0000315189-15-000034.txt : 20150527 0000315189-15-000034.hdr.sgml : 20150527 20150527150944 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000315189-15-000034 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20150527 FILED AS OF DATE: 20150527 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150527 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: STOCKTON DMITRI L CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001614734 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-04121 FILM NUMBER: 15892136 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 777 LONG RIDGE ROAD STREET 2: SYNCHRONY FINANCIAL C/O CORP. SECRETARY CITY: STAMFORD STATE: CT ZIP: 06902 4 1 primary_doc.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0306 4 2015-05-27 0 0000315189 DEERE & CO DE 0001614734 STOCKTON DMITRI L ONE JOHN DEERE PLACE MOLINE IL 61265 1 0 0 0 $1 Par Common Stock 2015-05-27 4 A 0 991 0 A 991 D Exempt grant of restricted stock units under the Nonemployee Director Stock Ownership Plan of the Issuer upon being elected as a new Director. Restrictions are as authorized by the Board of Directors. The plan provides for tax withholding rights. Exhibit: Power of Attorney /s/ Paul Wilczynski, Assistant Secretary, Deere & Company, Under Power of Attorney 2015-05-27 EX-24 2 stockton_poa.txt POWER OF ATTORNEY POWER OF ATTORNEY Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Mary K. W. Jones, Todd E. Davies, 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 a director 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 7th day of April, 2015. /s/ Dmitri L. Stockton Signature DMITRI L. STOCKTON Print Name