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EIDP, Inc. 8-K Report, Corporate Update (Apr 7, 2008)

Filed April 7, 2008For Securities:CTA-PBCTA-PA

Summary

E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont), filing as CTA-PB, has submitted a Current Report on Form 8-K to furnish financial statements from its 2007 Annual Report on Form 10-K in XBRL format. This submission is part of the SEC's voluntary XBRL program, designed to test the new data formatting technology. The XBRL-formatted data includes consolidated income statements, balance sheets, cash flow statements, and statements of stockholders' equity for the years 2005 through 2007. Investors are strongly cautioned that the financial information provided in this XBRL format is unaudited and not the official filed financial statements. The company explicitly states that investors should continue to rely on the originally filed 10-K and should not make investment decisions based on the XBRL-furnished data. This XBRL information is considered furnished, not filed, and is not subject to the liabilities under Section 18 of the Exchange Act, nor will it be incorporated into other SEC filings.

Key Highlights

  • 1DuPont (CTA-PB) furnished financial statements in XBRL format as part of an SEC voluntary program.
  • 2The XBRL data covers audited financial statements for fiscal years 2005, 2006, and 2007.
  • 3Included are Consolidated Income Statements, Balance Sheets, Statements of Cash Flows, and Statements of Stockholders' Equity.
  • 4This filing is primarily for testing XBRL technology and data formatting.
  • 5Crucially, the XBRL financial information is explicitly stated as UNAUDITED for the purpose of this submission.
  • 6Investors are warned NOT to rely on this XBRL data for investment decisions.
  • 7The information is furnished, not officially filed, and exempt from certain liabilities under the Exchange Act.

Frequently Asked Questions

The primary purpose of this 8-K filing is to submit financial statements from DuPont's 2007 10-K in XBRL format as part of the SEC's voluntary XBRL program to test the new data reporting technology.

No, investors are explicitly warned not to rely on the XBRL-formatted financial information provided in this report for making investment decisions. This data is considered unaudited for the purpose of this submission and is not the official filing.

The XBRL submission includes DuPont's Consolidated Income Statements, Consolidated Balance Sheets, Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006, and 2005.

No, the XBRL information is considered 'furnished' rather than 'filed' for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act and is not subject to its liabilities. Investors should continue to rely on the official version of the financial statements filed in DuPont's 2007 10-K.