NewsMay 2, 2018

Caterpillar contact:
Bridget M. Young
Global Government & Corporate Affairs
Office: 309-675-8463
Mobile: 309-648-7254
young_bridget_m@cat.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Caterpillar Helps Customers Build a Better World2017 Annual Report and Sustainability Report available online
DEERFIELD, Ill. – Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) is illustrating how it’s helping
customers build a better world in the company’s recently published 2017 Annual Report andSustainability Report.
To read the reports, visit http://reports.caterpillar.com/.
“For more than 90 years, our customers have been using Caterpillar equipment to help
improve living standards around the world,” said Caterpillar CEO Jim Umpleby. “The reports
showcase our industry-leading products and services that support infrastructure and energy
development, economic growth and communities, and protect the planet. We’re delivering thesesolutions to our customers while also implementing our strategy to achieve long-term profitablegrowth.”
The Annual Report showcases how the company is executing its strategy to create value
for shareholders and customers. Highlights include:•Strong business performance, including profit improvement and prioritizing thedividend – more than doubling the cash dividend since 2007.

•Strengthening of the company’s balance sheet due in part to the decisive actions taken
to reduce our cost structure and generate solid cash flow.

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Implementation of a new enterprise strategy focused on delivering profitable growthusing the Operating & Execution (O&E) Model as the guide and the company’s values as
the foundation.

•Focus on operational excellence, expanded offerings and services with customers at
the center of the company’s purpose.
The Sustainability Report highlights how the company is providing value to customers bymaking sustainable progress possible through its operations, products, services and solutions thatmake safe, productive and efficient use of resources. Achievements featured include, among
others:•Active participation in the circular economy through remanufacturing and rebuilding
opportunities from components and engines to turbines and rail.

•Providing innovative support to customers, including assistance from the Job SiteSolutions team and Cat® dealers to improve their operations and competitiveness, while
often delivering additional sustainability benefits.

•Fostering a diverse, inclusive and safe environment where all employees can be
successful and encouraged to share ideas, enabling them to achieve superior business andpersonal results.

•Continued commitment to communities through the Caterpillar Foundation’s support ofits partners’ work to alleviate poverty.

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About Caterpillar
For more than 90 years, Caterpillar Inc. has been making sustainable progress possible anddriving positive change on every continent. Customers turn to Caterpillar to help them develop
infrastructure, energy and natural resource assets. With 2017 sales and revenues of $45.462
billion, Caterpillar is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment,
diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. Thecompany principally operates through its three primary segments - Construction Industries,Resource Industries and Energy & Transportation - and also provides financing and related
services through its Financial Products segment. For more information, visit caterpillar.com. Toconnect with us on social media, visit caterpillar.com/social-media.

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-3Forward-looking Statements
Certain statements in this press release relate to future events and expectations and are forward-looking statements
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as “believe,” “estimate,”“will be,” “will,” “would,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “plan,” “project,” “intend,” “could,” “should” or other similarwords or expressions often identify forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historicalfact are forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, statements regarding our outlook, projections,forecasts or trend descriptions. These statements do not guarantee future performance and speak only as of the datethey are made, and we do not undertake to update our forward-looking statements.
Caterpillar’s actual results may differ materially from those described or implied in our forward-looking statements
based on a number of factors, including, but not limited to: (i) global and regional economic conditions andeconomic conditions in the industries we serve; (ii) commodity price changes, material price increases, fluctuations
in demand for our products or significant shortages of material; (iii) government monetary or fiscal policies; (iv)political and economic risks, commercial instability and events beyond our control in the countries in which weoperate; (v) our ability to develop, produce and market quality products that meet our customers’ needs; (vi) theimpact of the highly competitive environment in which we operate on our sales and pricing; (vii) information
technology security threats and computer crime; (viii) additional restructuring costs or a failure to realize anticipatedsavings or benefits from past or future cost reduction actions; (ix) failure to realize all of the anticipated benefits
from initiatives to increase our productivity, efficiency and cash flow and to reduce costs; (x) inventory management
decisions and sourcing practices of our dealers and our OEM customers; (xi) a failure to realize, or a delay inrealizing, all of the anticipated benefits of our acquisitions, joint ventures or divestitures; (xii) union disputes orother employee relations issues; (xiii) adverse effects of unexpected events including natural disasters; (xiv)disruptions or volatility in global financial markets limiting our sources of liquidity or the liquidity of our customers,dealers and suppliers; (xv) failure to maintain our credit ratings and potential resulting increases to our cost ofborrowing and adverse effects on our cost of funds, liquidity, competitive position and access to capital markets;(xvi) our Financial Products segment’s risks associated with the financial services industry; (xvii) changes in interest
rates or market liquidity conditions; (xviii) an increase in delinquencies, repossessions or net losses of Cat
Financial’s customers; (xix) currency fluctuations; (xx) our or Cat Financial’s compliance with financial and otherrestrictive covenants in debt agreements; (xxi) increased pension plan funding obligations; (xxii) alleged or actual
violations of trade or anti-corruption laws and regulations; (xxiii) international trade policies and their impact on
demand for our products and our competitive position; (xxiv) additional tax expense or exposure including theimpact of U.S. tax reform; (xxv) significant legal proceedings, claims, lawsuits or government investigations; (xxvi)
new regulations or changes in financial services regulations; (xxvii) compliance with environmental laws andregulations; and (xxviii) other factors described in more detail in Caterpillar’s Forms 10-Q, 10-K and other filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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