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Caterpillar acquisitions, on the record
The businesses Caterpillar bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.
Deals its annual reports describe
| Business | Deal | When | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
PerkinsWord for word“0000018230 cat:PerkinsMember 2023-01-01 2023-12-31 cat:distributor 0000018230 cat:FgWilsonMember 2023-01-01 2023-12-31 xbrli:pure 0000018230 srt:MaximumMember 2023-12-31 0000018230 srt:MinimumMember 2023-12-31 0000018230 2024-01-01 2023-12-31” 10-K for 2023 | acquisition | — | — |
| Fiscal year ended | Cash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired) | Goodwill from acquisitions |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-12-31 | $191 million | $37 million |
| 2017-12-31 | $59 million | $0 |
| 2018-12-31 | $392 million | $127 million |
| 2019-12-31 | $47 million | $0 |
| 2020-12-31 | $111 million | $41 million |
| 2021-12-31 | $490 million | $75 million |
| 2022-12-31 | $88 million | $25 million |
| 2023-12-31 | $75 million | $0 |
| 2024-12-31 | $34 million | — |
| 2025-12-31 | $47 million | — |
Deal filings since 2016
- 2026-09-01 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2025-09-03 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2024-09-04 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2023-09-01 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2022-09-06 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2021-09-08 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2020-09-08 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2020-04-24 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2019-09-10 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2018-09-12 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2017-09-12 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2016-09-14 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
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