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 26, 2014

(Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

D E E R E  &  C O M P A N Y

(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))

 

 

 



 

Item 5.07         Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

 

(a)       The Deere & Company (“Company”) annual meeting of stockholders was held on February 26, 2014.

 

(b)      The voting results for each matter submitted to a vote of stockholders at the Company’s annual meeting are as follows:

 

1.            The following directors were elected for terms expiring at the annual meeting in 2015:

 

 

Shares Voted For

Shares Voted
Against

Abstain

Broker Non-
Votes

Samuel R. Allen

228,827,303

7,241,462

1,685,543

62,379,094

Crandall C. Bowles

232,380,501

4,701,632

672,175

62,379,094

Vance D. Coffman

234,921,541

2,163,566

669,201

62,379,094

Charles O. Holliday

235,911,621

1,158,097

684,590

62,379,094

Dipak C. Jain

234,354,921

2,711,521

687,866

62,379,094

Clayton M. Jones

234,855,497

2,226,764

672,047

62,379,094

Joachim Milberg

234,845,318

2,228,804

680,186

62,379,094

Richard B. Myers

233,978,029

1,984,080

1,792,199

62,379,094

Gregory R. Page

236,083,799

990,743

679,766

62,379,094

Thomas H. Patrick

234,393,430

2,666,882

693,996

62,379,094

Sherry M. Smith

236,274,107

807,741

672,460

62,379,094

 

2.            A Company proposal, required by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, requesting that stockholders approve a non-binding resolution to approve the compensation awarded by the Company to the Company’s Named Executive Officers (“say on pay”) as described in the Compensation Discussion & Analysis (“CD&A”), tabular disclosures, and other narrative executive compensation disclosures in the January 13, 2014 Proxy Statement as required by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, passed with the following vote:

 

Shares Voted For
Proposal

Shares Voted Against
Proposal

Abstain

Broker Non-Votes

220,347,982

12,953,186

4,453,140

62,379,094

 

3.            Deloitte & Touche LLP was ratified as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2014 fiscal year with the following vote:

 

Shares Voted For
Proposal

Shares Voted Against
Proposal

Abstain

296,361,288

2,554,699

1,217,415

 

(c)       At the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders in 2011, stockholders approved, on an advisory basis, to hold an annual advisory vote to approve executive compensation.  In keeping with the stockholders’ advisory vote, the Board of Directors has decided that it will include an advisory stockholder vote on executive compensation in its proxy materials on an annual basis each year until the next required advisory vote on the frequency of stockholder votes on executive compensation, which will occur no later than the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders in 2017.

 

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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 hereto duly authorized.

 

 

 

DEERE & COMPANY

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Gregory R. Noe

 

 

 

Gregory R. Noe, Secretary

 

 

 

Dated: February 28, 2014

 

 

 

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