11 Aug COMPANY TO BE USED:Deere & Company NYSE DCODeere ranked 87I

COMPANY TO BE USED:Deere & Company NYSE DCODeere ranked 87I choose John Deere because I worked there for 1 and a half years after leaving the military.https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/315189/000…Income statement page 31Balance Sheet Page 33Statement of stockholder’s equity page 35Statement of cash flows Page 34THIS IS A SEC10K REPORT AND A POWERPOINT:The report and the PowerPoint must be different.The goal of this is you are briefing a room of people that you want to buy stock in your company.OverviewAs an analyst for a large U.S. multinational corporation you areassigned to examine a possible acquisition candidate, completing aninitial search and review. Your supervisor is a member of theController’s team. The controller reports directly to the ChiefFinancial Officer (CFO). Your work may be presented to a variety ofaudiences so professionalism is exceptionally important in alldeliverables you create.Select a company that is publicly traded.You must research and secure the SEC 10-K Annual Report for the mostrecent year. This is often available at the company web site. Searchfor ‘Investor Information’ or ‘Company Information’.You may also find the report using the SEC EDGAR system. Save the file to your computer for access. There is no need to print this file as the report is usually 100 pages or more. Use this company in the Discussion postings throughout the semester.The discussion questions will help you build content for your reportand presentation.Report RequirementsReport Content Post the name of your company in the SEC 10-K company for yourinstructor’s approval in the SEC Project: Request a Corporation to study(REQUIRED posting) during Week 1. All parts of the discussion must be answered in your post.Each student must select a different company, so read the companynames selected by classmates. Also, your selected company must be rankedfrom 1 to 100 on the Fortune 500 list of industrial companies. Your report should comment on the financial statements for yourcompany as they relate to the information presented through Week 5discussions for this class, including the notes to the financialstatements.Do not consider managerial accounting material from Weeks 6 through 8 in your report.The report must be submitted in Week 7 after the Week 6 Peer Review of SEC 10-K Project Required Discussion participation.Report LayoutWrite a 2- to 3-page ( a full page typically has at least 300 words)report, single spaced, one-inch margins, 12-point font, with a doublespace between paragraphs.Please keep your report to no more than 3 pages.Page count does not include title page, tables and exhibits, table of contents, and reference list.Include a title page (include your name on the title page). Useheadings in your report such as Statement of Owners’ Equity andStatement of Cash Flows (topics from the textbook); other examples wouldbe Balance Sheet and Income Statement.Include a brief introduction of your company as well as aconclusion/summary at the end. The bulk of your report should cover theaccounting topics in Weeks 1 and 2 (Owners’ Equity, Financial Ratios andStatement of Cash Flows) as well as the Balance Sheet and IncomeStatement. ACCT 221 is not identical to ACCT 220. Discussions continuethrough week 5.You will also be required to include the Income Statement, BalanceSheet, Statement of Owners’ Equity, and Statement of Cash Flows asattachments to your report. You can cut and paste directly from the SEC10-K Report. These are considered attachments and are not part of therequired page count for the report.APA style is required for citations and a reference list. Include in text citations. The reference list is the most important.Your report should use one-inch margins on the left, right, top, and bottom of each page, and font set at 12 point.POWERPOINT:OverviewYou are also required to prepare a brief PowerPoint file of no more than 10 slides (do not exceed) for the SEC-10K Report.Make sure you include a reference list in APA format.