Corteva, Inc. (CTVA) Risk Factors

Recent key developments

Concrete developments — dated events, named agreements and instruments, legal proceedings — that Corteva, Inc. surfaced in its latest filing.

• Executive order titled “Addressing Security Risks from Price Fixing and Anti‑Competitive Behavior in the Food Supply Chain” issued on December 6, 2025, directing DOJ and FTC to establish Food Supply Chain Security Task Forces investigating anti‑competitive conduct across food supply sectors including seeds.December 6, 2025
• Current FTC and related state attorney general lawsuits pending against Corteva.
• Litigation involving Monsanto’s Roundup® glyphosate-containing weedkiller products has resulted in negative publicity and may lead to similar suits against Corteva’s products.
• Lawsuits by public or environmental interest groups seeking to invalidate pesticide product registrations, including those for Enlist One®.
• Inari is challenging Corteva's intellectual property positions.
• At-risk launch by a generic manufacturer of a version of one of Corteva's patented products or licensed product despite pending patent infringement litigation.
• As of December 31, 2025, indemnification assets are $242 million within accounts and notes receivable and $733 million within other assets under Separation Agreements with Chemours, Dow, and DuPont.December 31, 2025
• On October 1, 2025, Corteva announced its intent to separate its Seed and Crop Protection businesses into two standalone, publicly traded companies, in a transaction intended to qualify as a tax-free spin-off for U.S. federal income tax purposes (the “Proposed Separation”).October 1, 2025
• Recent funding and staff reductions at the EPA, USDA, FDA, and HHS may delay regulatory approvals.
• Corteva is subject to extensive federal, state, local and foreign laws relating to pollution, waste water discharges, hazardous substances, and the use of genetically modified seeds and crop protection active ingredients by growers.
• Environmental and health and safety laws, including those with respect to PFAS and other substances, expose Corteva to liabilities associated with discontinued and divested businesses and operations of EIDP.
• Military conflict between Russia and Ukraine caused shortages in materials, inability to insure shipments, and increased costs for transportation, energy, and raw material and other inputs.
• A material portion of Corteva’s crop protection inputs are sourced directly or indirectly from China.
• Corteva has agreements with financial institutions to establish customer financing programs in the United States, Latin America, Europe and Asia, renewed annually.
• Corteva maintains the EIDP defined benefit pension and other post-employment benefit plans through its ownership of EIDP; in 2026 expects to contribute approximately $40 million to its pension plans other than the principal U.S. pension plan, and approximately $100 million for its other post-employment benefit plans.2026
• Tax Matters Agreement dated April 1, 2019 with DuPont and Dow allocates responsibility for prior period consolidated taxes.April 1, 2019