SEC Form 4 · accession 0000315189-15-000025
DEERE & CO · DE
Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗
Reporting owner
Crandall Close Bowles
Director
Period of report
Mar 31, 2015
Accepted (ET)
Apr 2, 2015 · 10:01 am EDT
Rule 10b5-1 plan
unknown — predates the checkbox
Issuer CIK
0000315189
Table I — non-derivative securities
No Table I lines on this filing.
Table II — derivative securities
| Security | Conv. / exercise price | Date | Code | Shares | A/D | Exercisable | Expires | Underlying | Underlying shares | Owned after | D/I |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phantom Stock UnitsF3,F1,F2 | $0.00 | Mar 31, 2015 | A | 385 | A | — | — | Common Stock | 385 | 36,876 | D |
Explanation of responses
- F1The security converts to common stock on a one-for-one basis.
- F2The phantom stock units were accrued under the Issuer's Nonemployee Director Deferred Compensation Plan and are to be settled solely in cash beginning in the calendar year following the reporting person's separation from service with the Issuer.
- F3The reported holdings of phantom stock units include units acquired in dividend reinvestment transactions that are exempt from line-item reporting. The reporting person also directly beneficially owns 22,716 $1 par common shares of the Issuer and 13,245 restricted stock units. The stock units and 19,916 of the shares are restricted units and shares acquired under the Issuer's Nonemployee Stock Ownership Plan.