STATE OF INDIANA et al v. EIDP, INC. et al

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA
INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION
STATE OF INDIANA, 	)
STATE OF ALASKA, 	)
STATE OF FLORIDA, 	)
TERRITORY OF GUAM, 	)
STATE OF MAINE, 	)
STATE OF MARYLAND, 	)
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, 	)
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, 	)
STATE OF NEW MEXICO, 	)
STATE OF OREGON, 	)
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, 	)
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND, 	)
STATE OF TENNESSEE, 	)
STATE OF TEXAS, 	)
STATE OF VERMONT, 	)
STATE OF WASHINGTON, 	)
)
Plaintiffs, 	)
)
v. 	) 	No. 1:26-cv-02122-TWP-MG
)
EIDP, INC. FORMERLY KNOWN AS E.I. DU
PONT DE NEMOURS AND CO.,
)
)
CORTEVA, INC., 	)
VYLOR, INC., 	)
)
Defendants. 	)
TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER
Pursuant to the Court's Order Granting Motion for Temporary Restraining Order, and in
compliance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(d)(1)(C), IT IS ORDERED that:
1. 	A temporary restraining order is issued immediately.
2. 	Corteva, Inc. ("Corteva"), and EIDP, Inc. ("EIDP")—along with their officers,
directors, principals, agents, representatives, employees, affiliates, and any person or entity acting
on their behalf, in concert with, or in participation with them—are hereby restrained from selling,
transferring, encumbering, pledging, distributing, assigning, conveying, spinning off, or otherwise
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disposing of any assets outside of the ordinary course of Corteva's or EIDP's business operations
absent a court order. For the avoidance of doubt, the issuance of dividends to shareholders and
repurchasing of company stock are not transactions that occur in the ordinary course of Corteva's
or EIDP's business operations.
3. 	Vylor, 	Inc. 	("Vylor")—along 	with 	its 	officers, 	directors, 	principals, 	agents,
representatives, employees, affiliates, and any person or entity acting on its behalf, in concert with,
or in participation with it—is hereby restrained from selling, transferring, encumbering, pledging,
distributing, assigning, conveying, spinning off, or otherwise disposing of any of the assets it
received in connection with the Vylor Spinoff outside of the ordinary course of its business
operations absent a court order. For the avoidance of doubt, the issuance of dividends to
shareholders and repurchasing of company stock are not transactions that occur in the ordinary
course of Vylor's business. The assets subject to this restraint include, without limitation, all stock,
equity interests, and assets of Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. and its subsidiaries.
4. 	This Order shall remain in full force and effect for a period of fourteen (14) days
pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65.
5. 	No bond shall be required to be posted by Plaintiffs pursuant to Federal Rule of
Civil Procedure 65(c).
6. 	Plaintiffs shall serve a copy of this Order upon each Defendant, by personal service,
certified mail, or such other means as may effect actual notice, within 72 hours of entry of this
Order. This Order shall be binding upon each Defendant upon receipt of actual notice.
SO ORDERED.
Date: 	October 9, 2026
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Distribution:
Christopher G Aslin
NH Department of Justice
christopher.g.aslin@doj.nh.gov
Scott Leroy Barnhart
INDIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL
scott.barnhart@atg.in.gov
Tracy Nicole Betz
TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP (Indianapolis)
tbetz@taftlaw.com
Mark Bower
Office of the Maine Attorney General
mark.bower@maine.gov
Matthew Fitzgerald Chakmakian
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
mchakmakian@kelleydrye.com
Betsy M. DeNardi
INDIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL
betsy.denardi@atg.in.gov
Levi Downing
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
ldowning@kelleydrye.com
Wes Earnhardt
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
wearnhardt@cravath.com
Joseph Gregory Eaton
BARNES & THORNBURG, LLP (Indianapolis)
joe.eaton@btlaw.com
Caitlyn Fields
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
caitlyn.fields@btlaw.com
Amanda Jane Gallagher
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Amanda.Gallagher@btlaw.com
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John Dalston Smith Gilmour
Kelley Drye & Warren, LLP
jgilmour@kelleydrye.com
Daniel J. Heintz
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
375 Ninth Avenue
New York, NY 10001
William James Jackson
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
bjackson@kelleydrye.com
Elizabeth Norris Krasnow
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
ekrasnow@kelleydrye.com
Zoe Peer Makoul
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
zmakoul@kelleydrye.com
Kristina Mentone
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
kmentone@cravath.com
Laura B. Murphy
Vermont Attorney General's Office
laura.murphy@vermont.gov
William E. Padgett
BARNES & THORNBURG, LLP (Indianapolis)
william.padgett@btlaw.com
Michael T. Reynolds
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
mreynolds@cravath.com
Owen van Ogtrop Robinson
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
375 Ninth Avenue
New York, NY 10001
Lana Rowenko
Kelley Drye & Warren, LLP
lrowenko@kelleydrye.com
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Lauren Elizabeth Schadt
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
LSchadt@KelleyDrye.com
Chun Ling Junine So
Washington State Attorney General's Office
Junine.So@atg.wa.gov
Joseph Mitchell Tanner
TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP (Indianapolis)
mtanner@taftlaw.com
Ming-Toy Taylor
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
mtaylor@cravath.com
Daniel Mikhail Thompson
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
daniel.thompson@btlaw.com
Cory Christian Voight
INDIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL
cory.voight@atg.in.gov
Brittany Erin Wright
Office of the Attorney General of Texas
brittany.wright@oag.texas.gov
David I. Zalman
Kelley Drye & Warren, LLP
dzalman@kelleydrye.com
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