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Issuer:     DEERE & CO (DE)
CIK:        0000315189
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-12-04T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-25-118224
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.40
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Deere appoints Cargill CEO Brian Sikes to board; Raj Kalathur to retire Jan 2026
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- Brian Sikes (Cargill Chair, President & CEO) elected to Deere board effective Dec 4, 2025, increasing board size from 10 to 11.
- Raj Kalathur to retire as President, John Deere Financial and CIO effective Jan 31, 2026.
- Sikes appointed to Compensation and Corporate Governance committees.
- Board now comprises 10 independent, non-employee directors out of 11 total.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/315189/000110465925118224/0001104659-25-118224-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/315189/000110465925118224/de-20251203x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-118224

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