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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-310161"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CTVA"
cik: "0001755672"
company_name: "Corteva, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-12-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T00:57:15.570447+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Corteva amends bylaws to align with universal proxy rules and Delaware law

## Summary
- Board approved Second Amended and Restated Bylaws effective December 15, 2022.
- Updates director nomination procedures to comply with SEC Rule 14a-19 universal proxy requirements.
- Stockholders must solicit proxies from at least 67% of voting power and use a non-white proxy card.
- Removed requirement to produce stockholder list at meetings per recent Delaware General Corporation Law changes.
- No material impact on Corteva's operations, financials, or strategic direction.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-310161
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CTVA
- cik: 0001755672
- company_name: Corteva, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-12-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1755672/000119312522310161/0001193125-22-310161-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1755672/000119312522310161/d768701d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  Corteva, Inc.: Amended and restated bylaws to update director nomination procedures in light of universal proxy rules and remove stockholder list requirement per DGCL amendments (effective 2022-12-15).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2022-12-15
  source text: On December 15, 2022, the Board of Directors of Corteva, Inc. (the “Company”) approved an amendment and restatement of the Company’s bylaws, (such amended and restated Company bylaws, the “Second Amended and Restated Bylaws”), effective as of such date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1755672/000119312522310161/0001193125-22-310161-index.htm

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