-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, BVFT4SXZxHDqqpyBfOjr1LhxzSNeAhhaW+WxyoByIOEEIWhRS8R/+raQ/Z4rWSLF BiO0beLa3Hs5Ah4xb+UzeA== 0001104659-09-058794.txt : 20091014 0001104659-09-058794.hdr.sgml : 20091014 20091013203320 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-09-058794 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: FWP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20091014 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20091013 SUBJECT COMPANY: 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 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: FWP SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-153704 FILM NUMBER: 091118053 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE JOHN DEERE PLACE CITY: MOLINE STATE: IL ZIP: 61265-8098 BUSINESS PHONE: (309) 765-5688 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE JOHN DEERE PLACE CITY: MOLINE STATE: IL ZIP: 61265-8098 FILED BY: 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 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: FWP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE JOHN DEERE PLACE CITY: MOLINE STATE: IL ZIP: 61265-8098 BUSINESS PHONE: (309) 765-5688 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE JOHN DEERE PLACE CITY: MOLINE STATE: IL ZIP: 61265-8098 FWP 1 a09-31520_2fwp.htm FWP

 

Filed Pursuant to Rule 433
Dated October 13, 2009
Registration Statement No. 333-153704
Relating to Preliminary Prospectus Supplement

Dated October 13, 2009 to

Prospectus dated September 26, 2008

 

DEERE & COMPANY

4.375% Notes due 2019
5.375% Notes due 2029

 

Term Sheet dated October 13, 2009

 

Issuer:

Deere & Company

 

 

Trade Date:

October 13, 2009

 

 

Type of Offering:

SEC registered

 

 

Settlement Date:

October 16, 2009

 

 

Interest Payment Dates:

April 16 and October 16, beginning on April 16, 2010

 

 

Security:

4.375% Notes due 2019

5.375% Notes due 2029

 

 

 

Size:

$750,000,000

$500,000,000

 

 

 

Maturity Date:

October 16, 2019

October 16, 2029

 

 

 

Benchmark Treasury:

3.625% UST Due August, 2019

4.250% UST Due May, 2039

 

 

 

Benchmark Treasury Yield and Price:

3.343%; 102-11

4.194%; 100-30

 

 

 

Yield to Maturity:

4.443%

5.394%

 

 

 

Spread to Benchmark Treasury:

110 basis points

120 basis points

 

 

 

Coupon (Interest Rate):

4.375% per year

5.375% per year

 

 

 

Proceeds to the Issuer:

$742,545,000

$494,470,000

 


 

Price to Public:

99.456% of principal amount, plus accrued interest, if any, from October 16, 2009

99.769% of principal amount, plus accrued interest, if any, from October 16, 2009

 

 

 

CUSIP:

244199 BC8

244199 BD6

 

 

 

Joint Book-Running Managers:

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.

 

 

Senior Co-Managers:

Banc of America Securities LLC

Barclays Capital Inc.

BNP Paribas Securities Corp.

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.

RBC Capital Markets Corporation

TD Securities (USA) LLC

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

 

 

Co-Managers:

BBVA Securities Inc.

BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC

Fifth Third Securities, Inc.

Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc.

Santander Investment Securities Inc.

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

 

The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a preliminary prospectus supplement and a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the preliminary prospectus supplement and the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the preliminary prospectus supplement and the prospectus if you request it by calling Citigroup Global Markets Inc. at (877) 858-5407, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. at (800) 503-4611 or J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. at (212) 834-4533 (collect).

 

Any disclaimers or other notices that may appear below are not applicable to this communication and should be disregarded.  Such disclaimers or other notices were automatically generated as a result of this communication being sent via Bloomberg or another email system.

 

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