---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000018230-23-000007"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CAT"
cik: "0000018230"
company_name: "CATERPILLAR INC"
filed_at: "2023-02-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T02:40:27.287951+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Caterpillar appoints Judith Marks and James Fish Jr. to board; Edward Rust not standing for re-election

## Summary
- Edward Rust will not stand for re-election at 2023 annual meeting; served as director since 2003.
- Judith Marks, CEO of Otis Worldwide, appointed effective March 1, 2023; will serve on Audit and Compensation committees.
- James Fish Jr., CEO of Waste Management, appointed effective March 1, 2023; will serve on Audit and Sustainability committees.
- Following the annual meeting, the board will consist of 11 directors, 10 of whom are independent.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000018230-23-000007
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CAT
- cik: 0000018230
- company_name: CATERPILLAR INC
- filed_at: 2023-02-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823023000007/0000018230-23-000007-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823023000007/cat-20230127.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000018230-23-000007
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000018230-23-000007.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000018230-23-000007.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Judith Marks was appointed as Director at CATERPILLAR INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: the Board appointed two new directors, Judith Marks and James Fish, Jr., in each case effective March 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823023000007/0000018230-23-000007-index.htm
- Executive change
  Edward Rust departed as Director at CATERPILLAR INC.
  - Action: not stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: On January 27, 2023, Edward Rust communicated to the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Caterpillar Inc. (the “Company”) his decision not to stand for re-election to the Board at the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823023000007/0000018230-23-000007-index.htm
- Executive change
  James Fish Jr. was appointed as Director at CATERPILLAR INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: the Board appointed two new directors, Judith Marks and James Fish, Jr., in each case effective March 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823023000007/0000018230-23-000007-index.htm

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