Caterpillar Inc. (“Caterpillar”, “we” or “our”) is furnishing supplemental information concerning (i) retail sales of machines (including locomotives) to end users and (ii) retail sales of power systems (including reciprocating and turbine engines) to end users and Original Equipment Manufacturers (“OEMs”). Caterpillar sells the majority of its machinery and power systems to independently owned and operated dealers and OEMs to meet the demands of their customers, the end users. Caterpillar believes that this supplemental information may help readers better understand Caterpillar’s business and the industries it serves, particularly in light of the time delay between Caterpillar’s sales to dealers and dealers’ sales to end users.
In this report, we are providing retail sales information by major end use for our Power & Energy reportable segment. Power & Energy segment retail sales by end user application previously included the Transportation application, which was comprised of retail sales into marine and rail applications, as well as product support for on-highway engines. As part of the realignment of the Rail division to Resource Industries, retail sales into marine applications and product support for on-highway engines are now reported within the Industrial application. We are providing information by geographic region for retail sales of machines in our Construction Industries reportable segment. We are providing information by industry for retail sales of machines in our Resource Industries reportable segment.
The information presented in this report is primarily based on unaudited reports that are voluntarily provided to Caterpillar by its independent dealers and which are not subject to Caterpillar’s internal controls over financial reporting. Accordingly, the data collected from such third parties may not be accurate and/or complete. As such, the information presented in this report is intended solely to convey an approximate indication of the trends, direction and magnitude of retail sales and is not intended to be an estimate, approximation or prediction of, or substitute for, Caterpillar’s audited financial statements filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. This information is furnished under this report with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Caterpillar does not undertake to update or adjust prior period information.
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