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Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

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Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

Common Stock (NYSE: CAT)

Listing Information: Caterpillar common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange in the United States, and on stock exchanges in France and Switzerland.

Number of Shareholders: Shareholders of record at the end of 2022 totaled 21,935, compared with 22,559 at the end of 2021.

Performance Graph: Total Cumulative Shareholder Return for Five-Year Period Ending December 31, 2022

The graph below shows the cumulative shareholder return assuming an investment of $100 on December 31, 2017, and reinvestment of dividends issued thereafter.

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201720182019202020212022
Caterpillar Inc.$100.00$82.44$98.53$125.10$145.06$172.04
S&P 500$100.00$95.62$125.72$148.85$191.58$156.88
S&P 500 Machinery$100.00$85.36$111.22$137.27$164.94$167.25

Non-U.S. Employee Stock Purchase Plans

As of December 31, 2022, we had 28 employee stock purchase plans (the “EIP Plans”) administered outside the United States for our non-U.S. employees, which had approximately 13,000 active participants in the aggregate. During the fourth quarter of 2022, approximately 71,000 shares of Caterpillar common stock were purchased by the EIP Plans pursuant to the terms of such plans.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

PeriodTotal Number of Shares Purchased2Average Price Paid per Share2Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced ProgramApproximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet be Purchased **under the Program (in billions)**1
October 1-31, 20223,944,442$178.913,944,442$13.014
November 1-30, 2022482,300$228.01482,300$12.904
December 1-31, 2022448,257$234.23448,257$12.799
Total4,874,999$188.854,874,999
1 In May 2022, the Board approved a new share repurchase authorization (the 2022 Authorization) of up to $15.0 billion of Caterpillar common stock effective August 1, 2022, with no expiration. As of December 31, 2022, approximately $12.8 billion remained available under the 2022 Authorization.
2 In October, November and December of 2022, we repurchased 3.9 million, 0.5 million and 0.5 million shares respectively, for an aggregate of $921 million in open market transactions at an average price per share of $178.91, $228.01 and $234.23, respectively.

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