Deere & Co Officer Ryan D. Campbell Exercises Options and Sells 4,860 Shares Under 10b5-1 Plan

Executive Summary

On August 31, 2026, Ryan D. Campbell, President of Worldwide Construction & Forestry and Power Systems at Deere & Co ($DE), executed multiple market-priced stock option exercises totaling 4,860 shares and simultaneously sold all 4,860 shares in open-market transactions. The total disposition value was approximately $3.16 million at weighted average prices ranging between $650.18 and $656.64 per share.

Transaction Details

• Option Exercises (Code M):

  • 1,079 options exercised at $254.83
  • 1,775 options exercised at $343.94
  • 1,049 options exercised at $438.44
  • 957 options exercised at $377.01
  • Total Cost to Exercise: ~$1,705,758.82

• Open Market Dispositions (Code S):

  • 2,929 shares at weighted average $650.18
  • 975 shares at weighted average $651.43
  • 363 shares at weighted average $652.75
  • 391 shares at weighted average $654.22
  • 199 shares at weighted average $655.91
  • 3 shares at $656.64
  • Gross Sale Proceeds: $3,164,765.75

Context and Trading Significance

• Trading Plan: The transactions were conducted pursuant to a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan established on March 3, 2026.
• Significance Assessment: Low. The activity represents a routine cashless or exercise-and-sell transaction governed by a preset 10b5-1 trading plan without reducing the officer's core common stock baseline holding prior to the exercise. Following the transactions, Mr. Campbell retains 27,192 shares directly, which includes 4,540 restricted stock units.