Dowdupont 2018 10-K
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-K ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 or TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from _______ to ________ Commission file number: 001-38196 DOWDUPONT INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 81-1224539 State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) c/o The Dow Chemical Company c/o E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company 2211 H.H. Dow Way, Midland, MI 48674 974 Centre Road, Wilmington, DE 19805 (989) 636-1000 (302) 774-1000 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Title of each class Name of each exchange on which registered Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share New York Stock Exchange Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes No Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes No Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of the registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. Large accelerated filer Accelerated filer Non-accelerated filer Smaller reporting company Emerging growth company If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes No The aggregate market value of the common equity held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of June 30, 2018, (the last day of the registrant's most recently completed second fiscal quarter), was approximately $151.8 billion based on the last reported closing price of $65.92 per share as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on such date. For purposes of this computation, it is assumed that the shares of voting stock held by Directors and Officers would be deemed to be stock held by affiliates. Non-affiliated common stock outstanding at June 30, 2018, was 2,303,312,652 shares. Total DowDuPont common stock outstanding at January 31, 2019 was 2,254,762,058 shares. DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE Part III: Proxy Statement for the 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed not later than 120 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this Form 10-K. DowDuPont Inc. ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE PART I Item 1. Business. 3 Item 1A. Risk Factors. 24 Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments. 32 Item 2. Properties. 32 Item 3. Legal Proceedings. 32 Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures. 34 PART II Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Item 5. Purchases of Equity Securities. 35 Item 6. Selected Financial Data. 37 Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Item 7. Operations. 38 Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk. 85 Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data. 88 Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Item 9. Disclosure. 200 Item 9A. Controls and Procedures. 201 Item 9B. Other Information. 203 PART III Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance. 204 Item 11. Executive Compensation. 204 Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Item 12. Stockholder Matters. 204 Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence. 204 Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services. 204 PART IV Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules. 205 Item 16. Form 10-K Summary. 207 SIGNATURES 209 2 Table of Contents DowDuPont Inc. PART I ITEM 1. BUSINESS THE COMPANY Throughout this Annual Report on Form 10-K, except as otherwise noted by the context, the terms "Company" or "DowDuPont" used herein mean DowDuPont Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries. DowDuPont is a holding company comprised of The Dow Chemical Company ("Historical Dow") and E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company ("Historical DuPont") with the intent to form strong, independent, publicly traded companies in the agriculture, materials science and specialty products sectors that will lead their respective industries through productive, science-based innovation to meet the needs of customers and help solve global challenges. DowDuPont is a Delaware corporation formed on December 9, 2015, for the purpose of effecting an all-stock merger of equals transactions between Historical Dow and Historical DuPont. Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated December 11, 2015, as amended on March 31, 2017, Historical Dow and Historical DuPont each merged with subsidiaries of DowDuPont and, as a result, became subsidiaries of DowDuPont. The Company's principal executive offices are located at: c/o The Dow Chemical Company 2211 H.H. Dow Way Midland, Michigan 48674 c/o E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company 974 Centre Road Wilmington, Delaware 19805 Available Information The Company's annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, are available free of charge through the Investor Relations section of the Company's website (www.dow-dupont.com/investors), as soon as reasonably practicable after the reports are electronically filed or furnished with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The SEC maintains a website that contains these reports as well as proxy statements and other information regarding issuers that file electronically. The SEC's website is at www.sec.gov. The Company's website and its content are not deemed incorporated by reference into this report. THE INTENDED BUSINESS SEPARATIONS DowDuPont plans to separate into three, independent, publicly traded companies - one for each of its agriculture, materials science and specialty products businesses (the “Intended Business Separations” and the transactions to accomplish the Intended Business Separations, the “separations”). DowDuPont has formed two wholly owned subsidiaries: Dow Holdings Inc., to serve as a holding company for its materials science business, and Corteva, Inc., to serve as a holding company for its agriculture business. In furtherance of the Intended Business Separations, DowDuPont is engaged in a series of internal reorganization and realignment steps (the “Internal Reorganization”) to realign its businesses into three subgroups: agriculture, materials science and specialty products. As part of the Internal Reorganization, the assets and liabilities aligned with the materials science business will be transferred or conveyed to legal entities that will ultimately be subsidiaries of Dow Holdings Inc. and the assets and liabilities aligned with the agriculture business will be transferred or conveyed to legal entities that will ultimately be subsidiaries of Corteva, Inc. Following the Internal Reorganization, DowDuPont expects to distribute its materials science and agriculture businesses through two separate U.S. federal tax-free spin-offs in which DowDuPont stockholders, at the time of such spin-offs, will receive a pro rata dividend of the shares of the capital stock of Dow Holdings Inc. and of Corteva, Inc., as applicable (the “distributions”). The materials science business, after the consummation of the applicable Internal Reorganization, will be referred to as “Dow” and the agriculture business, after the consummation of the applicable Internal Reorganization, will be referred to as “Corteva.” Following the separation and distribution of Dow, which is targeted to occur on April 1, 2019, DowDuPont, as the remaining company, will continue to hold the agriculture and specialty products businesses. DowDuPont is then targeted to complete the separation and distribution of Corteva on June 1, 2019, resulting in DowDuPont holding the specialty products businesses of the combined Company. After the distribution of Corteva, it is expected that DowDuPont will become known as "DuPont." 3 Table of Contents Prior to the distribution of Dow, DowDuPont intends to enter into a separation agreement with Corteva and Dow (the “separation agreement”) setting forth the agreement among the parties regarding the principal actions to be taken in connection with the separations.