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 23, 2011

(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:

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            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

 

The final voting results for each matter submitted to a vote of stockholders at the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders, held February 23, 2011, are as follows:

 

a.               The following directors were elected for terms expiring at the annual meeting in 2012:

 

 

 

Shares Voted For

 

Shares Voted
Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-
Votes

 

Charles O. Holliday

 

309,437,902

 

1,389,015

 

392,963

 

50,454,267

 

Dipak C. Jain

 

307,403,769

 

3,424,909

 

391,202

 

50,454,267

 

Joachim Milberg

 

309,039,391

 

1,784,265

 

396,224

 

50,454,267

 

Richard B. Myers

 

304,555,146

 

6,272,569

 

392,165

 

50,454,267

 

 

b.              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 14, 2011 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

 

301,200,456

 

5,843,814

 

4,175,610

 

50,454,267

 

 

c.               A Company proposal, required by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, requesting that stockholders vote on a non-binding resolution to determine whether the advisory stockholder vote on say on pay shall occur every one, two or three years, resulted in the following outcome:

 

Shares Voted In
Favor of One Year
Frequency

 

Shares Voted In
Favor of Two Year
Frequency

 

Shares Voted In
Favor of Three
Year Frequency

 

Abstain

 

252,785,370

 

6,942,902

 

46,915,644

 

4,575,964

 

 

d.              Deloitte & Touche LLP was ratified as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the 2011 fiscal year:

 

Shares Voted For
 Proposal

 

Shares Voted Against
Proposal

 

Abstain

 

357,372,923

 

3,713,079

 

588,145

 

 

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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 25, 2011

 

 

 

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