NEW YORK (Standard&Poor's) Dec. 9, 2008--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services assigned its 'A' senior unsecured debt rating to E.I. DuPont de Nemours&Co.'s offering of senior unsecured notes due Jan. 15, 2014. DuPont will use the proceeds for general corporate purposes including debt refinancing. At Sept. 30, 2008, DuPont had $13.4 billion of total adjusted debt outstanding. We adjust debt to include about $2.2 billion of tax-effected postretirement obligations and $900 million of capitalized operating leases. At the same time, we affirmed our ratings, including the 'A' long-term and 'A-1' short-term corporate credit ratings, on the Wilmington, Del.-based company. The outlook is stable. "The ratings on DuPont reflect the company's excellent business risk profile as one of
