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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

 

FORM 10-K

 

(Mark One)

☒			ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020

 

OR

 

☐			TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from                      to                     .

 

Commission File No. 1-768

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (224) 551-4000

 

(1)     In addition to the New York Stock Exchange, Caterpillar common stock is also listed on stock exchanges in France and Switzerland.

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:  None

 

Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ý  No o

 

Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes o  No ý

 

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes ý  No o

 

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).  Yes ý  No o

 

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or 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.  (Check one):

 

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 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management's assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.s.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.ý

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).  Yes ☐  No ý

 

As of June 30, 2020, there were 541,506,575 shares of common stock of the Registrant outstanding, and the aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the Registrant (assuming only for purposes of this computation that directors and executive officers may be affiliates) was approximately $67.9 billion.

 

As of December 31, 2020, there were 545,303,847 shares of common stock of the Registrant outstanding.

 

Documents Incorporated by Reference

 

Portions of the documents listed below have been incorporated by reference into the indicated parts of this Form 10-K, as specified in the responses to the item numbers involved.

 

Part III			2021 Annual Meeting Proxy Statement (Proxy Statement) to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

									Page
Part I			Item 1.			Business			1
			Item 1A.			Risk Factors			10
			Item 1B.			Unresolved Staff Comments			20
			Item 1C.			Information about our Executive Officers			21
			Item 2.			Properties			21
			Item 3.			Legal Proceedings			24
			Item 4.			Mine Safety Disclosures			24
Part II			Item 5.			Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities			24
			Item 6.			Selected Financial Data			27
			Item 7.			Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations			28
			Item 7A.			Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk			66
			Item 8.			Financial Statements and Supplementary Data			67
			Item 9.			Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure			142
			Item 9A.			Controls and Procedures			142
			Item 9B.			Other Information			142
Part III			Item 10.			Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance			142
			Item 11.			Executive Compensation			143
			Item 12.			Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters			143
			Item 13.			Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence			143
			Item 14.			Principal Accountant Fees and Services			143
Part IV			Item 15.			Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules			144
			Item 16.			Form 10-K Summary			148