2012-09-17T18:43:47-05:00 2011-10-31 ERNST & YOUNG US LLP 2100 ONE PPG PLACE PITTSBURGH PA 15222 990 2010-11-01 306073592 Deere & Company Welfare Benefit Trust #1 DEER 4122367175 C/O THE BNYM PO BOX 535007 PITTSBURGH PA 152535007 BRENT HEINTZELMAN 2012-09-17 4126447800 2010 2016-02-24 21:20:13Z X THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON PO BOX 535007 PITTSBURGH PA 152535007 889336324 false X N/A X 2004 MA TO PROVIDE BENEFITS TO ELIGIBLE MEMBERS. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9802693 60771164 -3864359 14120298 5938334 74891462 0 0 193570215 207062628 134520 174353 0 0 0 3804333 2208403 197509068 209445384 -191570734 -134553922 1042321465 907858560 1571240 1662257 1040750225 906196303 TO PROVIDE BENEFITS TO ELIGIBLE MEMBERS. false false 0 0 0 0 n/a 0 0 0 0 false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false true 0 0 0 false false false false false false X 1 0 false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false X THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON 4122367175 PO BOX 535007 PITTSBURGH PA 152535007 X THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON 0.0 X 174353 0 0 174353 0 0 0 false false false Credit Suisse Eleven Madison AV NEW YORK NY 100103629 INVESTMENT MGMT FEES 1145132 BlackRock Institutional Trust Compa 400 HOWARD ST SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105 INVESTMENT MGMT FEES 635192 TCW Asset Management Company 865 South Figueroa Street LOS ANGELES CA 90017 INVESTMENT MGMT FEES 341249 Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc 100 Campus DR PO Box 650 FLORHAM PARK NJ 079320650 INVESTMENT MGMT FEES 306631 LSV Asset Management 155 N Wacker Drive Suite 4600 CHICAGO IL 60606 INVESTMENT MGMT FEES 178931 5 0 0 17201628 17201628 0 0 858014398 814444862 43569536 43569536 43569536 0 0 0 REINSURANCE INCOME 525100 13500351 13500351 STOCK LOAN INCOME 525100 622045 622045 FFX CONTRACTS 525100 4716 4716 -6814 -6814 14120298 74891462 74891462 0 0 0 207062628 174353 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1305013 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 COMMISSIONS/FEES ON FUTURES 46720 ADMINISTRATION FEES 152500 INVESTMENT PERFORMANCE FEES 697824 MISCELLANEOUS 6346 209445384 0 0 0 5495455 17 0 6035112 2708982 2541367 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1034117028 899282064 0 0 0 0 0 0 1042321465 907858560 1571240 1662257 1571240 1662257 X 1040750225 906196303 1040750225 906196303 1042321465 907858560 -134553922 X X false false false FIXED INCOME SECURITIES 299055238 C EQUITY 532807622 C REAL ESTATE 21538524 C ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS 20880680 C OTHER 25000000 C 899282064 FORM 990 PART VI, SECTION A LINE 1A & 1B THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, N.A. SERVES AS DIRECTED TRUSTEE OF THIS TRUST. THE PLAN SPONSOR IS DEERE AND COMPANY. THE TRUST IS ADMINISTERED BY THE PLAN SPONSOR IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE TRUST AGREEMENT. AS SUCH THE VEBA DOES NOT HAVE A GOVERNING BODY THAT EXERCISES DISCRETION. FORM 990 PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 11a NO REVIEW WAS OR WILL BE CONDUCTED. FORM 990 PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 8 & B, LINE 12-15 DO NOT APPLY AS THIS ORGANIZATION IS A VOLUNTARY EMPLOYEE BENEFITS ASSOCIATION (501(C)(9) TRUST). ADDITIONALLY, THE ORGANIZATION DOES NOT HAVE ANY EMPLOYEES THEREFORE NO PROCESSES RELATED TO EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION. FORM 990 PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 AS A 501(C)(9) ORGANIZATION THE TRUST IS NOT REQUIRED TO MAKE THE DOCUMENTS REFERENCED IN QUESTION 19 AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. FORM 990, PART VII SECTION A, LINE 1A COLUMN (B) AVERAGE HOURS PER WEEK DEVOTED TO POSITION: AS TRUSTEE, THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON PROVIDES ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES SUCH AS ACTING AS INVESTMENT MANAGER FOR THE DEERE & COMPANY WELFARE BENEFIT TRUST #1. THESE SERVICES REQUIRE NUMEROUS INDIVIDUAL BANK EMPLOYEES' INVOLVEMENT IN THE ACTIVITIES OF THE ORGANIZATION AND THUS CAN NOT BE QUANTIFIED ON AN HOURLY BASIS. THEREFORE, THE TRUSTEES FEES ARE NOT BASED UPON AN HOURLY BASIS BUT ARE CALCULATED BASED UPON FACTORS SUCH AS THE MARKET VALUE OF THE ACCOUNT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR AGREEMENT WITH DEERE & COMPANY. FORM 990, PART XII, LINE 1 Deere & Company Welfare Benefit Trust #1 has noted that its books and records are reported on the "Modified Cash" basis which is a more accurate description of the accounting method used by the Deere & Company Welfare Benefit Trust #1 and is in compliance with Reg. 1.446-1(c)(iv). Though this description is different from the prior year, there has been no change in the accounting method and it is in conformity with the method used for its books. Deere & Company Welfare Benefit Trust #1 believes that the method clearly reflects income and is consistently used. DEERE & COMPANY ONE JOHN DEERE PLACE MOLINE IL 61265 362382580 EQUIPMENT MANUF. DE N/A C CORP 0 0 0.00000 false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false