Leadership positions in an extensive range of products and technologies Strong product, end market, and geographic diversity, with good positions in emerging markets Above-average profitability resulting from innovation and new product development, proprietary technology, effective cost reduction and efficiency programs, large scale, and systematic business oversight and portfolio management Susceptible to economic cycles and raw material cost swings Willingness to achieve and maintain cash flow and leverage metrics that are adequate to support the ratings Contingent liabilities include very large unfunded pension and postretirement obligations and above-average litigation risk The stable outlook reflects our expectation that DuPont will use the majority of net proceeds from the February 2013 sale of its coatings business and future discretionary cash flow to reduce
