Current Report Filing (8-k)



UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549

		FORM	8-K
Current Report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):				December 12, 2019
CATERPILLAR INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware	1-768				37-0602744
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)				(I.R.S Employer Identification No.)



	510 Lake Cook Road,	Suite 100,	Deerfield,	Illinois	60015
	(Address of principal executive offices)				(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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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class			Trading Symbol (s)	Name of each exchange which registered
Common Stock ($1.00 par value)			CAT	The New York Stock Exchange
9 3/8% Debentures due March 15, 2021			CAT21	The New York Stock Exchange
8% Debentures due February 15, 2023			CAT23	The New York Stock Exchange
5.3% Debentures due September 15, 2035			CAT35	The New York Stock Exchange

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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

Caterpillar Inc. (“Caterpillar”, “we” or “our”) is furnishing supplemental information concerning (i) retail sales of machines to end users and (ii) retail sales of power systems (including reciprocating and turbine engines and locomotives) to end users and Original Equipment Manufacturers (“OEMs”). Caterpillar sells the majority of its machinery and power systems to independently owned and operated dealers and OEMs to meet the demands of their customers, the end users. Caterpillar believes that this supplemental information may help readers better understand Caterpillar’s business and the industries it serves, particularly in light of the time delay between Caterpillar’s sales to dealers and dealers’ sales to end users.

In this report, we are providing information by geographic region for retail sales of machines in each of our Resource Industries and Construction Industries reportable segments, as well as information regarding total retail sales of our machines globally. For our Energy & Transportation reportable segment, we are providing retail sales information by major end use.

The information presented in this report is primarily based on unaudited reports that are voluntarily provided to Caterpillar by its independent dealers and which are not subject to Caterpillar’s internal controls over financial reporting. Accordingly, the data collected from such third parties may not be accurate and/or complete. As such, the information presented in this report is intended solely to convey an approximate indication of the trends, direction and magnitude of retail sales and is not intended to be an estimate, approximation or prediction of, or substitute for, Caterpillar’s audited financial statements filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. This information is furnished under this report with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Caterpillar does not undertake to update or adjust prior period information.

Caterpillar Inc.

Rolling 3 Month Retail Sales Statistics





Total Machines	November 2019	October 2019	September 2019
Asia/Pacific	DOWN 4%	DOWN 9%	DOWN 8%
EAME	DOWN 5%	UP 2%	UP 5%
Latin America	DOWN 7%	UP 4%	UP 16%
North America	UP 5%	UP 9%	UP 11%
World	UNCHANGED	UP 3%	UP 6%
Resource Industries	November 2019	October 2019	September 2019
Asia/Pacific	UP 5%	DOWN 7%	DOWN 11%
EAME	DOWN 16%	UNCHANGED	UNCHANGED
Latin America	DOWN 30%	DOWN 8%	UP 31%
North America	UP 3%	UP 32%	UP 42%
World	DOWN 6%	UP 7%	UP 14%
Construction Industries	November 2019	October 2019	September 2019
Asia/Pacific	DOWN 6%	DOWN 10%	DOWN 6%
EAME	UNCHANGED	UP 3%	UP 7%
Latin America	UP 10%	UP 14%	UP 8%
North America	UP 7%	UP 6%	UP 6%
World	UP 2%	UP 2%	UP 4%

Reported in constant dollars and based on unit sales as reported primarily by dealers.



Energy & Transportation Retail Sales by industry for the 3-month rolling period ended as of the month indicated compared with the same period of the prior year:

	November 2019	October 2019	September 2019
Power Gen	UP 9%	UP 9%	UP 14%
Industrial	UP 16%	UP 18%	UP 35%
Transportation	UP 36%	UP 6%	DOWN 17%
Oil & Gas	DOWN 27%	DOWN 19%	DOWN 3%
Total	DOWN 5%	DOWN 4%	UP 6%

Reported in constant dollars based on reporting from dealers and direct sales.

Glossary of Terms

Construction Industries: Our Construction Industries segment is primarily responsible for supporting customers using machinery in infrastructure, forestry and building construction. The majority of sales in this segment are made in the heavy and general construction, rental, quarry and aggregates markets and mining. The Construction Industries product portfolio primarily includes the following machines:



· asphalt pavers	· feller bunchers	· telehandlers
· backhoe loaders	· harvesters	· small and medium
· compactors	· knuckleboom loaders	track-type tractors
· cold planers	· motorgraders	· track-type loaders
· compact track and	· pipelayers	· wheel excavators
multi-terrain loaders	· road reclaimers	· compact, small and
· mini, small, medium	· site prep tractors	medium wheel loaders
and large excavators	· skidders	· utility vehicles
· forestry excavators	· skid steer loaders

Beginning with January 2019, feller bunchers, harvesters, knuckleboom loaders and skidders were excluded from the information presented above for Construction Industries but continue to be reported in Total Machines.

EAME: Europe, Africa, Commonwealth of Independent States and Middle East

Energy & Transportation: Our Energy & Transportation segment is primarily responsible for supporting customers using reciprocating engines, turbines, diesel-electric locomotives, integrated systems and solutions, and related parts across industries serving oil and gas, power generation, industrial and marine applications as well as rail-related businesses.

Resource Industries: Our Resource Industries segment is primarily responsible for supporting customers using machinery in mining, quarry, waste and material handling applications. The Resource Industries product portfolio primarily includes the following machines:



· electric rope shovels	· longwall miners	· landfill compactors
· draglines	· large wheel loaders	· soil compactors
· hydraulic shovels	· off-highway trucks	· machinery components
· rotary drills	· articulated trucks	· electronics and control systems
· hard rock vehicles	· wheel tractor scrapers	· select work tools
· large track-type tractors	· wheel dozers	· hard rock continuous mining
· large mining trucks		systems

For purposes of this report, retail sales of longwall miners are not included in the information presented above for Resource Industries or Total Machines.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Certain statements in this report relate to future events and expectations and are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as “believe,” “estimate,” “will be,” “will,” “would,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “plan,” “forecast,” “target,” “guide,” “project,” “intend,” “could,” “should” or other similar words or expressions often identify forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, statements regarding our outlook, projections, forecasts or trend descriptions. These statements do not guarantee future performance and speak only as of the date they are made, and we do not undertake to update our forward-looking statements.

Caterpillar’s actual results may differ materially from those described or implied in our forward-looking statements based on a number of factors, including, but not limited to: (i) global and regional economic conditions and economic conditions in the industries we serve; (ii) commodity price changes, material price increases, fluctuations in demand for our products or significant shortages of material; (iii) government monetary or fiscal policies; (iv) political and economic risks, commercial instability and events beyond our control in the countries in which we operate; (v) international trade policies and their impact on demand for our products and our competitive position, including the imposition of new tariffs or changes in existing tariff rates; (vi) our ability to develop, produce and market quality products that meet our customers’ needs; (vii) the impact of the highly competitive environment in which we operate on our sales and pricing; (viii) information technology security threats and computer crime; (ix) inventory management decisions and sourcing practices of our dealers and our OEM customers; (x) a failure to realize, or a delay in realizing, all of the anticipated benefits of our acquisitions, joint ventures or divestitures; (xi) union disputes or other employee relations issues; (xii) adverse effects of unexpected events including natural disasters; (xiii) disruptions or volatility in global financial markets limiting our sources of liquidity or the liquidity of our customers, dealers and suppliers; (xiv) failure to maintain our credit ratings and potential resulting increases to our cost of borrowing and adverse effects on our cost of funds, liquidity, competitive position and access to capital markets; (xv) our Financial Products segment’s risks associated with the financial services industry; (xvi) changes in interest rates or market liquidity conditions; (xvii) an increase in delinquencies, repossessions or net losses of Cat Financial’s customers; (xviii) currency fluctuations; (xix) our or Cat Financial’s compliance with financial and other restrictive covenants in debt agreements; (xx) increased pension plan funding obligations; (xxi) alleged or actual violations of trade or anti-corruption laws and regulations; (xxii) additional tax expense or exposure, including the impact of U.S. tax reform; (xxiii) significant legal proceedings, claims, lawsuits or government investigations; (xxiv) new regulations or changes in financial services regulations; (xxv) compliance with environmental laws and regulations; and (xxvi) other factors described in more detail in Caterpillar’s Forms 10-Q, 10-K and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits.



Exhibit
Number	Description

104	The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL.



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 hereunto duly authorized.
	CATERPILLAR INC.


December 12, 2019	By:	/s/ Suzette M. Long
		Suzette M. Long General Counsel & Corporate Secretary