---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000018230-22-000021"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CAT"
cik: "0000018230"
company_name: "CATERPILLAR INC"
filed_at: "2022-02-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T10:14:25.360016+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Caterpillar Chief Accounting Officer to retire April 1, 2022

## Summary
- Gary Michael Marvel, Chief Accounting Officer, notified company of retirement on Feb 2, 2022.
- Retirement effective April 1, 2022; no replacement named in the filing.
- Departure is a planned retirement, not an abrupt exit.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000018230-22-000021
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CAT
- cik: 0000018230
- company_name: CATERPILLAR INC
- filed_at: 2022-02-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823022000021/0000018230-22-000021-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823022000021/cat-20220208.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000018230-22-000021
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000018230-22-000021.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000018230-22-000021.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Gary Michael Marvel departed as Chief Accounting Officer at CATERPILLAR INC.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On February 2, 2022, Gary Michael Marvel, Chief Accounting Officer of Caterpillar Inc. (the “Company”), informed the Company of his intention to retire effective April 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823022000021/0000018230-22-000021-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.