0000315189-12-000002.txt : 20120103 0000315189-12-000002.hdr.sgml : 20120102 20120103112112 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000315189-12-000002 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20111230 FILED AS OF DATE: 20120103 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120103 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: COFFMAN VANCE D CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001193998 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-04121 FILM NUMBER: 12500640 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: DEERE & COMPANY STREET 2: ONE JOHN DEERE PLACE CITY: MOLINE STATE: IL ZIP: 61265 4 1 primary_doc.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0304 4 2011-12-30 0 0000315189 DEERE & CO DE 0001193998 COFFMAN VANCE D DEERE & COMPANY ONE JOHN DEERE PLACE MOLINE IL 61265 1 0 0 0 Phantom Stock Units 0 2011-12-30 4 A 0 371.687 77.35 A Common Stock 371.687 15523.624 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 6,532 $1 par common shares of the Issuer and 7,650 restricted stock units all acquired under the Issuer's Nonemployee Director Stock Ownership Plan. /s/ Paul Wilczynski, Assistant Secretary, Deere & Company, Under Power of Attorney 2012-01-03