President, John Deere Financial, and Chief Information Officer · DEERE & CO (DE)

Rajesh Kalathur

A named executive officer of DEERE in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2023 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$7,655,324

FY2024: $7,844,480

Compensation figures as of the proxy filed January 14, 2026 (DEF 14A).

Rajesh Kalathur compensation by year

DEERE Summary Compensation Table · all 3 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as DEERE reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$924,379$961,731$982,523
Bonus$0$0$0
Stock awards$2,885,627—$3,244,822
Option awards$1,092,089—$990,039
Non-equity incentive$1,716,479$1,731,116$1,580,192
Pension and deferred compensation$162,670$786,092$572,433
All other$184,028$288,269$285,315
Total$6,965,272$7,844,480$7,655,324

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: DEERE & CO DEF 14A filed January 14, 2026, accession 0001104659-26-003618, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

$7.0M
$7.8M
$7.7M
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU9,908$4,573,830—
PSU5,490$2,534,349—
PSU4,607$2,126,730—
PSU4,418$2,039,481—
RSU2,209$1,019,741—
RSU1,811$836,012—
RSU587$270,977—
Option8,515—$448.03
Option6,965—$377.01
Option2,640—$438.44

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in DEERE & CO's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments DEERE discloses, by trigger · FY2025
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Disability$10,796,210$25,900,402——
Change in control and involuntary termination$1,968,264$5,887,629$46,226$10,138,529
Retirement$0$25,900,402—$40,456,202
Death$0$25,900,402—$38,355,956
Involuntary termination without cause$984,132$0—$15,539,932
Involuntary for cause$0$0—$14,555,800
Change in control and resignation for good reason$1,968,264$5,887,629$46,226$10,138,529

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in DEERE & CO's FY2025 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

DEERE’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
John MayChairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President$27,925,424
Ryan CampbellPresident, Worldwide Construction & Forestry and Power Systems$7,694,729
Rajesh Kalathur · this pagePresident, John Deere Financial, and Chief Information Officer$7,655,324
Deanna KovarPresident, Worldwide Agriculture & Turf Division, Production & Precision Ag, Sales and Marketing$7,444,443
Joshua JepsenSenior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$7,393,638

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