Attention: | Mr. Russell Mancuso, Branch Chief | |
Mr. Geoffrey Kruczek, Senior Attorney | ||
Mr. Tom Jones, Staff Attorney |
Re: | Caterpillar Inc. | |
Registration Statement on Form S-4 | ||
Filed September 7, 2012 | ||
File No. 333-183774 |
• | should the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) or the Commission’s staff (the “Staff”), acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the Registration Statement effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the Registration Statement; |
• | the action of the Commission or the Staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the Registration Statement effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the Registration Statement; and |
• | the Company may not assert Staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States. |
Sincerely, CATERPILLAR INC. | ||||
By: | /s/James B. Buda | |||
James B. Buda | ||||
Executive Vice President, Law and Public Policy |
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