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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-25-001881"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DE"
cik: "0000315189"
company_name: "DEERE & CO"
filed_at: "2025-02-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T00:33:27.015688+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Deere annual meeting: all directors elected, say-on-pay approved, shareholder proposals defeated

## Summary
- All 11 director nominees elected with average ~93% votes for, including CEO John C. May with 191.5M for vs 12.4M against.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 182.4M for (88.9% of votes cast excluding broker non-votes).
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as auditor approved with 222.8M for against 13.3M against.
- Shareholder proposals on racial/gender hiring, financial sustainability, civil rights audit, and charitable giving all defeated with <3% support.
- One shareholder proposal on meritocratic workplace was withdrawn before vote.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-25-001881
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DE
- cik: 0000315189
- company_name: DEERE & CO
- filed_at: 2025-02-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/315189/000155837025001881/0001558370-25-001881-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/315189/000155837025001881/de-20250226x8k.htm

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