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Corteva, Inc. Announces Board Changes
Corteva, Inc. announced that on June 26, 2026, each of Karen Grimes, Marcos Lutz, Charles Magro, and Kerry Preete had mutually agreed with the board of directors of Corteva, Inc. that, in connection with the anticipated spin-off of the Company's seed business into an independent, publicly traded company, Vylor, Inc., he/she would be resigning from the Board, effective as of immediately prior to and conditioned upon the consummation of the Company's intended spin-off. Each of Messrs. Lutz's, Magro's and Preete's and Ms. Grimes' decision to resign from the Board was in connection with the Company's announcement that he/she was expected to join the board of directors of Vylor, currently a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and was not the result of any disagreement relating to the Company's operations, policies, or practices. Corteva, Inc. announced that with the exception of Karen Grimes, Marcos Lutz, Chuck Magro and Kerry Preete, Corteva's existing board of directors would continue with Corteva. Luke Kissam would be appointed to the board of directors effective at separation. Greg Page would lead the nine-person board as Independent Chair. The new Corteva Board of Directors would include Greg Page, retired chairman and chief executive officer, Cargill, Incorporated, non-executive chair of the board; Klaus Engel, Ph.D., retired chief executive officer, Evonik Industries AG; David Everitt, retired president, Agricultural and Turf Division, Deere & Co.; Janet Giesselman, retired president and general manager, Dow Oil & Gas; Jean-Marc Gilson, president and chief executive officer, Westlake Corporation; Luke Kissam, future chief executive officer, Corteva; Nayaki Nayyar, chief executive officer, Siteimprove A/S; Christopher Policinski, retired president and chief executive officer, Land O'Lakes, Inc.; and Patrick Ward, retired chief financial officer, Cummins Inc. Corteva Inc. also announced
the board of directors for Vylor Inc., the future publicly traded, advanced seed and genetics company that will result from the current company’s planned separation. Karen Grimes will lead the board as Independent Chair. Grimes joined Corteva’s board of directors in March 2021 and was previously senior managing director, partner, and equity portfolio manager at Wellington Management Company LLP, an investment management firm. She began her career as a field engineer in the Atlanta office at IBM after serving for three years in the U.S. Army. Grimes also serves as a director of Toll Brothers, Inc., a company that develops and builds luxury residential properties in the U.S., since March 2019. The appointments to the board of seven directors will be effective at separation, which remains on track for the fourth quarter of 2026. A search is ongoing for at least one additional board member. The Future Vylor Board of Directors: Karen Grimes, retired partner, senior managing director and equity portfolio manager, Wellington Management Company, non-executivechair of the board; Victor Aguilar, chief research, development and innovation officer, The Procter& Gamble Company; Rajesh “Raj” Kalathur, former president, John Deere Financial, former chief information officer and chief financial officer, Deere & Company; Marcos Lutz, chairman, former chief executive officer, Ultrapar Participacões S.A.; Chuck Magro, future chief executive officer, Vylor; Johannes “Jannie” J. Oosthuizen, executive vice president and president, oncology and MSD International, Merck& Co., Inc.; Kerry Preete, retired executive vice president and chief strategy officer, Monsanto Company.