DuPont

Science company lowers earnings guidance for fourth-quarter 2005

Published in Law and Health Weekly, February 11th, 2006

DuPont lowered its earnings guidance for fourth-quarter 2005 to reflect higher-than-anticipated disruptions in operations, partly associated with impacts from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and lower-than-expected performance focused primarily in three of the company's businesses.

On October 26, 2005, the company provided fourth-quarter earnings per share guidance of $.20-.25. DuPont now estimates earnings in the fourth quarter will be reduced by approximately $200 million in pretax operating income (PTOI) from the low end of its previously communicated guidance, equally attributable to:

1) Operational disruptions from the prolonged power, logistics,...

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Source: Law and Health Weekly (2006-02-11)

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