---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-072929"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CAT"
cik: "0000018230"
company_name: "CATERPILLAR INC"
filed_at: "2026-06-11T20:05:30+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T20:12:43.365721+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Caterpillar raises quarterly dividend 8% to $1.63/share

## Summary
- Quarterly dividend increased by $0.12 to $1.63 per share, up from $1.51.
- Payable August 19, 2026 to shareholders of record July 20, 2026.
- Company reaffirms commitment to return substantially all MP&E free cash flow via dividends and buybacks.
- Caterpillar has paid higher annual dividends for 32 consecutive years.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-072929
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CAT
- cik: 0000018230
- company_name: CATERPILLAR INC
- filed_at: 2026-06-11T20:05:30+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000110465926072929/0001104659-26-072929-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000110465926072929/tm2617177d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  CATERPILLAR INC shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2026-06-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-10
  source text: Proposal 1 - Company Proposal - Election of Directors All nominees for election to the Company’s Board of Directors named in the Proxy Statement were elected, each to a one-year term, with the following vote: Director For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes Joseph E. Creed 313,113,033 11,832,714 507,603 68,032,649 James C. Fish, Jr. 308,288,837 16,538,220 626,293 68,032,649 Lynn J. Good 323,118,292 1,773,531 561,527 68,032,649 Gerald Johnson 320,479,013 4,353,437 620,900 68,032,649 Nazzic S. Keene 321,589,855 3,001,338 862,157 68,032,649 David W. MacLennan 316,380,421 8,437,215 635,714 68,032,649 Judith F. Marks 320,418,944 4,488,540 545,866 68,032,649 Debra L. Reed-Klages 316,254,559 8,655,657 543,134 68,032,649 Susan C. Schwab 315,235,222 9,709,139 508,989 68,032,649 Rayford Wilkins, Jr. 315,044,827 9,550,171 858,352 68,032,649
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000110465926072929/0001104659-26-072929-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CATERPILLAR INC shareholders approved Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation at the 2026-06-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-10
  source text: Proposal 3 - Company Proposal - Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation The proposal requesting that the shareholders of the Company approve executive compensation, on an advisory basis, was approved with the following vote: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 307,919,503 15,792,946 1,740,901 68,032,649
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000110465926072929/0001104659-26-072929-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CATERPILLAR INC shareholders rejected Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent at the 2026-06-10 meeting.
  - Outcome: failed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-10
  source text: Proposal 4 - Shareholder Proposal - Shareholder Right to Act by Written Consent The proposal requesting that the Board of Directors amend the Company's governing documents to permit shareholder action by written consent was not approved based on the following vote: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 127,707,438 195,268,191 2,477,721 68,032,649
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000110465926072929/0001104659-26-072929-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CATERPILLAR INC shareholders approved Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm at the 2026-06-10 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-10
  source text: Proposal 2 - Company Proposal - Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm The proposal requesting ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2026 was approved with the following vote: For Against Abstain 372,882,425 19,911,190 692,384
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000110465926072929/0001104659-26-072929-index.htm

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