8-A12B 1 a12-6644_18a12b.htm 8-A12B

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-A

 

For Registration of Certain Classes of Securities

Pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

JOHN DEERE CAPITAL CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

36-2386361

(State of Incorporation or Organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

 

 

Identification No.)

 

1 East First Street

 

 

Suite 600

 

 

Reno, Nevada

 

89501

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of Each Class

to be so Registered

 

Name of Each Exchange on Which

Each Class is to be Registered

2.750% Senior Notes

Due March 15, 2022

 

New York Stock Exchange

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), please check the following box. [X]

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), please check the following box. [  ]

 

Securities Act Registration statement file number to which this form relates: 333-173672.

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

 

None

(Title of Class)

 



 

Item 1.

 

Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.

 

 

 

 

 

A description of the Registrant’s 2.750% Senior Notes Due March 15, 2022 to be registered hereby is contained on pages S-3 through S-6 of the Prospectus Supplement and pages 6 through 36, inclusive, of the Prospectus, each dated as of April 21, 2011, and Pricing Supplement No.12 dated February 22, 2012, which are filed with the Commission under Rule 424 as a supplement to the Registrant’s registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-173672), and such descriptions are incorporated herein by this reference. The Registrant has issued $500,000,000 total principal amount of the 2.750% Senior Notes Due March 15, 2022.

 

 

 

Item 2.

 

Exhibits

 

 

 

No.

 

Document

 

 

 

1

 

The Senior Indenture, dated as of March 15, 1997, between the Registrant and The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly known as The Bank of New York, successor trustee to The Chase Manhattan Bank), with respect to the 2.750% Senior Notes Due March 15, 2022, was filed with the Commission as Exhibit 4.1 to registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-68355) and is incorporated herein by this reference.

 

 

 

2

 

The First Supplemental Senior Indenture, dated as of April 21, 2011, between the Registrant and The Bank of New York Mellon, with respect to the 2.750% Senior Notes Due March 15, 2022, was filed with the Commission as Exhibit 4.2 to the registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-173672) and is incorporated herein by this reference.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

JOHN DEERE CAPITAL CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:  March 7, 2012

By:

/s/ M. Z. Ziegler

 

 

 

Marie Z. Ziegler

 

 

Vice President and Treasurer

 

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