DEERFIELD, Ill., Dec. 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The board of
directors of Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) voted today to maintain
the quarterly cash dividend of eighty-six
cents ($0.86) per share of
common stock, payable February 20,
2019, to shareholders of record at the close of business on
January 22, 2019.
Caterpillar has paid higher dividends to its shareholders for 25
consecutive years and, since 2009, the company's quarterly cash
dividend has more than doubled. Caterpillar has paid a cash
dividend every year since the company was formed and has paid a
quarterly dividend since 1933.
About Caterpillar
For more than 90 years, Caterpillar
Inc. has been making sustainable progress possible and driving
positive change on every continent. Customers turn to Caterpillar
to help them develop infrastructure, energy and natural resource
assets. With 2017 sales and revenues of $45.462 billion, Caterpillar is the world's
leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel
and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and
diesel-electric locomotives. The company principally operates
through its three primary segments - Construction Industries,
Resource Industries and Energy & Transportation - and also
provides financing and related services through its Financial
Products segment. For more information, visit caterpillar.com. To
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