On October 20, 2005 Loop Capital Markets received a Co-Manager mandate with John Deere Capital Corp., a unit of Moline, Illinois-based Deere & Co. The offering was $250 million in five-year medium term notes due on October 15, 2010.  The issue was priced at 99.744 to yield 4.934% or 60 basis points more than five-year U.S. Treasury Notes.