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Issuer:     CATERPILLAR INC (CAT)
CIK:        0000018230
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-10-13T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000018230-22-000212
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823022000212/0000018230-22-000212-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823022000212/cat-20221013.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000018230-22-000212

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