Caterpillar Inc.

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. Appointment of New Chief Financial Officer On April 8, 2026, Caterpillar Inc. (the “Company”) announced that, on April 7, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company appointed Kyle Epley as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, effective May 1, 2026, succeeding Andrew R.J. Bonfield. Mr. Bonfield will continue to serve as Chief Financial Officer until May 1, 2026, at which point he will remain an employee through his retirement from the Company on October 1, 2026. A copy of the Company’s press release announcing these changes is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. Mr. Epley, 53, currently serves as a senior vice president of the Company, responsible for the Global Finance Services Division, a position he has held since 2019. Mr. Epley joined Caterpillar in 1996 and progressed through various positions of increasing responsibility across the global enterprise, including financial planning and analysis manager, corporate forecasting business manager, and cost and business analysis manager. He also served as division chief financial officer for both the Electronics & Machine Systems Division and the Industrial Power Systems Division, as well as the group chief financial officer for the Customer & Dealer Support segment. He became corporate controller in 2017 and assumed leadership of the Global Finance Services Division in 2019. In connection with Mr. Epley’s elevation, the Compensation and Human Resources Committee of the Board also approved certain changes to Mr. Epley’s compensation: An increase in Mr. Epley’s annual salary to $930,500, effective May 1, 2026; An increase in Mr. Epley’s target award under the Company’s Annual Incentive Plan was set at 115% of his base salary; and ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── A long-term incentive grant with a grant date fair value of $1.8 million, one-half of which was comprised of performance-based restricted stock units, one-quarter of which was comprised of non-qualified stock options and one-quarter of which was comprised of time-based restricted stock units.