SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2016

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)

29. SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)

Common stock per share sales prices from New York Stock Exchange composite transactions quotations follow:

	First		Second		Third		Fourth
	Quarter		Quarter		Quarter		Quarter
2016 Market price
High	$	80.19	$	85.68	$	87.48	$	88.09
Low	$	71.78	$	74.58	$	77.71	$	76.83
2015 Market price
High	$	90.85	$	92.75	$	97.33	$	97.14
Low	$	84.55	$	86.64	$	88.98	$	72.89

At October 31, 2016, there were 22,711 holders of record of the company’s $1 par value common stock.

Quarterly information with respect to net sales and revenues and earnings is shown in the following schedule. The company’s fiscal year ends in October and its interim periods (quarters) end in January, April and July. Such information is shown in millions of dollars except for per share amounts.

	First		Second		Third		Fourth
	Quarter		Quarter		Quarter		Quarter
2016*
Net sales and revenues	$	5,525	$	7,875	$	6,724	$	6,520
Net sales		4,769		7,107		5,861		5,650
Gross profit		929		1,575		1,367		1,267
Income before income taxes		351		733		705		435
Net income attributable to Deere & Company		254		496		489		285
Per share data:
Basic		.80		1.57		1.55		.91
Diluted		.80		1.56		1.55		.90
Dividends declared		.60		.60		.60		.60
Dividends paid		.60		.60		.60		.60
2015*
Net sales and revenues	$	6,383	$	8,171	$	7,594	$	6,715
Net sales		5,605		7,399		6,839		5,932
Gross profit		1,184		1,704		1,482		1,262
Income before income taxes		568		1,017		738		457
Net income attributable to Deere & Company		387		690		512		351
Per share data:
Basic		1.13		2.05		1.54		1.09
Diluted		1.12		2.03		1.53		1.08
Dividends declared		.60		.60		.60		.60
Dividends paid		.60		.60		.60		.60

Net income per share for each quarter must be computed independently. As a result, their sum may not equal the total net income per share for the year.

*   See Note 5 for “Special Items.”