<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001104659-16-162970.txt : 20161220
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-16-162970
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20161220
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20161220
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20161220

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DEERE & CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000315189
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	FARM MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT [3523]
		IRS NUMBER:				362382580
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1031

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-04121
		FILM NUMBER:		162060950

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE JOHN DEERE PLACE
		CITY:			MOLINE
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			61265-8098
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(309) 765-8000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE JOHN DEERE PLACE
		CITY:			MOLINE
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			61265-8098
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">Date of Report:&#160; December&nbsp;20, 2016</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">One John Deere Place</font></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 5.4pt;text-align:center;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">Moline,&nbsp;Illinois 61265</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.75in;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 5.02&#160; Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangement of Certain Officers.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:11.0pt;">Alan C. Heuberger has been elected to the Deere&nbsp;&amp; Company board of directors effective December&nbsp;20, 2016. Mr.&nbsp;Heuberger is a senior investment manager at BMGI, the office responsible for all non-Microsoft investments for William H. Gates III as well as for the investments of the Bill&nbsp;&amp; Melinda Gates Foundation Trust.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:11.0pt;">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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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="3" face="Arial" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Alan Heuberger elected to Deere&nbsp;&amp; Company Board of Directors</font></b></p>
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<p style="line-height:22.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:27.35pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;">MOLINE,&nbsp;Illinois (December&nbsp;20,&nbsp;2017) &#151; Deere&nbsp;&amp; Company (NYSE: DE) today announced the election of Alan C. Heuberger to the company&#146;s Board of Directors. Mr.&nbsp;Heuberger is a senior investment manager at BMGI, the office responsible for all non-Microsoft investments for William H. Gates III as well as for the investments of the Bill&nbsp;&amp; Melinda Gates Foundation Trust.&#160; These investments include Deere&nbsp;&amp; Company.</font></p>
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<p style="line-height:22.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:27.35pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;">&#147;We look forward to Alan joining the Deere Board of Directors,&#148; said Samuel R. Allen, Deere&#146;s chairman and chief executive officer. &#147;His significant management experience of investments in the agriculture industry is a valuable addition to the Board.&#148;</font></p>
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<p style="line-height:22.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:27.35pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;">At BMGI, Heuberger provides oversight on a variety of direct private equity and real asset portfolio investments including the firm&#146;s agriculture investments, which are comprised of farmland, farm production and processing businesses, and various public equity positions including Deere&nbsp;&amp; Company.</font></p>
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<p style="line-height:22.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:27.35pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;">Heuberger received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Mathematics from Claremont McKenna College. He also has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.</font></p>
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<p style="line-height:22.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:27.35pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;">Deere&nbsp;&amp; Company (<u>www.JohnDeere.com</u>) is a world leader in providing advanced products and services and is committed to the success of customers whose work is linked to the land &#150; those who cultivate, harvest, transform, enrich and build upon the land to meet the world&#146;s dramatically increasing need for food, fuel, shelter and infrastructure.</font></p>
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