secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CATERPILLAR INC (CAT)
CIK:        0000018230
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-06-12T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-25-058891
Event type: dividend
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 5.07, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Caterpillar raises quarterly dividend 7% to $1.51 per share
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- Quarterly dividend raised to $1.51/share from $1.41, a 7% increase.
- Payable Aug 20, 2025, to shareholders of record July 21, 2025.
- Caterpillar has paid higher annual dividends for 31 consecutive years.
- Board expects to continue returning substantially all ME&T free cash flow via dividends and buybacks.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000110465925058891/0001104659-25-058891-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000110465925058891/tm2517853d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-058891

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