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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;31, 2010.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D. C. 20549</B>
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<B>FORM S-8</b>
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<b>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE<BR>

SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY</B>
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or Other Jurisdiction of <BR>
Incorporation or Organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>41-0129150</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>4666 Faries Parkway <BR>
Decatur, Illinois</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>62526</B><BR>
(Zip Code)</TD>
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<B>Archer-Daniels-Midland Company<BR>

2009 Incentive Compensation Plan</B><BR>

(Full Title of the Plan)</DIV>


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<B>David J. Smith</B><BR>

Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel<BR>

Archer-Daniels-Midland Company<BR>

4666 Faries Parkway<BR>

Decatur, Illinois 62526<BR>

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)</DIV>


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Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service: <B>(217)&nbsp;424-5200</B></DIV>
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<DIV style="margin-top: 1px"><FONT style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">Copies to:</FONT></DIV>

W. Morgan Burns<BR>

Faegre &#038; Benson LLP<BR>

2200 Wells Fargo Center<BR>

90 South Seventh Street<BR>

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402-3901<BR>

(612)&nbsp;766-7000</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company (as defined in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange
Act):</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, no par value</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">30,000,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">29.89</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">896,550,000</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">63,924.02</TD>
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    <TD>This Registration Statement also will cover any additional shares of Common Stock that
become issuable under the Plan referenced above by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the Registrant&#146;s receipt of
consideration that results in an increase in the number of outstanding shares of the
Registrant&#146;s Common Stock.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h)
under the Securities Act of 1933 based on the average of the high and low sale prices per
share of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock as quoted on the New York Stock Exchange on August&nbsp;25,
2010.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>PART II</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents previously filed (File No.&nbsp;001-00044) with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
&#147;Exchange Act&#148;) are, as of their respective dates, incorporated by reference in this registration
statement:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The Annual Report on Form 10-K of Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (the &#147;Company&#148;)
for the fiscal year ended June&nbsp;30, 2010;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Annual Report referred to in (a)&nbsp;above;
and
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The description of the Company&#146;s common stock, no par value (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;),
included in registration statements and reports filed under the Exchange Act from time to
time.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, all documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14, or
15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this registration statement and before the filing of
a post-effective amendment that indicates that all shares of Common Stock offered have been sold,
or that deregisters all shares of Common Stock then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in, and to be a part of, this registration statement from the date of
filing of those documents.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in a document incorporated, or deemed to be incorporated, by
reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration
statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or incorporated herein by reference or
in any other subsequently filed document that is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein modifies or supersedes that statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not
be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration
statement.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;David J. Smith, Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of the Company, has
given his opinion about certain legal matters affecting the Common Stock registered under this
registration statement. Mr.&nbsp;Smith is eligible to participate in the Plan.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under Delaware law, a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to an action (other than an action by or in the right of the
corporation) by reason of his service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation,
or his service, at the corporation&#146;s request, as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) that are actually and
reasonably incurred by him (&#147;Expenses&#148;), and judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement that
are actually and reasonably incurred by him, in connection with the defense or settlement of such
action,
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">provided that he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the corporation&#146;s best interests, and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Although Delaware law permits a corporation to indemnify any person referred to above against
Expenses in connection with the defense or settlement of an action by or in the right of the
corporation, provided that he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in
or not opposed to the corporation&#146;s best interests, if such person has been judged liable to the
corporation, indemnification is only permitted to the extent that the Court of Chancery (or the
court in which the action was brought) determines that, despite the adjudication of liability, such
person is entitled to indemnity for such Expenses as the court deems proper. The General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware also provides for mandatory indemnification of any
director, officer, employee or agent against Expenses to the extent such person has been successful
in any proceeding covered by the statute. In addition, the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware permits (i)&nbsp;Delaware corporations to include a provision in their certificates of
incorporation limiting or eliminating the personal liability of a director to a corporation or its
stockholders, under certain circumstances, for monetary damages or breach of fiduciary duty as a
director and (ii)&nbsp;the general authorization of advancement of a director&#146;s or officer&#146;s litigation
expenses, including by means of a mandatory charter or by-law provision to that effect, in lieu of
requiring the authorization of such advancement by the board of directors in specific cases. In
addition, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware provides that indemnification and
advancement of expenses provided by the statute shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights
to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any bylaw,
agreement or otherwise.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;Fourteenth of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company and Article&nbsp;VI of the
Bylaws of the Company each provide for the indemnification of the directors and officers of the
Company and limit the personal monetary liability of directors of the Company to the fullest extent
permitted by current Delaware law. The Company has also entered into indemnification contracts with
certain of its directors and officers. The Company also maintains insurance coverage relating to
certain liabilities of its directors and officers.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Composite Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3(i) to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter
ended September&nbsp;30, 2001)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Bylaws, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3(ii) to the Company&#146;s
Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on August&nbsp;12, 2009)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of David J. Smith</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of David J. Smith (contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5 to this Registration Statement)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Archer-Daniels-Midland Company 2009 Incentive Compensation Plan (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;A to the Company&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement filed with
the Commission on September&nbsp;25, 2009)</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A.&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act of 1933;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered)
and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and
price represent no more than a twenty percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the
effective registration statement; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material
change to such information in the registration statement;
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that paragraphs (A)(1)(i) and (A)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission by the registrant
pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, each post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B.&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable,
each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering
thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;C.&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy
as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Decatur, state of Illinois
on the 31st day of August,
2010.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ David J. Smith
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">David J. Smith&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left" NOWRAP><I>Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel</I>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed below on August&nbsp;31, 2010 by the following persons in the capacities indicated,
including a majority of the directors:
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
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<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="45%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="45%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR></TR>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Patricia A. Woertz
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;Chairman
of the Board of Directors, Chief
Executive Officer, <BR>
President and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="LEFT" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Steven R. Mills
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Steven R. Mills
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer<BR>(Principal Financial Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="LEFT" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John P. Stott
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">John P. Stott
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Vice President and Controller<BR>
(Principal Accounting Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">*</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Mollie Hale Carter, Director
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Antonio Maciel Neto, Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">*</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Pierre Dufour, Director
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Patrick J. Moore, Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">*</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Donald E. Felsinger, Director
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Thomas F. O&#146;Neill, Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">*</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Victoria F. Haynes, Director
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Kelvin R. Westbrook, Director</TD>
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<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>David J. Smith, by signing his name hereto, does hereby sign this document on behalf of each
of the above named officers and directors of the Registrant pursuant to powers of attorney
duly executed by such persons.</TD>
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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">     /s/ David J. Smith
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">David J. Smith&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><I>Attorney-in-fact</I>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="60%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="34%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="CENTER" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>No.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="LEFT" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Manner of Filing</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Composite Certificate of Incorporation, as amended
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Incorporated by reference</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Bylaws, as amended
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Incorporated by reference</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of David J. Smith
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Filed electronically</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of David J. Smith
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5
to this registration
statement</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Filed electronically</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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Table of Contents
As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 31, 2010.
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
41-0129150
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
4666 Faries Parkway
Decatur, Illinois
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
62526
(Zip Code)
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company
2009 Incentive Compensation Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
David J. Smith
Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company
4666 Faries Parkway
Decatur, Illinois 62526
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service:
(217) 424-5200
Copies to:
W. Morgan Burns
Faegre & Benson LLP
2200 Wells Fargo Center
90 South Seventh Street
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402-3901
(612) 766-7000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange
Act):
Large Accelerated Filer
þ
Accelerated Filer
o
Non-accelerated Filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller Reporting Company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Amount To Be
Offering Price
Aggregate
Amount of
Title of Securities To Be Registered
Registered (1)
Per Share (2)
Offering Price (2)
Registration Fee
Common Stock, no par value
30,000,000
$
29.89
$
896,550,000
$
63,924.02
(1)
This Registration Statement also will cover any additional shares of Common Stock that
become issuable under the Plan referenced above by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the Registrant's receipt of
consideration that results in an increase in the number of outstanding shares of the
Registrant's Common Stock.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h)
under the Securities Act of 1933 based on the average of the high and low sale prices per
share of the Registrant's Common Stock as quoted on the New York Stock Exchange on August 25,
2010.
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PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EX-5
EX-23.2
EX-24
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ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents previously filed (File No. 001-00044) with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
"Exchange Act") are, as of their respective dates, incorporated by reference in this registration
statement:
(a) The Annual Report on Form 10-K of Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (the "Company")
for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010;
(b) All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Annual Report referred to in (a) above;
and
(c) The description of the Company's common stock, no par value (the "Common Stock"),
included in registration statements and reports filed under the Exchange Act from time to
time.
In addition, all documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, or
15(d) of the Exchange Act after the date of this registration statement and before the filing of
a post-effective amendment that indicates that all shares of Common Stock offered have been sold,
or that deregisters all shares of Common Stock then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in, and to be a part of, this registration statement from the date of
filing of those documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated, or deemed to be incorporated, by
reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration
statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or incorporated herein by reference or
in any other subsequently filed document that is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein modifies or supersedes that statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not
be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration
statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not Applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
David J. Smith, Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of the Company, has
given his opinion about certain legal matters affecting the Common Stock registered under this
registration statement. Mr. Smith is eligible to participate in the Plan.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Under Delaware law, a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to an action (other than an action by or in the right of the
corporation) by reason of his service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation,
or his service, at the corporation's request, as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
corporation or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees) that are actually and
reasonably incurred by him ("Expenses"), and judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement that
are actually and reasonably incurred by him, in connection with the defense or settlement of such
action,
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provided that he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the corporation's best interests, and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.
Although Delaware law permits a corporation to indemnify any person referred to above against
Expenses in connection with the defense or settlement of an action by or in the right of the
corporation, provided that he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in
or not opposed to the corporation's best interests, if such person has been judged liable to the
corporation, indemnification is only permitted to the extent that the Court of Chancery (or the
court in which the action was brought) determines that, despite the adjudication of liability, such
person is entitled to indemnity for such Expenses as the court deems proper. The General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware also provides for mandatory indemnification of any
director, officer, employee or agent against Expenses to the extent such person has been successful
in any proceeding covered by the statute. In addition, the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware permits (i) Delaware corporations to include a provision in their certificates of
incorporation limiting or eliminating the personal liability of a director to a corporation or its
stockholders, under certain circumstances, for monetary damages or breach of fiduciary duty as a
director and (ii) the general authorization of advancement of a director's or officer's litigation
expenses, including by means of a mandatory charter or by-law provision to that effect, in lieu of
requiring the authorization of such advancement by the board of directors in specific cases. In
addition, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware provides that indemnification and
advancement of expenses provided by the statute shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights
to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any bylaw,
agreement or otherwise.
Article Fourteenth of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company and Article VI of the
Bylaws of the Company each provide for the indemnification of the directors and officers of the
Company and limit the personal monetary liability of directors of the Company to the fullest extent
permitted by current Delaware law. The Company has also entered into indemnification contracts with
certain of its directors and officers. The Company also maintains insurance coverage relating to
certain liabilities of its directors and officers.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
4.1
Composite Certificate of Incorporation, as amended (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3(i) to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended September 30, 2001)
4.2
Bylaws, as amended (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(ii) to the Company's
Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 12, 2009)
5
Opinion of David J. Smith
23.1
Consent of David J. Smith (contained in Exhibit 5 to this Registration Statement)
23.2
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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reference to Exhibit A to the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement filed with
the Commission on September 25, 2009)
Item 9. Undertakings.
A. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
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(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered)
and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and
price represent no more than a twenty percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the
effective registration statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material
change to such information in the registration statement;
provided
,
however
, that paragraphs (A)(1)(i) and (A)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission by the registrant
pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, each post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
B. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant
to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable,
each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering
thereof.
C. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy
as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Decatur, state of Illinois
on the 31st day of August,
2010.
ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND COMPANY
By
/s/ David J. Smith
David J. Smith
Executive Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed below on August 31, 2010 by the following persons in the capacities indicated,
including a majority of the directors:
*
Patricia A. Woertz
Chairman
of the Board of Directors, Chief
Executive Officer,
President and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Steven R. Mills
Steven R. Mills
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ John P. Stott
John P. Stott
Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
*
*
Mollie Hale Carter, Director
Antonio Maciel Neto, Director
*
*
Pierre Dufour, Director
Patrick J. Moore, Director
*
*
Donald E. Felsinger, Director
Thomas F. O'Neill, Director
*
*
Victoria F. Haynes, Director
Kelvin R. Westbrook, Director
*
David J. Smith, by signing his name hereto, does hereby sign this document on behalf of each
of the above named officers and directors of the Registrant pursuant to powers of attorney
duly executed by such persons.
/s/ David J. Smith
David J. Smith
Attorney-in-fact
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
No.
Description
Manner of Filing
4.1
Composite Certificate of Incorporation, as amended
Incorporated by reference
4.2
Bylaws, as amended
Incorporated by reference
5
Opinion of David J. Smith
Filed electronically
23.1
Consent of David J. Smith
Contained in Exhibit 5
to this registration
statement
23.2
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Filed electronically
24
Powers of Attorney
Filed electronically
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Archer-Daniels-Midland Company 2009
Incentive Compensation Plan
Incorporated by reference