ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY $• •% [Debentures][Notes] due • Underwriting AgreementUnderwriting Agreement • September 22nd, 2006 • Archer Daniels Midland Co • Fats & oils • New York
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), confirms its agreement with each of the Underwriters named in Schedule II hereto (collectively, the “Underwriters,” which term shall also include any underwriter substituted as hereinafter provided in Section 9 hereof), for whom the representative or representatives, if any, named in Schedule I hereto are acting as representatives (in such capacity, the “Representatives”), with respect to the issue and sale by the Company and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the respective principal amounts set forth in said Schedule II of the securities identified in Schedule I hereto (the “Securities”). The Securities are to be issued pursuant to an indenture dated as of •, • (as amended and supplemented, the “Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York, as trustee (the “Trustee”). If the firm or firms listed in Schedule II hereto include only the firm or firms listed in Schedul
