UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): May 15, 2023
Corteva, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware | 001-38710 | 82-4979096 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
9330 Zionsville Road,
Indianapolis, Indiana 46268
974 Centre Road,
Wilmington, Delaware 19805
(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)
(833) 267-8382
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class | Trading | Name of each exchange | ||
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share | CTVA | New York Stock Exchange |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
On May 11, 2023, EIDP, Inc. (the “Company”), a direct subsidiary of Corteva, Inc., entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, BofA Securities, Inc. and SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters named therein, with respect to the offer and sale of $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.500% Senior Notes due 2026 (the “2026 Notes”) and $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.800% Senior Notes due 2033 (the “2033 Notes” and, collectively with the 2026 Notes, the “Notes”).
The Notes were issued pursuant to that certain Indenture, dated as of May 15, 2020 (the “Base Indenture”), between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as successor in interest to U.S. Bank National Association), as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 15, 2023 (the “Second Supplemental Indenture”), between the Company and the Trustee. The Notes have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on May 6, 2022.
The foregoing descriptions of the Underwriting Agreement, the Base Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture and the forms of the Notes contained herein are summaries and qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Underwriting Agreement, the Base Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture and the forms of the Notes. Copies of the Underwriting Agreement, the Second Supplemental Indenture and the forms of the Notes are filed as exhibits hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
(d) Exhibits.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
CORTEVA, INC. |
(Registrant) |
/s/ Cornel B. Fuerer |
Cornel B. Fuerer |
Senior Vice President, General Counsel |
May 15, 2023