DuPont Crop Protection Announces Organization Changes to Better Serve Customers

WILMINGTON, Del., Sept. 6, 2006 – DuPont Crop Protection recently announced changes in the North America organization that will enable the business unit to better serve customers in the United States.

“These changes will help improve our ability to deliver in the marketplace,” said John Chrosniak, regional business director, North America. “Our focus continues to be on our customers in order to meet their needs in a challenging business environment.”

The new roles are as follows:

• Dennis Crass becomes national sales manager with responsibility for all U.S. sales.
• Peter Ford becomes national accounts manager with responsibility for managing key accounts, reporting to Dennis.
• Phillip Hathcock becomes U.S. marketing manager to implement strategies in this functional area.
• Daniel Clark becomes North America strategic planning and business development manager assuming responsibility for the overall planning function.

DuPont Crop Protection serves the global production agriculture industry with leading products for grain and specialty crops, forestry, vegetation management, fruits and vegetables, and has also entered the professional pest control market.

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9/6/06

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