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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2026
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES
Litigation Matters
In the normal course of business, the Company is involved from time to time in various arbitrations, lawsuits, claims and other actions with respect to patent infringement claims, employment claims, including alleged wage and hour violations, and commercial claims.

The Company accrues for such matters where losses are deemed probable and reasonably estimable. There are other matters involving the Company for which a loss is deemed remote or reasonably possible, and, as a result, associated accruals have not been established. It is reasonably possible that some of these matters could result in future payments or costs in excess of the amounts accrued at March 31, 2026, but such excess amounts cannot be reasonably estimated. It is the opinion of the Company’s management that the possibility is remote that the aggregate of all such claims and lawsuits will have a material adverse impact on the results of operations, financial condition and cash flows of the Company.

Certain Indemnification Obligations to DuPont
A summary of indemnification obligations to DuPont can be found in Note 15 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Company's Annual Report. If applicable, updates have been included in the respective section below.

As of March 31, 2026, the Company maintains indemnification liabilities related to the legacy liabilities detailed above of $87 million within “Accrued and other current liabilities” and $109 million within “Other noncurrent obligations” within the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of December 31, 2025, the Company maintained indemnification liabilities related to these legacy liabilities of $80 million within “Accrued and other current liabilities” and $110 million within “Other noncurrent obligations” within the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. It is reasonably possible that the potential exposure of these indemnifications could range up to $84 million above the amount accrued at March 31, 2026. It is also possible that the Company could incur additional costs or losses that may be material to its financial condition and its cash flows beyond those amounts accrued for or believed to be reasonably possible at this time. Such excess amounts cannot be reasonably estimated.
Liabilities under the MOU
As of March 31, 2026, DuPont has borne Qualified Spend of approximately $730 million and has recorded an indemnification liability for probable and reasonably estimable future Qualified Spend under the Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") of $162 million. Qnity maintains an indemnification liability for such probable and reasonably estimable future Qualified Spend of $77 million which represents Applicable Qnity Percentage (the portion for which we have been contractually allocated, and directly pay or indemnify DuPont) of 44% of DuPont's after-tax liability.

New Jersey
On August 3, 2025, DuPont, together with Chemours and Corteva and its subsidiary, EIDP, agreed to a proposed Judicial Consent Order (the “Consent Order”) with the State of New Jersey to resolve outstanding claims by the state pending against the companies related to legacy use of a wide variety of substances of concern for an aggregate cash settlement payment to the state of $875 million, payable over a period of 25 years. As of March 31, 2026, DuPont maintains a pre-tax charge of $177 million related to the proposed Consent Order. The Company maintains an indemnification liability of $66 million for our contractually allocated portion of the recorded pre-tax charge. Additionally, DuPont recorded interest accretion of $9 million to date as of March 31, 2026, resulting in a liability of $186 million as of March 31, 2026. Qnity has recorded $3 million for its contractually allocated portion of this accreted interest. We will share in the ongoing costs of maintaining a reserve fund in the event the remedial funding source for a site has been exhausted and the party responsible is not otherwise performing the required remediation.

Other
DuPont has recorded liabilities related to business and operations, historical activities of DuPont, including environmental liabilities, and its present and former subsidiaries, for which the Company maintains an indemnification liability of $49 million and $46 million for its contractually allocated portion as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively.