---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000018230-24-000047"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CAT"
cik: "0000018230"
company_name: "CATERPILLAR INC"
filed_at: "2024-10-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T15:32:55.062374+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Caterpillar appoints former SAIC CEO Nazzic Keene to board

## Summary
- Nazzic Keene appointed to Caterpillar board effective November 1, 2024.
- Keene served as CEO of Science Applications International Corporation from 2019 to 2023.
- She will sit on the Nominating & Governance and Compensation & Human Resources Committees.
- Compensation matches standard non-employee director terms from April 2024 proxy.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000018230-24-000047
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CAT
- cik: 0000018230
- company_name: CATERPILLAR INC
- filed_at: 2024-10-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823024000047/0000018230-24-000047-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823024000047/cat-20241009.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000018230-24-000047
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000018230-24-000047.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000018230-24-000047.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Nazzic Keene was appointed as Director at CATERPILLAR INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company appointed Nazzic Keene to serve on the Board, effective November 1, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823024000047/0000018230-24-000047-index.htm

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