PROSPECTUS and PRICING SUPPLEMENT NO. 54
PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT, each effective at 12:00 PM ET
Dated January 12, 1999 Dated August 18, 2000
CUSIP: 24422EMP1 Commission File No.: 333-69601
Filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
U.S. $270,850,000
JOHN DEERE CAPITAL CORPORATION
MEDIUM-TERM NOTES, SERIES C
due from 9 Months to 30 Years from Date of Issue
(Floating Rate Notes)
Original Issue Date: 23 August 2000
Maturity Date: 25 August 2003
Principal Amount: $100,000,000
Interest Rate Basis: USD-LIBOR-Telerate
Index Maturity: 1 Month
Spread: Plus 24 Basis Points
Initial Interest Determination Date: 21 August 2000
Day Count Convention: Actual/360
Interest Reset Dates: Monthly on the 25th of
each month via modified
following business day
convention.
Interest Determination Dates: Two London Banking Days
preceding such Interest
Reset Dates
Interest Payment Dates: Monthly on the 25th of
each month via modified
following business day
convention
Redemption Provisions: None
Plan of Distribution: Chase Securities Inc., as agent,
has offered the Senior Notes
for sale at a price
of 100% of the aggregate
principal amount
of the Senior Notes.
Chase Securities Inc.
Hans Becherer, our Chairman and the Chairman of Deere & Company, and John
R. Stafford, a director of Deere & Company, are directors of The Chase
Manhattan Corporation and The Chase Manhattan Bank (the Senior Trustee),
which are affiliates of Chase Securities, Inc.
