UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): August 11, 2016

 

E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Delaware

 

1-815

 

51-0014090

(State or Other Jurisdiction

 

(Commission

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Of Incorporation)

 

File Number)

 

Identification No.)

 

974 Centre Road

Wilmington, Delaware 19805

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (302) 774-1000

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o                 Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o                 Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o                 Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o                 Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


 

Item 8.01 Other Events

 

On August 11, 2016 E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company and The Dow Chemical Company issued a joint press release regarding the European Commission’s initiation of a Phase II review for the proposed merger of equals transaction of the two companies. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01                                                Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits:

 

99.1                        Press Release dated August 11, 2016

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Jeanmarie F. Desmond

 

Jeanmarie F. Desmond

 

Vice President and Controller

 

August 11, 2016

 

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