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Dupont E I De Nemours & Co – ‘10-Q’ for 3/31/17 – ‘XML’

On:  Tuesday, 4/25/17, at 3:28pm ET   ·   For:  3/31/17   ·   Accession #:  30554-17-16   ·   File #:  1-00815

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 4/25/17  Dupont E I De Nemours & Co        10-Q        3/31/17   81:9.5M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

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36: R21         Segment Information                                 HTML    101K 
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                (Tables)                                                         
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                (Details)                                                        
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                Employee Separation / Asset Related Charges, Net                 
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                Employee Separation / Asset Related Charges, Net                 
                (La Porte) (Narrative) (Details)                                 
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                Employee Separation / Asset Related Charges, Net                 
                (2016 Restructuring Program schedule )(Details)                  
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                (Details)                                                        
55: R40         Other Income, Net (Schedule of Foreign Exchange     HTML     36K 
                Gain (Loss)) (Details)                                           
56: R41         Provision for Income Taxes (Details)                HTML     32K 
57: R42         Earnings Per Share of Common Stock (Earnings Per    HTML     48K 
                Share of Common Stock Reconciliation) (Details)                  
58: R43         Earnings Per Share of Common Stock (Schedule of     HTML     29K 
                Average Number of Antidilutive Stock Options)                    
                (Details)                                                        
59: R44         Inventories (Details)                               HTML     37K 
60: R45         Other Intangible Assets (Schedule of Other          HTML     66K 
                Intangible Assets) (Details)                                     
61: R46         Other Intangible Assets (Narrative) (Details)       HTML     44K 
62: R47         Short-Term and Long-Term Borrowings (Details)       HTML     57K 
63: R48         Commitments and Contingent Liabilities              HTML     55K 
                (Guarantees) (Details)                                           
64: R49         Commitments and Contingent Liabilities              HTML    122K 
                (Litigation) (Narrative) (Details)                               
65: R50         Commitments and Contingent Liabilities Commitments  HTML     38K 
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                (Narrative) (Details)                                            
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                (Details)                                                        
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                (Schedule of tax benefit (Expense) on Net                        
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68: R53         Stockholders' Equity Stockholders' Equity           HTML     68K 
                (Reclassifications out of accumulated other                      
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69: R54         Financial Instruments Financial Insttruments        HTML     51K 
                (Schedule of Cash, Cash Equivalents and Marketable               
                Securities) (Details)                                            
70: R55         Financial Instruments (Debt) (Narrative) (Details)  HTML     26K 
71: R56         Financial Instruments (Notional Amounts of          HTML     32K 
                Derivatives) (Details)                                           
72: R57         Financial Instruments (Effect of Cash Flows Hedges  HTML     38K 
                on Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss))                
                (Details)                                                        
73: R58         Financial Instruments (Schedule of the Fair Value   HTML     52K 
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74: R59         Financial Instruments (Effect of Derivative         HTML     52K 
                Instruments) (Details)                                           
75: R60         Long-Term Employee Benefits (Schedules of Net       HTML     59K 
                Periodic Benefit Cost) (Details)                                 
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