UNITED STATES

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) October 26, 2009

 

E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

1007 Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware   19898
(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (302) 774-1000

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

As described in the press release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference, on October 26, 2009 the Board of Directors elected Ellen J. Kullman Chair of the Board effective December 31, 2009, succeeding Charles O. Holliday, Jr., who will retire from the Board at that time.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits

 

The following exhibits are filed herewith:

 

99.1         Press Release dated October 30, 2009

 

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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.

 

 

	E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
	(Registrant)
	/s/ Barry J. Niziolek
	Barry J. Niziolek
	Vice President and Controller

 

 

October 30, 2009

 

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