---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-042621"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CAT"
cik: "0000018230"
company_name: "CATERPILLAR INC"
filed_at: "2026-04-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T06:36:18.788825+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Caterpillar nominates Lynn Good for election to board of directors

## Summary
- Board determined on April 7, 2026 to nominate Lynn Good as a director candidate.
- Nomination is for election at the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
- Effective date of appointment is August 1, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-042621
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CAT
- cik: 0000018230
- company_name: CATERPILLAR INC
- filed_at: 2026-04-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000110465926042621/0001104659-26-042621-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000110465926042621/tm2611571d2_8k.htm

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