CATERPILLAR INCORPORATED - Doc re Form 8-K

Caterpillar Inc. Files Form 8-K

PEORIA, Ill., Sept. 16, 2014 -- Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT / NYSE Euronext:
CATR)  informs its stockholders that today, a Form 8-K has been filed with the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC").  The Form 8-K filed in respect
of Caterpillar can be found on the SEC Internet site (www.sec.gov).

Creation of Revolving Credit Facility
On September 11, 2014, Caterpillar Inc. ("Caterpillar") entered into a Credit
Agreement (the "364-Day Facility") among Caterpillar, Caterpillar Financial
Services Corporation ("Cat Financial"), Caterpillar International Finance
Limited ("CIF") and Caterpillar Finance Corporation ("CFC" and, together with
Caterpillar, Cat Financial and CIF, the "Borrowers"), certain financial
institutions named therein ("Banks"), Citibank, N.A. ("Agent"), Citibank
International plc ("Local Currency Agent"), and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi
UFJ, Ltd. ("Japan Local Currency Agent"), which provides for an unsecured
aggregate revolving credit facility to the Borrowers of up to US$3.15 billion
("364-Day Aggregate Commitment") and expires on September 10, 2015.  A Local
Currency Addendum that enables CIF to borrow in certain approved currencies
including Pounds Sterling and Euro for an aggregate amount up to the equivalent
of US$100 million and a Japan Local Currency Addendum that enables CFC to
borrow Japanese Yen for an aggregate amount up to the equivalent of US$100
million, as part of the 364-Day Aggregate Commitment, were also executed on
September 11, 2014.

Certain of the Banks and the Agent, as well as certain of their respective
affiliates, have performed, and may in the future perform, for Caterpillar and
its subsidiaries, various commercial banking, investment banking, underwriting
and other financial advisory services, for which they have received and may in
the future receive customary fees and expenses.

Amendments to and Extensions of Existing Credit Agreements
On September 11, 2014, Caterpillar entered into Omnibus Amendment No. 4 and
Amendment No. 2 to the Local Currency Addendum ("2010 Facility Amendment") to
the 2010 Four-Year Credit Agreement dated September 10, 2010 (as amended, the
"Four-Year Facility") and Omnibus Amendment No. 3 and Amendment No. 2 to the
Local Currency Addendum ("2011 Facility Amendment" and, together with the 2010
Facility Amendment, the "Amendments") to the 2011 Five-Year Credit Agreement
dated September 15, 2011 (as amended, the "Five-Year Facility" and, together
with the 364-Day Facility and the Four-Year Facility, the "Credit Facilities").

The 2010 Facility Amendment extends the expiration date of the Four-Year
Facility to September 14, 2017 and the 2011 Facility Amendment extends the
expiration date of the Five-Year Facility to September 13, 2019.  The
Amendments also modify the terms of the Four-Year Facility and the Five-Year
Facility to be consistent with certain terms and conditions of the 364-Day
Facility, including, without limitation, terms and conditions of advances, use
of proceeds and Borrower representations and warranties.

The Credit Facilities are available for general corporate purposes. The
Borrowers have not drawn on the Credit Facilities.  The 364-Day Facility, the
Local Currency Addendum, the Japan Local Currency Addendum and the Amendments
are filed as exhibits to the Form 8-K filed today and can be found on the SEC
Internet site (www.sec.gov).

Caterpillar files electronically with the SEC required reports on Form 8-K,
Form 10-Q, Form 10-K and Form 11-K; proxy materials; ownership reports for
insiders as required by Section 16(a) of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended; and registration statements on Forms S-3 and S-8, as
necessary; and other forms or reports, as required. All of the forms and
reports filed electronically with the SEC are available on the SEC Internet
site (www.sec.gov).

Caterpillar also maintains an Internet site (www.Caterpillar.com) and copies of
its annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports
on Form 8-K and any amendments to these reports filed or furnished with the SEC
are available free of charge through Caterpillar's Internet site (
www.Caterpillar.com/secfilings) as soon as reasonably practicable after the
relevant document has been filed with the SEC.

SOURCE Caterpillar Inc.

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