0000315189-16-000110.txt : 20161102
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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000315189-16-000110
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20161101
FILED AS OF DATE: 20161102
DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20161102
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) 765-8000
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: ONE JOHN DEERE PLACE
CITY: MOLINE
STATE: IL
ZIP: 61265-8098
REPORTING-OWNER:
OWNER DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Howze Marc A
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001687891
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: 3
SEC ACT: 1934 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-04121
FILM NUMBER: 161966802
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: ONE JOHN DEERE PLACE
CITY: MOLINE
STATE: IL
ZIP: 61265
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primary_doc.xml
PRIMARY DOCUMENT
X0206
3
2016-11-01
0
0000315189
DEERE & CO
DE
0001687891
Howze Marc A
ONE JOHN DEERE PLACE
MOLINE
IL
61265
0
1
0
0
Sr. VP & Chief Admin Offcr
$1 Par Common Stock
1306
D
$1 Par Common Stock
4926.725
I
By 401(k) Plan
Market Priced Employee Stock Options
88.82
2008-12-05
2017-12-05
Common Stock
6624
D
Market Priced Employee Stock Options
80.61
2011-12-08
2020-12-08
Common Stock
7731
D
Market Priced Employee Stock Options
74.24
2012-12-14
2021-12-14
Common Stock
7996
D
Market Priced Employee Stock Options
86.36
2013-12-12
2022-12-12
Common Stock
8343
D
Market Priced Employee Stock Options
87.46
2014-12-11
2023-12-11
Common Stock
12124
D
Market Priced Employee Stock Options
88.185
2015-12-10
2024-12-10
Common Stock
14619
D
Market Priced Employee Stock Options
79.24
2016-12-09
2025-12-09
Common Stock
8585
D
Includes 1,306 restricted stock units granted under the John Deere Omnibus Equity and Incentive Plan and to be settled solely in shares.
Represents units in the issuer stock fund of the Deere & Company 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan. The information is based on a plan statement dated as of September 30, 2016 when the per unit value was $124.02.
All options include the ability to withhold shares upon the exercise of the option to satisfy minimum required income tax obligations.
The options become exercisable in three approximately equal annual installments one, two and three years after grant. The date listed in the initial exercisable installment date.
/s/ Paul Wilczynski, Assistant Secretary, Deere & Company, Under Power of Attorney
2016-11-02
EX-24
2
howze_poa.txt
MARC A. HOWZE 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, Paul Wilczynski, and John L. Rudy
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 17th day of October, 2016.
/s/ Marc A. Howze
Signature
Marc A. Howze
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