---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-24-002246"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DE"
cik: "0000315189"
company_name: "DEERE & CO"
filed_at: "2024-03-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T05:49:17.948637+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Deere shareholders re-elect all directors, approve exec compensation, defeat three proposals

## Summary
- All 11 director nominees elected at Feb 28 annual meeting; highest against votes for John C. May (13.3M vs 187.2M for)
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed: 186.0M for, 14.5M against, 0.8M abstain.
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as auditor for FY 2024: 223.0M for, 12.5M against, 1.4M abstain.
- Shareholder proposal on golden parachute ratification defeated: 76.5M for, 123.8M against, 1.1M abstain.
- Proposals on a sustainability report and a civil rights audit also failed, each with <3.1M for votes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-24-002246
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DE
- cik: 0000315189
- company_name: DEERE & CO
- filed_at: 2024-03-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/315189/000155837024002246/0001558370-24-002246-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/315189/000155837024002246/de-20240228x8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-24-002246.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  DEERE & CO shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-02-28 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-02-28
  source text: All director nominees were elected for terms expiring at the 2025 annual meeting of shareholders with the following votes:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/315189/000155837024002246/0001558370-24-002246-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  DEERE & CO shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation at the 2024-02-28 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-02-28
  source text: The shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers with the following vote:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/315189/000155837024002246/0001558370-24-002246-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  DEERE & CO shareholders rejected Shareholder Proposal Regarding a Civil Rights, Non-Discrimination, and Return to Merit Audit at the 2024-02-28 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2024-02-28
  source text: A shareholder proposal regarding a civil rights, non-discrimination, and return to merit audit was not approved, with the following vote:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/315189/000155837024002246/0001558370-24-002246-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  DEERE & CO shareholders approved Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2024-02-28 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-02-28
  source text: Deloitte & Touche LLP was ratified as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2024 fiscal year with the following vote:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/315189/000155837024002246/0001558370-24-002246-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  DEERE & CO shareholders rejected Shareholder Proposal Regarding Shareholder Ratification of Golden Parachutes at the 2024-02-28 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2024-02-28
  source text: A shareholder proposal regarding shareholder ratification of golden parachutes was not approved, with the following vote:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/315189/000155837024002246/0001558370-24-002246-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  DEERE & CO shareholders rejected Shareholder Proposal Regarding a Customer and Company Sustainability Congruency Report at the 2024-02-28 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2024-02-28
  source text: A shareholder proposal regarding a customer and company sustainability congruency report was not approved, with the following vote:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/315189/000155837024002246/0001558370-24-002246-index.htm

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