UNITED STATES

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

Washington, D.C.  20549

 

 

 

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

 

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

 

Date of Report:  December 20, 2016

(Date of earliest event reported)

 

 

D E E R E  &  C O M P A N Y

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

DELAWARE

 

1-4121

 

36-2382580

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

One John Deere Place

Moline, Illinois 61265

(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

 

(309) 765-8000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

 

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

[  ]  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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[  ]  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

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Item 5.02  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangement of Certain Officers.

 

Alan C. Heuberger has been elected to the Deere & Company board of directors effective December 20, 2016. Mr. Heuberger is a senior investment manager at BMGI, the office responsible for all non-Microsoft investments for William H. Gates III as well as for the investments of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust.

 

Mr. Heuberger will be a member of the Audit Review Committee and the Finance Committee of the board of directors.

 

Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

99.1     News Release

 

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Signature

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereto duly authorized.

 

 

DEERE & COMPANY

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Todd E. Davies

 

 

Todd E. Davies

 

 

Secretary

Dated: December 20, 2016

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Number and Description of Exhibit

 

 

(99.1)       News Release

 

4

Exhibit 99.1

 

 

 

 

NEWS RELEASE

 

Contact:

 

Ken Golden

 

Director, Global Public Relations

 

309-765-5678

 

 

Alan Heuberger elected to Deere & Company Board of Directors

 

MOLINE, Illinois (December 20, 2017) — Deere & Company (NYSE: DE) today announced the election of Alan C. Heuberger to the company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Heuberger is a senior investment manager at BMGI, the office responsible for all non-Microsoft investments for William H. Gates III as well as for the investments of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust.  These investments include Deere & Company.

 

“We look forward to Alan joining the Deere Board of Directors,” said Samuel R. Allen, Deere’s chairman and chief executive officer. “His significant management experience of investments in the agriculture industry is a valuable addition to the Board.”

 

At BMGI, Heuberger provides oversight on a variety of direct private equity and real asset portfolio investments including the firm’s agriculture investments, which are comprised of farmland, farm production and processing businesses, and various public equity positions including Deere & Company.

 

Heuberger received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Mathematics from Claremont McKenna College. He also has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.

 

Deere & Company ( www.JohnDeere.com ) is a world leader in providing advanced products and services and is committed to the success of customers whose work is linked to the land – those who cultivate, harvest, transform, enrich and build upon the land to meet the world’s dramatically increasing need for food, fuel, shelter and infrastructure.