DD DuPont de Nemours Inc

On April 24, 2015, Trian Fund Management, L.P. issued the following press release:

TRIAN SETS THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON DUPONT MISSTATEMENTS

DuPont Rhetoric vs. Reality Presentation Available
at www.DuPontCanBeGreat.com;
Urges DuPont Stockholders to Make an Informed Decision;
Vote FOR Trian’s Nominees on the GOLD Proxy Card Today

NEW YORK, April 24, 2015 – Trian Fund Management, L.P., one of the largest stockholders of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (NYSE: DD), which currently beneficially owns approximately 24.6 million DuPont shares valued at approximately $1.7 billion, today will be filing a presentation with the Securities and Exchange Commission to correct inaccurate and misleading statements it believes DuPont has made about its operating performance and about Trian. With DuPont’s 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders less than a month away, Trian believes it is necessary to cut through DuPont’s rhetoric so stockholders can make an informed decision on May 13, 2015.

Trian has a long record of improving the operating results of the underperforming companies in which it invests.¹ Over the years, Trian has found that underperforming companies often rely on rhetoric to obfuscate their performance issues. Trian's nominees, if elected to the DuPont Board, will be focused on enhancing DuPont's operating performance by ensuring both management and the Board consider issues in a clinical and objective manner and that decisions by the Board are based on analysis that is grounded in reality and free of “spin.”

Trian will continue to communicate factually about its proposed strategic and operating initiatives to improve DuPont’s performance and increase long-term value so stockholders can base their election decisions on the merits of the fundamental arguments, rather than on inaccurate and misleading statements. Trian urges stockholders to take this opportunity to facilitate change in the DuPont boardroom by voting the GOLD proxy card for the election of Nelson Peltz, John H. Myers, Arthur B. Winkleblack and Robert J. Zatta, who, if elected to the DuPont Board, will seek to ensure decisions are made by a reinvigorated Board that fosters a transparent, confident and high-performing culture, and proactively addresses operating and strategic opportunities and the challenges to DuPont’s business.

Trian’s presentation on DuPont Rhetoric vs. Reality can be found at: www.DuPontCanBeGreat.com.

About Trian Fund Management, L.P.

Founded in 2005 by Nelson Peltz, Peter May and Ed Garden, Trian seeks to invest in high quality but undervalued and under-performing public companies and to work constructively with the management and boards of those companies to significantly enhance shareholder value for all shareholders through a combination of improved operational execution, strategic re-direction, more efficient capital allocation and increased focus.

Media Contact:

Anne A. Tarbell

Trian Fund Management, L.P.

(212) 451-3030

atarbell@trianpartners.com

Investor Contact:

The views expressed in this press release represent the opinions of Trian Fund Management, L.P. (“Trian”) and the investment funds it manages that hold shares of E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (collectively, Trian with such funds, “Trian Partners”), and are based on publicly available information with respect to E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (the “Company”). Trian Partners recognizes that there may be confidential information in the possession of the Company that could lead it to disagree with Trian Partners’ conclusions. Trian Partners reserves the right to change any of its opinions expressed herein at any time as it deems appropriate. Trian Partners disclaims any obligation to update the information or opinions contained in this press release.

Certain financial projections and statements made herein have been derived or obtained from filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) or other regulatory authorities and from other third party reports. Neither the Participants (as defined below) nor any of their affiliates shall be responsible or have any liability for any misinformation contained in any third party SEC or other regulatory filing or third party report. There is no assurance or guarantee with respect to the prices at which any securities of the Company will trade, and such securities may not trade at prices that may be implied herein. The estimates, projections and potential impact of the opportunities identified by Trian Partners herein are based on

assumptions that Trian Partners believes to be reasonable as of the date of this press release, but there can be no assurance or guarantee that actual results or performance of the Company will not differ, and such differences may be material.

This press release is provided merely as information and is not intended to be, nor should it be construed as, an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any security. This press release does not recommend the purchase or sale of any security. Funds managed by Trian currently beneficially own, and/or have an economic interest in, shares of the Company. These funds are in the business of trading – buying and selling– securities. It is possible that there will be developments in the future that cause one or more of such funds from time to time to sell all or a portion of their holdings of the Company in open market transactions or otherwise (including via short sales), buy additional shares (in open market or privately negotiated transactions or otherwise), or trade in options, puts, calls or other derivative instruments relating to such shares.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements. All statements contained in this press release that are not clearly historical in nature or that necessarily depend on future events are forward-looking, and the words “anticipate,” “believe,” “expect,” “potential,” “opportunity,” “estimate,” “plan,” and similar expressions are generally intended to identify forward-looking statements. The projected results and statements contained in this press release that are not historical facts are based on current expectations, speak only as of the date of this press release and involve risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such projected results and statements. Assumptions relating to the foregoing involve judgments with respect to, among other things, future economic, competitive and market conditions and future business decisions, all of which are difficult or impossible to predict accurately and many of which are beyond the control of Trian Partners. Although Trian Partners believes that the assumptions underlying the projected results or forward-looking statements are reasonable as of the date of this press release, any of the assumptions could be inaccurate and therefore, there can be no assurance that the projected results or forward-looking statements included in this press release will prove to be accurate. In light of the significant uncertainties inherent in the projected results and forward-looking statements included in this press release, the inclusion of such information should not be regarded as a representation as to future results or that the objectives and strategic initiatives expressed or implied by such projected results and forward-looking statements will be achieved. Trian Partners will not undertake and specifically declines any obligation to disclose the results of any revisions that may be made to any projected results or forward-looking statements in this press release to reflect events or circumstances after the date of such projected results or statements or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events.

Additional Information

Trian and the investment funds that it manages that hold shares of E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (collectively, Trian with such funds, “Trian Partners”) together with other Participants (as defined below), filed a definitive proxy statement and an accompanying proxy card with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 25, 2015 to be used

to solicit proxies in connection with the 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (the “Company”), including any adjournments or postponements thereof or any special meeting that may be called in lieu thereof (the “2015 Annual Meeting”). Information relating to the participants in such proxy solicitation (the “Participants”) has been included in that definitive proxy statement and in any other amendments to that definitive proxy statement. Stockholders are advised to read the definitive proxy statement and any other documents related to the solicitation of stockholders of the Company in connection with the 2015 Annual Meeting because they contain important information, including additional information relating to the Participants. Trian Partners’ definitive proxy statement and a form of proxy have been mailed to stockholders of the Company. These materials and other materials filed by Trian Partners in connection with the solicitation of proxies are available at no charge at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The definitive proxy statement and other relevant documents filed by Trian Partners with the SEC are also available, without charge, by directing a request to Trian’s proxy solicitor, MacKenzie Partners, Inc. 105 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016 (call collect: 212-929-5500; call toll free: 800-322-2885) or email: proxy@mackenziepartners.com.

¹For details of Trian’s record of helping to grow earnings at its portfolio companies, see page 38 of the Trian Discussion Points, which were filed with the SEC on April 21, 2015 and are available at www.DuPontCanBeGreat.com.

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