23. CAPITAL STOCK

Changes in the common stock account in millions were as follows:


	Number of Shares Issued		Amount

Balance at October 31, 2010		536.4		$	3,106
Stock options and other				146

Balance at October 31, 2011		536.4		3,252
Stock options and other				100

Balance at October 31, 2012		536.4		3,352
Stock options and other				172

Balance at October 31, 2013		536.4		$	3,524

The number of common shares the company is authorized to issue is 1,200 million. The number of authorized preferred shares, none of which has been issued, is nine million.

The Board of Directors at its meeting in May 2008 authorized the repurchase of up to $5,000 million of additional common stock (61.1 million shares based on the October 31, 2013 closing common stock price of $81.84 per share). At October 31, 2013, this repurchase program had $957 million (11.7 million shares at the same price) remaining to be repurchased. Repurchases of the company’s common stock under this plan will be made from time to time, at the company’s discretion, in the open market.

A reconciliation of basic and diluted net income per share attributable to Deere & Company follows in millions, except per share amounts:


	2013		2012		2011

Net income attributable to Deere & Company	$	3,537.3	$	3,064.7	$	2,799.9
Less income allocable to participating securities	.9		.8		1.0

Income allocable to common stock	$	3,536.4	$	3,063.9	$	2,798.9

Average shares outstanding	385.3		397.1		417.4

Basic per share	$	9.18	$	7.72	$	6.71

Average shares outstanding	385.3		397.1		417.4
Effect of dilutive stock options	3.9		4.4		5.0

Total potential shares outstanding	389.2		401.5		422.4

Diluted per share	$	9.09	$	7.63	$	6.63

All stock options outstanding were included in the computation during 2013, 2012 and 2011, except 2.4 million options in 2013, 1.8 million in 2012 and none in 2011 that had an antidilutive effect under the treasury stock method.