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 28, 2020

Corteva, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

974 Centre Road, Building 735

Wilmington, Delaware 19805

(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)

(302) 485-3000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Item 5.07  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

On April 28, 2020, Corteva, Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders. As of the close of business on March 9, 2020, the record date for the annual meeting, 749,283,339 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, were outstanding and entitled to vote. A total of 648,613,162 shares of common stock were voted in person or by proxy, representing 86.56 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 2020 Proxy Statement.

Proposal 1 - Election of Directors. The Company’s stockholders elected the following 12 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 - Advisory vote on Frequency of vote on Executive Compensation. The Company’s stockholders approved, by advisory vote, a one-year frequency for the vote on the compensation of its named executive officers ("say-on-pay").

As indicated in the Company's Proxy Statement, the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board") was recommending that a say-on-pay advisory proposal be held annually. Consistent with the outcome of Proposal 3 and the Board's recommendation, the Company plans to hold say-on-pay votes annually.

Proposal 4 - 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 2020.

Proposal 5 - Approval of the Company's Global Omnibus Employee Stock Purchase Plan. The Company’s stockholders approved, the adoption of the Company's Global Omnibus Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

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.

April 30, 2020