Thomas A Pellette Form 4 CATERPILLAR / Thomas A Pellette ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

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

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Pellette Thomas A

(Last) (First) (Middle)

510 LAKE COOK ROAD, SUITE 100

(Street)

DEERFIELD IL 60015

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CATERPILLAR INC [ CAT ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
Group President

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
01/31/2018

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	01/31/2018		M		95,199	A	$83	96,268	D
Common Stock	01/31/2018		S		19,799	D	$164.11(1)	76,469	D
Common Stock	01/31/2018		S		69,024	D	$162.84(2)	7,445	D
Common Stock	01/31/2018		S		6,376	D	$162.7(3)	1,069(4)	D
Common Stock								12,800	I	Held by Pellette Family Trust
Common Stock								12,014(5)	I	Held by 401(k) Plan

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option	$83	01/31/2018		M			95,199	(6)	03/02/2025	Common Stock	95,199	$83	47,599	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. The sale price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average sale price. The corresponding shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $164.70 to $163.70, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide Caterpillar Inc., and any security holder of Caterpillar Inc., or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, information regarding the number of shares sold at each price within the range.

2. The sale price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average sale price. The corresponding shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $163..695 to $163.70, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide Caterpillar Inc., and any security holder of Caterpillar Inc., or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, information regarding the number of shares sold at each price within the range.

3. The sale price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average sale price. The corresponding shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $162..69 to $162.60, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide Caterpillar Inc., and any security holder of Caterpillar Inc., or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, information regarding the number of shares sold at each price within the range.

4. Excludes 7,539 shares previously owned which were contributed to the Pellette Family Trust.

5. The information in this report is based on a 401(k) Plan statement dated as of 1/31/2018.

6. The stock options were granted pursuant to the Caterpillar Inc. 2014 Long-Term Incentive Plan and vest equally in 1/3 increments beginning on the first anniversary of the grant date.

Remarks:

	/s/ Barbara Thomas, POA for Thomas A. Pellette	02/02/2018
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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