Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Period Total Number
of Shares
Purchased Average Price
Paid per Share
Total Number
of Shares Purchased
as Part of Publicly Announced Program Approximate Dollar
Value of Shares that
May Yet be Purchased
under the Program (in billions) 1
July 1-31, 2024 920,856 $ 336.62 920,856 $ 21.240
August 1-31, 2024 840,267 $ 335.67 840,267 $ 20.958
September 1-30, 2024 536,592 $ 353.98 536,592 $ 20.768
Total 2,297,715 $ 340.33 2,297,715
1 In May 2022, the Board approved a share repurchase authorization (the 2022 Authorization) of up to $15.0 billion of Caterpillar common stock effective August 1, 2022, with no expiration. In June 2024, the Board approved an additional share repurchase authorization (the 2024 Authorization) of up to $20.0 billion of Caterpillar common stock, effective June 12, 2024, with no expiration. As of September 30, 2024, approximately $20.8 billion remained available under the 2024 and 2022 Authorizations.
Non-U.S. Employee Stock Purchase Plans
As of September 30, 2024, we had 38 employee stock purchase plans (the “EIP Plans”) that are administered outside the United States for our non-U.S. employees, which had approximately 16,000 active participants in the aggregate. During the third quarter of 2024, approximately 51,000 shares of Caterpillar common stock were purchased by the EIP Plans pursuant to the terms of such plans.
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