ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY $600,000,000 5.375% Debentures due September 15, 2035 Underwriting AgreementArcher Daniels Midland Co • September 20th, 2005 • Fats & oils • New York
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the underwriter or underwriters named in Schedule II hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom the representative or representatives, if any, named in Schedule I hereto (the “Representatives”) are acting as representative or representatives, (i) the principal amount as set forth in Schedule II hereto of debt securities to be issued under an Indenture dated as of June 1, 1986, as amended and supplemented by a Supplemental Indenture dated August 1, 1989 (the “Indenture”), between the Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank (as successor to Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company), as Trustee (the “Trustee”), and identified in Schedule I hereto as “Purchased Debt Securities”, and/or (ii) the number as set forth in Schedule II hereto of warrants (the “Warrants”) to purchase other debt securities to be issued under the Indenture and identified in Schedule I hereto as “Warrant Debt Securities” to be issued
