Thondukolam

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 4 KRISHNAN R THONDUKOLAM, ET AL., CASE NO. 19-cv-03857-YGR

5 Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS

6 vs. WITH LEAVE TO AMEND

7 CORTEVA, INC., ET AL., Re: Dkt. No. 48 8 Defendants.

9 Plaintiffs Krishnan R. Thondukolam, Stephen W. Records, William C. Mallonee, and 10 David L. Everett bring this putative class action arising out of the merger and restructuring of 11 defendants E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (“Historical DuPont”) and The Dow Chemical 12 Company (“Historical Dow”). Plaintiffs bring seven causes of action for, among other things, 13 breach of fiduciary duty, failure to follow pension plan documents, failure to notify pension plan 14 participants regarding changes to their plan, and failure to properly fund the pension plan. 15 Having carefully considered the papers submitted, the arguments of the parties at the 16 hearing, the admissible evidence, and the pleadings in this action, and for the reasons set forth 17 below, the Court hereby GRANTS…