Shareholder Vote

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ​ ​ ​ ​ FORM  8-K ​ CURRENT REPORT Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Date of Report: February 25, 2022 (Date of earliest event reported) DEERE & COMPANY (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Delaware ​ 1-4121 ​ 36-2382580 (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) ​ (Commission File Number) ​ (IRS Employer Identification No.) One John Deere Place Moline ,  Illinois 61265 (Address of principal executive offices and zip code) ( 309 ) 765-8000 (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) ___________________________________________________ (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.) Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions: ☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) ☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) ☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) ☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OF THE ACT: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Title of each class ​ Trading symbol ​ Name of each exchange on which registered Common stock, $1 par value ​ DE ​ New York Stock Exchange 6.55% Debentures Due 2028 ​ DE28 ​ New York Stock Exchange ​ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter). Emerging growth company ☐ If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐ ​ ​ ​ ​ Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders (a) Deere & Company (the “Company”) held its annual meeting of shareholders on February 23, 2022 (the “Annual Meeting”). (b) The voting results for each matter submitted to a vote of shareholders at the Annual Meeting are as follows: 1. Election of Directors The following directors were elected for terms expiring at the 2023 annual meeting of shareholders: Shares Voted For Shares Voted Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Leanne G. Caret 227,559,928 628,745 309,778 34,360,455 Tamra A. Erwin 225,913,182 2,246,290 338,979 34,360,455 Alan C. Heuberger 222,927,490 5,209,622 361,339 34,360,455 Charles O. Holliday Jr. 221,832,030 6,336,782 329,639 34,360,455 Michael O. Johanns 222,369,128 5,804,750 324,573 34,360,455 Clayton M. Jones 212,252,378 13,659,696 2,586,377 34,360,455 John C. May 211,467,585 16,434,367 596,499 34,360,455 Gregory R. Page 208,466,074 19,688,554 341,823 34,360,455 Sherry M. Smith 205,068,740 23,097,604 332,107 34,360,455 Dmitri L. Stockton 221,039,135 7,071,513 387,803 34,360,455 Sheila G. Talton 224,804,670 3,360,505 333,276 34,360,455 ​ 2. Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation 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: Shares Voted For Proposal Shares Voted Against Proposal Abstain Broker Non-Votes 209,939,183 17,832,145 727,123 34,360,455 ​ 3. Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Deloitte & Touche LLP was ratified as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2022 fiscal year with the following vote: Shares Voted For Proposal Shares Voted Against Proposal Abstain 248,385,790 13,767,787 705,329 2 ​ 4. Approval of the Deere & Company Nonemployee Director Stock Ownership Plan The Deere & Company Nonemployee Director Stock Ownership Plan, proposed by the Company to succeed the 2012 Deere & Company Nonemployee Director Stock Ownership Plan, was approved with the following vote: Shares Voted For Proposal Shares Voted Against Proposal Abstain Broker Non-Votes 223,385,589 4,378,061 734,801 34,360,455 ​ ​ 5. Shareholder Proposal Regarding Special Shareholder Meeting Improvement A shareholder proposal requesting the Company’s Board of Directors to take the necessary steps to remove the minimum holding requirement for shareholders to have the right to form part of the 25% of shares required to call a special meeting was not approved with the following vote: Shares Voted For Proposal Shares Voted Against Proposal Abstain Broker Non-Votes 39,790,948 187,605,290 1,102,213 34,360,455 ​ ​ Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits. (d) Exhibits ​ ​ Number Description of Exhibit 104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are imbedded in the Inline XBRL document) ​ ​ 3 Signature Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. ​ ​ ​ ​ DEERE & COMPANY ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ By: /s/ Todd E. Davies ​ ​ Todd E. Davies ​ ​ Secretary ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Dated: February 25, 2022 ​ ​ ​ ​ 4