ORGANIZATION AND CONSOLIDATION

12 Months Ended

Nov. 02, 2025

ORGANIZATION AND CONSOLIDATION

ORGANIZATION AND CONSOLIDATION

1. ORGANIZATION AND CONSOLIDATION

References to “Deere & Company,” “John Deere,” “Deere,” “we,” “us,” or “our” include our consolidated subsidiaries, unless otherwise stated. We manage our business through the following operating segments: Production & Precision Agriculture (PPA), Small Agriculture & Turf (SAT), Construction & Forestry (CF), and Financial Services (John Deere Financial or FS). References to “equipment operations” include PPA, SAT, and CF, while references to “agriculture and turf” include both PPA and SAT.

Principles of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements represent the consolidation of all companies in which Deere & Company has a controlling interest. Certain variable interest entities (VIEs) are consolidated since we are the primary beneficiary. The primary beneficiary has both the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the VIEs’ economic performance and the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits that could potentially be significant to the VIEs. When we have significant influence in an unconsolidated affiliated company (generally 20% to 50% ownership), we record our investment at cost, adjusted for our share of profit or loss after acquisition, and further reduced for any dividends (equity method of accounting). Other investments (generally less than 20% ownership) are recorded at cost.

Fiscal Year

We use a 52/53 week fiscal year ending on the last Sunday in the reporting period, which generally occurs near the end of October. An additional week is included in the fourth fiscal quarter every five or six years to realign our fiscal quarters with the calendar. Fiscal year 2025 contained 53 weeks compared to 52 weeks in fiscal years 2024 and 2023. The fiscal year ends for 2025, 2024, and 2023 were November 2, 2025, October 27, 2024, and October 29, 2023, respectively. Unless otherwise stated, references to particular years, quarters, or months refer to our fiscal years and the associated periods in those fiscal years.

Presentation of Amounts

All amounts are presented in millions of U.S. dollars, unless otherwise specified. Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to current period presentation.

Variable Interest Entities

We consolidate certain VIEs related to retail note securitizations (see Note 12).

We have a 50% ownership interest in Banco John Deere S.A. (BJD), an equity method investment that finances retail and wholesale loans for agricultural, construction, and forestry equipment in Brazil. This investment was established in February 2025 through the sale of 50% ownership of a former subsidiary (see Note 3). BJD is a VIE as we provide funding and are exposed to losses that are disproportionate to our voting rights. However, we are not the primary beneficiary of the VIE because the power over significant activities, including the strategic plan, budget, credit policies, and funding guidelines, is shared among equity holders through an equally represented board of directors.

Financial results of BJD are reported in “Equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated affiliates.” The related investment in unconsolidated affiliates is included in “Other assets” on the consolidated balance sheets, while short-term and long-term funding is recorded in receivables from unconsolidated affiliates and included in “Other receivables.”

Our carrying value of receivables from and investments in BJD and maximum exposure to loss at November 2, 2025, follow:

	2025
Receivables from unconsolidated affiliates – “Other receivables”	$	394
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates – “Other assets”		405
Carrying value of assets related to VIE		799
Guarantees		157
Maximum exposure to loss	$	956

Guarantees primarily include BJD debt related to government funding that existed prior to the deconsolidation of BJD. We did not record a contractual liability related to these guarantees on our consolidated balance sheets.

Argentina

We have equipment operations and financial services operations in Argentina. The U.S. dollar has historically been the functional currency for our Argentina operations, as our business is indexed to the U.S. dollar due to the highly inflationary conditions. Argentine peso-denominated monetary assets and liabilities are remeasured at each balance sheet date using the official currency exchange rate. The Argentine government has currency controls that restrict our ability to pay certain outstanding intercompany payables. As of November 2, 2025, and October 27, 2024, our net investment in Argentina was $833 and $826, respectively. Net sales and revenues from our Argentine operations represented approximately 2% of consolidated net sales and revenues for 2025 and 1% for 2024 and 2023. As of November 2, 2025, and October 27, 2024, the gross peso exposure was $110 and $69, respectively, while the net peso exposure (after considering the impact of short-term hedges) was $40 and $14, respectively. In 2025 and 2024, we invested in U.S. dollar denominated bonds issued by the central bank of Argentina. The bonds are recorded in “Marketable securities” and classified as “International debt securities.” These bonds can be held until maturity or sold in secondary markets outside of Argentina to settle intercompany debt.