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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Caterpillar (CAT)

Caterpillar raises quarterly dividend 8% to $1.63 per share

Positive Impact 3 of 5 shareholder Written later

Caterpillar's Board declared a quarterly dividend of $1.63 per share, up 12 cents from $1.51, payable August 19, 2026. At the June 10, 2026 virtual annual meeting, shareholders elected all director nominees and rejected a shareholder proposal to allow action by written consent, which would have needed the Board to amend the governing documents.

Key points

  • Quarterly dividend of $1.63 per share, up 12 cents (8%) from $1.51, payable August 19, 2026 to holders of record at the close of business July 20, 2026
  • All 10 director nominees elected to one-year terms at the June 10, 2026 annual meeting
  • Written consent proposal not approved: 127,707,438 for and 195,268,191 against
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP ratified for 2026: 372,882,425 for and 19,911,190 against

The filing

CompanyCaterpillar (CAT)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECJun 11, 2026, 4:05 PM ET
Accession number0001104659-26-072929

Items reported: 5.07 Shareholder Vote Results7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 2:16 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on June 11, 2026.

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