DISPOSITION

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2012

DISPOSITION

DISPOSITION

4. DISPOSITION

In December 2010, the company sold John Deere Renewables, LLC, its wind energy business for approximately $900 million. The company had concluded that its resources were best invested in growing its core businesses. These assets were reclassified as held for sale and written down to fair value less cost to sell at October 31, 2010 (see Note 26). The asset write-down in the fourth quarter of 2010 was $35 million pretax and included in “Other operating expenses.”