Deere & Company (NYSE:DE) Q4 2023 Earnings Conference Call November 22, 2023 10:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Josh Beal - Director of IR

Brent Norwood - Director of IR

Josh Rohleder - Manager of Investor Communications

Josh Jepsen - CFO

Conference Call Participants

Steve Volkmann - Jefferies

Stanley Elliott - Stifel

Seth Weber - Wells Fargo

Tim Thein - Citigroup

Kristen Owen - Oppenheimer

Jerry Revich - Goldman Sachs

Rob Wertheimer - Melius Research

Mike Shlisky - D.A. Davidson

Operator

Good morning and welcome to Deere & Company's Fourth Quarter Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions]

I would now like to turn the call over to Mr. Josh Beal, Director of Investor Relations. Thank you. You may begin.

Josh Beal

Hello, good morning. Also on the call today are Josh Jepsen, Chief Financial Officer, Josh Beal, Director of Investor Relations; and Josh Rohleder, Manager of Investor Communications.

Today, we'll take a closer look at Deere's fourth quarter earnings and spend some time talking about our markets and our current outlook for fiscal year 2024. After that, we'll respond to your questions. Please note that slides are available to complement the call this morning. They can be accessed on our website at johndeere.com/earnings.

First reminder, this call is being broadcast live on the Internet and recorded for future transmission and use by Deere & Company. Any other use, recording or transmission of any portion of this copyrighted broadcast without the expressed written consent of Deere is strictly prohibited. Participants in the call, including the Q&A session agree that their likeness and remarks in all media may be stored and used as part of the earnings call.

This call includes forward-looking statements concerning the company's plans and projections for the future that are subject to uncertainties, risks, changes in circumstances and other factors that are difficult to predict. Additional information concerning factors that could cause actual results to differ materially is contained in the company's most recent Form 8-K risk factors in the Annual Form 10-K, as updated by reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

This call also may include financial measures that are not in conformance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, GAAP. Additional information concerning these measures, including reconciliations to comparable GAAP measures is included in the release and posted on our website at johndeere.com/earnings under Quarterly Earnings and Events.

I will now turn the call over to Josh Rohleder.