Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES.

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Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES.

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(a)	The Company’s common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “DE”. See the information concerning the number of stockholders and the data on dividends declared and paid per share in Notes 29 and 30 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

(b)	Not applicable.

(c)	The Company’s purchases of its common stock during the fourth quarter of 2020 were as follows:

ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES


					Maximum
				Total Number of	Number of Shares
				Shares Purchased	that May Yet Be
	Total Number of			as Part of Publicly	Purchased under
	Shares	Average Price		Announced Plans	the Plans or
	Purchased	Paid Per		or Programs (1)	Programs (1)
Period	(thousands)	Share		(thousands)	(millions)
Aug 3 to Aug 30					39.1
Aug 31 to Sept 27	925	$	216.22	925	38.2
Sept 28 to Nov 1	1,231		232.72	1,231	36.9
Total	2,156			2,156

(1)

The Company announced a share repurchase plan in December 2013 to purchase up to $8,000 million of shares of the Company’s common stock. In December 2019, the Company announced an additional share repurchase plan authorizing the purchase of up to an additional $8,000 million of shares of the Company’s common stock. The maximum number of shares that may yet be purchased under these two plans was based on the end of the fourth quarter closing share price of $225.91 per share. At the end of the fourth quarter of 2020, $8,339 million of common stock remains to be purchased under this plan.

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