DEERE & CO — Director's Dealing 2018

Feb 27, 2018

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: DEERE & CO (DE)
CIK: 0000315189
Period of Report: 2018-02-23

Reporting Person: Gilles Jean H (Senior Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2018-02-23	$1 Par Common Stock	M	142	$86.36	Acquired	69089	Direct
2018-02-23	$1 Par Common Stock	S	142	$166.2559	Disposed	68947	Direct
2018-02-26	$1 Par Common Stock	M	14941	$86.36	Acquired	83888	Direct
2018-02-26	$1 Par Common Stock	S	14941	$166.9897	Disposed	68947	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2018-02-23	Market Priced Options	$86.36	M	142	Disposed	2022-12-12	Common Stock (142)	Direct
2018-02-26	Market Priced Options	$86.36	M	14941	Disposed	2022-12-12	Common Stock (14941)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
$1 Par Common Stock	12	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Exercise of Rule 16b-3 options and related sales of shares pursuant to Rule 10(b)5-1 stock option exercise plan adopted 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 $166.25 to $166.27, 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: The sale price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $166.78 to $167.23, 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.

F4: Includes 32,325 restricted stock units 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.

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

F6: The options became exercisable in three approximately equal installments on December 12, 2013, 2014, and 2015.