UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 4 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP ( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b). 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person Holliday, Jr., Charles O. D-9000 1007 Market Street Wilmington, DE 19898 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company DD 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) 4. Statement for Month/Year 12/18/2002 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) (X) Director ( ) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1. Title of Security |2. |3. |4.Securities Acquired (A) |5.Amount of |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect | | Transaction | or Disposed of (D) | Securities |ect | Beneficial Ownership | | | | | Beneficially |(D)or | | | | | | | A/| | Owned at |Indir | | | Date |Code|V| Amount | D | Price | End of Month |ect(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Common Stock | | |V| | | |90,626 |D | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Common Stock |12/16/|A | |3.5418 |A |43.90 |447.7734 |I |DuPont SIP Trust | |02 | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1.Title of Derivative |2.Con- |3. |4. |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount |8.Price|9.Number |10.|11.Nature of| Security |version |Transaction | rivative Secu |cisable and| of Underlying |of Deri|of Deriva |Dir|Indirect | |or Exer | | | rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|Beneficial | |cise | | | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/| |Secu |Securities |(D)|Ownership | |Price of| | | posed of(D) |Day/Year) | |rity |Benefi |or | | |Deriva- | | | |Date |Expir| | |ficially |Ind| | |tive | | | | A/|Exer-|ation| Title and Number | |Owned at |ire| | |Secu- | | | | | D |cisa-|Date | of Shares | |End of |ct | | |rity |Date |Code|V| Amount | |ble | | | |Month |(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Restricted DuPont Comm|N/A |12/16|A(1)| |197.6152 |A |N/A |N/A |Common Stock|187.615|42.56 |23,001.6250 |D | | on Stock Units | |/02 | | | | | | | |2 | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| DuPont Common Stock Un|N/A |12/16|A(2)| |246.8195 |A |N/A |N/A |Common Stock|246.819|43.01 |30,577.4267 |D | | its | |/02 | | | | | | | |5 | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Explanation of Responses: (1) Dividend equivalents credited as restricted stock units under the DuPont Stock Performance Plan. (2) Dividend equivalents credited as stock units under the DuPont Variable Compensation Plan. SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON /s/ Charles O. Holliday, Jr. by Mary E. Bowler