CATERPILLAR INC

During the three months ended December 31, 2024, none of the company’s directors or officers (as defined in Rule 16a-1(f) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934)adopted, terminated or modified a Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement or non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement (as such terms are defined in Item 408 of Regulation S-K of the Securities Act of 1933).

Disclosure Required Pursuant to Section 13(r) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Caterpillar maintains a portfolio of trademarks in Iran, which it registers with the Intellectual Property Center of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IPC), through intellectual property counsel and service providers located in United Arab Emirates and Iran. On November 30, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) granted Caterpillar a specific license to make payments to IPC at its account in Bank Melli, which was designated on November 5, 2018, by OFAC under its counter terrorism authority pursuant to Executive Order 13224. As authorized by OFAC’s specific license, in the period ended December 31, 2024, Caterpillar paid approximately $608 to IPC as part of its intellectual property protection efforts in Iran. Caterpillar plans to continue these activities, as authorized under the specific license, and does not generate any revenues or profits from this activity.