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Ownership Document
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| Schema Version: X0306 |
| Document Type: 4 |
| Period of Report: 3/15/21 |
| 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: 1555586 |
| | Owner Name: Kalathur Rajesh |
| Reporting Owner Address: |
| | Owner Street 1: DEERE & COMPANY |
| | Owner Street 2: ONE JOHN DEERE PLACE |
| | 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: President, JD Financial & CIO |
| Non-Derivative Table: |
| Non-Derivative Transaction: |
| | Security Title: |
| | | Value: $1 Par Common Stock |
| | | Footnote ID: F1 |
| | Transaction Date: |
| | | Value: 3/15/21 |
| | Transaction Coding: |
| | | Transaction Form Type: 4 |
| | | Transaction Code: M |
| | | Equity Swap Involved? No |
| | Transaction Timeliness: |
| | | Value: |
| | Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Transaction Shares: |
| Value: 27,800 |
| | | Transaction Price Per Share: |
| Value: 88.185 |
| | | Transaction Acquired-Disposed Code: |
| Value: A |
| | Post-Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Shares Owned Following Transaction: |
| Value: 84,674 |
| | Ownership Nature: |
| | | Direct or Indirect Ownership: |
| Value: D |
| Non-Derivative Transaction: |
| | Security Title: |
| | | Value: $1 Par Common Stock |
| | | Footnote ID: F1 |
| | Transaction Date: |
| | | Value: 3/15/21 |
| | Transaction Coding: |
| | | Transaction Form Type: 4 |
| | | Transaction Code: S |
| | | Equity Swap Involved? No |
| | Transaction Timeliness: |
| | | Value: |
| | Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Transaction Shares: |
| Value: 27,800 |
| | | Transaction Price Per Share: |
| Value: 369.09 |
| | | Transaction Acquired-Disposed Code: |
| Value: D |
| | Post-Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Shares Owned Following Transaction: |
| Value: 56,874 |
| Footnote ID: F2 |
| | Ownership Nature: |
| | | Direct or Indirect Ownership: |
| Value: D |
| Derivative Table: |
| Derivative Transaction: |
| | Security Title: |
| | | Value: Market Priced Options |
| | | Footnote ID: F1 |
| | | Footnote ID: F3 |
| | Conversion or Exercise Price: |
| | | Value: 88.185 |
| | Transaction Date: |
| | | Value: 3/15/21 |
| | Transaction Coding: |
| | | Transaction Form Type: 4 |
| | | Transaction Code: M |
| | | Equity Swap Involved? No |
| | Transaction Timeliness: |
| | | Value: |
| | Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Transaction Shares: |
| Value: 27,800 |
| | | Transaction Price Per Share: |
| Value: 0 |
| | | Transaction Acquired-Disposed Code: |
| Value: D |
| | Exercise Date: |
| | | Footnote ID: F4 |
| | Expiration Date: |
| | | Value: 12/10/24 |
| | Underlying Security: |
| | | Underlying Security Title: |
| Value: Common Stock |
| | | Underlying Security Shares: |
| Value: 27,800 |
| | Post-Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Shares Owned Following Transaction: |
| Value: 0 |
| | Ownership Nature: |
| | | Direct or Indirect Ownership: |
| Value: D |
| Footnotes: |
| Footnote - F1: Exercise of Rule 16b-3 options and related sales of shares pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 stock option exercise plan adopted on December 14, 2020. |
| Footnote - F2: Includes 7,913 restricted stock units granted under the John Deere Omnibus Equity and Incentive Plan and the John Deere 2020 Equity and Incentive Plan to be settled solely in shares. |
| Footnote - F3: All options include the ability to withhold shares upon the exercise of the option to satisfy income tax obligations. |
| Footnote - F4: The options became exercisable in three approximately equal installments on December 10, 2015, 2016, and 2017. |
| Owner Signature: |
| Signature Name: /s/ Paul Wilczynski, Assistant Secretary, Deere & Company, Under Power of Attorney |
| Signature Date: 3/16/21 |
