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

ROSWELL, Ga.--(Business Wire)--
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(R) 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. For more information about
ADVAN, visit www.ADVANLLC.com.

A digital copy of this news release and an image of Andy Lee is
available in the Press Release section at www.SipcamAgroUSA.com and in
the News Room at www.ADVANLLC.com

Gillham & Associates
Felicia Gillham, 619-482-8820
Cell: 619-341-3054
Fax: 619-482-8825
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