8-K

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): April 29, 2022

Corteva, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

9330 Zionsville Road,

Indianapolis, Indiana 46268

(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:

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).

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Item 5.07  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

On April 29, 2022, Corteva, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders. As of the close of business on March 7, 2022, the record date for the annual meeting, 726,773,605 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, were outstanding and entitled to vote. A total of 625,894,584 shares of common stock were voted in person or by proxy, representing 86.11 percent of the shares entitled to be voted. The following are the final voting results on proposals considered and voted upon at the meeting, all of which are described in the Company's 2022 Proxy Statement.

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.

Proposal 2 - Advisory vote on Executive Compensation. The Company’s stockholders approved, by advisory vote, the compensation of its named executive officers.

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 2022.

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.

May 5, 2022