Specialized Disclosure Report DOWDUPONT INC.

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM SD

Specialized Disclosure Report

DOWDUPONT INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware (State or Other Jurisdiction

Of Incorporation)

001-38196 (Commission File Number)

81-1224539 (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

974 Centre Road

Midland, MI 48674

Wilmington, Delaware 19805

(Address of principal executive offices)

Jonathan P. Wendt (989) 638-2343

Calissa W. Brown (302) 996-8243

(name and telephone number, including area code, of the person to contact in connection with this report.)

Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule pursuant to which this form is being filed, and provide the period to which the information in this form applies:

Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2018.

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SECTION 1 - CONFLICT MINERAL DISCLOSURE

Item 1.01 Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report Conflict Minerals Disclosure A copy of DowDuPont Inc.'s Conflict Minerals Report is filed as Exhibit 1.01 hereto. This Form SD and the Conflict Minerals Report are publicly available on the Company's website at investors/corporategovernance, as well as the SEC's EDGAR database at .

Item 1.02 Exhibit The Company has filed, as an exhibit to this Form SD, the Conflict Minerals Report required by Item 1.01.

SECTION 2 - EXHIBITS

Item 2.01 Exhibits The following exhibit is filed as part of this report:

Exhibit 1.01 - Conflict Minerals Report as required by Items 1.01 and 1.02 of this Form.

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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.

DOWDUPONT INC. (Registrant)

March 22, 2019

/s/ Edward D. Breen Edward D. Breen

Chief Executive Officer

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Exhibit Number

1.01

EXHIBIT INDEX

Description Conflict Minerals Report as required by Items 1.01 and 1.02 of this Form.

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Exhibit 1.01

DowDuPont Inc. Conflict Minerals Report

BACKGROUND

This Conflict Minerals Report (this "Report") of DowDuPont Inc. ("DowDuPont" or the "Company"), is being filed pursuant to Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018. This Report provides information with respect to the products manufactured, or contracted to be manufactured, during calendar year 2018 for which gold, columbite-tantalite, cassiterite, and wolframite minerals, and these specific derivatives: tantalum, tin, tungsten, and gold ("Conflict Minerals") are "necessary to the functionality or production of" such products. The information in this report covers all products manufactured, or contracted to be manufactured, during calendar year 2018, for which Conflict Minerals are "necessary to the functionality or production of" such products, by the Company and all majority-owned subsidiaries over which the Company exercises control. Please refer to Rule 13p-1, Form SD and the 1934 Act Release No. 3467716 for definitions for the terms used in this Report, unless otherwise defined herein.

In July 2010, the U.S. Government signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the "DoddFrank Act"). Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act (the "Conflict Minerals Provision") was enacted because of concerns that the exploitation and trade of minerals that originate in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and adjoining countries (the "Covered Countries") by armed groups is helping to finance conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and is contributing to a humanitarian crisis. The final regulation (the "Conflict Minerals Regulation") adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), which became effective November 13, 2012, requires all SEC registrants to file a specialized disclosure report on Form SD with the SEC regarding Conflict Minerals that are "necessary to the functionality or production of" products manufactured, or contracted to be manufactured, during a calendar year. For clarification, the term Conflict Minerals broadly encompasses all gold, columbite-tantalite, cassiterite, and wolframite minerals, and these specific derivatives: tantalum, tin, tungsten, and gold, regardless of the country of origin of such minerals and regardless of whether or not the purchase of such minerals actually finances or benefits armed groups in the Covered Countries.

COMPANY OVERVIEW

DowDuPont Merger of Equals DowDuPont Inc. ("DowDuPont") was formed on December 9, 2015 to effect an all-stock, merger of equals strategic combination between The Dow Chemical Company ("Historical Dow" or "TDCC") and E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company ("Historical DuPont" or "EID") (the "Merger Transaction"). On August 31, 2017 at 11:59 pm ET, (the "Merger Effectiveness Time") pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 11, 2015, as amended on March 31, 2017 (the "Merger Agreement"), Historical Dow and Historical DuPont each merged with wholly owned subsidiaries of DowDuPont ("Mergers") and, as a result of the Mergers, Historical Dow and Historical DuPont became subsidiaries of DowDuPont (collectively, the "Merger"). Prior to the Merger, DowDuPont did not conduct any business activities other than those required for its formation and matters contemplated by the Merger Agreement.

DowDuPont has announced its intent to pursue, the separation of the combined Company's agriculture business, specialty products business and materials science business through a series of tax-efficient transactions (collectively, the "Intended Business Separations" and the transactions to accomplish the Intended Business Separations, the "separations").

DowDuPont has formed two wholly owned subsidiaries: Dow 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 Inc. and the

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