DuPont Declares Third Quarter Dividend

This is the 416th consecutive quarterly dividend since the company’s first dividend in the fourth quarter of 1904.

31/07/08 DuPont declared a third quarter common stock dividend of 41 cents per share, payable September 12, to stockholders of record August 15.  This dividend is the same as what was paid in the second quarter 2008.  This is the 416th consecutive quarterly dividend since the company’s first dividend in the fourth quarter of 1904.

Regular quarterly dividends of USD 1.12-1/2 per share on the USD 4.50 series preferred stock and 87-1/2 cents per share on the USD 3.50 series preferred stock also were declared, both payable October 24 to stockholders of record October 10.