UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 | ||||
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FORM 8-K/A (Amendment No. 1) | ||||
Current Report | ||||
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 | ||||
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 30, 2018 | ||||
CATERPILLAR INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) | ||||
Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | ||||
1-768 (Commission File Number) | 37-0602744 (IRS Employer Identification No.) | |||
510 Lake Cook Road, Suite 100, Deerfield, Illinois (Address of principal executive offices) | 60015 (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (224) 551-4000 | ||||
Former name or former address, if changed since last report: N/A | ||||
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Item 5.02. | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
As previously reported by Caterpillar Inc. (the “Company”) in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 4, 2018 (the “Initial Form 8-K”), the Company announced that, effective May 4, 2018, Joe Creed was appointed interim Chief Financial Officer of the Company, a role he assumed in addition to his Vice President duties. Mr. Creed is serving as interim Chief Financial Officer until September 1, 2018, the effective date of Mr. Andrew Bonfield’s appointment as Chief Financial Officer.
This Current Report on Form 8-K/A is being filed as an amendment to the Initial Form 8-K to report that on June 12, 2018, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company approved a grant of restricted stock units (“RSUs”) to Mr. Creed in connection with his new role. The RSUs were granted under the Company’s 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan with a grant date fair value of $1.1 million as of the date of the grant, June 13, 2018. These RSUs have a three-year pro-rata vesting schedule, vesting one-third on each of the first three anniversaries of the grant date. If Mr. Creed’s employment with the Company terminates during the vesting period, except for involuntary termination by the Company without cause, disability, death or in connection with a change in control of the Company, Mr. Creed will forfeit all unvested RSUs associated with this grant.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
CATERPILLAR INC. | |||
By: | /s/ Suzette M. Long | ||
Dated: June 14, 2018 | Suzette M. Long | ||
General Counsel & Corporate Secretary | |||