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10-K/A 1 a2227218z10-ka.htm 10-K/A

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K/A

(Amendment No. 1)

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2015

Commission file number 1-4121

DEERE & COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OF THE ACT

SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(g) OF THE ACT: NONE

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes x No o

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes o No x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes x No o

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes o No x

The aggregate quoted market price of voting stock of registrant held by non-affiliates at April 30, 2015 was $30,160,160,199. At November 30, 2015, 316,700,104 shares of common stock, $1 par value, of the registrant were outstanding. Documents Incorporated by Reference. None.

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Explanatory Note

This Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A (the “Amendment No. 1”) amends the Deere & Company (the “Company”) Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2015 (the “Original 10-K”), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) on December 18, 2015. The purpose of this Amendment No. 1 is solely to amend and restate the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (the “Auditor’s Report”) included in the Original 10-K in response to comments received from the Staff of the Commission to correct typographical errors in certain of the references to the three year period covered by the Auditor’s Report.

Except as described above, this Amendment No. 1 does not amend, update or change any other disclosures in the Original 10-K, including any of the financial information disclosed in Parts II and IV of the Original 10-K, and does not purport to reflect any information or events subsequent to the filing thereof.

This Amendment No. 1 speaks as of the original filing date of the Original 10-K, and the Company has not undertaken herein to amend, supplement or update any information contained in the Original 10-K to give effect to any subsequent events. Accordingly, this Amendment No. 1 should be read in conjunction with the Original 10-K.

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