X0202 4 2004-09-30 0 0000315189 DEERE & CO DE 0001193998 COFFMAN VANCE D LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION 6801 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE BETHESDA MD 20817 1 0 0 0 Phantom Stock Units 0 2004-09-30 4 A 0 125.871 64.55 A Common Stock 125.871 125.871 D The security converts to common stock on a one-for-one basis. The phantom stock units were accrued under the Issuer's Nonemployee Director Deferred Compensation Plan and are to be settled solely in cash beginning in the calendar year following the reporting person's retirement from the Issuer's Board. The reported holdings of phantom stock units include units acquired in dividend reinvestment transactions that are exempt from line-item reporting. As of the transaction date, the reporting person directly beneficially owned 529 $1 par common shares of the Issuer. 529 of such shares are restricted shares acquired under the Issuer's Nonemployee Director Stock Ownership Plan. /s/ James H. Becht, Company Secretary, Deere & Company, As Power of Attorney 2004-10-04