DEERE & CO — Director's Dealing 2012

Dec 13, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: DEERE & CO (DE)
CIK: 0000315189
Period of Report: 2012-12-12

Reporting Person: Mack Michael J (President WW C&F Division)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-12-12	$1 Par Common Stock	A	4316	—	Acquired	53539	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-12-12	Market Priced Options	$86.36	A	21989	Acquired	2022-12-12	Common Stock (21989)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Grant of restricted stock units under the John Deere Omnibus Equity and Incentive Plan. Awards include the ability to withhold shares upon conversion to satisfy tax obligations.

F2: Includes 46,017 restricted stock units under the John Deere Omnibus Equity and Incentive Plan to be settled solely in shares. The reporting person also indirectly beneficially owns 23,000 shares directly owned by a family trust.

F3: All options include the ability to withhold shares upon the exercise of the option to satisfy income tax obligations.

F4: The options become exercisable in three approximately equal installments on December 12, 2013, December 12, 2014, and December 12, 2015.