EXHIBIT 21
DEERE & COMPANY
AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES
SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT
As of October 31, 1996
Subsidiary companies of Deere & Company are listed below. Except where
otherwise indicated, 100 percent of the voting securities of the companies named
is owned directly or indirectly by Deere & Company.
Organized
under the
Name of subsidiary laws of
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Subsidiaries included in consolidated
financial statements *
John Deere Industrial Equipment Company. . . . . . . . . Delaware
John Deere Agricultural Holdings, Inc. . . . . . . . . . Delaware
John Deere Industrial Holdings, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . Delaware
John Deere Lawn and Grounds Care Holdings, Inc.. . . . . Delaware
John Deere Turf Care, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delaware
John Deere Commercial Worksite Products, Inc.. . . . . . Tennessee
John Deere Limited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Canada
John Deere - Lanz Verwaltungs A.G. (99.9% owned) . . . . Germany
John Deere S.A.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . France
John Deere Iberica S.A.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spain
John Deere Intercontinental GmbH (Germany) . . . . . . . Germany
Chamberlain Holdings Limited (Australia) . . . . . . . . Australia
John Deere Limited Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Australia
John Deere Power Products, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . Tennessee
John Deere Foreign Sales Corporation Limited . . . . . . Jamaica
John Deere Credit Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delaware
John Deere Capital Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delaware
John Deere Credit Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Canada
John Deere Receivables, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nevada
John Deere Funding Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nevada
Deere Receivables Corporation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nevada
Deere Credit, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delaware
Deere Credit Services, Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delaware
Arrendadora John Deere S.A. de C.V. (99.9% owned). . . . Mexico
John Deere Insurance Group, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . Delaware
John Deere Insurance Company of Canada . . . . . . . . . Canada
Rock River Insurance Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Illinois
Sierra General Life Insurance Company. . . . . . . . . . Nevada
Tahoe Insurance Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nevada
John Deere Casualty Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Illinois
John Deere Health Care, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delaware
Heritage National Healthplan, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . Illinois
Heritage National Healthplan of Tennessee, Inc.. . . . . Tennessee
John Deere Healthcare of Georgia, Inc. . . . . . . . . . Georgia
John Deere Family Healthplan, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . Illinois
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* Thirty consolidated subsidiaries and eighteen unconsolidated affiliates
whose names are omitted, considered in the aggregate as a single
subsidiary, would not constitute a significant subsidiary.
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