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Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date of Report: <b>November 29, 2006</b><br>
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E&#160; &amp;&#160;
C O M P A N Y</font></b><font size="5" style="font-size:18.0pt;"><br>
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Deere Place<br>
Moline, Illinois 61265</font></b><br>(Address of principal executive offices
and zip code)</p>

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765-8000<br>
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telephone number, including area code)</p>

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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Establishment of Performance Goals for Cash Bonus
Plans</font></u></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Compensation
Committee of the Deere &amp; Company board of directors has established
specific performance goals for fiscal 2007 under the John Deere Performance
Bonus Plan and for the four year performance period beginning November 1, 2006
under the John Deere Mid-Term Incentive Bonus Plan.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">John
Deere Performance Bonus Plan</font></u></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Under the
Performance Bonus Plan, the Committee has established operating return on
operating assets (OROA) of the equipment divisions and return on equity (ROE)
of the financial services divisions as the performance measures for fiscal
2007. Operating return on operating assets is defined as operating profit
before provisions for annual performance and mid-term incentive bonuses divided
by average identifiable operating assets during the fiscal year with
inventories valued at standard cost. Return on equity is defined as net income
before provisions for mid-term incentive bonuses divided by average equity over
the fiscal year. Beginning in fiscal 2006, if the goodwill of a new acquisition
is in excess of 0.5% of total operating assets of an equipment division or if
the equity related to goodwill of a new acquisition is in excess of 0.5% of
total equity of the financial services division, the goodwill is phased in to
the asset or equity base, as the case may be, evenly over a sixty-month period
beginning with the first month of balance sheet consolidation. The objective is
to encourage investments in sound acquisitions that may include goodwill, while
still requiring effective integration and management of new businesses in a
timely manner.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The OROA and ROE
calculations can be summarized as follows:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 88.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Operating profit (after
provisions for annual performance and mid-term incentive bonuses)</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 88.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">+Provisions for annual
performance bonuses</font></p>

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mid-term incentive bonuses</font></u></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 88.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">=Adjusted operating profit</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 88.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">OROA = Adjusted operating profit/Average identifiable operating
assets with inventories at standard cost and significant goodwill phased in
over sixty months</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 88.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Net income (after taxes
and provisions for annual performance and mid-term incentive bonuses)</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 88.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">+Provisions for
mid-term incentive bonuses (net of income taxes)</font></u></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 88.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">=Adjusted net income</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 88.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ROE = Adjusted net income/Average equity with equity
related to significant goodwill phased in over sixty months</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The OROA goals are
adjusted based on the percent of annual actual sales to annual normal sales for
each equipment division. The OROA performance goals are higher when sales
volumes are greater. For fiscal 2007, the minimum performance goal at low sales
volumes required to generate an award has been increased from 0 percent OROA to
4 percent OROA. Normal sales volumes are reviewed annually for possible changes
based on exchange rates, new and discontinued products, and other assumptions.
The ROE goals for the credit division are adjusted for the actual mix of
business that is subsidized by John Deere and business that is not subsidized. ROE
goals are higher for non-subsidized business. The ROE goals for the credit
division shown in the table below are based on a mix of approximately 70%
subsidized business and 30% non-subsidized business. The actual business mix
may differ from these estimates.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The weighting and
the minimum, target and maximum fiscal 2007 Performance Bonus Plan performance
measures at normal sales volumes for employees of the corporate headquarters,
including all executive officers, are as follows:</font></p>


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  OROA</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">40</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">8.00</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">12.00</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">20.00</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="38%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Construction &amp;
  Forestry Division OROA</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">20</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">8.00</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">12.00</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">20.00</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="38%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Commercial &amp;
  Consumer Division OROA</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">20</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">8.00</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">12.00</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">20.00</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="38%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">John Deere Credit ROE</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">20</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">12.36</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">13.22</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">14.09</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="38%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:38.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.86%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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</table>

<p style="line-height:1.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The OROA goals for
the equipment divisions are adjusted based on the percent of annual actual
sales to annual normal sales for each equipment division. The above goals are
at 100% of normal sales volumes. The OROA goals at 80% and 120% of normal sales
volumes are as follows:</font></p>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Times New Roman;width:100.0%;">
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="69%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:69.5%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Actual Sales</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="26%" colspan="5" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:26.32%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.82%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="69%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:69.5%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Volume</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="26%" colspan="5" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:26.32%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">OROA Goals</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.82%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="69%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:69.5%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.18%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Minimum</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.18%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Target</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.18%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Maximum</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.82%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="69%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:69.5%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.0pt;">&nbsp;</font>80%
  of Normal</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.18%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.18%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">8</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.18%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">12</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.82%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="69%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:69.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">120% of Normal</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">John
Deere Mid-Term Incentive Bonus Plan</font></u></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Under the Mid-Term
Incentive Bonus Plan the Committee has established shareholder value added
(SVA) as the performance measure for the four year performance period beginning
November 1, 2006. SVA is defined as operating profit before income taxes and
provisions for mid-term incentive bonuses, less an estimated pretax cost of
capital employed. SVA is computed and accrued for each fiscal year. The annual
amounts are aggregated to determine performance for the four year performance
period. The Company shares with qualifying employees a small percentage of the
aggregated SVA up to a capped amount. In this way, total annual awards to
employees are capped. Accruals are adjusted accordingly each fiscal year. For
purposes of determining SVA, each of the equipment divisions is assessed a
pretax cost of assets, which on an annual basis is 12 percent of the division&#146;s
average identifiable operating assets during the applicable period with
inventory at standard cost. Management believes that valuing inventories at
standard cost more closely approximates the current cost of inventory and the
Company&#146;s investment in the asset. Financial services is assessed a pretax cost
of equity, which on an annual basis is approximately 18 of its average equity plus
the average allowance for credit losses during the period. The cost of assets
or equity, as applicable, is deducted from the operating profit of the
equipment divisions or financial services to determine the amount of SVA for
the performance period. For this purpose, the operating profit of the financial
services division is income before income taxes and changes to the allowance
for credit losses. The average equity and operating profit of financial
services are adjusted for the allowance for credit losses in order to more
closely reflect credit losses on a write-off basis.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Beginning in
fiscal 2006, if the goodwill of a new acquisition is in excess of 0.5% of total
operating assets of an equipment division or if the equity related to goodwill
of a new acquisition is in excess of 0.5% of total equity of the financial
services division, for purposes of computing the estimated cost of capital or
equity, the goodwill is phased in to average assets or average equity, as the
case may be, evenly over a sixty-month period beginning with the first month of
balance sheet consolidation. The objective is to encourage investments in sound
acquisitions that may include goodwill, while still requiring effective integration
and management of new businesses in a timely manner.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The SVA
calculations for the equipment divisions and financial services can be
summarized as follows:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SVA
of equipment operations:</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 52.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Operating profit (before
income taxes)</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 52.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">+Provisions for mid-term
incentive bonuses</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 52.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">-Estimated cost of
capital ((average identifiable assets with inventories at standard cost and<u> <br>
significant goodwill phased in over sixty months) x 12%)</u></font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 52.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">=SVA of equipment operations</font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SVA
of financial services:</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Net income</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Divided by after-tax
earnings rate (65% = 1 - 35% (the estimated corporate tax rate))</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">+Provisions for mid-term
incentive bonuses and changes in the allowance for credit losses</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 40.5pt;text-indent:-4.5pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">-Estimated cost of equity
((average equity plus average allowance for credit losses and</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 40.5pt;text-indent:-4.5pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">equity related to
significant goodwill phased in over sixty months) x approximately 18%)</font></u></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">=SVA of financial services</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Committee also
established that no awards will be paid under the Mid-Term Incentive Bonus Plan
unless at least $1,000,000 of SVA is generated for the performance period and
the maximum award will be earned if $4,000,000,000 of SVA is generated during
the performance period. Target awards will be earned if $2,000,000,000 of SVA
is generated during the performance period. The Mid-Term Incentive bonuses paid
to employees also depend upon the amount of SVA allocated by the Committee for
bonuses for the performance period and the number of employees participating in
the performance period. In conjunction with the increase in the SVA cap from $3,000,000,000
to $4,000,000,000, the percentage of the SVA pool for the four year performance
period that is shared with employees has been decreased from 4.7% to 4%.</font></p>


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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Signature<a name="Signature_211925"></a></font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned hereto duly authorized.</font></p>

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