---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001755672-24-000010"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CTVA"
cik: "0001755672"
company_name: "Corteva, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-05-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T00:44:09.122370+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Corteva stockholders approve officer exculpation amendment at annual meeting

## Summary
- All 13 director nominees elected with >94% support from votes cast, excluding broker non-votes.
- Advisory say-on-pay resolution approved with ~95% of votes cast in favor.
- Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers as independent auditor for 2024 carried with 592.6M for, 20.2M against.
- Amendment to certificate of incorporation permitting officer exculpation passed with ~90% support, effective May 1, 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001755672-24-000010
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CTVA
- cik: 0001755672
- company_name: Corteva, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-05-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1755672/000175567224000010/0001755672-24-000010-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1755672/000175567224000010/ctva-20240426.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001755672-24-000010.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  Corteva, Inc.: Stockholders approved an amendment to the certificate of incorporation to permit exculpation of officers under Delaware law (effective 2024-05-01).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2024-05-01
  source text: The Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation became effective upon its filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on May 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1755672/000175567224000010/0001755672-24-000010-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Corteva, Inc. shareholders approved Approval of an Amendment to Corteva's Certificate of Incorporation at the 2024-04-26 meeting.
  - Proposal: charter amendment
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-26
  source text: Proposal 4 - Approval of an Amendment to Corteva's Certificate of Incorporation . The Company’s stockholders approved an Amendment to Corteva's Certificate of Incorporation, described in
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1755672/000175567224000010/0001755672-24-000010-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Corteva, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-04-26 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-26
  source text: Proposal 1 - Election of Directors . The Company’s stockholders elected the following 13 nominees to serve on the Board of Directors until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors have been duly elected or appointed.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1755672/000175567224000010/0001755672-24-000010-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Corteva, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation at the 2024-04-26 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-26
  source text: Proposal 2 - Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation . The Company’s stockholders approved, by advisory vote, the compensation of its named executive officers.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1755672/000175567224000010/0001755672-24-000010-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Corteva, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2024-04-26 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-04-26
  source text: Proposal 3 - Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm . The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1755672/000175567224000010/0001755672-24-000010-index.htm

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