0000315189-15-000028.txt : 20150402 0000315189-15-000028.hdr.sgml : 20150402 20150402104054 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000315189-15-000028 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20150331 FILED AS OF DATE: 20150402 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150402 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: Johanns Michael O. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001630280 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-04121 FILM NUMBER: 15745873 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE JOHN DEERE PLACE CITY: MOLINE STATE: IL ZIP: 61265 4 1 primary_doc.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0306 4 2015-03-31 0 0000315189 DEERE & CO DE 0001630280 Johanns Michael O. ONE JOHN DEERE PLACE MOLINE IL 61265 1 0 0 0 Phantom Stock Units 0 2015-03-31 4 A 0 342.114 87.69 A Common Stock 342.114 342.114 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 1,507 restricted stock units acquired under the Issuer's Nonemployee Director Stock Ownership Plan. /s/ Paul Wilczynski, Assistant Secretary, Deere & Company, Under Power of Attorney 2015-04-02