On January 10, 2025, American Family Association announced that it has submitted a shareholder proposal with Deere & Company, requesting the Company to report to shareholders annually, at reasonable expense and excluding confidential information, an analysis of how Company?s contributions impact its risks related to discrimination against individuals based on their speech or religious exercise, in connection with the annual meeting of shareholders scheduled to be held on February 26, 2025.
Deere & Company specializes in the manufacturing and marketing of agricultural and forestry materials and equipment. Net sales break down by family of products as follows:
- agricultural and green space maintenance equipment (58.9%): tractors, harvesters, sprayers, motors, cutters and grinders, scrapers, irrigation equipment, handling equipment, brush-hogs, power mowers, etc.;
- construction and forestry equipment (24.4%): loaders, graders, tractors, excavators, cutter-chippers, forwarders, etc.;
- other (2.9%).
The remaining sales (13.8%) are from sales financing services (purchasing, leasing, etc.).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United States (52.5%), Western Europe (14.3%), Latin America (12.3%), Asia/Africa/Oceania/Middle East (9.3%), Canada (8.2%) and other (3.4%).
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