0000315189-11-000023.txt : 20110401 0000315189-11-000023.hdr.sgml : 20110401 20110401112734 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000315189-11-000023 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110331 FILED AS OF DATE: 20110401 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110401 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: DEERE & CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000315189 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: FARM MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT [3523] IRS NUMBER: 362382580 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1031 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE JOHN DEERE PLACE CITY: MOLINE STATE: IL ZIP: 61265-8098 BUSINESS PHONE: (309) 765-4968 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE JOHN DEERE PLACE CITY: MOLINE STATE: IL ZIP: 61265-8098 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BOWLES CRANDALL CLOSE CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000903518 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-04121 FILM NUMBER: 11729398 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: P O BOX 70 CITY: FORT MILL STATE: SC ZIP: 29715 4 1 primary_doc.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0303 4 2011-03-31 0 0000315189 DEERE & CO DE 0000903518 BOWLES CRANDALL CLOSE P O BOX 70 FORT MILL SC 29715 1 0 0 0 Phantom Stock Units 0 2011-03-31 4 A 0 283.827 96.89 A Common Stock 283.827 28133.62 D The security converts to common stock on a one-for-one basis. The phantom stock units were accrued under the Issuer's Nonemployee Director Deferred Compensation Plan and are to be settled solely in cash beginning in the calendar year following the reporting person's separation from service with the Issuer. The reported holdings of phantom stock units include units acquired in dividend reinvestment transactions that are exempt from line-item reporting. The reporting person also directly beneficially owns 22,716 $1 par common shares of the Issuer and 7,650 restricted stock units. The stock units and 19,916 of the shares are restricted units and shares acquired under the Issuer's Nonemployee Director Stock Ownership Plan. /s/ Paul Wilczynski, Assistant Secretary, Deere & Company, Under Power of Attorney 2011-04-01