Sec Form 4 Filing - Gilles Jean H @ DEERE & CO - 2014-04-08

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FORM 4
Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Gilles Jean H
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
DEERE & CO [ DE]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
X __ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Senior Vice President
(Last) (First) (Middle)
ONE JOHN DEERE PLACE
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YY)
04/08/2014
(Street)
MOLINE, IL61265
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YY)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
__ X __ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_____ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City) (State) (Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (MM/DD/YY) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (MM/DD/YY) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
$1 Par Common Stock ( 1 ) 04/08/2014 M 13,100 A $ 39.665 67,302 D
$1 Par Common Stock ( 1 ) 04/08/2014 S 13,100 D $ 92.7375 ( 2 ) 54,202 ( 3 ) D
$1 Par Common Stock 12 I By Son
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (MM/DD/YY) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (MM/DD/YY) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(MM/DD/YY)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Market Priced Options ( 1 ) ( 4 ) $ 39.665 04/08/2014 M 13,100 ( 5 ) 12/17/2018 Common Stock 13,100 $ 0 0 D
Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Gilles Jean H
ONE JOHN DEERE PLACE
MOLINE, IL61265
Senior Vice President
Signatures
/s/ Paul Wilczynski, Assistant Secretary, Deere & Company, Under Power of Attorney 04/09/2014
Signature of Reporting Person Date
Explanation of Responses:
( 1 )Exercise of Rule 16b-3 options and related sales of shares pursuant to a Rule 10(b)5-1 stock option exercise plan adopted by August 20, 2013.
( 2 )The sale price reported on April 8, 2014 in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $92.70 to $92.85, 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.
( 3 )Includes 35,152 restricted stock units granted under the John Deere Omnibus Equity and Inventive Plan to be settled solely in shares. Units include the ability to have shares withheld to satisfy income tax obligations.
( 4 )All options include the ability to withhold shares upon the exercise of the option to satisfy income tax obligations.
( 5 )The options became exercisable in three approximately equal installments on December 17, 2009, 2010, an 2011.

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