<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001104659-18-071484.txt : 20181206
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-18-071484
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20181205
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
FILED AS OF DATE:		20181206
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20181206

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:			1028

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-04121
		FILM NUMBER:		181218651

	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;">Pursuant to Section13 OR 15(d)&nbsp;of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934</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;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="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 8.01</font></b><font face="Arial">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <b>Other Events</b></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following is the text of a press release issued by Deere&nbsp;&amp; Company December&nbsp;5, 2018.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold;">NEWS RELEASE</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;">Ken Golden</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;">Director, Global Public Relations</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;">309-765-5678</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Deere&nbsp;&amp; Company Raises Dividend</font></b></p>
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<p style="line-height:150%;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;">MOLINE,&nbsp;IL (December&nbsp;5, 2018) &#150; The Deere&nbsp;&amp; Company (NYSE: DE) Board of Directors today increased the company&#146;s quarterly dividend to $.76 per share on common stock. The dividend is payable February&nbsp;1, 2019, to stockholders of record on December&nbsp;31, 2018.</font></p>
<p style="line-height:150%;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;">The new quarterly rate represents an additional 7 cents per share over the previous level &#150; an increase of approximately 10 percent.</font></p>
<p style="line-height:150%;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;">&#147;The dividend increase reflects the sound financial position of the company and confidence in our ability to generate strong cash flows through the cycle going forward,&#148; said Samuel R. Allen, chairman and chief executive officer.</font></p>
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<p style="line-height:150%;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;">Certain statements in this report are &#147;forward-looking&#148; statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 with respect to future events and financial performance. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those contemplated (expressed or implied) by such forward-looking statements, because of, among other things, the risks and uncertainties found in the Company&#146;s press releases and other SEC filings, including the risk factors identified under the heading &#147;Risk Factors&#148; in the &#147;Management&#146;s Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations and Financial Condition&#148; in the Company&#146;s most recent Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K, as well as the Company&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form&nbsp;10-Q.</font></p>
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