TEXT-EXTRACT 2 filename2.txt October 31, 2018 Ron Edmonds Co-Controller DowDuPont Inc. c/o The Dow Chemical Company 2211 H.H. Dow Way Midland, MI 48674 Jeanmarie Desmond Co-Controller DowDuPont Inc. c/o E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company 974 Centre Road Wilmington, DE 19805 Re: DowDuPont Inc. Form 10-K for the Year Ended December 31, 2017 Filed February 15, 2018 Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A Filed March 16, 2018 Form 8-K filed October 18, 2018 File No. 001-38196 Dear Mr. Edmonds: We have reviewed your October 9, 2018 response to our comment letter and have the following comments. In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with information so we may better understand your disclosure. Please respond to these comments within ten business days by providing the requested information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If you do not believe our comments apply to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your response. After reviewing your response to these comments, we may have additional comments. Unless we note otherwise, our references to prior comments are to comments in our September 26, 2018 letter. Ron Edmonds FirstName LastNameRon Edmonds DowDuPont Inc. Comapany NameDowDuPont Inc. October 31, 2018 October 31, 2018 Page 2 Page 2 FirstName LastName Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A Compensation Discussion and Analysis, page 30 1. We note your response to comment 6 of our letter dated September 26, 2018. On page ix, you state each component of target pay benchmarked to median of either the peer group or the general market.Please note that the term benchmarking includes using compensation data about other companies as a reference point on which, either wholly or in part, to base, justify or provide a framework for a compensation decision. Please see Question 118.05 of Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations for Regulation S-K. To the extent you engaged in benchmarking, for each applicable component of your compensation program, please identify the benchmark and disclose where actual compensation fell within the targeted parameters. To the extent actual compensation was outside the targeted range, please explain why. Please see Item 402(b)(1)(v) and (b)(2)(xiv) of Regulation S-K. Form 8-K filed on October 18, 2018 Item 8.01 - Other Events, page 1 2. We note your disclosure that on October 18, 2018, DuPont, a subsidiary of DowDuPont, announced that it would recognize non-cash impairment charges associated with DuPont's agriculture reporting unit in the quarter ended September 30, 2018, of $4.5 billion for goodwill and $0.1 billion for other assets. We also note your disclosure that DowDuPont's results of operations and financial statements for the quarter ended September 30, 2018, will not be impacted by DuPont's expected $4.5 billion goodwill impairment charge, as the fair value of DowDuPont's agriculture reporting unit continues to exceed its carrying value at September 30, 2018. Please address the following: Tell us the significant assumptions DuPont used to determine the estimated fair value of its agriculture reporting unit during the quarter ended September 30, 2018 and more fully explain the facts and circumstances that resulted in these impairments being recorded during the current interim period; Tell us the significant assumptions DowDuPont used to determine the estimated fair value of its agriculture reporting unit during the quarter ended September 30, 2018 and more fully explain the differences between the agriculture reporting units of DowDuPont and DuPont; Tell us the amount or percent by which the estimated fair value of DowDuPont's agriculture reporting unit exceeded its carrying value at September 30, 2018; and Explain if and how the impairments recorded by DuPont will be reflected in DowDuPont's financial statements either before or after the intended spin-off of the Agriculture Division. Ron Edmonds DowDuPont Inc. October 31, 2018 Page 3 You may contact Dale Welcome at 202-551-3865 or Anne McConnell at 202-551-3709 if you have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related matters. Please contact Sergio Chinos at 202-551-7844 or Jay Ingram at 202-551-3397 with any other questions. Sincerely, FirstName LastNameRon Edmonds Division of Corporation Finance Comapany NameDowDuPont Inc. Office of Manufacturing and October 31, 2018 Page 3 Construction FirstName LastName