Caterpillar CFO Kyle Epley Acquires Phantom Stock Units

This Form 4 filing reports that Kyle J. Epley, Chief Financial Officer of Caterpillar Inc., acquired 6 phantom stock units on May 26, 2026, at a price of $908.55 per unit. The phantom stock units are part of the company's non-qualified deferred compensation plan and represent economic equivalents of Caterpillar common stock. Each phantom stock unit is generally equal to one share of Caterpillar common stock and will be settled 100% in cash upon the reporting person's retirement or separation from service. Following this transaction, Epley holds a total of 5,711 phantom stock units. The filing includes important footnotes explaining that phantom stock units represent interests in an unfunded unitized company stock fund comprised of stock and cash, and the number of units may change between dates due to differences in the percentages of cash and stock in the unitized fund.