DuPont declared a first quarter common stock dividend of 35 cents per share, payable March 13, to stockholders of record February 13.
This dividend is the same as that paid in the fourth quarter 2003. This is the 398th consecutive quarterly dividend since the company's first dividend in the fourth quarter of 1904.
Regular quarterly dividends of USD 1.12-1/2 per share on the USD 4.50 series preferred stock and USD .87-1/2 per share on the USD 3.50 series preferred stock also were declared, both payable April 24, 2004 to stockholders of record April 8, 2004.