The Board of Directors of Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM)
today declared a cash dividend of 11.5 cents per share on the Company’s
stock payable September 5, 2007, to Shareholders of record August 15,
2007.
This is ADM’s 303rd consecutive quarterly payment, a record of 75 years
of uninterrupted dividends. As of June 30, 2007, there were 643,359,573
shares of ADM stock outstanding.
About ADM
Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) is the world leader in BioEnergy
and has a premier position in the agricultural processing value chain.
ADM is one of the world’s largest processors of soybeans, corn, wheat
and cocoa. ADM is a leading manufacturer of biodiesel, ethanol, soybean
oil and meal, corn sweeteners, flour and other value-added food and feed
ingredients. Headquartered in Decatur, Illinois, ADM has over 26,000
employees, more than 240 processing plants and net sales for the fiscal
year ended June 30, 2007 of $44 billion. Additional information can be
found on ADM’s Web site at www.adm.com.
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