X0306 4 2017-06-01 0 0000315189 DEERE & CO DE 0001196901 ALLEN SAMUEL R DEERE & CO ONE JOHN DEERE PLACE MOLINE IL 61265 0 1 0 0 Chairman & CEO $1 Par Common Stock 2017-06-01 4 M 0 62704 39.665 A 333491.5172 D $1 Par Common Stock 2017-06-01 4 S 0 62704 125 D 270787.5172 D $1 Par Common Stock 47203 I By LLC Market Priced Options 39.665 2017-06-01 4 M 0 62704 0 D 2018-12-17 Common Stock 62704 0 D Exercise of Rule 16b-3 employee stock options and related sale of shares pursuant to a Rule 10(b)5-1 stock option exercise plan adopted on December 5, 2016. Includes 141,524 restricted stock units granted under the John Deere Omnibus Equity and Incentive Plan to be settled solely in shares. Units include the ability to have shares withheld to satisfy income tax obligations. All options include the ability to withhold shares upon the exercise of the option to satisfy income tax obligations. The options became exercisable in three approximately equal installments on December 17, 2009, 2010, and 2011. /s/ Paul Wilcynzski, Assistant Secretary, Deere & Company, Under Power of Attorney 2017-06-02