SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2014

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 Quarter		Second Quarter		Third Quarter		Fourth Quarter
2014 Market price
High	$	91.33	$	93.89	$	94.53	$	87.16
Low	$	81.50	$	84.05	$	85.11	$	80.01
2013 Market price
High	$	93.47	$	95.05	$	93.77	$	85.10
Low	$	82.83	$	82.56	$	80.90	$	80.99

At October 31, 2014, there were 24,138 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 Quarter		Second Quarter		Third Quarter		Fourth Quarter
2014*
Net sales and revenues	$	7,654	$	9,948	$	9,500	$	8,965
Net sales	6,949		9,246		8,723		8,043
Gross profit	1,753		2,374		2,112		1,946
Income before income taxes	965		1,464		1,292		1,076
Net income attributable to Deere & Company	681		981		851		649
Per share data:
Basic	1.83		2.67		2.35		1.84
Diluted	1.81		2.65		2.33		1.83
Dividends declared	.51		.51		.60		.60
Dividends paid	.51		.51		.51		.60
2013*
Net sales and revenues	$	7,421	$	10,913	$	10,010	$	9,451
Net sales	6,793		10,265		9,316		8,624
Gross profit	1,778		2,783		2,478		2,292
Income before income taxes	946		1,744		1,549		1,244
Net income attributable to Deere & Company	650		1,084		996		807
Per share data:
Basic	1.67		2.79		2.58		2.13
Diluted	1.65		2.76		2.56		2.11
Dividends declared	.46		.51		.51		.51
Dividends paid	.46		.46		.51		.51

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.”