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0000893220-07-003454.txt : 20071025 0000893220-07-003454.hdr.sgml : 20071025 20071025162523 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000893220-07-003454 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20071024 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20071025 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20071025 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: DUPONT E I DE NEMOURS & CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000030554 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: PLASTIC MAIL, SYNTH RESIN/RUBBER, CELLULOS (NO GLASS) [2820] IRS NUMBER: 510014090 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-00815 FILM NUMBER: 071191114 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1007 MARKET ST CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19898 BUSINESS PHONE: 3027741000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1007 MARKET ST CITY: WILMINGTON STATE: DE ZIP: 19898 8-K 1 w40509be8vk.htm FORM 8-K e8vk

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported) October 24, 2007

E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


Delaware (State or Other Jurisdiction Of Incorporation)		1-815 (Commission File Number)		51-0014090 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

1007 Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19898
(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (302) 774-1000

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

o		Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o		Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o		Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o		Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))


Item 5.02		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(d)

Election of Director.

On October 23, 2007, the Board of Directors, upon recommendation of the Corporate Governance Committee, elected Marillyn A. Hewson as a new director, effective immediately. A copy of the press release announcing Marillyn A. Hewson’s election is attached as Exhibit 99.1.

At the present time, Marillyn A. Hewson has not been named to any committee of the board of directors and it is premature to state which committee(s), if any, Marillyn A. Hewson may expect to be named to in the future.

There is no arrangement or understanding between Marillyn A. Hewson and any other person pursuant to which Marillyn A. Hewson was elected as a director of the Company. There are no transactions in which Marillyn A. Hewson has an interest requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.


Item 9.01		Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)

Exhibits.

The following exhibit is being furnished, not filed, pursuant to Item 5.02 of Form 8-K:

99.1 Press release, dated October 24, 2007, entitled “Marillyn A. Hewson Elected to DuPont Board of Directors “.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


	E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY (Registrant)
	/s/ Barry J. Niziolek
	Barry J. Niziolek
	Vice President and Controller

October 25, 2007

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EXHIBIT 99.1

Marillyn A. Hewson Elected to DuPont Board of Directors

WILMINGTON, Del., Oct. 24, 2007 — DuPont today announced that Marillyn A. Hewson, executive vice president at Lockheed Martin, has been elected to its board of directors.

Hewson, 53, has served in key leadership positions in the aerospace industry. During her 24-year career at Lockheed Martin, Hewson has led a broad range of businesses and strategic functions. In her current role as executive vice president of global sustainment, Hewson is responsible for ensuring that customers around the world receive best-value sustainment services and total life cycle support for their aircraft.

“Marillyn will provide a wealth of knowledge and experience from the aerospace industry to the DuPont board,” DuPont Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Charles O. Holliday, Jr., said. “Her broad perspectives and global insight, especially in the aerospace and government markets, will be valuable to DuPont as we continue to grow as a science-based products and services company.”

DuPont is a science-based products and services company. Founded in 1802, DuPont puts science to work by creating sustainable solutions essential to a better, safer, healthier life for people everywhere. Operating in more than 70 countries, DuPont offers a wide range of innovative products and services for markets including agriculture and food; building and construction; communications; and transportation.

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