DEERE & CO. 2023-2024 Proxy Voting Records

Description as filed by funds: Vote on Directors: Leanne G. Caret

DEERE & CO.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Leanne G. Caret”): 196,978,655 for, 3,491,807 against, per its Form 8-K filed March 1, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “Election of Directors All director nominees were elected for terms expiring at the 2025 annual meeting of shareholders with the following votes:”
Support: 98% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 195 asset managers below reported 71,079,381 for, 17,217 against, 31,158 abstained, 18,967 not voted.

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Description as filed by funds: Vote on Directors: Tamra A. Erwin

DEERE & CO.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Tamra A. Erwin”): 196,721,242 for, 4,282,371 against, per its Form 8-K filed March 1, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “Election of Directors All director nominees were elected for terms expiring at the 2025 annual meeting of shareholders with the following votes:”
Support: 98% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 195 asset managers below reported 70,819,901 for, 278,214 against, 16,348 abstained, 18,967 not voted, 13,292 unknown.

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Description as filed by funds: Vote on Directors: Alan C. Heuberger

DEERE & CO.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Alan C. Heuberger”): 200,215,587 for, 823,010 against, per its Form 8-K filed March 1, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “Election of Directors All director nominees were elected for terms expiring at the 2025 annual meeting of shareholders with the following votes:”
Support: 99.5% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 195 asset managers below reported 71,114,247 for, 690 against, 12,819 abstained, 18,967 not voted.

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Description as filed by funds: Vote on Directors: L. Neil Hunn

DEERE & CO.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: L. Neil Hunn”): 199,939,089 for, 1,060,681 against, per its Form 8-K filed March 1, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “Election of Directors All director nominees were elected for terms expiring at the 2025 annual meeting of shareholders with the following votes:”
Support: 99.4% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 195 asset managers below reported 70,842,303 for, 244,588 against, 27,573 abstained, 18,967 not voted, 13,292 unknown.

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Description as filed by funds: Vote on Directors: Michael O. Johanns

DEERE & CO.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Michael O. Johanns”): 196,402,551 for, 4,661,536 against, per its Form 8-K filed March 1, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “Election of Directors All director nominees were elected for terms expiring at the 2025 annual meeting of shareholders with the following votes:”
Support: 98% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 195 asset managers below reported 70,811,925 for, 289,723 against, 12,816 abstained, 18,967 not voted, 13,292 unknown.

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Description as filed by funds: Vote on Directors: Clayton M. Jones

DEERE & CO.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Clayton M. Jones”): 188,895,068 for, 12,113,925 against, per its Form 8-K filed March 1, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “Election of Directors All director nominees were elected for terms expiring at the 2025 annual meeting of shareholders with the following votes:”
Support: 94% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 195 asset managers below reported 70,652,248 for, 449,399 against, 12,817 abstained, 18,967 not voted, 13,292 unknown.

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Description as filed by funds: Vote on Directors: John C. May

DEERE & CO.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: John C. May”): 187,199,172 for, 13,281,373 against, per its Form 8-K filed March 1, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “Election of Directors All director nominees were elected for terms expiring at the 2025 annual meeting of shareholders with the following votes:”
Support: 93% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 195 asset managers below reported 70,935,956 for, 176,193 against, 12,878 abstained, 18,967 not voted, 2,728 unknown.

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Description as filed by funds: Vote on Directors: Gregory R. Page

DEERE & CO.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Gregory R. Page”): 189,748,157 for, 11,307,939 against, per its Form 8-K filed March 1, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “Election of Directors All director nominees were elected for terms expiring at the 2025 annual meeting of shareholders with the following votes:”
Support: 94% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 195 asset managers below reported 66,642,593 for, 4,459,053 against, 12,817 abstained, 18,967 not voted, 13,292 unknown.

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Description as filed by funds: Vote on Directors: Sherry M. Smith

DEERE & CO.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Sherry M. Smith”): 193,008,089 for, 7,966,499 against, per its Form 8-K filed March 1, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “Election of Directors All director nominees were elected for terms expiring at the 2025 annual meeting of shareholders with the following votes:”
Support: 96% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 195 asset managers below reported 71,026,715 for, 88,215 against, 12,826 abstained, 18,967 not voted.

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Description as filed by funds: Vote on Directors: Dmitri L. Stockton

DEERE & CO.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Dmitri L. Stockton”): 194,632,891 for, 6,407,055 against, per its Form 8-K filed March 1, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “Election of Directors All director nominees were elected for terms expiring at the 2025 annual meeting of shareholders with the following votes:”
Support: 97% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 195 asset managers below reported 70,828,019 for, 273,626 against, 12,818 abstained, 18,967 not voted, 13,292 unknown.

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Description as filed by funds: Vote on Directors: Sheila G. Talton

DEERE & CO.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Sheila G. Talton”): 196,346,465 for, 4,621,123 against, per its Form 8-K filed March 1, 2024 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: Elected, in the filing’s own words: “Election of Directors All director nominees were elected for terms expiring at the 2025 annual meeting of shareholders with the following votes:”
Support: 98% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 195 asset managers below reported 70,823,388 for, 278,249 against, 12,826 abstained, 18,967 not voted, 13,292 unknown.

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Description as filed by funds: Advisory vote to approve executive compensation ("say-on-pay")

DEERE & CO.’s own tally for this item (“2. Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation”): 186,037,110 for, 14,543,702 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed March 1, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation The shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company's named executive officers with the following vote:”
Support: 93% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

Also reported under other wordings, matched to the same row of DEERE & CO.’s official tally and shown with their own fund figures; their managers are not in the figures or the table on this card: “Compensation” (2 managers, 866 for).

Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice).

Fund voting reports, all 185 managers: 70,662,533 for, 416,074 against, 12,862 abstained, 18,967 not voted. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports, all 1,116 managers: 112,317,794 for, 9,988,115 against, 327 withheld, 149,879 abstained, 13,729 not voted, 357,352 unknown, 255 1 year. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Description as filed by funds: Ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as Deere's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2024

DEERE & CO.’s own tally for this item (“3. Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm”): 222,992,295 for, 12,466,913 against — passed, per its Form 8-K filed March 1, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Approved, in the filing’s own words: “Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Deloitte & Touche LLP was ratified as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the 2024 fiscal year with the following vote:”
Support: 95% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

Also reported under other wordings, matched to the same row of DEERE & CO.’s official tally and shown with their own fund figures; their managers are not in the figures or the table on this card: “Ratify Appointment of Independent Auditors” (7 managers, Fund and manager reports combined; may count the same shares twice; no share total shown).

The 191 asset managers below reported 70,635,670 for, 373,624 against, 41,198 abstained, 18,967 not voted, 13,292 unknown.

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Description as filed by funds: Shareholder proposal regarding shareholder ratification of golden parachutes

DEERE & CO.’s own tally for this item (“6. Shareholder Proposal Regarding Shareholder Ratification of Golden Parachutes”): 76,495,960 for, 123,772,396 against — failed, per its Form 8-K filed March 1, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Not approved, in the filing’s own words: “Shareholder Proposal Regarding Shareholder Ratification of Golden Parachutes A shareholder proposal regarding shareholder ratification of golden parachutes was not approved, with the following vote:”
Support: 38% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 232 asset managers below reported 14,765,781 for, 50,446,315 against, 217 withheld, 21,049 abstained, 18,967 not voted.

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Description as filed by funds: Shareholder proposal regarding a civil rights, non-discrimination, and return to merit audit

DEERE & CO.’s own tally for this item (“5. Shareholder Proposal Regarding a Civil Rights, Non-Discrimination, and Return to Merit Audit”): 2,095,131 for, 196,128,656 against — failed, per its Form 8-K filed March 1, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Not approved, in the filing’s own words: “Shareholder Proposal Regarding a Civil Rights, Non-Discrimination, and Return to Merit Audit A shareholder proposal regarding a civil rights, non-discrimination, and return to merit audit was not approved, with the following vote:”
Support: 1% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 195 asset managers below reported 276,945 for, 70,485,567 against, 573,700 abstained, 18,967 not voted, 13,292 unknown.

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Description as filed by funds: Shareholder proposal regarding a customer and company sustainability congruency report

DEERE & CO.’s own tally for this item (“4. Shareholder Proposal Regarding a Customer and Company Sustainability Congruency Report”): 3,033,263 for, 195,280,536 against — failed, per its Form 8-K filed March 1, 2024 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Not approved, in the filing’s own words: “Shareholder Proposal Regarding a Customer and Company Sustainability Congruency Report A shareholder proposal regarding a customer and company sustainability congruency report was not approved, with the following vote:”
Support: 2% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 188 asset managers below reported 310,439 for, 64,242,448 against, 570,134 abstained, 18,967 not voted.

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