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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001666700-23-000076"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DD"
cik: "0001666700"
company_name: "DuPont de Nemours, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-06-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T14:02:44.105226+00:00"
event_type: "litigation"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# DuPont, Chemours, Corteva settle PFAS water-system claims for $1.185B; DuPont takes $400M Q2 charge

## Summary
- DuPont to contribute ~$400M of total $1.185B settlement; pre-tax charge in Q2 2023.
- Settlement covers PFAS drinking water claims from U.S. public water systems in AFFF MDL.
- Court preliminary approval expected within 2 months; final approval no sooner than 6 months after.
- Chemours pays 50% (~$592M), DuPont ~$400M, Corteva ~$193M per 2021 MOU.
- DuPont expects to use escrow account balance and other sources to fund contribution.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001666700-23-000076
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DD
- cik: 0001666700
- company_name: DuPont de Nemours, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-06-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: litigation
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1666700/000166670023000076/0001666700-23-000076-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1666700/000166670023000076/dd-20230630.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001666700-23-000076
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001666700-23-000076.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001666700-23-000076.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  DuPont de Nemours, Inc. entered into Water District Settlement Agreement with a defined class of U.S. public water systems valued at $1.185 billion (effective 2023-06-30).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: settlement
  - Counterparty: a defined class of U.S. public water systems
  - Value: $1.185 billion
  - Effective: 2023-06-30
  source text: On June 30, 2023, The Chemours Company (“Chemours”), DuPont de Nemours, Inc. (the “Company” or “DuPont”), Corteva, Inc. (“Corteva”) (Chemours, DuPont and Corteva collectively, the “Companies”) entered a definitive agreement to comprehensively resolve all PFAS-related claims of a defined class of U.S. public water systems, including but not limited to water systems that are part of the multi-district litigation (“AFFF MDL”), related to the use of aqueous film-forming foam, (the “Water District Settlement Agreement”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1666700/000166670023000076/0001666700-23-000076-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.