetables, dehydrated vegetables, feeds, beverages and baked foods.

Sojitz has branches in cities across China, e.g. Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Harbin, Dalian, Qingdao, Chongqing, Nanjing, Wuhan, Xi'an, Guangzhou, Xiamen and Kunming. Its China business covers raw materials (rice, soy, maize, soymeal, tomato paste, and etc.), meat products (e.g. beef, pork, chicken and sausage) and other products, such as aquatic products, apple juice, processed vegetables, canned fruits, processed aquatic products, instant frozen foods and pet foods.

Kyodo Shiryo Co., Ltd.

Established in 1946, Kyodo Shiryo Co., Ltd, is one of the major Japanese feed mills. Its consolidated annual net sales as of March 31, 2001 reached 100,560 million yen. In addition to the manufacturing and sale of feeds, Kyodo Shiryo also engages in the purchase and sale of meat and processed meat products, and other businesses related to feed and meat products. Its total capital now stands at 5,199 million yen.

Universal Flour Mill Corp.

Universal Flour Mill Corp. was established on December 5th, 1997 by Gaoxiong Flour Mill of Dachan Greatwall Group and Taicheng Flour Mill. The idea was to set up a sizable flour mill corporation to meet the challenges of the future. Its operation was formally launched on Jan. 1st, 1998.

Universal Flour Mill is equipped with two production lines, both of which are Swiss-made Buhler. With daily capacity of 500 tons, it ranks as the second largest flour mill in Taiwan. One of the production lines is composed of 12 flour mills with total daily capacity of 200 tons; the other production line has 20 flour mills with a total daily capacity of 300 tons. Square footage of the five-storey factory exceeds 9900 square meters. There are fourteen silos holding 1,4000 mt of wheat.

The corporation has an annual flour sale of 67,000 hectares with a 9.5% market share, ranking it the second largest among the 31 flour mills in Taiwan. Annual sales revenue exceeds US$24 million with over 25 different levels of quality products, some of which are sold in Hong Kong and other parts of the world.

TTET UNION CORPORATION

TTET Union Corporation, headquartered in southern Taiwan is the largest soybean crusher in Taiwan. The company processes nearly one million tons of soybeans with a full crushing capacity of 1.5 million tons annually. Annual sales volume as of December 31st, 2000 was US$165 million with an earning before tax at US$8 million. In order to expand facility and promote international business, the company has been formally listed in the Taiwan Stock Exchange since 1996 under the symbol: 1232. Over its 20-year history, TTET has proven it embraces change, and has seized opportunities to transform its business.

TTET emphasizes quality and efficiency in the operations. It is innovative, flexible, and more importantly, market-driven. TTET serves restaurants, food processors and feed manufacturers by producing quality soybean complex at relatively low cost resulting from its economies of scale.

Incorporated by Uni-President Enterprises Corp., Taihwa Oil Industries Co., Ltd., DaChan Greatwall Group and Mutsubishi Corporation, TTET and its shareholders cover the entire spectrum of domestic food processing and feed industries.

Marubeni Corporation

Marubeni is involved in an array of industries as one of Japan's top general trading houses. Marubeni was founded in 1858 as a textiles trading business, and its history has been one of constant response to changing times. The company now has operations in IT, utility & infrastructure, transportation & industrial machinery, energy, metals & mineral resources, iron & steel, chemicals, forest products & general merchandise, agri-marine products, textile, finance and logistics. Consolidated gross trading volume reached 9,436.863 billion yen, with total trading profits of 479.754 billion yen. Total assets at the end of fiscal year 2001 stands at 5,320.604 billion yen.

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