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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): January 20, 2026
DuPont de Nemours, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 001-38196 | 81-1224539 | ||||||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission file number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||||||
| 974 Centre Road, | Building 730 | Wilmington, | Delaware | 19805 | ||||||||||
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |||||||||||||
(302) 295-5783
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||||||||||||
| Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share | DD | New York Stock Exchange | ||||||||||||
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Section 5 - Corporate Governance and Management
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
On January 20, 2026 DuPont de Nemours, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed D.G. Macpherson to its Board of Directors, effective immediately.
The Board of Directors determined that Mr. Macpherson is an “independent director” in accordance with the New York Stock Exchange listing standards, the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines.
Mr. Macpherson, 58, has served as Chief Executive Officer of W.W. Grainger, Inc., a leading broad-line distributor of MRO products and services with operations primarily in North America and Japan, since 2016, and as Chairman since 2017. Previously, he served as Grainger’s Chief Operating Officer, as well as Senior Vice President and Group President, Global Supply Chain and International. Prior to joining Grainger in 2008, Mr. Macpherson was a Partner and Managing Director at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), a global management consulting firm. He began his career as a test engineer with the U.S. Air Force. Mr. Macpherson holds a bachelor’s degree from Stanford University and an MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management.
There is no arrangement or understanding between the Company and Mr. Macpherson or any other persons pursuant to which Mr. Macpherson was selected as a director of the Company. There are no transactions in which Mr. Macpherson has an interest requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. For his service on the Board of Directors, Mr. Macpherson will receive the Company’s standard compensation for non-employee directors.
A copy of the press release announcing Mr. Macpherson as a new director is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
Section 9 - Financial Statements and Exhibits
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit Number | Description | ||||
| Press release issued by DuPont de Nemours, Inc. on January 20, 2026, announcing Mr. Macpherson as a new director. | |||||
| 104 | The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL. | ||||
SIGNATURES
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.
| DUPONT DE NEMOURS, INC. | ||||||||||||||
| Registrant | ||||||||||||||
| Date: | January 20, 2026 | By: | /s/ Erik T. Hoover | |||||||||||
| Name: | Erik T. Hoover | |||||||||||||
| Title: | Senior Vice President and General Counsel | |||||||||||||