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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
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primary_doc.xml
PRIMARY DOCUMENT
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2015-05-27
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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
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