DEERE & CO — Director's Dealing 2018

Feb 28, 2018

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: DEERE & CO (DE)
CIK: 0000315189
Period of Report: 2018-02-28

Reporting Person: ALLEN SAMUEL R (Chairman & CEO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2018-02-28	$1 Par Common Stock	M	68658	$52.25	Acquired	361165.5172	Direct
2018-02-28	$1 Par Common Stock	S	68658	$163.1681	Disposed	292507.5172	Direct
2018-02-28	$1 Par Common Stock	M	192095	$52.25	Acquired	484602.5172	Direct
2018-02-28	$1 Par Common Stock	S	192095	$164.0239	Disposed	292507.5172	Direct
2018-02-28	$1 Par Common Stock	M	8600	$52.25	Acquired	301107.5172	Direct
2018-02-28	$1 Par Common Stock	S	8600	$164.7136	Disposed	292507.5172	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2018-02-28	Market Priced Options	$52.25	M	269353	Disposed	2019-12-09	Common Stock (269353)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
$1 Par Common Stock	47203	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Exercise of Rule 16b-3 options and related sale of shares pursuant to Rule 10(b)5-1 stock option exercise plan adopted on November 28, 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 $162.58 to $163.57, 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 $163.58 to $164.57, 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: The sale price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $164.58 to $164.92, 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.

F5: Includes 134,086 restricted stock units granted under the John Deere Omnibus Equity and Incentive Plan to be settled solely in shares.

F6: All options include the ability to withhold shares upon the exercise of the option to satisfy income tax obligations.

F7: The options became exercisable in three approximately equal installments on December 9, 2010, 2011, and 2012.