0000315189-13-000032.txt : 20130604 0000315189-13-000032.hdr.sgml : 20130604 20130604170845 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000315189-13-000032 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20130601 FILED AS OF DATE: 20130604 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20130604 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: PAGE GREGORY R CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001250570 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-04121 FILM NUMBER: 13892101 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: EATON CENTER STREET 2: 1111 SUPERIOR AVENUE CITY: CLEVELAND STATE: OH ZIP: 44114 3 1 primary_doc.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0206 3 2013-06-01 0 0000315189 DEERE & CO DE 0001250570 PAGE GREGORY R DEERE & COMPANY ONE JOHN DEERE PLACE MOLINE IL 61265 1 0 0 0 $1 Par Common Stock 2750 D New Director of the Issuer. Exhibit: Power of Attorney /s/ Paul Wilczynski, Assistant Secretary, Deere & Company, Under Power of Attorney 2013-06-04 EX-24 2 sec_poa.txt POWER OF ATTORNEY Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Mary K. W. Jones, Gregory R. Noe, and Paul Wilczynski, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to: 1. execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer of Deere & Company (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder and Form 144 in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933; 2. do and perform any and all act for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, 5 and/or 144, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and 3. take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion. The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney- in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933. This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, 5 and 144 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 3rd day of June, 2013. /s/ Gregory R. Page Signature Gregory R. Page Print Name