UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549


	FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of ~~The~~the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report: ~~January 20~~February 19, 2026

(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.)

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SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OF THE ACT:


Title of each class	Trading symbol	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, $1 par value	DE	New York Stock Exchange
6.55% Debentures Due 2028	DE28	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 52.0202Results ~~Departure~~ of ~~Directors~~Operations orand ~~Certain~~Financial ~~Officers, Election of Directors, Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.~~Condition

On January 20, 2026, Joshua A. Jepsen notified Deere & Company (the “Company”), of his decision to resign as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company effective as of February 19, 2026. Mr. Jepsen’s decision to leave the Company is not related to any financial or accounting issue or any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies, or practices.

On ~~January~~Thursday, 21February 19, 2026, ~~the~~Deere & Company ~~appointed Ryan D. Campbell to serve as acting Chief Financial Officer~~ (~~principal~~the ~~financial officer and principal accounting officer~~“Company”) onissued ana ~~interim~~press ~~basis,~~release ~~effective~~announcing ~~February~~its ~~19,~~results ~~2026,~~of ~~until~~operations for the ~~Company~~first ~~appoints~~quarter aof ~~permanent~~fiscal ~~replacement~~2026. ~~The~~A ~~Company~~copy ~~intends~~of tothe ~~conduct~~press arelease ~~search~~is offurnished ~~potential~~herewith ~~internal~~as Exhibit 99.1 and ~~external~~is ~~candidates to~~incorporated ~~replace~~herein ~~Mr.~~by ~~Jepsen~~reference.

~~Ryan~~Item D7.01Regulation Campbell, age 51, has served as President, Worldwide Construction & Forestry and Power Systems of the Company since May 2022. He previously served as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of the Company from March 2019 to May 2022. FD

~~For~~On ~~information~~Thursday, ~~regarding~~February ~~Mr.~~19, ~~Campbell’s compensation~~2026, ~~refer~~the toCompany ~~the~~made ~~section~~available ~~entitled~~a ~~“Executive~~presentation ~~Compensation~~providing ~~Tables~~a ‒review ~~Fiscal~~of ~~2025~~its ~~Summary~~first ~~Compensation~~quarter ~~Table”~~of fiscal 2026 in ~~the~~connection ~~Company’s~~with ~~most~~its ~~recent~~investor ~~proxy~~earnings ~~statement~~call. onA ~~Form~~copy ~~DEF~~of ~~14A~~the ~~filed~~presentation onis ~~January~~furnished ~~14,~~herewith ~~2026~~as Exhibit 99.2 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)Exhibits


Number	Description of Exhibit
99.1	Press Release and Supplemental Financial Information (Furnished herewith)
99.2	First Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call Presentation (Furnished herewith)
104	Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are imbedded in the Inline XBRL document)

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 hereunto duly authorized.


	DEERE & COMPANY


Dated: January 22, 2026	By:	/s/ Kellye L. Walker
	By:	/s/ Kellye L. Walker
		Kellye L. Walker
		Corporate Secretary



Dated: February 19, 2026

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