DEERE & CO — Director's Dealing 2017

Dec 13, 2017

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: DEERE & CO (DE)
CIK: 0000315189
Period of Report: 2017-12-11

Reporting Person: May John C II (President, Ag Solutions & CIO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2017-12-11	$1 Par Common Stock	M	11661	$79.24	Acquired	42560	Direct
2017-12-11	$1 Par Common Stock	S	11661	$151.0705	Disposed	30899	Direct
2017-12-11	$1 Par Common Stock	M	9174	$88.185	Acquired	40073	Direct
2017-12-11	$1 Par Common Stock	S	9174	$151.0705	Disposed	30899	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2017-12-11	Market Priced Options	$79.24	M	11661	Disposed	2025-12-09	Common Stock (11661)	Direct
2017-12-11	Market Priced Options	$88.185	M	9174	Disposed	2024-12-10	Common Stock (9174)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Exercise of Rule 16b-3 options and related sales of shares pursuant to a Rule 10(b)5-1 stock option exercise plan adopted on June 6, 2017.

F2: The sale price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $150.62 to $151.58, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to the Issuer, any security holder of the Issuer, or the staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth in this footnote.

F3: Includes 9,642 restricted stock units granted under the John Deere Omnibus Equity and Incentive Plan to be settled solely in shares. Units include the ability to have shares withheld to satisfy income tax obligations.

F4: All options include the ability to withhold shares upon the exercise of the option to satisfy income tax obligations.

F5: The options became exercisable on December 9, 2017.

F6: The options became exercisable on December 10, 2017.