Effective as of 5:00 p.m. on April 1, 2019, DowDuPont Inc. (the Company) completed the previously announced separation of its materials science business into a separate and independent public company by way of a distribution of Dow Inc. (Dow) through a pro rata dividend in-kind of all of the then-issued and outstanding shares of Dow's common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the Dow Common Stock), to holders of the Company's common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the DowDuPont Common Stock), as of the close of business on March 21, 2019 (the Dow Distribution). In connection with the Dow Distribution, each of Ajay Banga, Jacqueline K. Barton, James A. Bell, Richard K. Davis, Jeff M. Fettig, Paul Polman, James M. Ringler and Ruth G. Shaw resigned from their positions as members of the company's Board of Directors, as well as their respective positions as members of various Committees thereof, and Mr. Fettig resigned from his position as the Company's Executive Chairman, in each case effective as of the completion of the Dow Distribution. On April 1, 2019, in connection with the director resignations (as well as the previously announced resignation of Marillyn A. Hewson from the Board, which became effective on March 31, 2019), the Board reduced its size from sixteen (16) members to seven (7) members and appointed Edward D. Breen as the Chairman of the Board.

The composition of the Committees of the Board was also changed in connection with the Dow Distribution: In addition, effective as of the completion of the Dow Distribution, (i) Howard Ungerleider resigned from his position as the Company's Chief Financial Officer, (ii) James R. Fitterling resigned from his position as the Chief Operating Officer of the Company's Materials Science Division, (iii) Amy E. Wilson resigned from her position as the Company's Assistant Secretary and (iv) Ronald C. Edmonds resigned from his position as the Company's Co-Controller. In connection with the foregoing officer resignations, the Board appointed Jeanmarie F. Desmond as the Company's Chief Financial Officer and principal accounting officer and Michael Goss as the Company's Controller.