Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES.

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Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES.

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(a)

Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol “DE.” We have a history of paying quarterly cash dividends. While we currently expect a cash dividend to be paid in the future, future dividend payments will depend on our earnings, capital requirements, financial condition, and other factors considered relevant by our Board. See the information concerning the number of stockholders in Note 21 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

(b)	Not applicable.

(c)	Purchases of our common stock during the fourth quarter of 2024 were as follows:

ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES


					Maximum
				Total Number of	Number of Shares
				Shares Purchased	that May Yet Be
	Total Number of			as Part of Publicly	Purchased under
	Shares			Announced Plans	the Plans or
	Purchased (2)	Average Price		or Programs (1)	Programs (1)
Period	(thousands)	Per Share		(thousands)	(millions)
Jul 29 to Aug 25	877	$	362.97	876	23.1
Aug 26 to Sept 22	515		390.00	515	22.6
Sept 23 to Oct 27	651		412.74	651	21.9
Total	2,043			2,042

(1)

We have a share repurchase plan that was announced in December 2022 to purchase up to $18.0 billion of shares of our common stock. The maximum number of shares that may yet be repurchased under this plan was 21.9 million based on the closing price of our common stock on the NYSE as of the end of the fourth quarter of 2024 of $407.93 per share. At the end of the fourth quarter of 2024, $8.9 billion of common stock remained to be purchased under this plan.

(2)	In the fourth quarter of 2024, 1 thousand shares were acquired from a plan participant at a market price of $373.26 to pay payroll taxes on the vesting of a restricted stock award.

STOCK PERFORMANCE GRAPH

The following graph compares the yearly percentage change of Deere & Company’s cumulative total shareholder returns (TSR) for the last five years to that of the S&P 500 Index and the S&P 500 Industrials Index. The S&P 500 Industrials Index represents a focus group of companies across major industrial manufacturing categories that carry similar operational characteristics to us. The graph assumes $100 was invested on November 1, 2019, and that dividends were reinvested. The stock performance shown in the graph is not intended to forecast and does not necessarily indicate future price performance.

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