On January 10, 2024, Deere & Company announced that it has received a shareholder proposal from National Legal and Policy Center requesting the board shall publish a report, at reasonable expense, analyzing the congruency of the Company?s policies in support of greenhouse gas reduction and renewable energy use, with those priorities? effects on the ongoing viability of the industries that constitute the vast majority of the Company?s revenue base and therefore the Company?s own future. In addition, the board has recommended a vote against this proposal at the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on February 28, 2024.