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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000007084-04-000518.txt : 20041223
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20041223161159
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000007084-04-000518
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		4
FILED AS OF DATE:		20041223
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20041223
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20041223

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000007084
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	FATS & OILS [2070]
		IRS NUMBER:				410129150
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0630

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-121616
		FILM NUMBER:		041224441

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4666 FARIES PKWY
		CITY:			DECATUR
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			62526
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2174244798

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4666 FARIES PKWY
		CITY:			DECATUR
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			62526
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<TYPE>S-8
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<FILENAME>adms-82004.htm
<DESCRIPTION>S-8 ADM DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN FOR SELECTED MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES I
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<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>S-8 ADM DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN FOR SELECTED MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES I</TITLE><!-- Licensed to: Archer Daniels Midland Company--><!-- Document Created using EDGARIZER HTML --><!-- Copyright 2004 EDGARfilings, Ltd., an IEC company.--><!-- All rights reserved EDGARfilings.com --></HEAD>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=center><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December&nbsp;23, 2004</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=center><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">Washington, D.C. 20549</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=center><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif"><STRONG>FORM S-8</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=center><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif"><STRONG>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=center><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif"><STRONG>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=center><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif"><STRONG>ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=center><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=left><FONT id=TAB1 style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></FONT><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">Delaware&nbsp;</FONT><FONT id=TAB2 style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>&nbsp;<FONT id=TAB2 style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>&nbsp;<FONT id=TAB2 style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>&nbsp;<FONT id=TAB2 style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>&nbsp;<FONT id=TAB2 style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>&nbsp;<FONT id=TAB2 style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>&nbsp;<FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">41-0129150</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=center><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=center><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">4666 Faries Parkway</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=center><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">Decatur, Illinois 62526</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=center><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">Decatur, Illinois 62526</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: -40.5pt" align=left>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: -40.5pt" align=left><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">Title of</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: -40.5pt" align=left>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: -40.5pt" align=left>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: -40.5pt" align=left><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">Amount </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: -40.5pt" align=left><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">registered</FONT></DIV></TD>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: -40.5pt" align=left><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">Proposed</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: -40.5pt" align=left><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">Offering </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: -40.5pt" align=left><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">price per </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: -40.5pt" align=left><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">share</FONT></DIV></TD>
<TD vAlign=top align=left width="17%">
<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: -40.5pt" align=left><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">Proposed </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: -40.5pt" align=left><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">maximum </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: -40.5pt" align=left><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">aggregate </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: -40.5pt" align=left><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">offering </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: -40.5pt" align=left><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">price (2)</FONT></DIV></TD>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: -40.5pt" align=left>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: -40.5pt" align=left>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: -40.5pt" align=left><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">Amount of </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: -40.5pt" align=left><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">Registration </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: -40.5pt" align=left><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">fee</FONT></DIV></TD></TR></TABLE>
<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: -1.8pt" align=left><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: -40.5pt" align=left><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">Deferred Compensation</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: -40.5pt" align=left><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">Obligations (1)</FONT><FONT id=TAB2 style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>&nbsp;<FONT id=TAB2 style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT><FONT id=TAB2 style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&nbsp;</FONT>&nbsp;<FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">$13,000,000</FONT><FONT id=TAB2 style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>&nbsp;<FONT id=TAB2 style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>&nbsp;<FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">100%&nbsp;</FONT><FONT id=TAB2 style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>&nbsp;<FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">&nbsp;</FONT><F
ONT id=TAB2 style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&nbsp;</FONT>&nbsp;<FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">$13,000,000</FONT><FONT id=TAB2 style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>&nbsp;<FONT id=TAB2 style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>&nbsp;<FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">$1,531</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: -40.5pt" align=left><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">(1)</FONT></DIV></TD>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: -40.5pt" align=left><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">The Registration Statement relates to additional obligations under the ADM Deferred Compensation Plan for</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: -40.5pt" align=left><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">Selected Management Employees I (the &#147;Deferred Compensation Plan I&#148;). These obligations are unsecured</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: -40.5pt" align=left><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">obligations of Archer-Daniels-Midland Company to pay in the future the balance of vested deferred</FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: -40.5pt" align=left><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">compensation accounts, the value of which will be adjusted to reflect the performance of the selected benchmark</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=left><FONT id=TAB1 style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></FONT><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) by Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (the &#147;Company&#148;) are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference:</FONT></DIV>
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<TD align=left><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2004; and</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD align=left><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">All other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&#147;Exchange Act&#148;) since June 30, 2004.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=left><FONT id=TAB1 style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></FONT><FONT id=TAB1 style="MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt"></FONT><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">All reports and other documents filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in and to be a part of this Registration Statement from the date of filing of such documents.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=left><FONT id=TAB1 style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></FONT><FONT id=TAB1 style="MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt"></FONT><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">Any statement contained in a document incorporated by reference herein shall be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement if it is modified or superseded by a statement in a document which is also incorporated in this Registration Statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=left><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif"><STRONG>Item 4. Description of Securities</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=left><FONT id=TAB1 style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></FONT><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">The Company&#146;s Deferred Compensation Plan for Selected Management Employees I (the &#147;Plan&#148;) permits certain eligible executives of the Company and certain of its subsidiaries to annually defer between 5% and 75% of their salary and have the amount deferred credited by book entry to deferred compensation accounts. The Plan also provides that Company matching credits will be made to a participant&#146;s account under the Plan if and to the extent the participant&#146;s employer matching contributions under the applicable Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan are reduced because of a reduction in the participant&#146;s salary resulting from participation in the Plan. Each participant must allocate amounts credited to his or her deferred compensation account a
mong various benchmark investment funds approved by the Plan Administrator. The balance in each deferred compensation account is adjusted to reflect the investment experience of the selected investment funds, generally as if amounts credited to the account had actually been invested in the investment funds. Participants will have no ownership interest in any investment fund. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=left><FONT id=TAB1 style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></FONT><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">The obligations of the Company under the Plan (the &#147;Obligations&#148;) are unsecured general obligations to pay in the future the balance of vested deferred compensation accounts, the value of which have been adjusted to reflect the performance of the selected benchmark investment funds in accordance with the terms of the Plan. The Obligations will rank without preference with other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company from time to time outstanding, and are therefore subject to the risks of the Company&#146;s insolvency. Obligations cannot be transferred in any way by a participant except by a designation of a beneficiary under the Plan or to the personal representative, executor or administrator of the participant's estate. The Obligations are
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=left><FONT id=TAB1 style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></FONT><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">The portion of the Obligations attributable to salary deferrals are generally payable to a participant upon his or her retirement or other termination of employment, or upon a specified date (which must be at least two years after the date of the deferral), as the participant may elect. The portion of the Obligations attributable to Company matching credits are generally payable upon the participant&#146;s retirement or other termination of employment. Obligations payable upon retirement may be paid in a lump sum, in monthly installments over a 2 to 20 year period, or in some combination of the two, as the participant may elect. Obligations payable at a specified date may be paid in a lump sum or in up to 4 annual installments, as the participant may elect. Obligations
 payable upon an earlier termination of employment are paid in a lump sum. Under certain circumstances and potentially subject to certain penalties, participants may accelerate distributions out of deferred compensation accounts. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=left><FONT id=TAB1 style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></FONT><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">The Company has established a trust to fund benefits payable under the Plan, but is under no obligation to fund the trust (and may revoke the trust) until a &#147;change in control&#148; or a &#147;potential change in control&#148; (as the terms are defined in the Plan) of the Company occurs. If there is a change in control or a potential change in control of the Company, the Company is required to contribute to the trust an amount equal to the then current balance of all deferred compensation accounts under the Plan. Any assets held by the trust are subject to the claims of creditors of the Company or of its participating subsidiaries. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=left><FONT id=TAB1 style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></FONT><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">The Company may amend or terminate the Plan at any time, except that for 24 months following a change in control of the Company, any amendment or termination must be approved by a majority of affected Plan participants. No amendment or termination may reduce a participant&#146;s vested account balance. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=left><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif"><STRONG>Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=left><FONT id=TAB1 style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></FONT><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">David J. Smith, Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of the Company, has given his opinion about certain legal matters affecting the Obligations registered under this Registration Statement. Mr. Smith is eligible to participate in the Plan.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=left><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif"><STRONG>Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=left><FONT id=TAB1 style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></FONT><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">Under Delaware law, a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to an action (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of his service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or his service, at the corporation&#146;s request, as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) that are actually and reasonably incurred by him (&#147;Expenses&#148;), and judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement of the action, provided that he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation&#146;s best interests, and, with respect to any crimina
l action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. Although Delaware law permits a corporation to indemnify any person referred to above against Expenses in connection with the defense or settlement of an action by or in the right of the corporation, provided that he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation&#146;s best interests, if the person has been judged liable to the corporation, indemnification is only permitted to the extent that the Court of Chancery (or the court in which the action was brought) determines that, despite the adjudication of liability, the person is entitled to indemnity for such Expenses as the court deems proper. Delaware law also provides for mandatory indemnification of any director or officer against Expenses to the extent such person has been successful in any proceeding covered by the statute. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=left><FONT id=TAB1 style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></FONT><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">Delaware law also permits (i) corporations to include a provision in their certificates of incorporation limiting or eliminating the personal liability of a director to a corporation or its stockholders, under certain circumstances, for monetary damages or breach of fiduciary duty as a director and (ii) the general authorization of advancement of a director&#146;s or officer&#146;s litigation expenses, including by means of a mandatory charter or bylaw provision to that effect, in lieu of requiring the authorization of such advancement by the board of directors in specific cases. In addition, Delaware law provides that indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by the statute shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnifica
tion or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement or otherwise. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=left><FONT id=TAB1 style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></FONT><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">Article Fourteenth of the Company&#146;s Certificate of Incorporation and Article VI of its Bylaws provide for the broad indemnification of the Company&#146;s officers and directors and limit the personal monetary liability of the Company&#146;s directors to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law. The Company has also entered into indemnification contracts with certain of its directors and officers and maintains insurance coverage relating to certain liabilities of its directors and officers</FONT><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=left><FONT id=TAB1 style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></FONT><FONT id=TAB1 style="MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt"></FONT><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">The following is a complete list of Exhibits filed or incorporated by reference as part of this Registration Statement:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=left><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif"><U>Exhibit</U></FONT><FONT id=TAB2 style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 5.4pt">&nbsp; &nbsp;</FONT>&nbsp;<FONT id=TAB2 style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 12.6pt">&nbsp; &nbsp;</FONT>&nbsp;<FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif"><U>Description</U></FONT><FONT id=TAB2 style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&nbsp; &nbsp;</FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=left><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">Composite Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(i) to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=left><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">(a) The Company hereby undertakes:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=left><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 63pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=left><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">(i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 63pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=left><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement;</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 63pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=left><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=left><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif"><U>Provided</U></FONT><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">, </FONT><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif"><U>however</U></FONT><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the Registration Statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8 and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Company pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=left><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=left><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=left><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">(b) The Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Company&#146;s annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=left><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion 
of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: -31.5pt" align=left><FONT id=TAB1 style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></FONT><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Decatur, State of Illinois, on December&nbsp;23, 2004.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: -36pt" align=left><FONT id=TAB1 style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></FONT><FONT id=TAB1 style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></FONT><FONT id=TAB1 style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></FONT><FONT id=TAB1 style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></FONT><FONT id=TAB1 style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></FONT><FONT id=TAB1 style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></FONT><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT><FONT id=TAB2 style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&nbsp;</FONT>&nbsp;<FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif"><U>/s/ David J. Smith</U></FONT><FONT id=TAB2 style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&nbsp; &nbsp;</FONT>&nbsp;<FONT id=TAB2 style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&nbsp; &nbsp;</FONT>&nbsp;<FONT id=TAB2 style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&nbsp; &nbsp;</FONT>&nbsp;<FONT id=TAB2 style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACIN
G: 27pt">&nbsp; &nbsp;</FONT>&nbsp;<FONT id=TAB2 style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&nbsp; &nbsp;</FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: -76.5pt" align=left><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif"><FONT id=TAB2 style="LETTER-SPACING: 9pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on December&nbsp;23, 2004.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: -76.5pt" align=left><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif"><U>/s/ G. Allen Andreas*</U></FONT><FONT id=TAB2 style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 5.4pt">&nbsp; &nbsp;</FONT>&nbsp;<FONT id=TAB2 style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 12.6pt">&nbsp; &nbsp;</FONT>&nbsp;<FONT id=TAB2 style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&nbsp; &nbsp;</FONT>&nbsp;<FONT id=TAB2 style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&nbsp; &nbsp;</FONT>&nbsp;<FONT id=TAB2 style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&nbsp; &nbsp;</FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: -76.5pt" align=left><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">* David J. Smith, by signing his name hereto, does hereby sign this document on behalf of each of the above </FONT></DIV>
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B2 style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&nbsp; &nbsp;</FONT>&nbsp;</U><FONT id=TAB2 style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt"><U>&nbsp;</U> &nbsp;</FONT>&nbsp;<FONT id=TAB2 style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&nbsp; &nbsp;</FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=left><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">Board of Directors </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=left><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">Re:</FONT><FONT id=TAB2 style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&nbsp; &nbsp;</FONT>&nbsp;<FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">Archer-Daniels-Midland Company Registration Statement on Form S-8</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=left><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">Ladies and Gentlemen:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=left><FONT id=TAB1 style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></FONT><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">I am the General Counsel of Archer-Daniels-Midland Company, a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), and have acted as counsel to the Company in connection with the filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of a Registration Statement on Form S-8, dated the date hereof (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;), relating to the ADM Deferred Compensation Plan for Selected Management Employees I (the &#147;Plan&#148;) and the issuance under the Plan of deferred compensation obligations (the &#147;Obligations&#148;), which represent the obligation of the Company to pay deferred compensation and other amounts credited to accounts established under the Plan in the future in accordance with the Plan. In that capacity, I have examined originals or copies, ce
rtified or otherwise identified to my satisfaction, of such documents and corporate records relating to the Obligations as I have deemed necessary or appropriate in connection with this opinion, including the Company&#146;s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, its Bylaws, as amended, the Plan, and the Registration Statement. I have also reviewed such matters of law as I have deemed necessary for this opinion. Accordingly, based upon the foregoing, I am of the opinion that: </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=left><FONT id=TAB1 style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></FONT><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">1. The Company is duly and validly organized and existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=left><FONT id=TAB1 style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></FONT><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">2. All necessary corporate action has been taken by the Company to adopt the Plan, and the Plan is a validly existing plan of the Company. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=left><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=left><FONT id=TAB1 style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></FONT><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">3. When issued by the Company in the manner provided in the Plan, the Obligations will be valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject as to enforcement to (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement or other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors&#146; rights, and (ii) general principles of equity, whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=left><FONT id=TAB1 style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></FONT><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">I consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. I also consent to the reference to me under the caption &#147;Interests of Named Experts and Counsel&#148; contained in the Registration Statement.</FONT></DIV>
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<TYPE>EX-23
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=center><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=center><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=center><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=left><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8) for the registration of $13,000,000 of deferred compensation obligations of Archer-Daniels-Midland Company pertaining to the ADM Deferred Compensation Plan for Selected Management Employees I of our report dated August 4, 2004, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of Archer-Daniels-Midland Company in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended June 30, 2004, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=left><FONT id=TAB1 style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></FONT><FONT id=TAB1 style="MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt"></FONT><FONT id=TAB1 style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></FONT><FONT id=TAB1 style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></FONT><FONT id=TAB1 style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></FONT><FONT id=TAB1 style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></FONT><FONT id=TAB1 style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></FONT><FONT id=TAB1 style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></FONT><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">/s/ Ernst &amp; Young LLP</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=left><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">St. Louis, Missouri</FONT></DIV>
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<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>4
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<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>ADM EX-24</TITLE><!-- Licensed to: Archer Daniels Midland Company--><!-- Document Created using EDGARIZER HTML --><!-- Copyright 2004 EDGARfilings, Ltd., an IEC company.--><!-- All rights reserved EDGARfilings.com --></HEAD>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=right><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">EXHIBIT 24</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=left><FONT id=TAB1 style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></FONT><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or officer of ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, does hereby make, constitute and appoint G. ALLEN ANDREAS, DOUGLAS J. SCHMALZ, and DAVID J. SMITH, and each or any one of them, the undersigned&#146;s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with power of substitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned&#146;s name, place and stead, to sign and affix the undersigned&#146;s name as such director and/or officer of said Company to a Registration Statement or Registration Statements, on Form S-8 or other applicable form, and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, thereto, to be filed by said Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., in connecti
on with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of deferred compensation obligations of said Company and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other supporting documents, with said Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary or incidental to the performance and execution of the powers herein expressly granted. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align=left><FONT id=TAB1 style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></FONT><FONT style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, serif">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set the undersigned&#146;s hand this 23rd day of December, 2004. </FONT></DIV>
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