SUBSEQUENT EVENTS	12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2021
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
SUBSEQUENT EVENT	29. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS In November 2021, the company renewed its outstanding bank conduit facility revolving credit agreement, which reduced the facility capacity from $2,000 million to $1,000 million. As a result of the facility renewal at a reduced capacity, the company repurchased $511 million of outstanding short-term securitization borrowings in November 2021, in addition to the normal monthly collection of payments on the retail notes. On November 17, 2021, employees represented by the UAW approved a new collective bargaining agreement and terminated a strike that began on October 14, 2021. The agreement, which has a term of six years, covers the wages, hours, benefits, and other terms and conditions of employment for the company’s UAW-represented employees at 14 U.S. facilities. The labor agreement includes a lump sum ratification bonus payment of $8,500 per eligible employee, totaling $90 million, and an immediate wage increase of 10 percent plus further wage increases over the term of the contract. The lump sum payment will be expensed in the first quarter of 2022. The company remeasured the U.S. hourly pension plan as of November 30, 2021 due to the new collective bargaining agreement, which decreased the plan’s funded status by approximately $495 million and will increase pension expense in 2022 by nearly $80 million. The U.S. hourly pension plan changes will continue to impact pension expense through the remaining term of the contract as well as years beyond the current contract as employees continue to accumulate years of service. The UAW strike is expected to have an adverse effect on the company’s results of operations for the three months ending January 30, 2022 as a result of reduced production and shipments. On November 30, 2021, the company voluntarily contributed $1,000 million to a U.S. OPEB plan. The expected return on this contribution was included in the 2022 pension and OPEB cost estimates in the MD&A. A quarterly dividend of $1.05 per share was declared at the Board of Directors meeting on December 8, 2021, payable on February 8, 2022 to stockholders of record on December 31, 2021. On December 14, 2021, the company announced a definitive agreement to acquire majority ownership in Kreisel Electric, Inc. (Kreisel), a battery technology provider based in Austria. Kreisel has differentiated battery technology for high-performance and off-highway applications as well as charging infrastructure offerings globally and across multiple end markets. This will provide Deere with the high-density battery technology necessary to optimally integrate and efficiently design vehicles and power trains while leveraging Kreisel’s charging technology to build out infrastructure to enable global customer adoption. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of fiscal year 2022, subject to the receipt of certain required regulatory approvals and satisfaction of certain other customary closing conditions. Total cash consideration will be €221 million and paid out of cash on hand. Kreisel will be allocated amongst the company’s production and precision agriculture, small agriculture and turf, and construction and forestry segments.

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2021

29. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

In November 2021, the company renewed its outstanding bank conduit facility revolving credit agreement, which reduced the facility capacity from $2,000 million to $1,000 million. As a result of the facility renewal at a reduced capacity, the company repurchased $511 million of outstanding short-term securitization borrowings in November 2021, in addition to the normal monthly collection of payments on the retail notes.

On November 17, 2021, employees represented by the UAW approved a new collective bargaining agreement and terminated a strike that began on October 14, 2021. The agreement, which has a term of six years, covers the wages, hours, benefits, and other terms and conditions of employment for the company’s UAW-represented employees at 14 U.S. facilities. The labor agreement includes a lump sum ratification bonus payment of $8,500 per eligible employee, totaling $90 million, and an immediate wage increase of 10 percent plus further wage increases over the term of the contract. The lump sum payment will be expensed in the first quarter of 2022. The company remeasured the U.S. hourly pension plan as of November 30, 2021 due to the new collective bargaining agreement, which decreased the plan’s funded status by approximately $495 million and will increase pension expense in 2022 by nearly $80 million. The U.S. hourly pension plan changes will continue to impact pension expense through the remaining term of the contract as well as years beyond the current contract as employees continue to accumulate years of service. The UAW strike is expected to have an adverse effect on the company’s results of operations for the three months ending January 30, 2022 as a result of reduced production and shipments.

On November 30, 2021, the company voluntarily contributed $1,000 million to a U.S. OPEB plan. The expected return on this contribution was included in the 2022 pension and OPEB cost estimates in the MD&A.

A quarterly dividend of $1.05 per share was declared at the Board of Directors meeting on December 8, 2021, payable on February 8, 2022 to stockholders of record on December 31, 2021.

On December 14, 2021, the company announced a definitive agreement to acquire majority ownership in Kreisel Electric, Inc. (Kreisel), a battery technology provider based in Austria. Kreisel has differentiated battery technology for high-performance and off-highway applications as well as charging infrastructure offerings globally and across multiple end markets. This will provide Deere with the high-density battery technology necessary to optimally integrate and efficiently design vehicles and power trains while leveraging Kreisel’s charging technology to build out infrastructure to enable global customer adoption. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of fiscal year 2022, subject to the receipt of certain required regulatory approvals and satisfaction of certain other customary closing conditions. Total cash consideration will be €221 million and paid out of cash on hand. Kreisel will be allocated amongst the company’s production and precision agriculture, small agriculture and turf, and construction and forestry segments.