DEERE & CO — Director's Dealing 2017

Feb 23, 2017

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: DEERE & CO (DE)
CIK: 0000315189
Period of Report: 2017-02-22

Reporting Person: Jones Mary K.W. (Sr. V.P. & General Counsel)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2017-02-22	$1 Par Common Stock	M	6941	$88.82	Acquired	37336.7781	Direct
2017-02-22	$1 Par Common Stock	M	10453	$39.665	Acquired	47789.7781	Direct
2017-02-22	$1 Par Common Stock	F	9539	$109.3007	Disposed	38520.7781	Direct
2017-02-22	$1 Par Common Stock	F	2549	$109.8083	Disposed	35701.7781	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2017-02-22	Market Priced Options	$88.82	M	6941	Disposed	2017-12-05	Common Stock (6941)	Direct
2017-02-22	Market Priced Options	$39.665	M	10453	Disposed	2018-12-17	Common Stock (10453)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Exercise of Rule 16b-3 options and related withholding of shares to pay the exercise price and tax withholding obligations pursuant to a Rule 10(b)5-1 stock option exercise plan adopted on December 12, 2016.

F2: The sale price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $108.75 to $109.74, 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 range set forth in this footnote.

F3: The sale price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $109.76 to $109.86, 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 range set forth in this footnote.

F4: Includes 22,829 restricted stock units granted under the John Deere Omnibus Equity and Incentive Plan to be settled solely in shares.

F5: All options include the ability to withhold shares upon exercise of the option to satisfy income tax obligations.

F6: The options became exercisable in three approximately equal installments on December 5, 2008, 2009, and 2010.

F7: The options became exercisable in two installments on December 17, 2010 and December 17, 2011.