Group President · CATERPILLAR INC (CAT)

Denise Johnson

A named executive officer of CATERPILLAR in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2018 to FY2025. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$6,152,351

FY2024: $8,716,497

5th of 6 named executive officers at Caterpillar by FY2025 total.

6 named officers on file for CATERPILLAR, FY2025

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed April 30, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-07.

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Denise Johnson compensation by year

CATERPILLAR Summary Compensation Table · all 8 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as CATERPILLAR reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Salary$763,002$808,875$820,500$846,375$877,425$911,450$947,900$985,825
Bonus$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
Stock awards$2,000,073$1,799,934$1,849,945$2,550,095$1,849,964$2,199,975$5,157,307$2,765,492
Option awards$2,599,472$2,214,477$1,849,993$2,549,997$1,849,982$2,199,962$924,982$893,866
Non-equity incentive$1,677,000$840,000$0$1,771,100$1,544,800$1,874,200$1,374,500$1,201,900
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$157,034$243,684$222,421$138,799$464,372$312,957$311,808$305,268
Total$7,196,581$5,906,970$4,742,859$7,856,366$6,586,543$7,498,544$8,716,497$6,152,351

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: CATERPILLAR INC DEF 14A filed April 30, 2026, accession 0001308179-26-000358, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the CATERPILLAR INC filed document, accession 0001308179-26-000358. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 30, 2026.

$7.2M
$5.9M
$4.7M
$7.9M
$6.6M
$7.5M
$8.7M
$6.2M
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
SalaryNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU11,208$6,420,727—
PSU10,880$6,232,826—
PSU9,055$5,187,338—
RSU5,319$3,047,096—
RSU2,720$1,558,206—
RSU1,867$1,069,548—
Option8,439—$332.04
Option5,914—$338.65
Option9,676—$253.98

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in CATERPILLAR INC's FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

16 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed April 30, 2026)
current to 2026-11-07 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-05-14Exercise or conversion derivative—16,078$196.700
2026-05-14Sale—1,787$904.7060,643
2026-05-14Sale—1,568$909.7051,832
2026-05-14Exercise or conversion—16,078$196.7065,903
2026-05-14Tax withholding—3,473$910.5562,430
2026-05-14Sale—2,259$905.7358,384
2026-05-14Sale—1,491$906.7356,893
2026-05-14Sale—1,191$907.9855,702

The 8 most recent of 16 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

CATERPILLAR’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
D. James Umpleby IIIExecutive Chairman$22,191,496
Joseph CreedChief Executive Officer$17,008,077
Christy PambianchiChief Human Resources Officer$10,674,916
Andrew R. BonfieldChief Financial Officer$7,447,699
Denise Johnson · this pageGroup President$6,152,351
Bob De LangeGroup President$6,020,675

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