

[Federal Register: September 28, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 187)]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[File No. 1-04121]

 
Issuer Delisting; Notice of Application of Deere & Company To 
Withdraw Its Common Stock, $1.00 Par Value, From Listing and 
Registration on the Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc.

September 21, 2005.
    On August 31, 2005, Deere & Company, a Delaware corporation 
(``Issuer''), filed an application with the Securities and Exchange 
Commission (``Commission''), pursuant to Section 12(d) of the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Act'') \1\ and Rule 12d2-2(d) 
thereunder,\2\ to withdraw its common stock, $1.00 par value 
(``Security''), from listing and registration on the Chicago Stock 
Exchange, Inc. (``CHX'').
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    \1\ 15 U.S.C. 78l(d).
    \2\ 17 CFR 240.12d2-2(d).
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    The Board of Directors (``the Board'') of the Issuer approved a 
resolution on May 26, 2005 to withdraw the Security from listing on 
CHX. The Issuer stated that the Board decided to withdraw the Security 
from listing on CHX because it was not in the shareholders' best 
interest to maintain a listing on multiple stock exchanges. The Issuer 
stated that the principal stock exchange on which the Security trades 
is the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (``NYSE'') and the Security will 
continue to be traded on NYSE.
    The Issuer stated in its application that it has complied with 
applicable rules of CHX by complying with all applicable laws in the 
State of Delaware, the state in which the Issuer is incorporated, and 
by providing CHX with the required documents governing the withdrawal 
of securities from listing and registration on CHX. The Issuer's 
application relates solely to the withdrawal of the Security from 
listing on CHX and shall not affect its continued listing on NYSE, or 
its obligation to be registered under Section 12(b) of the Act.\3\
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    \3\ 15 U.S.C. 78l(b).
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    Any interested person may, on or before October 11, 2005 comment on 
the facts bearing upon whether the application has been made in 
accordance with the rules of CHX, and what terms, if any, should be 
imposed by the Commission for the protection of investors. All comment 
letters may be submitted by either of the following methods:

Electronic Comments

     Send an e-mail to rule-comments@sec.gov. Please include 
the File Number 1-04121 or;

Paper Comments

     Send paper comments in triplicate to Jonathan G. Katz, 
Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20549-9303.

    All submissions should refer to File Number 1-04121. This file 
number should be included on the subject line if e-mail is used. To 
help us process and review your comments more efficiently, please use 
only one method. The Commission will post all comments on the 
Commission's Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/rules/delist.shtml). 

Comments are also available for public inspection and copying in the 
Commission's Public Reference Room. All comments received will be 
posted without change; we do not edit personal identifying information 
from submissions. You should submit only information that you wish to 
make available publicly.
    The Commission, based on the information submitted to it, will 
issue an order granting the application after the date mentioned above, 
unless the Commission determines to order a hearing on the matter.

    For the Commission, by the Division of Market Regulation, 
pursuant to delegated authority.\4\
Jonathan G. Katz,
Secretary.
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    \4\ 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(1).
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 [FR Doc. E5-5309 Filed 9-27-05; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8010-01-P
