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on June&nbsp;13, 2025</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM&nbsp;S-8&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 14pt"><B>CATERPILLAR
INC.&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</P>

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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(State of Incorporation)</P></TD>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>37-0602744</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(IRS Employer Identification No.)</P></TD></TR>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>5205 N. O'Connor Blvd., Suite&nbsp;100</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Irving, Texas 75039</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Address of Principal Executive Offices,&nbsp;Including
    Zip Code)</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Caterpillar Inc. Supplemental Deferred Compensation
Plan&nbsp;</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Derek Owens&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Caterpillar Inc.&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>5205 N. O'Connor Blvd., Suite&nbsp;100&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Irving, Texas 75039&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(972) 891-7700&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Name, Address and Telephone Number,&nbsp;Including
Area Code, of Agent for Service)</P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &ldquo;large accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;smaller reporting company,&rdquo; and &ldquo;emerging growth company&rdquo; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</P>

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    growth company</FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B)&nbsp;of the Securities Act.  <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Registration Statements on Form&nbsp;S-8 were
filed by Caterpillar Inc. (the &ldquo;Registrant&rdquo;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;SEC&rdquo;) on March&nbsp;23,
2007 (<A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823007000243/s8_sdcp.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">File No.&nbsp;333-141548</A>), November&nbsp;2, 2016 (<A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823016000717/cat-sx8deferredcompensatio.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">File No.&nbsp;333-214382</A>) and February&nbsp;19, 2020 (<U><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823020000060/forms-8_sdcp.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">File No.&nbsp;333-236519</A></U>)
(collectively, the &ldquo;Prior Registration Statements&rdquo;) to register under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;Securities
Act&rdquo;), Deferred Compensation Obligations issuable under the Caterpillar Inc. Supplemental Deferred Compensation Plan (as amended,
the &ldquo;Plan&rdquo;).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">This Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (this
&ldquo;Registration Statement&rdquo;) has been prepared and filed pursuant to and in accordance with the requirements of General Instruction
E to Form&nbsp;S-8 under the Securities Act to register an additional $260,000,000 of Deferred Compensation Obligations issuable under
the Plan from time to time. The additional obligations registered by this Registration Statement are of the same class as those securities
covered by the Prior Registration Statements. This Registration Statement incorporates by reference the contents of the Prior Registration
Statements to the extent not modified or superseded hereby or by any subsequently filed document that is incorporated by reference herein
or therein.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PART&nbsp;II</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The Registrant has filed the following documents with the SEC pursuant
to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &ldquo;Exchange Act&rdquo;), and such documents are hereby incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol"></FONT></TD><TD><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823025000008/cat-20241231.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2024</A>;</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823025000016/cat-20250331.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2025</A>&#894;</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD>Current Reports on Form&nbsp;8-K filed <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000110465925033418/tm2511879d1_8k.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">April&nbsp;9, 2025</A>, <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000110465925034874/tm2511879d2_8k.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">April&nbsp;15, 2025</A> and <U><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000110465925049132/tm2515084d1_8k.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">May&nbsp;15, 2025</A></U>&#894; and</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000130817925000529/cat012723-def14a.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for our 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed on April&nbsp;30, 2025</A> (only those parts
incorporated into <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823025000008/cat-20241231.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">our Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2024</A>).</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">In addition, all documents subsequently filed
by the Registrant with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d)&nbsp;of the Exchange Act (other than any information that
is furnished but that is deemed not to have been filed) and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated
by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Any statement contained in a document, all or
a portion of which is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for
purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein (or in any other contemporaneously or subsequently
filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein) modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement
so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The validity of the securities registered hereunder
will be passed upon for the Registrant by Nicole M. Puza, Associate General Counsel, who is employed by the Registrant.&nbsp;Ms.&nbsp;Puza
owns, directly and indirectly, less than 1% of the outstanding shares of the Registrant&rsquo;s common stock.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 8. Exhibits.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated
by reference in this Registration Statement:</P>

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No.</U></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.125in; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top; width: 8%"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823021000039/ex_32xrestatedcertificateo.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top; width: 90%"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823021000039/ex_32xrestatedcertificateo.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Restated Certificate
    of Incorporation of Caterpillar Inc. effective February&nbsp;3, 2021 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the Current
    Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed February&nbsp;9, 2021)</FONT></A></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.125in; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.125in; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823022000146/bylaws_8jun2022.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.2</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823022000146/bylaws_8jun2022.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Bylaws of Caterpillar Inc.,
    as amended and restated on June&nbsp;8, 2022 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K
    filed June&nbsp;14, 2022)</FONT></A></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.125in; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823017000245/exhibit105.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.3</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823017000245/exhibit105.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Amended and Restated Caterpillar
    Inc. Supplemental Deferred Compensation Plan, dated as of May&nbsp;15, 2017 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit&nbsp;10.5 to
    the Company's Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2017)</FONT></A></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.125in; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size: 10pt">
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.125in; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823018000042/cat_exx1028x12312017.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.4</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823018000042/cat_exx1028x12312017.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">First Amendment to the
    Caterpillar Inc. Supplemental Deferred Compensation Plan, effective as of July&nbsp;24, 2017 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit&nbsp;10.28
    to the Company's Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2017)</FONT></A></TD>
    </TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size: 10pt">
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.125in; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size: 10pt">
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.125in; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823019000034/exhibit1030secondamendment.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.5</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823019000034/exhibit1030secondamendment.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Second Amendment to the
    Caterpillar Inc. Supplemental Deferred Compensation Plan, dated December&nbsp;14, 2018 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.30
    to the Company&rsquo;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2018)</FONT></A></TD>
    </TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size: 10pt">
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.125in; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size: 10pt">
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.125in; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823020000056/catex1032thirdamemdsdcp.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.6</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823020000056/catex1032thirdamemdsdcp.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Third Amendment to the
    Caterpillar Inc. Supplemental Deferred Compensation Plan effective January&nbsp;1, 2019 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit&nbsp;10.32
    to the Company's Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2019)</FONT></A></TD>
    </TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size: 10pt">
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.125in; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size: 10pt">
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.125in; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823022000050/cat_exx1033x12312021x4tham.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.7</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823022000050/cat_exx1033x12312021x4tham.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Fourth Amendment to the
    Caterpillar Supplemental Deferred Compensation Plan, effective as of January&nbsp;1, 2022 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit&nbsp;10.33
    to the Company&rsquo;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2021)</FONT></A></TD>
    </TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size: 10pt">
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.125in; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size: 10pt">
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.125in; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823022000223/ex107_fifthamendmenttothes.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.8</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18230/000001823022000223/ex107_fifthamendmenttothes.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Fifth Amendment to the
    Caterpillar Inc. Supplemental Deferred Compensation Plan, effective as of July&nbsp;1, 2022 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit&nbsp;10.7
    to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended September&nbsp;30, 2022)</FONT></A></TD>
    </TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size: 10pt">
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.125in; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size: 10pt">
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.125in; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><A HREF="tm2517528d1_ex5-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">5.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><A HREF="tm2517528d1_ex5-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Opinion of Nicole M. Puza,
    Associate General Counsel</FONT></A></TD>
    </TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size: 10pt">
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.125in; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size: 10pt">
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.125in; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><A HREF="tm2517528d1_ex23-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">23.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><A HREF="tm2517528d1_ex23-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers
    LLP</FONT></A></TD>
    </TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size: 10pt">
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.125in; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size: 10pt">
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.125in; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><A HREF="tm2517528d1_ex5-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">23.2</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><A HREF="tm2517528d1_ex5-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Consent of Nicole M. Puza,
    Associate General Counsel&nbsp;(included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</FONT></A></TD>
    </TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size: 10pt">
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.125in; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size: 10pt">
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.125in; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><A HREF="#a_001"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">24.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><A HREF="#a_001"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Powers of Attorney&nbsp;(contained
    in the signature page&nbsp;to this Registration Statement)</FONT></A></TD>
    </TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size: 10pt">
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.125in; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font-size: 10pt">
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0.125in; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><A HREF="tm2517528d1_ex-filingfees.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">107.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: top"><A HREF="tm2517528d1_ex-filingfees.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Filing Fee Table</FONT></A></TD>
    </TR>
  </TABLE>
<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><A NAME="a_001"></A>SIGNATURES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Irving,
State of Texas on this 13th day of June&nbsp;2025.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 50%">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">CATERPILLAR INC.</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">(Registrant)</P></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; vertical-align: top"><I>/s/ Derek Owens</I></TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">Name: Derek Owens</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">Title: Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel</TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, the trustees (or other persons who administer the Plan) have duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto authorized, in the City of Irving, the State of Texas.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints Derek Owens and Nicole M. Puza, and each of them, as his/her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, to sign, execute and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any other governmental or
regulatory authority), for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, this registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (including
all amendments, including post-effective amendments, thereto), and any registration statement filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;462(b)&nbsp;of
the Securities Act in connection with the securities registered hereunder, together with all exhibits and any and all documents required
to be filed with respect thereto, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them, full power and authority to do and
to perform each and every act and thing necessary and/or desirable to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same
as fully to all intents and purposes as he himself/she herself might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"></P>

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<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse">
  <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: bottom">June&nbsp;13, 2025</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 2.65pt; padding-left: 2.65pt; text-align: center"><I STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Joseph E. Creed</I></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 2.65pt; padding-left: 2.65pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top; padding-right: 2.65pt; padding-left: 2.65pt; text-align: center">Chief Executive Officer and Director</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 2.65pt; padding-left: 2.65pt; text-align: center"><I STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Joseph E. Creed</I></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 2.65pt; padding-left: 2.65pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 2.65pt; padding-left: 2.65pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 2.65pt; padding-left: 2.65pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 2.65pt; padding-left: 2.65pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 2.65pt; padding-left: 2.65pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">June&nbsp;13, 2025</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 2.65pt; padding-left: 2.65pt; text-align: center"><I STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Andrew R.J. Bonfield</I></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 2.65pt; padding-left: 2.65pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top; padding-right: 2.65pt; padding-left: 2.65pt; text-align: center">Chief Financial Officer</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 2.65pt; padding-left: 2.65pt; text-align: center">Andrew R.J. Bonfield</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 2.65pt; padding-left: 2.65pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 2.65pt; padding-left: 2.65pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: bottom">
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 2.65pt; padding-left: 2.65pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 2.65pt; padding-left: 2.65pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 2.65pt; padding-left: 2.65pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">June&nbsp;13, 2025</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 2.65pt; padding-left: 2.65pt; text-align: center"><I STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ William E. Schaupp</I></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 2.65pt; padding-left: 2.65pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 2.65pt; padding-left: 2.65pt; text-align: center">Vice President and<BR STYLE="font-size: 10pt">
Chief Accounting Officer</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 2.65pt; padding-left: 2.65pt; text-align: center">William E. Schaupp</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 2.65pt; padding-left: 2.65pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 2.65pt; padding-left: 2.65pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 2.65pt; padding-left: 2.65pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 2.65pt; padding-left: 2.65pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 2.65pt; padding-left: 2.65pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: bottom">June&nbsp;13, 2025</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 2.65pt; padding-left: 2.65pt; text-align: center"><I STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ D. James Umpleby III</I></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 2.65pt; padding-left: 2.65pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; vertical-align: top; padding-right: 2.65pt; padding-left: 2.65pt">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Executive Chairman of the Board&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 2.65pt; padding-left: 2.65pt; text-align: center"><I STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ James C. Fish,&nbsp;Jr.</I></TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on June 13, 2025
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CATERPILLAR
INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State of Incorporation)
37-0602744
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
5205 N. O'Connor Blvd., Suite 100
Irving, Texas 75039
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including
    Zip Code)
Caterpillar Inc. Supplemental Deferred Compensation
Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Derek Owens
Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel
Caterpillar Inc.
5205 N. O'Connor Blvd., Suite 100
Irving, Texas 75039
(972) 891-7700
(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including
Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated
    filer
x
Accelerated
    filer
¨
Non-accelerated filer
¨
Smaller
    reporting company
¨
Emerging
    growth company
¨
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.
¨
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Registration Statements on Form S-8 were
filed by Caterpillar Inc. (the "Registrant") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on March 23,
2007 (
File No. 333-141548
), November 2, 2016 (
File No. 333-214382
) and February 19, 2020 (
File No. 333-236519
)
(collectively, the "Prior Registration Statements") to register under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"), Deferred Compensation Obligations issuable under the Caterpillar Inc. Supplemental Deferred Compensation Plan (as amended,
the "Plan").
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this
"Registration Statement") has been prepared and filed pursuant to and in accordance with the requirements of General Instruction
E to Form S-8 under the Securities Act to register an additional $260,000,000 of Deferred Compensation Obligations issuable under
the Plan from time to time. The additional obligations registered by this Registration Statement are of the same class as those securities
covered by the Prior Registration Statements. This Registration Statement incorporates by reference the contents of the Prior Registration
Statements to the extent not modified or superseded hereby or by any subsequently filed document that is incorporated by reference herein
or therein.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The Registrant has filed the following documents with the SEC pursuant
to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and such documents are hereby incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement:
·
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024
;
·
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2025
;
·
Current Reports on Form 8-K filed
April 9, 2025
,
April 15, 2025
and
May 15, 2025
; and
·
Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for our 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed on April 30, 2025
(only those parts
incorporated into
our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024
).
In addition, all documents subsequently filed
by the Registrant with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act (other than any information that
is furnished but that is deemed not to have been filed) and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated
by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in a document, all or
a portion of which is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for
purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein (or in any other contemporaneously or subsequently
filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein) modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement
so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
The validity of the securities registered hereunder
will be passed upon for the Registrant by Nicole M. Puza, Associate General Counsel, who is employed by the Registrant. Ms. Puza
owns, directly and indirectly, less than 1% of the outstanding shares of the Registrant's common stock.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated
by reference in this Registration Statement:
Exhibit
No.
Description
4.1
Restated Certificate
    of Incorporation of Caterpillar Inc. effective February 3, 2021 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.2 to the Current
    Report on Form 8-K filed February 9, 2021)
4.2
Bylaws of Caterpillar Inc.,
    as amended and restated on June 8, 2022 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K
    filed June 14, 2022)
4.3
Amended and Restated Caterpillar
    Inc. Supplemental Deferred Compensation Plan, dated as of May 15, 2017 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.5 to
    the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2017)
4.4
First Amendment to the
    Caterpillar Inc. Supplemental Deferred Compensation Plan, effective as of July 24, 2017 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.28
    to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017)
4.5
Second Amendment to the
    Caterpillar Inc. Supplemental Deferred Compensation Plan, dated December 14, 2018 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.30
    to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018)
4.6
Third Amendment to the
    Caterpillar Inc. Supplemental Deferred Compensation Plan effective January 1, 2019 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.32
    to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019)
4.7
Fourth Amendment to the
    Caterpillar Supplemental Deferred Compensation Plan, effective as of January 1, 2022 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.33
    to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021)
4.8
Fifth Amendment to the
    Caterpillar Inc. Supplemental Deferred Compensation Plan, effective as of July 1, 2022 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.7
    to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2022)
5.1
Opinion of Nicole M. Puza,
    Associate General Counsel
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers
    LLP
23.2
Consent of Nicole M. Puza,
    Associate General Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Powers of Attorney (contained
    in the signature page to this Registration Statement)
107.1
Filing Fee Table
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Irving,
State of Texas on this 13th day of June 2025.
CATERPILLAR INC.
(Registrant)
/s/ Derek Owens
Name: Derek Owens
Title: Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, the trustees (or other persons who administer the Plan) have duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto authorized, in the City of Irving, the State of Texas.
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints Derek Owens and Nicole M. Puza, and each of them, as his/her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, to sign, execute and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any other governmental or
regulatory authority), for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, this registration statement on Form S-8 (including
all amendments, including post-effective amendments, thereto), and any registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) of
the Securities Act in connection with the securities registered hereunder, together with all exhibits and any and all documents required
to be filed with respect thereto, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them, full power and authority to do and
to perform each and every act and thing necessary and/or desirable to be done in and about the premises in order to effectuate the same
as fully to all intents and purposes as he himself/she herself might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
June 13, 2025
/s/ Joseph E. Creed
Chief Executive Officer and Director
Joseph E. Creed
June 13, 2025
/s/ Andrew R.J. Bonfield
Chief Financial Officer
Andrew R.J. Bonfield
June 13, 2025
/s/ William E. Schaupp
Vice President and
Chief Accounting Officer
William E. Schaupp
June 13, 2025
/s/ D. James Umpleby III
Executive Chairman of the Board
D. James Umpleby III
June 13, 2025
/s/ James C. Fish, Jr.
Director
James C. Fish, Jr.
June 13, 2025
/s/ Gerald Johnson
Director
Gerald Johnson
June 13, 2025
/s/ Nazzic S. Keene
Director
Nazzic S. Keene
June 13, 2025
/s/ David W. MacLennan
Director
David W. MacLennan
June 13, 2025
/s/ Judith F. Marks
Director
Judith F. Marks
June 13, 2025
/s/ Debra L. Reed-Klages
Director
Debra L. Reed-Klages
June 13, 2025
/s/ Susan C. Schwab
Director
Susan C. Schwab
June 13, 2025
/s/ Rayford Wilkins, Jr.
Director
Rayford Wilkins, Jr.