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10
Item 1.
BUSINESS (Continued)
Number of Employees
The number of persons employed by the Company was approximately 28,200 at June 30, 2009.
Financial Information About Foreign and Domestic Operations
Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” and Item 2, “Properties,” includes information relating to the Company’s foreign and
domestic operations. Geographic financial information is set forth in “Note 15 of Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements” included in Item 8 herein, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data”.
Available Information
The Company’s Internet address is http://www.adm.com. The Company makes available, free of charge, through
its Internet site, the Company’s annual reports on Form 10-K; quarterly reports on Form 10-Q; current reports on
Form 8-K; Directors and Officers Forms 3, 4, and 5; and amendments to those reports, as soon as reasonably
practicable after electronically filing such materials with, or furnishing them to, the Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC).
In addition, the Company makes available, through its Internet site, the Company’s Business Code of Conduct and
Ethics, Corporate Governance Guidelines, and the written charters of the Audit, Compensation/Succession,
Nominating/Corporate Governance, and Executive Committees.
References to our website addressed in this report are provided as a convenience and do not constitute, or should
not be viewed as, an incorporation by reference of the information contained on, or available through, the website.
Therefore, such information should not be considered part of this report.
The public may read and copy any materials filed by the Company with the SEC at the SEC’s Public Reference
Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. The public may obtain information on the operation of the
Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The SEC maintains an Internet site which
contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file information
electronically with the SEC. The SEC’s Internet address is http://www.sec.gov.