U.S. Bank Selected as Indenture Trustee for John Deere Owner Trust 2007

Business Wire, June 28, 2007

MINNEAPOLIS -- U.S. Bank today announced that Deere & Company has selected the bank as indenture trustee for its asset-backed note financing supported primarily by agricultural and construction retail installment sale and loan contracts secured by new and used agricultural, construction and forestry equipment. In its role as indenture trustee for the $1,000,800,000 John Deere Owner Trust 2007, U.S. Bank will be responsible for compliance oversight, noteholder communication and processing of interest and principal payments.

The Servicer, John Deere Capital Corporation, is a wholly owned finance subsidiary of John Deere. It primarily provides financing for John Deere equipment sold through John Deere dealers. Headquartered in Moline, Ill., Deere & Company is the world's leading provider of advanced products and services for agriculture and forestry and a major provider of advanced products and services for construction, lawn and turf care, landscaping and irrigation.

"U.S. Bank is pleased to be chosen as indenture trustee for John Deere and to expand our relationship with a successful market leader," said Bryan Calder, president of U.S. Bank Corporate Trust Services. "We are well-suited to meet the detailed trust needs this transaction requires and to provide the excellent customer service that a quality organization such as John Deere expects."

U.S. Bank Corporate Trust Services is one of the nation's largest providers of corporate trust services, administering a diverse portfolio of more than 81,000 bond issues representing more than $2.5 trillion in outstanding municipal, corporate, asset-backed and international securities.

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