---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000018230-22-000212"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CAT"
cik: "0000018230"
company_name: "CATERPILLAR INC"
filed_at: "2022-10-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T03:53:48.666317+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Caterpillar waives age-65 retirement policy for Chairman & CEO Jim Umpleby

## Summary
- Board waived mandatory retirement policy requiring CEO to retire at age 65.
- Jim Umpleby agrees to remain as Chairman & CEO beyond February 2023.
- Presiding director cites flexibility in CEO succession as reason for waiver.
- Umpleby has led Caterpillar since 2017; no end date specified for extension.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000018230-22-000212
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CAT
- cik: 0000018230
- company_name: CATERPILLAR INC
- filed_at: 2022-10-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823022000212/0000018230-22-000212-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823022000212/cat-20221013.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000018230-22-000212
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000018230-22-000212.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000018230-22-000212.txt

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