Fair Value Measurements

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2012

Fair Value Measurements

Fair Value Measurements

(8)The fair values of financial instruments that do not approximate the carrying values were as follows (in millions of dollars):

	April 30, 2012		October 31, 2011		April 30, 2011
	Carrying Value	Fair Value *	Carrying Value	Fair Value	Carrying Value	Fair Value
Receivables financed – net	$ 20,245	$ 20,256	$ 19,047	$ 19,034	$ 18,525	$ 18,501
Retail notes securitized – net	3,116	3,124	2,905	2,907	2,871	2,872
Securitization borrowings	3,033	3,041	2,777	2,789	2,822	2,833
Current maturities of long-term borrowings	4,581	4,636	4,653	4,704	4,150	4,203
Long-term borrowings	13,214	13,505	11,390	11,751	10,316	10,693

*Fair value measurements above were Level 3 for all Receivables and Level 2 for all borrowings.

Fair values of Receivables, which were issued long-term, were based on the discounted values of their related cash flows at interest rates currently being offered by the Company for similar Receivables. The fair values of the remaining Receivables approximated the carrying amounts.

Fair values of long-term borrowings and short-term securitization borrowings were based on current market quotes for identical or similar borrowings and credit risk, or on the discounted values of their related cash flows at current market interest rates. Certain long-term borrowings have been swapped to current variable interest rates. The carrying values of these long-term borrowings included adjustments related to fair value hedges.

Assets and liabilities measured at fair value as Level 2 measurements on a recurring basis were as follows (in millions of dollars):

	April 30,		October 31,		April 30,
	2012		2011		2011
Receivable from John Deere
Derivatives:
Interest rate contracts	$	255.9	$	168.4	$	6.3
Cross-currency interest rate contracts	6.9		.9
Other assets
Derivatives:
Interest rate contracts	236.4		268.6		294.0
Foreign exchange contracts	3.3
Cross-currency interest rate contracts	.8		1.6		13.7
Total assets *	$	503.3	$	439.5	$	314.0
Other payables to John Deere
Derivatives:
Interest rate contracts	$	10.3	$	19.6	$	13.9
Cross-currency interest rate contracts	2.2		1.4		4.4
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
Derivatives:
Interest rate contracts	40.0		37.0		13.8
Foreign exchange contracts	6.6		47.6		34.5
Cross-currency interest rate contracts	40.4		5.7		3.4
Total liabilities	$	99.5	$	111.3	$	70.0

*Excluded from this table are the Company’s cash and cash equivalents, which are carried at cost that approximates fair value. The cash and cash equivalents consist primarily of money market funds.

Fair value, nonrecurring, Level 3 measurements were as follows (in millions of dollars):

	Fair Value *						Losses
							Six Months Ended
	April 30,		October 31,		April 30,		April 30,
	2012		2011		2011		2012		2011
Receivables:
Retail notes			$	.3	$	2.2			$	1.3
Wholesale receivables	$	.5	4.3		.8		$	.5
Financing leases					.1
Operating loans			.2		.8
Total Receivables	$	.5	$	4.8	$	3.9	$	.5	$	1.3

*   Does not include cost to sell.

Level 1 measurements consist of quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.  Level 2 measurements include significant other observable inputs such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; identical assets or liabilities in inactive markets; observable inputs such as interest rates and yield curves; and other market-corroborated inputs. Level 3 measurements include significant unobservable inputs.

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. In determining fair value, the Company uses various methods including market and income approaches. The Company utilizes valuation models and techniques that maximize the use of observable inputs. The models are industry-standard models that consider various assumptions including time values and yield curves as well as other economic measures. These valuation techniques are consistently applied.

The following is a description of the valuation methodologies the Company uses to measure certain financial instruments on the balance sheet at fair value:

Derivatives – The Company’s derivative financial instruments consist of interest rate swaps and caps, foreign currency forwards and swaps and cross-currency interest rate swaps. The portfolio is valued based on an income approach (discounted cash flow) using market observable inputs, including swap curves and both forward and spot exchange rates for currencies.

Receivables – Specific reserve impairments are based on the fair value of the collateral, which is measured using a market approach (appraisal values or realizable values). Inputs include a selection of realizable values.