---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-24-014080"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DE"
cik: "0000315189"
company_name: "DEERE & CO"
filed_at: "2024-11-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T07:06:34.655901+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Deere appoints PACCAR CEO R. Preston Feight to board of directors

## Summary
- Board expanded from 11 to 12 members; Feight appointed effective Nov 1, 2024.
- Feight is CEO of PACCAR Inc (Nasdaq: PCAR), a global truck manufacturer.
- 11 of 12 directors are now independent; Feight is the sole new addition.
- Feight brings 26 years at PACCAR including president of DAF Trucks and Kenworth GM.
- Deere cites Feight's technology and strategy experience for Smart Industrial model.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-24-014080
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DE
- cik: 0000315189
- company_name: DEERE & CO
- filed_at: 2024-11-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/315189/000155837024014080/0001558370-24-014080-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/315189/000155837024014080/de-20241101x8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-24-014080.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 92a65b3d2e
  claim: R. Preston Feight was appointed as director at DEERE & CO.
  evidence_excerpt: On November 1, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Deere & Company (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board from 11 to 12 directors and appointed R. Preston Feight to the Board effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/315189/000155837024014080/0001558370-24-014080-index.htm

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