secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Corteva, Inc. (CTVA)
CIK:        0001755672
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-14T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-153947
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Corteva names Luke Kissam CEO of New Corteva; reveals SpinCo leadership for planned separation
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- Luke Kissam, former Albemarle CEO, to lead New Corteva (crop protection) at Q4 2026 spin-off; joins June 1 as crop protection BU CEO.
- Chuck Magro to become CEO of SpinCo (seed/genetics); current CFO David Johnson, CTO Eathington, and others move to SpinCo.
- New Corteva executive team includes Jeff Rudolph (CFO), Brook Cunningham (CCO), Ralph Ford (CIOO); Reza Rasoulpour (CTO).
- SpinCo executive team includes David Johnson (CFO), Judd O'Connor (CCOO), Sam Eathington (CTO), Jennifer Johnson (CLO).
- Robert King becomes strategic advisor to Kissam from July 1; will depart after 2026. Investor day for both entities set for Sep 15, 2026.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1755672/000119312526153947/0001193125-26-153947-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1755672/000119312526153947/d57201d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-153947

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