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) March 6, 2007
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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| Delaware | | 1-815 | | 51-0014090 |
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1007 Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19898
(Address of principal executive offices)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (302) 774-1000
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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| Item 5.02 | | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers |
Alain J.P. Belda and Charles M. Vest have elected to retire from DuPont’s Board of Directors and will not stand for re-election at the Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders on April 25, 2007. Their retirements were not due to any disagreement with the Company.
Concurrent with these retirements, Robert A. Brown, president of Boston University, and Bertrand P. Collomb, chairman and former chief executive officer of Paris-based Lafarge, will be nominees for election to DuPont’s Board of Directors at the Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders on April 25, 2007.
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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.
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| | E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
(Registrant)
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| | /s/ Barry J. Niziolek | |
| | Barry J. Niziolek | |
| | Vice President and Controller | |
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March 9, 2007
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