Corteva Announces Private Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations for EIDP's 2.300% Senior Notes Due 2030, 5.125% Senior Notes Due 2032 and 4.800% Senior Notes Due 2033
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Corteva (NYSE: CTVA) announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Vylor has launched private exchange offers for any and all of three EIDP senior note series: 2.300% due 2030 ($500 million outstanding), 5.125% due 2032 ($500 million) and 4.800% due 2033 ($600 million), totaling $1.6 billion.
Eligible holders who tender by the Early Tender Deadline of August 19, 2026 and do not withdraw receive Vylor notes on a par-for-par basis plus cash consideration of $2.50–$5.00 per $1,000, depending on overall participation. Tenders after that deadline but by the Expiration Date of September 3, 2026 receive $970 of Vylor notes per $1,000 of EIDP notes and no cash. Vylor is concurrently soliciting consents to remove most restrictive covenants and certain change-of-control repurchase provisions from the EIDP indentures. The exchange offers are conditioned on receiving requisite consents and on completion of Corteva’s planned separation of its seed business into Vylor, currently expected on or about October 1, 2026.
Positive
- Up to $1.6 billion of EIDP notes targeted for exchange
- Early tenders receive 100% principal in new Vylor notes plus cash
- Late tenders receive notes at a 3% discount, reducing future obligations
- Consent solicitations seek to remove many restrictive covenants from EIDP base indenture
Negative
- Proposed amendments would eliminate many restrictive covenants and certain change-of-control repurchase rights
- Exchange offers and amendments are conditioned on successful separation and receipt of requisite consents, adding execution risk
News Explained
The exchange remains conditional and incomplete; its disclosed consideration is Vylor debt securities and cash, not equity issued to existing common holders.
The disclosure is a commencement, not a closing: Vylor has begun conditional exchanges in which eligible EIDP noteholders would receive Vylor notes and cash, so the disclosed consideration changes the debt issuer rather than issuing shares to existing common holders.
The replacement notes have the corresponding EIDP notes’ interest payment dates, maturity dates and interest rates; completion still requires the Separation and majority consent to the base-indenture amendments, while majority consent for the series-specific amendments is not a closing condition.
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The Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations are being made upon the terms and conditions set forth in an exchange offer memorandum and consent solicitation statement, dated August 6, 2026 (the "Offering Memorandum"), copies of which will be made available to holders of the EIDP Notes eligible to participate in the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations.
The Vylor Notes will have the same interest payment dates, maturity date and interest rate as the EIDP Notes of the corresponding series. In addition to the Vylor Notes, eligible holders of EIDP Notes tendered by the applicable Early Tender Deadline and not validly withdrawn before the applicable Withdrawal Deadline (as defined below) will also receive the applicable Cash Consideration (as defined below). The following table sets forth the applicable Total Exchange Consideration (as defined below), which includes the Cash Consideration, and the applicable Exchange Consideration (as defined below) being offered for a series of EIDP Notes:
Total Exchange | Exchange | |||||||||||||||||||
Title of | CUSIP No. | Aggregate | Vylor Notes | Principal | Cash | Principal | ||||||||||||||
263534CP2 US263534CP24 | $ | 500,000,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
263534CS6 US263534CS62 | $ | 500,000,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
263534CR8 US263534CR89 | $ | 600,000,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
- Principal amount of the applicable series of Vylor Notes issued in exchange for each
principal amount of EIDP Notes of the corresponding series validly tendered by the applicable Early Tender Deadline and not validly withdrawn by the applicable Withdrawal Deadline and accepted for exchange.$1,000 - Per
principal amount of the applicable series of EIDP Notes validly tendered by the applicable Early Tender Deadline and not validly withdrawn by the applicable Withdrawal Deadline and accepted for exchange, the applicable Cash Consideration will be an amount equal to the product of$1,000 multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate principal amount of such series of EIDP Notes outstanding as of such Early Tender Deadline and the denominator of which is the aggregate principal amount of such series of EIDP Notes validly tendered by such Early Tender Deadline and not validly withdrawn by the applicable Withdrawal Deadline. As a result, the applicable Cash Consideration for a series of EIDP Notes will range from$2.50 per$2.50 principal amount (if all eligible holders of such series of EIDP Notes tender) to approximately$1,000 per$5.00 principal amount (if eligible holders of a simple majority of the aggregate principal amount of such series of EIDP Notes tender).$1,000 - The applicable Exchange Consideration does not include, and eligible holders tendering after the applicable Early Tender Deadline will not be eligible to receive, any Cash Consideration. The applicable Exchange Consideration involves the issuance of
principal amount of the applicable series of Vylor Notes, as opposed to$970 principal amount of such Vylor Notes, for each$1,000 principal amount of EIDP Notes of the corresponding series validly tendered after the applicable Early Tender Deadline and accepted for exchange.$1,000
Concurrently with the Exchange Offers, Vylor is soliciting consents (with respect to the EIDP Base Indenture (as defined below) and the applicable EIDP Supplemental Indenture (as defined below) governing a series of EIDP Notes, a "Consent Solicitation" and together, the "Consent Solicitations") from eligible holders of EIDP Notes, on behalf of EIDP, to adopt certain proposed amendments to the base indenture (the "EIDP Base Indenture") and the supplemental indentures thereto (each, an "EIDP Supplemental Indenture") governing the EIDP Notes. The proposed amendments to the EIDP Base Indenture (the "Proposed EIDP Base Indenture Amendments") would eliminate substantially all of the restrictive covenants and events of default (other than payment-related and bankruptcy-related events of default) from the EIDP Base Indenture. Approval of the Proposed EIDP Base Indenture Amendments requires consents from the holders of at least a majority of the aggregate principal amount of all the EIDP Notes, voting as a single class (the "Requisite Consents"). The Exchange Offers are conditioned upon, among other things, receipt, by the applicable Early Tender Deadline, of the Requisite Consents to the Proposed EIDP Base Indenture Amendments. The proposed amendments with respect to each EIDP Supplemental Indenture (the "Proposed EIDP Supplemental Indenture Amendments" and, together with the Proposed EIDP Base Amendments, the "Proposed Amendments") would eliminate the offer to repurchase upon change of control provisions from the applicable EIDP Supplemental Indenture. Approval of the Proposed EIDP Supplemental Indenture Amendments requires consents from the holders of at least a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the applicable series of EIDP Notes (the "Majority Consents"). The Exchange Offers are not conditioned upon the receipt of the Majority Consents with respect to any EIDP Supplemental Indenture. When an eligible holder validly tenders their EIDP Notes in the applicable Exchange Offer, they are automatically treated as having validly delivered the related consents to the Proposed Amendments with respect to such EIDP Notes. Eligible holders will not be permitted to tender their EIDP Notes without delivering related consents or to deliver related consents without tendering their EIDP Notes.
Each Exchange Offer and Consent Solicitation will expire at 5:00 p.m.,
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Offering Memorandum, for each
Eligible holders who validly tender their EIDP Notes after the applicable Early Tender Deadline but on or prior to the Expiration Date will be eligible to receive
In addition, all eligible holders whose EIDP Notes are validly tendered and accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations will receive a cash payment equal to the accrued and unpaid interest on their EIDP Notes accepted for exchange from the last interest payment date of the applicable EIDP Notes preceding the Settlement Date up to, but excluding, the Settlement Date.
Assuming the conditions to the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations are satisfied or (to the extent permitted) waived, settlement of the Exchange Offers is expected to occur on or about the second business day following the Expiration Date and substantially simultaneously with the consummation of the Separation, unless Vylor extends or terminates the Exchange Offers (such date and time, as the same may be extended, the "Settlement Date"). Accordingly, Vylor may, in its discretion, extend each of the Expiration Date and the Settlement Date as necessary to maintain such sequencing. Interest on the applicable series of Vylor Notes issued in the related Exchange Offer will accrue from (and including) the Issue Date (the date on which such Vylor Notes are issued in exchange for the corresponding series of EIDP Notes).
The Vylor Notes to be issued in the Exchange Offers will be issued in minimum denominations of
Vylor's obligation to accept and exchange any EIDP Notes validly tendered pursuant to the applicable Exchange Offer is subject to, and conditioned upon, the satisfaction or (to the extent permitted) waiver of certain conditions as set forth in the Offering Memorandum. Each Exchange Offer and Consent Solicitation is conditioned upon, among other things, (i) the consummation of the Separation and (ii) the receipt, by the applicable Early Tender Deadline, of the Requisite Consents to adopt the Proposed EIDP Base Indenture Amendments. Receipt of the Majority Consents to adopt the Proposed EIDP Supplemental Indenture Amendments is not a condition to the consummation of any of the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations. Other than the Separation (without the consummation of which the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations will not be consummated, neither the applicable Exchange Consideration nor the applicable Total Exchange Consideration will be delivered, and the Proposed Amendments contemplated by the Consent Solicitations will not become effective), Vylor may generally waive any condition with respect to the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations, in its sole discretion, at any time prior to the Expiration Date.
The Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations are being made only to holders of EIDP Notes who satisfy the eligibility conditions described under "Disclaimer" below. Holders of EIDP Notes who desire a copy of the eligibility letter should contact D.F. King & Co., Inc., the information agent and exchange agent for the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations, by phone at (800) 283-9185 or by email at vylor@dfking.com. Banks and brokers should call (646) 461-2610. The eligibility letter may also be found here: www.dfking.com/vylor. D.F. King & Co., Inc. will also provide copies of the Offering Memorandum to eligible holders of EIDP Notes.
Holders of EIDP Notes are advised to check with any bank, securities broker or other intermediary through which they hold EIDP Notes as to when such intermediary needs to receive instructions from a holder in order for that holder to be able to participate in, or (in the circumstances in which revocation is permitted) revoke their instruction to participate in, the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations before the deadlines specified herein and in the Offering Memorandum. The deadlines set by each clearing system for the submission and withdrawal of exchange instructions will also be earlier than the relevant deadlines specified herein and in the Offering Memorandum.
Disclaimer
This press release is issued pursuant to Rule 135c under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). This press release is neither an offer to sell nor the solicitation of an offer to buy the Vylor Notes or any other securities and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation or sale in any jurisdiction in which, or to any person to whom, such an offer, solicitation or sale is unlawful. The Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act, or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction, and, accordingly, the Vylor Notes will be subject to transfer restrictions unless and until the Vylor Notes are registered or exchanged for registered notes. The Vylor Notes will be issued in reliance upon exemptions from, or in transactions not subject to, registration under the Securities Act. The Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations are being made only to, and the Vylor Notes will be offered for exchange only to, holders of EIDP Notes who are (i) reasonably believed to be "qualified institutional buyers" (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act, and (ii) outside
The Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations are being made only pursuant to the Offering Memorandum. The Offering Memorandum and other documents relating to the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations will be distributed only to holders of EIDP Notes who confirm that they are within the categories of eligible participants in the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations. None of Vylor, its directors or officers, the dealer managers and solicitation agents, the exchange agent, the information agent, the trustees for the Vylor Notes or the EIDP Notes, their respective affiliates, or any other person is making any recommendation as to whether holders should tender their EIDP Notes in the Exchange Offers or deliver related consents to the Proposed Amendments in the Consent Solicitations.
The complete terms and conditions of the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations are set forth in the Offering Memorandum. The Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations are only being made pursuant to the Offering Memorandum. The Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations are not being made to holders of EIDP Notes in any jurisdiction in which the making or acceptance thereof would not be in compliance with the securities, blue sky or other laws of such jurisdiction. NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY OTHER REGULATORY BODY HAS REGISTERED, RECOMMENDED OR APPROVED OF THE VYLOR NOTES OR PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THE OFFERING MEMORANDUM. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
About Corteva
Corteva, Inc. (NYSE: CTVA) is a global pure-play agriculture company that combines industry-leading innovation, high-touch customer engagement and operational execution to profitably deliver solutions for the world's most pressing agriculture challenges. Corteva generates advantaged market preference through its unique distribution strategy, together with its balanced and globally diverse mix of seed, crop protection, and digital products and services. With some of the most recognized brands in agriculture and a technology pipeline well positioned to drive growth, the company is committed to maximizing productivity for farmers, while working with stakeholders throughout the food system as it fulfills its promise to enrich the lives of those who produce and those who consume, ensuring progress for generations to come. More information can be found at www.corteva.com.
Cautionary Statement on Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the U.S. federal securities laws about the Company, Vylor, EIDP, the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations and the Separation, including but not limited to all statements about the timing and consummation of the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations and the Separation, which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are based on current assumptions regarding future business and financial performance and, by their nature, address matters that are uncertain to different degrees. You can identify forward-looking statements by the use of words such as "plans," "expects," "will," "anticipates," "believes," "intends," "projects," "estimates," "outlook" or other words of similar meaning. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to be materially different from those set forth in such forward-looking statements, including but not limited to, the risk: (i) that general economic and capital markets conditions may adversely affect the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations or the Separation; (ii) that the conditions to the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations or the Separation, including the receipt of the Requisite Consents, may not be satisfied or waived; (iii) that any event, change or other circumstance could give rise to the termination of the Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations and/or the Separation; (iv) of the effects that any termination of the Separation may have on the Company or its subsidiaries; (v) that legal proceedings may be instituted related to the Separation or otherwise; (vi) of unexpected costs, charges or expenses; and (vii) of other risks and uncertainties described in the Company's and EIDP's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), including under the heading "Risk Factors" (Item 1A) in the Company's most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K and in the Company's subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and in other documents that the Company or EIDP files or furnishes with the SEC. Neither the Company nor EIDP undertakes any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, except as required by applicable law.
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