---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-049132"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CAT"
cik: "0000018230"
company_name: "CATERPILLAR INC"
filed_at: "2025-05-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-21T05:32:31.738620+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Caterpillar issues $2.0B in senior notes: $1.7B at 5.200% due 2035 and $300M at 5.500% due 2055

## Summary
- Issued $1.7B of 5.200% Senior Notes due 2035 and $300M of 5.500% Senior Notes due 2055.
- Underwriting agreement dated May 12, 2025; sale closed on March 15, 2025 per filing.
- Notes are unsecured senior obligations ranking equally with existing unsecured senior debt.
- Net proceeds for general corporate purposes, may include repayment of existing indebtedness.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-049132
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CAT
- cik: 0000018230
- company_name: CATERPILLAR INC
- filed_at: 2025-05-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000110465925049132/0001104659-25-049132-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000110465925049132/tm2515084d1_8k.htm

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