Company Profile For Caterpillar Inc.

Caterpillar Inc. (Caterpillar) operates in three principal lines of business: Machinery, Engines and Financial Products. Machinery deals with the design, manufacture, marketing and sales of construction, mining and forestry machinery. Engines business deals with the design, manufacture, marketing and sales of engines. Financial Products, consists primarily of Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation (Cat Financial), Caterpillar Insurance Holdings, Inc. (Cat Insurance), Caterpillar Power Ventures Corporation (Cat Power Ventures) and their respective subsidiaries. In April 2008, Satyam Computer Services Limited acquired Caterpillar’s market research and customer analytics operations. In April 2008, Caterpillar expanded its Global Mining business through the acquisition of Lovat Inc. (Lovat), a global manufacturer of tunnel boring machines used in the construction of metro, railway, road, sewer, water main, penstock, mine access, high voltage cable and telecommunications tunnels.

BRIEF: For the nine months ended 30 September 2009, Caterpillar Inc.'s revenues decreased 36% to $24.5B. Net income decreased 77% to $663M. Revenues reflect decreased sales of machinery & engines and lower income from financial products. Net income also reflects an increase in other operating expenses, lower operating profit, increased interest expense excluding financial products and lower other income net.