{"url_path":"/sec/cat/8-k/2026-06-11/item-5-07","section_key":"item-5-07","section_title":"Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-06-11","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/0001104659-26-072929-index.html","accession_number":"0001104659-26-072929","cik":"0000018230","ticker":"CAT","issuer_name":"CATERPILLAR INC","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/0001104659-26-072929-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0000018230","primary_entity_name":"CATERPILLAR INC"},"word_count":302,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 5.07\nSubmission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders\n\n \n\nOn June 10, 2026, Caterpillar Inc. (the “Company”)\nheld a virtual 2026 Annual Shareholders Meeting (the “Annual Meeting”). Set forth below are the voting results for each of\nthe matters submitted to a vote of the Company’s shareholders at the Annual Meeting.\n\n \n\n**Proposal 1 - Company Proposal - Election of Directors**\n\n \n\nAll\nnominees for election to the Company’s Board of Directors named in the Proxy Statement were elected, each to a one-year term, with\nthe following vote:\n\n \n\nDirector \nFor  \nAgainst  \nAbstain  \nBroker Non-Votes \n\nJoseph E. Creed \n 313,113,033  \n 11,832,714  \n 507,603  \n 68,032,649 \n\nJames C. Fish, Jr. \n 308,288,837  \n 16,538,220  \n 626,293  \n 68,032,649 \n\nLynn J. Good \n 323,118,292  \n 1,773,531  \n 561,527  \n 68,032,649 \n\nGerald Johnson \n 320,479,013  \n 4,353,437  \n 620,900  \n 68,032,649 \n\nNazzic S. Keene \n 321,589,855  \n 3,001,338  \n 862,157  \n 68,032,649 \n\nDavid W. MacLennan \n 316,380,421  \n 8,437,215  \n 635,714  \n 68,032,649 \n\nJudith F. Marks \n 320,418,944  \n 4,488,540  \n 545,866  \n 68,032,649 \n\nDebra L. Reed-Klages \n 316,254,559  \n 8,655,657  \n 543,134  \n 68,032,649 \n\nSusan C. Schwab \n 315,235,222  \n 9,709,139  \n 508,989  \n 68,032,649 \n\nRayford Wilkins, Jr. \n 315,044,827  \n 9,550,171  \n 858,352  \n 68,032,649 \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n**Proposal 2 - Company Proposal - Ratification of Independent\nRegistered Public Accounting Firm**\n\n \n\nThe proposal\nrequesting ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting\nfirm for 2026 was approved with the following vote:\n\n \n\nFor  \nAgainst  \nAbstain \n\n 372,882,425  \n 19,911,190  \n 692,384 \n\n \n\n**Proposal 3 - Company Proposal - Advisory Vote to Approve\nExecutive Compensation**\n\n \n\nThe proposal requesting that the shareholders of the Company\napprove executive compensation, on an advisory basis, was approved with the following vote:\n\n \n\nFor  \nAgainst  \nAbstain  \nBroker Non-Votes \n\n 307,919,503  \n 15,792,946  \n 1,740,901  \n 68,032,649 \n\n \n\n**Proposal 4 - Shareholder Proposal - Shareholder Right to Act\nby Written Consent**\n\n \n\nThe proposal requesting that the Board of Directors amend\nthe Company's governing documents to permit shareholder action by written consent was not approved based on the following vote:\n\n \n\nFor  \nAgainst  \nAbstain  \nBroker Non-Votes \n\n 127,707,438  \n 195,268,191  \n 2,477,721  \n 68,032,649"}