Press Release

DBRS Assigns “A” Rating to John Deere Capital’s New Issuances

Industrials
December 02, 2011

DBRS has today assigned a rating of “A” with a Stable trend to the senior unsecured medium-term notes (the Notes) issued today by John Deere Capital Corporation (JDCC).

The Notes have been issued in two fixed-rate tranches: (1) $500 million, with a coupon of 2.00%, maturing on January 13, 2017, and (2) $600 million with a coupon of 1.25%, maturing on December 2, 2014.

The Notes rank pari passu with all senior unsecured debt obligations of JDCC.

Notes:
All figures are in U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted.

The applicable methodology is Rating Companies in the Industrial Products Industry, which can be found on our website under Methodologies.