Specialized Disclosure Report (sd)
May 23 2022 - 2:02PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM SD
SPECIALIZED DISCLOSURE REPORT
DEERE & COMPANY
(Exact
name of the registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware |
1-4121 |
36-2382580 |
(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization) |
(Commission
File Number) |
(IRS
Employer Identification
No.) |
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One John Deere Place, Moline, Illinois |
61265 |
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(Address of principal executive offices) |
(Zip
Code) |
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Edward
R. Berk
Corporate
Secretary
(309)
765-8000
(Name
and telephone number, including area code, of the
person
to contact in connection with this report.)
Check the appropriate
box to indicate the rule pursuant to which this Form is being filed, and provide the period to which the information in this
Form applies:
X | Rule 13p-1
under the Securities Exchange Act (l7 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1
to December 31, 2021. |
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Rule 13q-1 under the Securities
Exchange Act (l7 CFR 240.13q-1) for the fiscal year ended __________________. |
Section 1 – Conflict Minerals
Disclosure
Item 1.01 | Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report |
Deere &
Company (the “Company”) and its subsidiaries (collectively, “John Deere”) manufacture and distribute agriculture
and turf and construction and forestry equipment and parts. For the period from January 1 to December 31, 2021 (the “Reporting
Period”), certain components and parts of John Deere’s products contained columbite-tantalite (coltan) (or its derivative
tantalum), gold, wolframite (or its derivative tungsten), and/or cassiterite (or its derivative tin) (collectively, “conflict minerals”)
necessary to the production or functionality of such equipment. The Company has conducted in good faith a reasonable country of origin
inquiry that is reasonably designed to determine whether any of the conflict minerals originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
or an adjoining country (“Covered Countries”) or are from recycled or scrap sources.
The Company’s
Conflict Minerals Report for the Reporting Period is filed as Exhibit 1.01 hereto and can be found on its website at http://www.investor.deere.com/governance.
Information contained on the Company’s website is not part of, nor incorporated by reference into, this Form SD or the Conflict
Minerals Report.
The Company has
filed, as Exhibit 1.01 to this Specialized Disclosure Report on Form SD, a Conflict Minerals Report.
Section 2 – Exhibits
List below the following exhibit filed
as part of this report.
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 duly authorized undersigned.
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DEERE & COMPANY |
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By: |
/s/ Marc A. Howze |
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Marc A. Howze
Group President, Lifecycle Solutions & Chief Administrative Officer |
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Dated: May 23,
2022 |
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