# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0002131716
**File Stem:** 0001104659-26-054593
**Filing Date:** 2026-5
**Character Count:** 12000
**Document Hash:** 2002b928aeef93ff99a66ad9532c3b96
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001104659-26-054593.hdr.sgml**: 20260504

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001104659-26-054593

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 3

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 3

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260501

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260504

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260504

**REPORTING-OWNER**: 

**OWNER DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Epley Kyle Joseph
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0002131716

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 3
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-00768
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26935398

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 5205 N. O'CONNOR BLVD.
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 100
- **CITY:** IRVING
- **STATE:** TX
- **ZIP:** 75039
**ISSUER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** CATERPILLAR INC
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000018230
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY & EQUIP [3531]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 06 Technology
- **EIN:** 370602744
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 5205 N. O'CONNOR BOULEVARD
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 100
- **CITY:** IRVING
- **STATE:** TX
- **ZIP:** 75039
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 9728917700

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 5205 N. O'CONNOR BOULEVARD
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 100
- **CITY:** IRVING
- **STATE:** TX
- **ZIP:** 75039

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** CATERPILLAR TRACTOR CO
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19860623

## Ex-24

**Exhibit 24**

**<u>POWER OF ATTORNEY</u>**

In connection with the undersigned's service as an officer of Caterpillar Inc. (the "Company"), the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Nicole Puza, David Nimmons, Daniel Walder or Melanie Koo or any of them acting singly, and with full power of substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact to:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and in the undersigned's
behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other
documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes, passwords, and/or passphrases, enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings
with the SEC of reports, forms, statements and schedules required by Sections 13(d) and 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or any rule or regulation adopted by the SEC thereunder;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer of the Company, Forms 144, 3, 4 and 5, and all and any amendments thereto, in accordance with the Exchange Act,
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and the rules and regulations of the SEC adopted thereunder;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as a shareholder of the Company, a Schedule 13D or Schedule 13G, and all and any amendments thereto, in accordance with the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC adopted thereunder;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Forms 144, 3, 4 or 5, or Schedule 13D or Schedule 13G, or any amendment
thereto and timely file such forms and any amendments thereto with the SEC and any securities exchange or similar authority; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with
the foregoing which, in the opinion of any of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required
by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by any of such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant
to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as any of such attorney-in-fact may approve
in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that any of such attorneys-in-fact, or the substitute or substitutes of any of such attorneys-in-fact, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 13(d) or Section 16 of the Exchange Act or Rule 144 under the Securities Act.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 144, 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact. In addition, each foregoing attorney-in-fact is an employee of the Company, and this Power of Attorney shall immediately expire with respect to an attorney-in-fact when such attorney-in-fact ceases to be an employee of the Company, but shall remain in full force and effect, subject to the preceding sentence, with respect to the attorneys-in-fact who are employees of the Company.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 9th day of April, 2026.

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| Signature: | /s/ Kyle J. Epley |
| Name: Kyle J. Epley | Name: Kyle J. Epley |

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### UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
**Washington, D.C. 20549**

## FORM 3

### INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

[ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

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| **1. Name and Address of Reporting Person**<sup>*</sup><br>Epley Kyle Joseph<br><sub>(Last) (First) (Middle)</sub><br>5205 N. O'CONNOR BLVD. STE. 100<br><sub>(Street)</sub><br>IRVING, TX 75039<br><sub>(City) (State) (Zip)</sub> | **3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol**<br>CATERPILLAR INC [ CAT ] | **5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)**<br>  |
| **2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)**<br>2026-05-01 | **4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer**<br>(Check all applicable)<br>[ ] Director   [ ] 10% Owner<br>[X] Officer (give title below)   [ ] Other (specify below)<br>_Chief Financial Officer_ | **6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)**<br>[X] Form filed by One Reporting Person<br>[ ] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person |

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## Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

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| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. Title of Security | 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned | 3. Ownership Form | 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
| Common Stock | 15973 | D |  |
| Common Stock | 3186 | I | Held by 401(k) Plan<sup>(1)</sup> |

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## Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

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| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. Title of Derivative Security | 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities | 3. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities | 4. Conversion or Exercise Price | 5. Ownership Form | 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
| 1. Title of Derivative Security | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | 4. Conversion or Exercise Price | 5. Ownership Form | 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
| Employee Stock Options | <sup>(2)</sup> | 2030-03-02 | Common Stock | 13472 | $127.60 | D |  |
| Employee Stock Options | <sup>(3)</sup> | 2031-03-01 | Common Stock | 8437 | $219.76 | D |  |
| Employee Stock Options | <sup>(4)</sup> | 2032-03-07 | Common Stock | 8705 | $196.70 | D |  |
| Employee Stock Options | <sup>(5)</sup> | 2033-03-06 | Common Stock | 5278 | $253.98 | D |  |
| Employee Stock Options | <sup>(6)</sup> | 2034-03-04 | Common Stock | 2158 | $338.65 | D |  |
| Employee Stock Options | <sup>(7)</sup> | 2035-03-03 | Common Stock | 1996 | $332.04 | D |  |
| Employee Stock Options | <sup>(8)</sup> | 2036-03-02 | Common Stock | 1564 | $752.18 | D |  |
| Phantom Stock Units | <sup>(9)</sup> | <sup>(9)</sup> | Common Stock | 5889<sup>(10)</sup> | <sup>(11)</sup> | D |  |

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### Footnotes:

(1) The information in this report is based on a 401(k) plan statement dated as of March 31, 2026.

(2) The stock options were granted pursuant to the Caterpillar Inc. 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan on 03/02/2020 and vest equally in 1/3 increments on the first, secondand third anniversaries of the grant date.

(3) The stock options were granted pursuant to the Caterpillar Inc. 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan on 03/01/2021 and vest equally in 1/3 increments on the first, secondand third anniversaries of the grant date.

(4) The stock options were granted pursuant to the Caterpillar Inc. 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan on 03/07/2022 and vest equally in 1/3 increments on the first, secondand third anniversaries of the grant date.

(5) The stock options were granted pursuant to the Caterpillar Inc. 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan on 03/06/2023 and vest equally in 1/3 increments on the first, secondand third anniversaries of the grant date.

(6) The stock options were granted pursuant to the Caterpillar Inc. 2023 Long-Term Incentive Plan on 03/04/2024 and vest equally in 1/3 increments on the first, secondand third anniversaries of the grant date.

(7) The stock options were granted pursuant to the Caterpillar Inc. 2023 Long-Term Incentive Plan on 03/03/2025 and vest equally in 1/3 increments on the first, secondand third anniversaries of the grant date.

(8) The stock options were granted pursuant to the Caterpillar Inc. 2023 Long-Term Incentive Plan on 03/02/2026 and vest equally in 1/3 increments on the first, secondand third anniversaries of the grant date.

(9) The phantom stock units were acquired under the Caterpillar Inc. Supplemental Deferred Compensation Plan and are to be settled 100% in cash upon the reporting person's retirement or separation from service.

(10) Each phantom stock unit under the company's non-qualified deferred compensation plans as reported is generally equivalent to one share of Caterpillar Inc. common stock.

(11) Phantom stock units represent interests in an unfunded unitized company stock fund comprised of stock and cash, and therefore the number of phantom stock units the reporting person is deemed to own may change between any given dates due to differences in the percentages of cash and stock in the unitized fund on those dates.

**Remarks:**
Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney

**Signature:** /s/ Nicole M. Puza for Kyle J. Epley  
**Date:** 2026-05-04

### Remarks:

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4 (b)(v).

** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.

**Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number.**