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JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
In accordance with Rule 13d-1(k)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, the undersigned hereby agree to the joint filing of Deere &
Company, a Delaware corporation, and John Deere Special Technologies Group,
Inc., a Delaware corporation, on behalf of each of them of a statement on
Schedule 13D (including amendments thereto) with respect to shares of Common
Stock, par value $.01 per share, of XATA Corporation, a Minnesota corporation,
and that this Joint Filing Agreement be included as an Exhibit to such joint
filings. This Joint Filing Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned hereby execute this Joint Filing
Agreement this 8th day of September 2000.
Date: September 8, 2000
DEERE & COMPANY
By: /s/ Ferdinand F. Korndorf
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Ferdinand F. Korndorf
President, Worldwide Agricultural
Equipment Division
JOHN DEERE SPECIAL TECHNOLOGIES
GROUP, INC.
By: /s/ Charles R. Stamp, Jr.
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Charles R. Stamp, Jr.
President
