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Divestitures and Other Transactions
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]  
Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Disclosure [Text Block]
DIVESTITURES AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS

Merger Remedy - Divested Ag Business
On March 31, 2017, the company and FMC entered into the FMC Transaction Agreement. Under the FMC Transaction Agreement, and effective upon the closing of the transaction on November 1, 2017, FMC acquired the Divested Ag Business that DuPont was required to divest in order to obtain EC approval of the Merger Transaction and DuPont acquired the H&N Business. See further discussion of the FMC Transactions in Note 1. The sale of the Divested Ag Business meets the criteria for discontinued operations and as such, earnings are included within (loss) income from discontinued operations after income taxes for all periods presented.

For the three months ended March 31, 2018, the company recorded a loss from discontinued operations before income taxes related to the Divested Ag Business of $10 million ($5 million after tax). The following table summarizes the results of operations of the Divested Ag Business presented as discontinued operations for the three months ended March 31, 2017:
 
Predecessor
(In millions)
Three Months Ended March 31, 2017
Net sales
$
424

Cost of goods sold
162

Other operating charges
4

Research and development expenses
32

Selling, general and administrative expenses
39

Income from discontinued operations before income taxes
187

Provision for income taxes
27

Income from discontinued operations after income taxes
$
160



The following table presents depreciation and capital expenditures of the discontinued operations related to the Divested Ag Business:
 
Predecessor
(In millions)
Three Months Ended March 31, 2017
Depreciation
$
8

Capital expenditures
$
4



Food Safety Diagnostic Sale
In February 2017, the company completed the sale of global food safety diagnostics to Hygiena LLC.  The sale resulted in a pre-tax gain of $162 million ($86 million net of tax). The gain was recorded in sundry income - net in the company's interim Consolidated Statement of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2017.

Performance Chemicals
On July 1, 2015, DuPont completed the separation of its Performance Chemicals segment through the spin-off of all of the issued and outstanding stock of The Chemours Company (the "Separation"). In connection with the Separation, the company and The Chemours Company ("Chemours") entered into a Separation Agreement (the "Separation Agreement"). Pursuant to the Separation Agreement and the amendment to the Separation Agreement, as discussed below, Chemours indemnifies DuPont against certain litigation, environmental, workers' compensation and other liabilities that arose prior to the distribution. The term of this indemnification is generally indefinite and includes defense costs and expenses, as well as monetary and non-monetary settlements and judgments. In 2017, DuPont and Chemours amended the Separation Agreement to provide for a limited sharing of potential future perfluorooctanoic acid (“PFOA”) liabilities for a period of five years beginning July 6, 2017. In connection with the recognition of liabilities related to these matters, the company records an indemnification asset when recovery is deemed probable. At March 31, 2018, the indemnified assets are $82 million within accounts and notes receivable - net and $332 million within other assets along with the corresponding liabilities of $82 million within accrued and other current liabilities and $332 million within other noncurrent obligations in the interim Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. See Note 14 for further discussion of the amendment to the Separation Agreement and certain litigation and environmental matters indemnified by Chemours.

Loss from discontinued operations after income taxes for the three months ended March 31, 2017 includes a charge of $335 million ($224 million net of tax) in connection with the PFOA multi-district litigation settlement. See Note 14 for further discussion.