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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 18, 2026
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
(c) On March 18, 2026, the Board of Directors of Ingredion Incorporated (the “Company”) elected Jason Payant to serve as Interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company effective April 1, 2026. In this role, he will serve as the Company’s principal financial officer. Mr. Payant succeeds James D. Gray, whose resignation as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company effective March 31, 2026 was reported on January 27, 2026.
Mr. Payant, age 55, has been in service with the Company since 2012 in roles of increasing responsibility. He has served as the Company’s Vice President, Finance, Global Texture & Healthful Solutions since November 2025, in which position he will continue during his service as Interim Chief Financial Officer. Before his appointment to this position, Mr. Payant was Vice President, Finance, Food & Industrial Ingredients U.S./Canada from January 2024 to November 2025, Interim Vice President, Investor Relations from September 2021 to October 2022, and Vice President, Finance from October 2017 to January 2024.
There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Payant and any other persons pursuant to which Mr. Payant was selected as Interim Chief Financial Officer. In addition, there have been no transactions, nor are there any currently proposed transactions, to which the Company was, is or is to be a participant and in which Mr. Payant or any member of his immediate family had, has or will have, a direct or indirect material interest.
During the period of his service as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Payant will receive monthly cash compensation of $25,000 in addition to his pre-existing compensation and benefits.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Date: March 25, 2026 | Ingredion Incorporated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| By: | /s/ Tanya M. Jaeger de Foras | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tanya M. Jaeger de Foras Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, Corporate Secretary, and Chief Compliance Officer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||