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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

 
March 1, 2005
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)


ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


Delaware
 
1-44
 
41-0129150
(State of Incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 
 
4666 Faries Parkway
Decatur, Illinois
 
 
 
62526
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)


(217) 424-5200
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):
 
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Item 8.01.
Other Events.

Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (the “Company”) reported the sale of its 27.9 million share interest in Tate & Lyle PLC for $271 million. The sale produced an after tax gain of $93 million, or $.14 per share, which will be included in the Company’s results for the fiscal 2005 third quarter ending March 31, 2005. The Company issued a press release relating to this transaction which is furnished as Exhibit 99 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c) Exhibits

99 Press Release dated March 7, 2005



                                         
                            SIGNATURES

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.
 
                                        ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY


Date:   March 7, 2005                        /s/ David J. Smith     
                                 David J. Smith
                             Executive Vice President, Secretary and
                             General Counsel

 






 
EXHIBIT INDEX
 

No.
 
Description
 
Manner of Filing
         
99
 
Press Release dated March 7, 2005
 
Filed Electronically