Short-Term Borrowings

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2011

Short-Term Borrowings.

Short-Term Borrowings

Note 9. Short-Term Borrowings

Short-term borrowings of the Company at October 31 consisted of the following (in millions of dollars):

	2011			2010
Commercial paper and other notes payable	$	761.2		$	1,349.5
Securitization borrowings	2,777.4			2,208.8
John Deere	1,057.9			1,255.6
Current maturities of long-term borrowings	4,653.1		*	2,888.8		*
Total	$	9,249.6		$	7,702.7

* Includes unamortized fair value adjustments related to interest rate swaps.

Securitization borrowings are secured by retail notes securitized on the balance sheet (see Note 6). Although these securitization borrowings are classified as short-term since payment is required if the retail notes are liquidated early, the payment schedule for these borrowings of $2,777 million at October 31, 2011 based on the expected liquidations of the retail notes in millions of dollars is as follows: 2012 - $1,447, 2013 - $775, 2014 - $358, 2015 - $150, 2016 - $44 and 2017 - $3. The Company’s short-term debt also includes amounts borrowed from John Deere. The Company pays interest on a monthly basis to John Deere for these borrowings based on a market rate. The weighted-average interest rate on total short-term borrowings, excluding current maturities of long-term borrowings, at October 31, 2011 and 2010, was 1.1 percent and .9 percent, respectively.

Lines of credit available from U.S. and foreign banks were $5,001 million at October 31, 2011. Some of these credit lines are available to both John Deere Capital Corporation and Deere & Company. At October 31, 2011, $3,721 million of these worldwide lines of credit were unused. For the purpose of computing unused credit lines, commercial paper and short-term bank borrowings, excluding secured borrowings and the current portion of long-term borrowings, of the Capital Corporation and John Deere were primarily considered to constitute utilization.

Included in the above lines of credit were long-term credit facility agreements for $2,750 million, expiring in April 2015, and $1,500 million, expiring in April 2013. The agreements are mutually extendable and the annual facility fees are not significant. These credit agreements require the Capital Corporation to maintain its consolidated ratio of earnings to fixed charges at not less than 1.05 to 1 for each fiscal quarter and the ratio of senior debt, excluding securitization indebtedness, to capital base (total subordinated debt and stockholder’s equity excluding accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)) at not more than 11 to 1 at the end of any fiscal quarter. “Senior debt” consists of the Capital Corporation’s total interest-bearing obligations, excluding subordinated debt and certain securitization indebtedness, but including borrowings from John Deere. All of these requirements of the credit agreements have been met during the periods included in the consolidated financial statements. The facility fees on these lines of credit are divided between Deere & Company and the Capital Corporation based on the proportion of their respective forecasted liquidity requirements.

Deere & Company has an agreement with John Deere Capital Corporation pursuant to which it has agreed to continue to own at least 51 percent of the voting shares of capital stock of John Deere Capital Corporation and to maintain the Capital Corporation’s consolidated tangible net worth at not less than $50 million. This agreement also obligates Deere & Company to make payments to the Capital Corporation such that its consolidated ratio of earnings to fixed charges is not less than 1.05 to 1 for each fiscal quarter. Deere & Company’s obligations to make payments to the Capital Corporation under the agreement are independent of whether the Capital Corporation is in default on its indebtedness, obligations or other liabilities. Further, Deere & Company’s obligations under the agreement are not measured by the amount of the Capital Corporation’s indebtedness, obligations or other liabilities. Deere & Company’s obligations to make payments under this agreement are expressly stated not to be a guaranty of any specific indebtedness, obligation or liability of the Capital Corporation and are enforceable only by or in the name of John Deere Capital Corporation. No payments were required under this agreement during the periods included in the consolidated financial statements.