Vylor Completes Spin, Launches as a Standalone, Advanced Seed and Genetics Market Leader

JOHNSTON, Iowa, Oct. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Vylor (NYSE: VYLR), an advanced seed and genetics company, announced today it completed its separation from Corteva Inc., into an independent, publicly traded company and will begin trading later today, October 1, 2026, under the symbol "VYLR" on the New York Stock Exchange.

"Vylor was created to reimagine agriculture," said Vylor CEO Chuck Magro. "Our ambition is to work with farmers of all sizes to solve some of the world's toughest challenges – food security to energy security – and in the process, help farmers and communities thrive. Agriculture has always had technology at its core and today, from hybrid wheat to next gen corn, gene editing to biofuels, Vylor aims to harness the next generation of technology to propel the industry forward. And we can't wait to get started."

The company is home to a $19 billion technology pipeline, anchored by 12 groundbreaking technology platform launches in corn, soy and wheat in the next decade, including the following:

Corn
Vylor will launch seven new corn technology platforms over the next decade – starting in 2028 – including the industry's first-ever trait designed to improve yield and yield stability. In field trials across the Americas, the trait delivered an incremental three bushels per acre on average, with gains of up to 10 bushels per acre¹. In addition, Vylor is developing the industry's first gene-edited multi-disease resistant corn platform, designed to provide built-in protection against multiple major diseases, while helping farmers protect yield potential and reduce crop management complexity.

Soybeans
Four new technology platforms will launch by 2035, including a proprietary, next generation technology platform for Latin America that will include the broadest spectrum of insect control on the market while also delivering strong yields for farmers and significant licensing opportunities for Vylor.

Wheat
Xpedite™, the system used to create Vylor's proprietary hybrid wheat, will launch in North America in late 2027. Multi-year research trials demonstrate and confirm the hybrid wheat's consistently strong yields as well as its yield stability, or resilience against a variety of adverse conditions including disease and drought.

In addition, via Vylor One, its licensing business, the company expects to deliver more than $500 million in gross licensing income in 2027, over $1 billion by 2035, and approach $2 billion by 2040.

Vylor is targeting net sales of approximately $11.2 billion to $11.9 billion by 2029, representing 3% to 4% annual growth over the planning period, and operating EBITDA of approximately $3.3 billion to $3.7 billion by 2029. The company's 2026 Investor Day presentation can be found here.

¹ All descriptions and/or statements related to product or technology launch are subject to completion of field testing and applicable regulatory reviews

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Vylor does not provide reconciliations of forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures because Vylor is unable to predict with reasonable certainty and without unreasonable effort certain items necessary to provide such reconciliations. These items may include, among others, restructuring and separation-related charges, certain pension items, asset impairments, acquisition- or divestiture-related items, and other significant items that are uncertain, depend on various factors and could have a significant impact, individually or in the aggregate, on the corresponding GAAP financial measures. This data should be read in conjunction with Vylor's Registration Statement on Form 10, as amended.

Cautionary and Forward-Looking Statements

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Examples of forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, Vylor's business expectations, including the anticipated timing, attributes, performance and financial, competitive and other benefits of these and any other products in Vylor's pipeline and the expected benefits of our separation for Corteva. These forward-looking statements reflect management's current expectations and are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are difficult to predict and beyond Vylor's control.

About Vylor
Vylor is an advanced seed and genetics company that has, for more than a century, been focused on delivering groundbreaking innovation to farmers. Anchored in the agriculture industry's most elite germplasm and transformative biotech, Vylor leverages its scientific expertise to deliver next generation technology to help farmers around the world boost yields. With its expertise in advanced science, leading routes-to-market and an expanding licensing business, Vylor drives value and delivers growth for farmers, customers and shareholders – and in doing so, helps feed, fuel and clothe the world. More information can be found at vylor.com.

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