Delawarean here! DuPont is one of my state's largest private-sector employers, and beyond that, the Dupont family's influence on Delaware is hard to overstate.

Delawarean here! DuPont is one of my state's largest private-sector employers, and beyond that, the Dupont family's influence on Delaware is hard to overstate. Here are a few stories from my former employer, The (Wilmington, Del.) News Journal, about the merger, touching on its potential effects on the state: http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2015/12/11/dupont-and-dow-combine-merger/77138022/ http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2015/12/11/dupont-a... http://www.delawareonline.com/story/money/2015/12/10/under-dow-dupont-merger-del-unlikely-retain-businesses/77109204/ http://www.delawareonline.com/story/money/2015/12/10/under-d... By the way, did you know that DuPont's longtime CEO Ellen Kullman resigned just a couple of months ago? http://investors.dupont.com/investor-relations/investor-news/investor-news-details/2015/Ellen-Kullman-to-Retire-as-Chair-and-CEO-of-DuPont/default.aspx http://investors.dupont.com/investor-relations/investor-news... Her exit came after winning a proxy battle led by activist investor Trian Partners: http://www.forbes.com/sites/antoinegara/2015/10/05/ellen-kullman-bows-out-at-dupont-amid-activist-fight-leaving-transformation-unfinished/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/antoinegara/2015/10/05/ellen-kul... Trian, led by Nelson Peltz, wanted to break DuPont into pieces, and Peltz said that even though he lost the proxy battle, he wasn't finished with DuPont: http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/07/15/nelson-peltz-dupont-activist/30182223/ http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/07/15/nelson-peltz-... It's hard to imagine that the timing of the merger so soon after her departure is coincidental. Sounds like Kullman won the battle but not the war.