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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">One John Deere Place</font></b></p>
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Moline, Illinois 61265</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Departure
  of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><br>
  </font><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">of
  Principal Officers.</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant
  to Deere &amp; Company&#146;s retirement age policy for members of its Board of
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;letter-spacing:-.15pt;">/s/ Marc
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