Caterpillar Inc. Announces First Quarter Earnings Conference Call and Webcast; Tuesday, April 17,...

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PEORIA, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 16, 2001

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) will broadcast live over the Internet its First Quarter 2001 earnings conference call with security analysts and institutional investors at 10 a.m. central time (11 a.m. eastern) Tuesday,

This call is being webcast by CCBN and is available through Caterpillar's corporate website: http://www.CAT.com/IRwebcast. Listeners should go to the website at least 15 minutes early to register for the event and download and install any necessary audio software. For those unable to attend the live broadcast, a replay will be available shortly after the event. There is no charge to access the live event or its replay.

The webcast will also be distributed over CCBN's Investor Distribution Network to both institutional and individual investors. Individual investors can listen to the call through CCBN's individual investor center at www.companyboardroom.com or by visiting any of the investor sites in CCBN's Individual Investor Network such as America Online's Personal Finance Channel, Fidelity Investments(R) (Fidelity.com) and others. Institutional investors can access the call via CCBN's password-protected event management site, StreetEvents (www.streetevents.com).

About Caterpillar Inc.

Caterpillar is the world's largest manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines and industrial gas turbines. Headquartered in Peoria, Illinois, the company posted 2000 sales and revenues of $20.18 billion.