ADM Investor Services, Inc. Announces the Formation of ADM Derivatives, Inc. DECATUR, Ill., July 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ADM Investor Services, Inc. (ADMIS) has announced the launch of ADM Derivatives, Inc., which will offer Foreign Exchange services to institutional and retail clients through its Global Foreign Exchange department. The department will provide principal and agency currency markets to its clients through the deployment of an electronic trading platform. The Global Foreign Exchange department of ADM Derivatives, Inc. will be co-managed by Messrs. Barry Crawford and Leonard O'Driscoll, who also have been named Vice Presidents of the newly-formed company. They will be responsible for the organization, launch and management of the department. Previously, Messrs. Crawford and O'Driscoll were Senior Vice Presidents and Managers of Global Foreign Exchange at Spear, Leeds & Kellogg, a division of Goldman Sachs. Prior to joining ADM Derivatives, Inc. in 2005, Mr. Crawford worked in the Foreign Exchange industry for more than fifteen years, while Mr. O'Driscoll worked in the Foreign Exchange industry for more than twenty years. ADM Derivatives, Inc. will be located at the ADMIS Chicago Board of Trade offices. Operations of this venture are expected to begin in August 2005. ADM Investor Services is a Chicago-based full-service futures clearing firm with affiliates in 250 locations throughout the United States and Taiwan. Both ADM Investor Services and ADM Derivatives are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM). Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) is a world leader in agricultural processing. ADM is one of the world's largest processors of soybeans, corn, wheat and cocoa. ADM is also a leader in the production of soy meal and oil, ethanol, corn sweeteners and flour. In addition, ADM produces value-added food and feed ingredients. Headquartered in Decatur, Illinois, ADM has over 26,000 employees, more than 250 processing plants and net sales for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2004 of $36.2 billion. Additional information can be found on ADM's Web site at http://www.admworld.com/ . DATASOURCE: Archer Daniels Midland CONTACT: Brian Peterson, Senior Vice President-Corporate Affairs of Archer Daniels Midland, +1-217-424-5413 Web site: http://www.admworld.com/

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