ADMIS Announces Appointments DECATUR, Ill., Dec. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ADM Investor Services is pleased to announce the following appointments: Douglas Leddon has been named Vice President-Operations. He will be responsible for ADMIS' operations including trading floors, electronic order entry, customer service, clearing and exchange functions, and Web Site initiatives. Mr. Leddon joined the Company in 1992. He will continue to report to Richard Dodson, Senior Vice President. Sam Helmich has been named Vice President-Technology. He is responsible for the development and implementation of the full range of ADMIS' technology initiatives and support systems. This includes computer systems, networking systems, communication technology and Web Site development. Mr. Helmich joined the Company in 1991. He will continue to report to Richard Dodson. Ronald Grossman has been named Vice President-Sales. He is responsible for overseeing the development and implementation of the initiatives that will be undertaken in attracting Introducing Brokers, Institutional and Commercial customers to ADMIS. Mr. Grossman joined the Company in 1996. He will continue to report to Paul Krug, President. Thomas Casey has been named Vice President-Compliance. He is responsible for all regulatory and compliance functions for the firm. His duties include liaison with exchanges, clearing houses, National Futures Association (NFA), Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and other agencies, as well as supervision of new accounts, regulatory compliance and registration departments. Mr. Casey joined the Company in 2000. He will continue to report to Richard Dodson. Steve Freed has been named Vice President-Research. He is responsible for the development and presentation of market research for the full range of markets traded by ADMIS' customers. This would include all market research internally developed as well as market research that is outsourced from vendors. Mr. Freed joined the Company in 1992. He will continue to report to Paul Krug. ADM Investor Services is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM). Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) is a world leader in agricultural processing. The Company is one of the world's largest processors of soybeans, corn, wheat and cocoa. ADM is also a leader in soy meal and oil, ethanol, corn sweeteners and flour. In addition, ADM is building a position in such value- added products as specialty food ingredients, bioproducts and nutraceuticals (such as Vitamin E and sterols). Headquartered in Decatur, Illinois, ADM has over 26,000 employees, more than 270 processing plants and net sales for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2003 of $30.7 billion. Additional information can be found on ADM's Web site at http://www.admworld.com/ . DATASOURCE: Archer Daniels Midland Company CONTACT: Brian Peterson, Senior Vice President-Corporate Affairs of Archer Daniels Midland Company, +1-217-424-5413 Web site: http://www.admworld.com/

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