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Andy Lee Named CEO of Sipcam Agro USA, Inc. and ADVAN, LLC

ROSWELL, GA, March 31, 2008 – The Board of Directors of agrochemical companies Sipcam Agro USA, Inc. and ADVAN, LLC announced the appointment of Andy D. Lee as Chief Executive Officer of ADVAN and Sipcam Agro USA today. Lee has extensive experience within the agrochemical industry, having held senior leadership roles with BASF Corporation and other chemical companies in the United States and Europe.

Lee said, “I am delighted to be joining Sipcam and ADVAN. Growers and the channel need a reliable, trustworthy source of products and information to get the best out of every acre. Sipcam and ADVAN are uniquely positioned to meet these needs.”

Prior to his appointment as CEO of Sipcam and ADVAN, Lee was Director of the U.S. Crop Protection Business for BASF Corporation, Research Triangle Park, NC. Earlier in his career, Lee held positions in global marketing for BASF in Parsippany, NJ and for American Home Products, NJ. Before his move to the U.S., Lee was based in Brussels with American Cyanamid where he served as technical director and then commercial director for Europe. He has also held a variety of technical and commercial positions with Cyanamid U.K. and Shell Nickerson Seed Company. Lee obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Biology from Hertfordshire University, U.K.

Giovanni Affaba, SIPCAM-OXON Group Managing Director, said, “We are proud that Andy is taking over commercial leadership of Sipcam and ADVAN and are confident that he will drive our offerings of innovative solutions to meet global demands for food, fuel and fiber.”

Toru Suzuki, General Manager, Agriscience Division, Mitsui & Co. LTD, said, “Andy’s successful track record of delivering exceptional business growth through new products and ideas will be central to our goal of building the competitive position of U.S. growers.”

Lee’s appointment allows Affaba to return to his position as a Member of the Board of Sipcam Agro USA. Affaba was acting CEO of the company. Tim Damico served as acting CEO of ADVAN and will return to his position as Chief Operating Officer of ADVAN.

Sipcam Agro USA, Inc., headquartered in Roswell, is a leader in the development, registration, production and marketing of plant protection products for agriculture, turf and ornamentals. As a basic registrant affiliated with an international network of research and production facilities, Sipcam Agro USA offers its customers many of the most frequently applied herbicides and fungicides, including atrazine, simazine, metolachlor, prodiamine and chlorothalonil. Sipcam Agro USA is owned by Sipcam-Oxon Groups of Italy. For more information about Sipcam Agro USA, visit www.SipcamAgroUSA.com

Headquartered in Roswell and operated from Columbia, MD, ADVAN, LLC is a strategic marketing company that supplies crop protection products that fill specialty niches in the U.S. and Mexico agricultural and horticultural markets. ADVAN represents one of the broadest product lines of biopesticides in the Americas, as well as traditional chemistries, such as Basamid® granular soil fumigant. ADVAN is owned 50:50 by Columbia, MD based Certis USA (owned by Mitsui & Co. LTD of Japan) and Sipcam Agro USA.

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