SEC Form 4 · accession 0000315189-17-000033

DEERE & CO · DE

Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗

Reporting owner

Officer — President, Ag Solutions & CIO

Period of report

Oct 2, 2017

Accepted (ET)

Oct 3, 2017 · 11:07 am EDT

Rule 10b5-1 plan

unknown — predates the checkbox

Issuer CIK

0000315189

Table I — non-derivative securities

Security	Date	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Owned after	D/I	Nature of ownership
$1 Par Common Stock^F1	Oct 2, 2017	M	22,095	$87.46	A	51,429	D
$1 Par Common Stock^F1,F2,F3	Oct 2, 2017	S	22,095	$127.0364	D	29,334	D

Security	Conv. / exercise price	Date	Code	Shares	A/D	Exercisable	Expires	Underlying	Underlying shares	Owned after	D/I
Market Priced Options^F1,F4,F5	$87.46	Oct 2, 2017	M	22,095	D	—	Dec 11, 2023	Common Stock	22,095	0	D

F1Exercise 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.
F2The sale price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $127.00 to $127.15, 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.
F3Includes 14,070 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.
F4All options include the ability to withhold shares upon the exercise of the option to satisfy income tax obligations.
F5The options became exercisable in three approximately equal tranches on December 11, 2014, 2015 and 2016.