DEERE & CO 10-Q

Item 5. Other Information Director and Executive Officer Trading Arrangements On February 26, 2024 , Cory J. Reed , President, Worldwide Agriculture & Turf Division, Production and Precision Ag, Sales & Marketing Regions of the Americas and Australia adopted a trading plan intended to satisfy the affirmative defense of Rule 10b5-1 (c) under the Exchange Act. The plan covers the exercise of 13,370 employee stock options and the related sale of such shares. The plan expires on December 24, 2024 . On March 5, 2024 , Rajesh Kalathur , President, John Deere Financial, and Chief Information Officer adopted a trading plan intended to satisfy the affirmative defense of Rule 10b5-1 (c) under the Exchange Act. The plan covers the exercise of 24,580 employee stock options and the related sale of such shares. The plan expires on August 29, 2025 . ​ 40 ​ Item 6. Exhibits Certain instruments relating to long-term borrowings constituting less than 10 percent of the registrant’s total assets are not filed as exhibits herewith pursuant to Item 601(b)(4)(iii)(A) of Regulation S-K. The registrant will furnish copies of such instruments to the Commission upon request of the Commission. ​ ​ ​ ​ 3.1 Certificate of Incorporation (Exhibit 3.1 to Form 10-Q of registrant for the quarter ended July 28, 2019, Securities and Exchange Commission File Number 1-4121*) ​ ​ 3.2 Bylaws, as amended (Exhibit 3.2 to Form 10-Q of registrant for the quarter ended July 30, 2023, Securities and Exchange Commission File Number 1-4121*) ​ ​ 10.1 364-Day Credit Agreement, dated March 25, 2024, among the registrant, John Deere Capital Corporation, John Deere Bank S.A., various financial institutions, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Bank of America, N.A. and Citibank, N.A., as Co-Syndication Agents, and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as Sustainability Structuring Agent ​ ​ 10.2 2028 Credit Agreement, dated March 25, 2024, among the registrant, John Deere Capital Corporation, John Deere Bank S.A., various financial institutions, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Bank of America, N.A. and Citibank, N.A., as Co-Syndication Agents, and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as Sustainability Structuring Agent ​ ​ 10.3 2029 Credit Agreement, dated March 25, 2024, among the registrant, John Deere Capital Corporation, John Deere Bank S.A., various financial institutions, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Bank of America, N.A. and Citibank, N.A., as Co-Syndication Agents, and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as Sustainability Structuring Agent ​ ​ 31.1 Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification ​ ​ 31.2 Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification ​ ​ 32 Section 1350 Certifications (furnished herewith) ​ ​ 101.INS Inline XBRL Instance Document (the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document) ​ ​ 101.SCH Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document ​ ​ 101.CAL Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document ​ ​ 101.DEF Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document ​ ​ 101.LAB Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document ​ ​ 101.PRE Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document ​ ​ 104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101) ​ ​ *   Incorporated by reference. ​ ​ ​ 41 ​ ​ SIGNATURES 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 thereunto duly authorized. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ DEERE & COMPANY ​ ​ ​ ​ Date: May 30, 2024 ​ By: /s/ Joshua A. Jepsen ​ ​ ​ ​ Joshua A. Jepsen Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) ​ ​ ​ 42