OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME ITEMS

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2012

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME ITEMS

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME ITEMS

25. OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME ITEMS

Other comprehensive income items are transactions recorded stockholders’ equity during the year, excluding net income and transactions with stockholders. Following are the items included in other comprehensive income (loss) for Deere & Company and the related tax effects in millions of dollars:

	Before			Tax			After
	Tax			(Expense)			Tax
	Amount			Credit			Amount
2010
Retirement benefits adjustment:
Net actuarial losses and prior service cost	$	(213	)	$	77		$	(136	)
Reclassification of actuarial losses and prior service cost to net income	474			(180		)	294
Net unrealized gain	261			(103		)	158
Cumulative translation adjustment	49			(13		)	36
Unrealized gain on derivatives:
Hedging loss	(56		)	19			(37		)
Reclassification of realized loss to net income	79			(27		)	52
Net unrealized gain	23			(8		)	15
Unrealized holding gain and net unrealized gain on investments	8			(3		)	5
Total other comprehensive income (loss)	$	341		$	(127	)	$	214
2011
Retirement benefits adjustment:
Net actuarial losses and prior service cost	$	(989	)	$	368		$	(621	)
Reclassification of actuarial losses and prior service cost to net income	450			(167		)	283
Net unrealized loss	(539		)	201			(338		)
Cumulative translation adjustment	14			4			18
Unrealized gain on derivatives:
Hedging gain	31			(11		)	20
Reclassification of realized loss to net income	1						1
Net unrealized gain	32			(11		)	21
Unrealized holding gain and net unrealized gain on investments	2			(1		)	1
Total other comprehensive income (loss)	$	(491	)	$	193		$	(298	)
2012
Retirement benefits adjustment:
Net actuarial losses and prior service cost	$	(1,341	)	$	477		$	(864	)
Reclassification of actuarial losses and prior service cost to net income	380			(140		)	240
Net unrealized loss	(961		)	337			(624		)
Cumulative translation adjustment	(272		)	2			(270		)
Unrealized loss on derivatives:
Hedging loss	(61		)	21			(40		)
Reclassification of realized loss to net income	54			(19		)	35
Net unrealized loss	(7		)	2			(5		)
Unrealized holding gain and net unrealized gain on investments	7			(2		)	5
Total other comprehensive income (loss)	$	(1,233	)	$	339		$	(894	)