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Ownership Document
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| Schema Version: X0306 |
| Document Type: 4 |
| Period of Report: 12/14/19 |
| Not Subject to Section 16: 0 |
| Issuer: |
| Issuer CIK: 315189 |
| Issuer Name: DEERE & CO |
| Issuer Trading Symbol: DE |
| Reporting Owner: |
| Reporting Owner ID: |
| | Owner CIK: 1772144 |
| | Owner Name: CAMPBELL RYAN D |
| Reporting Owner Address: |
| | Owner Street 1: ONE JOHN DEERE PLACE |
| | Owner Street 2: |
| | Owner City: MOLINE |
| | Owner State: IL |
| | Owner ZIP Code: 61265 |
| | Owner State Description: |
| Reporting Owner Relationship: |
| | Is Director? No |
| | Is Officer? Yes |
| | Is Ten Percent Owner? No |
| | Is Other? No |
| | Officer Title: Sr VP & CFO |
| Non-Derivative Table: |
| Non-Derivative Transaction: |
| | Security Title: |
| | | Value: $1 Par Common Stock |
| | | Footnote ID: F1 |
| | Transaction Date: |
| | | Value: 12/14/19 |
| | Transaction Coding: |
| | | Transaction Form Type: 4 |
| | | Transaction Code: A |
| | | Equity Swap Involved? No |
| | Transaction Timeliness: |
| | | Value: |
| | Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Transaction Shares: |
| Value: 3,148 |
| | | Transaction Price Per Share: |
| Value: 0 |
| | | Transaction Acquired-Disposed Code: |
| Value: A |
| | Post-Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Shares Owned Following Transaction: |
| Value: 8,286 |
| | Ownership Nature: |
| | | Direct or Indirect Ownership: |
| Value: D |
| Non-Derivative Transaction: |
| | Security Title: |
| | | Value: $1 Par Common Stock |
| | | Footnote ID: F2 |
| | Transaction Date: |
| | | Value: 12/14/19 |
| | Transaction Coding: |
| | | Transaction Form Type: 4 |
| | | Transaction Code: F |
| | | Equity Swap Involved? No |
| | Transaction Timeliness: |
| | | Value: |
| | Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Transaction Shares: |
| Value: 1,471 |
| | | Transaction Price Per Share: |
| Value: 172.5 |
| | | Transaction Acquired-Disposed Code: |
| Value: D |
| | Post-Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Shares Owned Following Transaction: |
| Value: 6,815 |
| Footnote ID: F3 |
| | Ownership Nature: |
| | | Direct or Indirect Ownership: |
| Value: D |
| Footnotes: |
| Footnote - F1: Exempt settlement under Rule 16b-3 of performance stock units for stock with vesting based on total shareholder return and growth rate of revenues. |
| Footnote - F2: Exempt withholding of shares to satisfy tax withholding obligations upon settlement of performance stock units and restricted stock units for unrestricted shares. |
| Footnote - F3: Includes 4,154 restricted stock units granted under the John Deere Omnibus Equity and Incentive Plan. Units include the ability to have shares withheld to satisfy income tax obligations. |
| Owner Signature: |
| Signature Name: /s/ Paul Wilczynski, Assistant Secretary, Deere & Company, Under Power of Attorney |
| Signature Date: 12/16/19 |
