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accession: "0000018230-23-000058"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CAT"
cik: "0000018230"
company_name: "CATERPILLAR INC"
filed_at: "2023-12-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T13:00:46.530880+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Caterpillar names Jason Kaiser as Group President of Energy & Transportation

## Summary
- Jason Kaiser, former SVP of Electric Power Division, appointed Group President of Energy & Transportation effective Jan 1, 2024.
- Kaiser succeeds Joseph Creed, who was previously named COO effective Nov 1, 2023.
- He will oversee Rail, Solar Turbines, Large/Industrial Power Systems, Electric Power, Oil & Gas/Marine, Cat Reman, and Electrification.
- Kaiser joined Caterpillar in 2000 and holds a BSEE from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.
- Board approved the appointment on Dec 12, 2023; press release issued Dec 14, 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000018230-23-000058
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CAT
- cik: 0000018230
- company_name: CATERPILLAR INC
- filed_at: 2023-12-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823023000058/0000018230-23-000058-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823023000058/cat-20231212.htm

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