---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-23-002172"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DE"
cik: "0000315189"
company_name: "DEERE & CO"
filed_at: "2023-02-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T00:04:58.037410+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Deere annual meeting: all 11 directors elected, say-on-pay approved, auditor ratified

## Summary
- All 11 director nominees elected; Gregory R. Page received highest votes against (14.2M).
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 204.8M for, 15.9M against.
- Frequency of future say-on-pay votes set to every one year (216.9M votes for).
- Deloitte & Touche ratified as auditor for FY2023 with 242.6M for, 12.3M against.
- Shareholder proposal on termination pay not approved (90.5M for, 129.2M against).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-23-002172
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DE
- cik: 0000315189
- company_name: DEERE & CO
- filed_at: 2023-02-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/315189/000155837023002172/0001558370-23-002172-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/315189/000155837023002172/de-20230222x8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-23-002172.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  DEERE & CO shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-02-22 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-02-22
  source text: All director nominees were elected for terms expiring at the 2024 annual meeting of shareholders with the following votes:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/315189/000155837023002172/0001558370-23-002172-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  DEERE & CO shareholders rejected Shareholder Proposal Regarding Termination Pay at the 2023-02-22 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2023-02-22
  source text: A shareholder proposal requesting that the Company seek shareholder approval of any senior managers’ severance or termination payments exceeding 2.99 times base salary plus target short term bonus, was not approved with the following vote:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/315189/000155837023002172/0001558370-23-002172-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  DEERE & CO shareholders approved Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2023-02-22 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-02-22
  source text: Deloitte & Touche LLP was ratified as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2023 fiscal year with the following vote:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/315189/000155837023002172/0001558370-23-002172-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  DEERE & CO shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation at the 2023-02-22 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-02-22
  source text: The shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers disclosed in the Proxy Statement, including the Compensation Discussion & Analysis, the compensation tables and related disclosure, with the following vote:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/315189/000155837023002172/0001558370-23-002172-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  DEERE & CO shareholders approved Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Future Say-on-Pay Votes on Executive Compensation at the 2023-02-22 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-02-22
  source text: The shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, a frequency of every one year for future advisory votes on executive compensation, with the following vote:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/315189/000155837023002172/0001558370-23-002172-index.htm

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