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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000018230-25-000026
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	11-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20241231
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250626
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250626

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CATERPILLAR INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000018230
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY & EQUIP [3531]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	06 Technology
		EIN:				370602744
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		11-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-00768
		FILM NUMBER:		251078254

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5205 N. O'CONNOR BOULEVARD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 100
		CITY:			IRVING
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75039
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9728917700

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		STREET 1:		5205 N. O'CONNOR BOULEVARD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 100
		CITY:			IRVING
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75039

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CATERPILLAR TRACTOR CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19860623
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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i978c386e5eca429ab665cacbc68b326b_1"></div><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-top:5pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:86.549%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:7.852%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:89.948%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:3pt double #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6" style="border-top:3pt double #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial 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style="border-bottom:2pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></td></tr></table></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><div id="i978c386e5eca429ab665cacbc68b326b_7"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:30pt;margin-top:42pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">To the Administrator and Plan Participants of </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Caterpillar 401(k) Savings Plan</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Opinion on the Financial Statements</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of Caterpillar 401(k) Savings Plan (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;) as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2024, including the related notes (collectively referred to as the &#8220;financial statements&#8221;). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2024 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Basis for Opinion</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan&#8217;s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Plan&#8217;s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Plan in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB. </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. 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We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Supplemental Information</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">The supplemental Schedule H, Line 4i &#8211; Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) as of December 31, 2024 has been subjected to audit procedures performed in conjunction with the audit of the Plan&#8217;s financial statements. The supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan&#8217;s management. Our audit procedures included determining whether the supplemental schedule reconciles to the financial statements or the underlying accounting and other records, as applicable, and performing procedures to test the completeness and accuracy of the information presented in the supplemental schedule. In forming our opinion on the supplemental schedule, we evaluated whether the supplemental schedule, including its form and content, are presented in conformity with the Department of Labor&#8217;s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. 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Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(13,900)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(19,955)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Net assets available for benefits</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">18,843,133&#160;</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font 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style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">1</font></div></div></div><div id="i978c386e5eca429ab665cacbc68b326b_13"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-top:5pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.853%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:78.402%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:5.488%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:12.810%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Caterpillar 401(k) Savings Plan</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits<br>Year Ended December 31, 2024</font></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-top:2pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:2pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:2pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial 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style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Plan interest in net investment income (loss) of the Master Trust</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</font></td><td style="padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2,232,590&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 12.25pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial 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style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 12.25pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Interest income on notes receivable from participants</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">9,685&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 12.25pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Interest and dividend income from participant directed brokerage accounts</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">29,172&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 30.25pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Total interest and dividend income</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">38,857&#160;</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Contributions</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 12.25pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Participant</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">455,666&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 12.25pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Employer</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">487,041&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 12.25pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Rollover</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">37,072&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 30.25pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Total contributions</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">979,779&#160;</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 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style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(1,113,600)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 12.25pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Administrative expenses</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(8,119)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 30.25pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Total deductions</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(1,121,719)</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Net increase (decrease) in net assets available for benefits</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2,319,878&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial 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style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr style="height:24pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:3pt double #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="border-bottom:2pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">See accompanying notes to the financial statements.&#160;</font></td></tr></table></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">2</font></div></div></div><div id="i978c386e5eca429ab665cacbc68b326b_16"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-top:5pt;text-align:justify"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.415%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:14pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Caterpillar 401(k) Savings Plan</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Notes to Financial Statements</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:2pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">December 31, 2024 and 2023</font></td></tr></table></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-indent:-27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Plan Description</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The following description of the Caterpillar 401(k) Savings Plan (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;) provides only general information.  Participants should refer to the Plan documents for more complete information regarding the Plan.  </font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">General</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Plan is a profit sharing plan that includes a cash or deferred arrangement under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code (&#34;IRC&#34;) and is an &#34;employee stock ownership plan&#34; within the meaning of IRC Section 4975(e)(7).  The Plan is maintained and sponsored by Caterpillar Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), and enables eligible employees of the Company and its subsidiaries that adopt the Plan (the &#8220;participating employers&#8221;) to accumulate funds for retirement.  The Plan is governed by the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, as amended (&#8220;ERISA&#8221;).    </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Participation</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Management, salaried and non-bargained hourly employees of the participating employers on U.S. payroll who meet certain age and service requirements and who are designated for participation by the Company, are eligible to participate in the Plan.  Participating eligible employees (the &#8220;participants&#8221;) elect to defer a portion of their eligible compensation through pre-tax and after-tax contributions.  </font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Contributions</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">All participants are eligible to make participant contributions through a pre-tax deferral arrangement and an after-tax Roth 401(k) arrangement as elected by each participant.  Participants who are at least 50 years old by the end of the calendar year are allowed to make a catch-up contribution for that year.  Contributions are subject to certain limitations set by the IRC.  </font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Participants are also eligible for an employer matching contribution of 100 percent of participant 401(k) contributions, up to a maximum of 6 percent of eligible compensation.  There are certain exceptions where participants are eligible for an employer matching contribution of 50 percent of participant 401(k) contributions, up to a maximum of 6 percent of eligible compensation.</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">In addition, certain participants are eligible for an annual employer non-elective contribution.  In order to receive the annual non-elective contribution, the applicable participants must complete 1,000 hours (the equivalent of a year of benefit service) and be employed by the Company or a participating employer on December 31st of the Plan year for which the contribution relates.  For determination of which non-elective contribution provisions of the Plan are applicable, participants are divided into Participant Groups.  Certain Participant Groups are eligible for the Type 1 non-elective contribution which is based on a point system calculated on the last day of each Plan year which is the sum of the participant's age plus years of benefit service.  Based upon the participant's point total, a non-elective contribution of 3, 4 or 5 percent of eligible compensation will be made after the close of the Plan year.  </font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:13.5pt;padding-right:13.5pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:55.555%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:28.373%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:69.427%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#acacac;border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Points</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#acacac;border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-right:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Amount of Annual Employer Non-elective Contribution</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">44 or less</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-right:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">3% of eligible compensation</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">45 to 64</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-right:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4% of eligible compensation</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">65 or more</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-right:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">5% of eligible compensation</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Certain Participant Groups are eligible for the Type 2 non-elective contribution which is equal to 3 percent of eligible compensation for the Plan year.  The non-elective contributions are included in Employer contributions receivable on the Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits and were $192.6 million and $174.2 million for the 2024 and 2023 Plan years, respectively.  Certain Participant Groups are not eligible for the annual employer non-elective contribution.</font></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">3</font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Participants direct the investment of their participant contributions, employer matching and employer non-elective contributions into various investment options offered by the Plan as discussed in Note 3.  Participants generally may change their contribution elections and prospective investment elections on a daily basis and reallocate the investment of their existing account balances either daily or every seven business days (if subject to applicable trading restrictions) depending on the investment. </font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Newly eligible participants are subject to an automatic enrollment process.  Unless electing otherwise, participants who become newly eligible will be enrolled with a default 6 percent deferral of their eligible compensation, and their default investment election is the Target Retirement Fund (&#34;TRF&#34;) closest to the year in which the participant turns age 65.  The automatic enrollment process has an automatic escalation feature whereby newly eligible participants will have their default 6 percent deferral of eligible compensation increase 1 percent each year until the participant is contributing 15 percent, unless the participant elects otherwise. </font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Participant Accounts</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Accounts are separately maintained for each participant.  The participant's account is credited with the participant's contributions, employer matching contributions, employer non-elective contributions, Plan earnings&#47;losses (based on each participant's investment elections) and charged with administrative expenses.  Participants are entitled to the benefit that can be provided from the participant's vested account. </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">  </font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Rollover Contributions</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Participants are allowed to make rollover contributions of amounts received from other qualified retirement plans.  Rollover contributions are allocated to a separate rollover account maintained on behalf of the participant. </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Vesting and Distribution Provisions</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Participants are fully vested in their participant contributions, employer matching contributions and related earnings thereon.  Participants fully vest in the employer non-elective contributions and the related earnings thereon after being credited with three years of vesting service.  The Plan provides for 100 percent vesting of the employer non-elective contributions and the related earnings thereon upon a participant's death while actively employed or while performing qualified military service.  </font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Company contributions forfeited by terminated participants shall be applied to offset administrative expenses or reduce Company contributions.  The amount forfeited and used to reduce Company contributions for the year ended December&#160;31, 2024 was $3.1 million.</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Upon termination of employment for any reason, including death or retirement, the balance in a participant's vested account is distributable in a single lump sum cash payment unless the participant (or beneficiary) elects to receive periodic withdrawals.  Participants also have the option to leave their vested account balances in the Plan, subject to certain limitations and required minimum distribution rules.  A participant also may elect to receive a distribution of Company stock up to the amount of the participant's balance in the Caterpillar Stock Fund on date of election.  </font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">4</font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Notes Receivable from Participants</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Plan provides for participant loans against eligible participant account balances.  Eligible participants obtain loans by filing a loan application with the Plan's recordkeeper and receiving all requisite approvals.  Loan amounts are generally limited to the lesser of $50,000 or 50 percent of the individual participant's vested account balance, with certain regulatory restrictions.  The minimum loan permitted is $1,000 and participants may only have two outstanding loans at any time.  Each loan specifies a repayment period that cannot extend beyond five years.  However, the five-year limit shall not apply to any loan used to acquire any dwelling unit which within a reasonable time is to be used as the principal residence of the participant (determined at the time the loan is made).  Loans bear interest at the prime interest rate on the first business day of each calendar quarter plus 1 percent, as determined at the time of loan origination.  Loans that transferred to the Plan due to acquisitions are based upon the terms of the plan agreement in effect at the time of loan origination.  Repayments, including interest, are made through payroll deductions and are credited to the individual participant's account balance.  Participant loans are measured at their unpaid principal balance plus any accrued but unpaid interest.  For participant loans that are in default, the amount of the unpaid loan principal and interest due to the Plan will be treated as a deemed distribution.&#160; Deemed distributions are reported as a taxable distribution and remain part of the participant&#8217;s account balance until a distributable event occurs (i.e., termination of employment).</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Administration</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Plan is administered by the Company.  Pursuant to procedures adopted by the Company, responsibility for the Plan's non-financial matters has been delegated to the Caterpillar Inc. Benefits Administrative Committee and responsibility for the Plan's financial matters has been delegated to the Caterpillar Inc. Benefit Funds Committee.  The Company and the Caterpillar Inc. Benefit Funds Committee have entered into a trust agreement with The Northern Trust Company (the &#8220;Trustee&#8221;) to receive contributions, administer the assets of the Plan and distribute withdrawals pursuant to the Plan.  The Company has retained Alight Solutions to provide recordkeeping and administrative services as part of the administration of the Plan.</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Plan Termination</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company has the right under the Plan at any time to terminate the Plan, subject to provisions of ERISA.  In the event of Plan termination, participants will become fully vested in all benefits which have been accrued up to the date of Plan termination and Plan assets will be distributed in accordance with the provisions of the Plan.</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Plan Qualification</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Plan obtained its latest determination letter on March 16, 2015, in which the Internal Revenue Service (&#34;IRS&#34;) stated that the Plan and related trust, as then designed, were in compliance with the applicable requirements of the IRC.  Although the Plan has been amended subsequent to the period covered by the determination letter, the Plan Administrator and the Plan's counsel believe that the Plan is designed and is currently being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the IRC, and therefore, believe that the Plan is qualified and the related trust is tax-exempt.  If an operational issue is discovered, the Plan sponsor has indicated that it will take any necessary steps to bring the Plan&#8217;s operations into compliance with the IRC.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require management to evaluate tax positions taken by the Plan and recognize a tax liability if the Plan has taken an uncertain position that more likely than not would not be sustained upon examination by the IRS.  The Company has analyzed the tax positions taken by the Plan and has concluded that, as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, there are no material uncertain positions taken or expected to be taken that would require recognition of a liability or disclosure in the financial statements.  The Plan is subject to routine audits by taxing jurisdictions&#59; however, there are currently no audits for any tax periods in progress.  The Company believes the Plan is no longer subject to income tax examinations for tax years prior to 2017.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-indent:-27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Summary of Significant Accounting Policies</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Basis of Accounting</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The financial statements of the Plan are prepared on the accrual basis of accounting in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">5</font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Investments</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Plan's interest in the Caterpillar Investment Trust (&#34;Master Trust&#34;) and investments included in the participant directed brokerage accounts are valued as described in Note 4.  Interest on investments is recorded daily as earned.  Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date.  The Master Trust presents, in Note 4, in Net investment income (loss), the net appreciation (depreciation) in the fair value of its investments which consists of the realized gains (losses) and the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on those investments.  Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis.</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Administrative Expenses</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Plan charges a $4.75 per month per participant fee to pay expenses as they come due.  Expenses are recordkeeping fees, trustee fees, plan education and audit fees and are paid once they have been approved by the Caterpillar Inc. Benefit Funds Committee.  If a participant has an account in more than one plan sponsored by the Company or an affiliate, they will only be charged one $4.75 per month fee.  The Company pays any administrative expenses which exceed amounts collected from participants annually by the Plan, excluding applicable expenses paid directly from participant accounts described below.  If amounts collected from participants exceed certain administrative expenses, the Company determines whether a corrective action is appropriate which could include a reallocation of funds back to participant accounts or a structural change to the participant fees.</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">In addition, certain administrative expenses are paid directly from participant accounts.  These administrative expenses include monthly fees for participants that utilize professional management services and processing fees for qualified domestic relations orders and participant loans.</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Participant Withdrawals</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Participant withdrawals are recorded when paid.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Use of Estimates in the Preparation of Financial Statements</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and changes therein, and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities.  Actual results could differ from those estimated.</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Risks and Uncertainties</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Plan invests in various investment securities.  Investment securities are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate, market and credit risks.  Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities could occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect participant account balances and the amounts reported in the Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-indent:-27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Investment Programs</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Investment options that are currently available to participants consist of three main categories&#58; TRFs, core investment options (including the Caterpillar Stock Fund) and a participant directed brokerage option.  </font></div><div style="padding-left:56.25pt;text-indent:-27pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The TRFs are portfolios created primarily from the Plan&#8217;s core investment options.  The goal of these funds is to give participants investment options that provide an age appropriate asset allocation.  Each TRF contains a blend of stock and bond investments.  The proportion of stocks and bonds in each fund is based on an anticipated retirement date and reduces exposure in equities and increases fixed income and other certain investments as the participant&#8217;s anticipated retirement date approaches or passes.</font></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">6</font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-top:5pt;padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">In addition to the TRFs, the Plan also provides participants with core investment options which are made up of actively managed investment funds and index funds.  The following table presents the investment funds and index funds that were available to participants as of December 31, 2024 and 2023.</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:77.192%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:46.059%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:51.741%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6" style="background-color:#acacac;border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-right:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Menu of Core Investment Options</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid 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Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Fixed Income Funds</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4  U.S. Small&#47;Mid Cap Equity Fund<br>5  U.S. Small&#47;Mid Cap Equity Index Fund </font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-right:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">10  Bond Fund<br>11  Bond Index Fund</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">International Equity Funds</font></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f2f2f2;border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-right:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">6  International Equity Fund<br>7  International Equity Index Fund </font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;border-left:1pt solid #000000;border-right:1pt solid #000000;border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Caterpillar Stock Fund consists of Caterpillar Inc. common stock and a small amount of cash and&#47;or cash equivalents.  </font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The participant directed brokerage option allows participants to invest outside of the standard Plan options.  Alight Financial Solutions is the introducing broker&#47;dealer and Pershing, a division of BNY Mellon, is the custodian&#47;clearing firm for the participant directed brokerage option.  The types of investments offered through the participant directed brokerage option are individual company stocks (excluding Caterpillar Inc. common stock), exchange traded funds, registered investment companies and fixed income securities such as bonds.</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Participants also have the option to enroll in professional account management services through the Plan&#8217;s recordkeeper for additional, separately charged fees.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-indent:-27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Master Trust</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Substantially all of the Plan's investments are held in the Master Trust, which was established for the investment of the Plan and other Company sponsored retirement plans.  The Northern Trust Company is the Trustee of the Master Trust and the custodian for funds invested through the core investments and the TRFs (the funds invested through the core investments and the TRFs are referred to as the Master Trust herein).  The Plan and the other Company sponsored retirement plans pool their investments in the Master Trust in exchange for a percentage of participation in the Master Trust.  The Plan has a specific interest in the Master Trust.</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:right"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">7</font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The following table presents the net assets of the Master Trust and the Plan's interest in the net assets of the Master Trust as of December 31, 2024 and 2023.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><table 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1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">2024</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">2023</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">2024</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">2023</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 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1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 12.25pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Caterpillar Inc. common stock</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</font></td><td style="padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">3,784,230&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td><td 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0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</font></td><td style="padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">3,042,069&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 12.25pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Common stocks</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">3,360,443&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2,928,802&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">3,212,938&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2,796,295&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 12.25pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Preferred stocks</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">16,468&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">21,213&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">15,528&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">19,979&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 12.25pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial 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style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">732,361&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 12.25pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">U.S. government securities</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">847,015&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial 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style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1,756&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 12.25pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Other investments, net</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">162,359&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">148,131&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">154,129&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">139,980&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">17,558,746&#160;</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial 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0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td></tr><tr style="height:6pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Investments, at contract value</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 12.25pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Fully benefit-responsive synthetic guaranteed investment contracts</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">780,302&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial 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style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Other assets</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 12.25pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Cash</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">12,700&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4,053&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">11,860&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">3,800&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 12.25pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Receivables for securities sold</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">113,787&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">115,968&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">105,187&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">108,197&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 12.25pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Accrued income</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">31,300&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">30,322&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">29,286&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">28,197&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">157,787&#160;</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">150,343&#160;</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">146,333&#160;</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">140,194&#160;</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td></tr><tr style="height:6pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 43.75pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Total Master Trust assets</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">18,496,835&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">16,421,698&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">17,327,861&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial 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style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Payables for securities purchased</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(151,488)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(165,395)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(140,577)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(153,996)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td></tr><tr style="height:6pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td 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Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">18,345,347&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</font></td><td style="padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">16,256,303&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</font></td><td style="padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">17,187,284&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</font></td><td style="padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">15,203,433&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td></tr><tr style="height:6pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:3pt double #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:3pt 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The Plan's management elected the practical expedient to use NAV in measuring the fair value of the underlying investments. </font></div><div style="padding-left:72pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:14.85pt;text-decoration:underline">Registered investment companies&#58;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> Valued at quoted market prices that represent the net asset value of shares held by the Master Trust.  </font></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">8</font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="padding-left:72pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:14.85pt;text-decoration:underline">Other investments, net&#58;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">  Primarily valued at quoted market prices, when available, or valued based on matrices or models from reputable pricing vendors.</font></div><div style="padding-left:72pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The preceding methods may produce a fair value calculation that may not be indicative of net realizable value or reflective of future fair values.  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style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:49.75pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:79.00pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:64.75pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:79.75pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:64.75pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-top:2pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(in thousands of dollars)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:2pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:2pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:2pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td 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Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Redemption Restrictions</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Redemption Frequency (if currently eligible)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Redemption Notice Period</font></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Common collective trusts&#58;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid 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style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">None</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Daily</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">None</font></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 7.75pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Short-term investments</font></td><td style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</font></td><td style="padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">776,283&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">None</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Daily</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">None</font></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 7.75pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">U.S. Government securities</font></td><td style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</font></td><td style="padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">926,207&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">None</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Daily</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">None</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="18" style="border-bottom:2pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;padding-left:4.5pt;text-indent:-4.5pt"><font><br></font></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:483.75pt"><tr><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:133.75pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:49.75pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:79.00pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:64.75pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:79.75pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:64.75pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-top:2pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(in thousands of dollars)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:2pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:2pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:2pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:2pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:2pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:38pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">December 31, 2023</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Fair Value</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Unfunded Commitments</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Redemption Restrictions</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Redemption Frequency (if currently eligible)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Redemption Notice Period</font></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Common collective trusts&#58;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 7.75pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Stocks</font></td><td style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</font></td><td style="padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">5,895,463&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">None</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Daily</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">None</font></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 7.75pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Short-term investments</font></td><td style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</font></td><td style="padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">684,939&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">None</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Daily</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">None</font></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 7.75pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">U.S. Government securities</font></td><td style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</font></td><td style="padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">823,714&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">None</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Daily</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">None</font></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 7.75pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Private placement - Mortgages</font></td><td style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</font></td><td style="padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">24,387&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Yes </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:7.15pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;position:relative;top:-3.85pt;vertical-align:baseline">1</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Monthly </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:7.15pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;position:relative;top:-3.85pt;vertical-align:baseline">1</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Yes </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:7.15pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;position:relative;top:-3.85pt;vertical-align:baseline">1</font></div></td></tr><tr style="height:9pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:23pt"><td colspan="18" style="border-bottom:2pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;padding-left:4.5pt;text-indent:-4.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:5.85pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;position:relative;top:-3.15pt;vertical-align:baseline">1</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> Redemptions allowed once per month and are restricted to available cash on hand as determined by the trustee of the fund.  A notice of redemptions required five days prior to the last business day of the month.</font></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">9</font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The following table presents the changes in net assets for the Master Trust for the year ended December&#160;31, 2024.</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:479.25pt"><tr><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:279.25pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:7.75pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:79.00pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:7.00pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:96.25pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-top:2pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(in thousands of dollars)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:2pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:2pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:2pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:2pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">2024</font></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Changes in Net Assets&#58;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:27pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 12.25pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Caterpillar Inc. common stock net appreciation (depreciation) in fair value of investments</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</font></td><td style="padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">753,873&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 12.25pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Net appreciation (depreciation) in fair value of investments</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1,408,841&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 12.25pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Interest</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">106,881&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 12.25pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Caterpillar Inc. common stock dividends</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">58,972&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 12.25pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Dividends</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">65,010&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 12.25pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Other income</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">6,454&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Net investment income (loss)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2,400,031&#160;</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:11.25pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Transfers, net </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:7.15pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;position:relative;top:-3.85pt;vertical-align:baseline">1</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(294,436)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr style="height:27pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:11.25pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Administrative expenses not directly allocated to the plans and other expenses </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:7.15pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;position:relative;top:-3.85pt;vertical-align:baseline">2</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(16,551)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Increase (decrease) in net assets</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2,089,044&#160;</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Net assets</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Beginning of the year</font></td><td 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Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">18,345,347&#160;</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:3pt double #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="15" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:2pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:5.85pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;position:relative;top:-3.15pt;vertical-align:baseline">1</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">  Represents items recorded at the plan level such as contributions, benefit payments, plan transfers and plan specific administrative expenses.</font></div></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="15" style="border-bottom:2pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:2pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:5.85pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;position:relative;top:-3.15pt;vertical-align:baseline">2</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">  Primarily related to fees and expenses paid to professional money managers who manage the investment funds.</font></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Investment Contracts</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Master Trust holds fixed income fully benefit-responsive investment contracts, referred to as synthetic guaranteed investment contracts (&#8220;synthetic GICs&#8221;), in which an investment contract is issued by an insurance company (Metropolitan Tower Life Insurance Company, Transamerica Life Insurance Company, The Prudential Insurance Company of America and Nationwide Life Insurance Company).  The Plan measures the synthetic GICs at contract value in the Plan's Interest in the Master Trust in the Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits.  The synthetic GICs, which are designed to help preserve principal and provide a stable crediting rate of interest, are fully benefit-responsive and the issuers guarantee that qualified participant initiated withdrawals will be paid at contract value.  The synthetic GICs are primarily backed by a portfolio of fixed income investments, which are effectively owned by the Plan.  The assets underlying the synthetic GICs are maintained by a third party custodian, separate from the contract issuer's general assets.  The synthetic GICs are obligated to provide an interest rate not less than zero.  The Plan&#8217;s ability to receive amounts due in accordance with the contract is dependent on the issuer&#8217;s ability to meet its financial obligations which may be affected by future economic and regulatory developments.  These contracts provide that realized and unrealized gains and losses of the underlying assets are not reflected immediately in the assets of the fund, but rather are amortized, usually over the duration of the underlying assets, through adjustments to the future interest crediting rate.  The future interest crediting rate can be adjusted periodically and is primarily based on the current yield-to-maturity of the covered investments, plus or minus amortization of the difference between the market value and contract value of the covered investments over the duration of the covered investments at the time of computation.  There are no reserves against contract value for credit risks of the contract issuers.</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">10</font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Employer initiated events, if material, may affect the underlying economics of the investment contracts.  These events include plant closings, layoffs, plan termination, bankruptcy or reorganization, merger, early retirement incentive programs, tax disqualification of a trust or other events.  The occurrence of one or more employer initiated events could limit the Plan's ability to transact at contract value with the issuers.  Except for the employer initiated events above, the synthetic GICs do not permit the issuers to terminate the agreement at an amount different from contract value.  As of December&#160;31, 2024, the Company does not believe that the occurrence of an event that would limit the ability of the Plan to transact at contract value with the issuers is probable.</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Fair Value Measurements</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The guidance on fair value measurements defines fair value as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants.  This guidance also specifies a fair value hierarchy based upon the observability of inputs used in valuation techniques.  Observable inputs (highest level) reflect market data obtained from independent sources, while unobservable inputs (lowest level) reflect internally-developed market assumptions.  In accordance with this guidance, fair value measurements are classified under the following hierarchy&#58;</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:72pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;padding-left:14.85pt">Level 1</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> - Quoted prices for identical instruments in active markets.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="padding-left:72pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;padding-left:14.85pt">Level 2</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> - Quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets&#59; quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active&#59; and model-derived valuations in which all significant inputs or significant value-drivers are observable in active markets.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="padding-left:72pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%;padding-left:14.85pt">Level 3</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> - Model-derived valuations in which one or more significant inputs or significant value-drivers are unobservable.</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">When available, quoted market prices are used to determine fair value and such measurements are classified within Level 1.  In some cases where market prices are not available, observable market-based inputs are used to calculate fair value, in which case the measurements are classified within Level 2.  If quoted or observable market prices are not available, fair value is based upon valuations in which one or more significant inputs are unobservable, including internally developed models that use, where possible, current market-based parameters such as interest rates, yield curves and currency rates.  These measurements are classified within Level 3.   </font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Fair value measurements are classified according to the lowest level input or value-driver that is significant to the valuation.  A measurement may therefore be classified within Level 3 even though there may be significant inputs that are readily observable.   </font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The availability of observable market data is monitored to assess the appropriate classification of financial instruments within the fair value hierarchy.  Changes in economic conditions or model-based valuation techniques may require the transfer of financial instruments from one fair value level to another.  In such instances, the transfer is reported at the end of the reporting period.   </font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The significance of transfers between levels was evaluated based upon the nature of the financial instrument and size of the transfer relative to total net Master Trust assets.  For the year ended December&#160;31, 2024, there were no significant transfers into or out of Levels 1, 2 or 3.</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">11</font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Master Trust assets that are measured at fair value as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 are summarized below.  Investments measured at net asset value per share using the practical expedient have not been classified in the fair value hierarchy, but are presented in order to permit reconciliation to the table that presents the net assets of the Master Trust.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:13.5pt;padding-right:13.5pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:92.690%"><tr><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.850%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:36.597%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.588%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:10.729%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:2.685%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:10.729%"></td><td 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style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Measured at NAV</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Total</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial 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colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</font></td><td style="padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2,943&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</font></td><td style="padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 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style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">906,725&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 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1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Common collective trusts</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">8,473,155&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">8,473,155&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Registered investment companies</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 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1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">8,351&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Other 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style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">162,359&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Total investments, at fair value</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">7,283,800&#160;</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1,801,791&#160;</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">8,473,155&#160;</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">17,558,746&#160;</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:2pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:2pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:2pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:2pt solid #000000;border-top:3pt double #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:2pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:2pt solid #000000;border-top:3pt double #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:2pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:2pt solid #000000;border-top:3pt double #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:2pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:2pt solid #000000;border-top:3pt double #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top:5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:13.5pt;padding-right:13.5pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"> </font><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:92.982%"><tr><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:2.158%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:36.478%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.586%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:10.692%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:2.673%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:10.692%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:2.673%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:10.849%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:2.673%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:11.326%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:2pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:2pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:2pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="21" style="border-top:2pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Fair Value Measurements as of December 31, 2023</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 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style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Measured at NAV</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Total</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial 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colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</font></td><td style="padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">3,483&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</font></td><td style="padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</font></td><td style="padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">6,283,106&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Corporate bonds and notes</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">806,085&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">806,085&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">U.S. government securities</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">755,432&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">755,432&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Common collective trusts</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">7,428,503&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">7,428,503&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Registered investment companies</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1,858&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1,858&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Other investments, net</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">96,328&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">51,803&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8212;&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">148,131&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Total investments, at fair value</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">6,377,809&#160;</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1,616,803&#160;</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">7,428,503&#160;</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial 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The following is a description of the types of derivative contracts the Master Trust may use&#58;</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:67.5pt;text-indent:-9pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:5.85pt;text-decoration:underline">Credit contracts&#58;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">  Credit default swaps are used to manage exposure to credit risk.  A credit default swap is a contract in which, for a fee, a protection seller agrees to pay a protection buyer an amount resulting from a credit event on a reference entity.  If there is no credit default event or settlement trigger, as defined by the contract, then the protection seller makes no payment to the protection buyer and receives only the contractually specified fee.  However, if a credit event occurs, the protection seller will be required to make a payment to the protection buyer.  </font></div><div style="padding-left:67.5pt;text-indent:-9pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:5.85pt;text-decoration:underline">Equity contracts&#58;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">  Equity index futures contracts are used by investment managers to invest excess cash into equity benchmarks, such as the S&#38;P 500 and MSCI EAFE (developing countries).  These contracts are settled in cash daily.  Investment managers may also invest in equity rights and warrants which gives the holder the right to purchase securities from the issuer at a specific price within a certain time frame.  </font></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">12</font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="padding-left:67.5pt;text-indent:-9pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:5.85pt;text-decoration:underline">Foreign exchange contracts&#58;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">  Foreign currency exchange rate movements create a degree of risk by affecting the U.S. dollar value of instruments denominated in foreign currencies.  Forward contracts are used by investment managers to manage foreign exchange rate risks associated with certain investments.  These contracts are presented gross (buy side of the contract as a receivable and sell side of the contract as a payable) in the table that presents the net assets of the Master Trust.</font></div><div style="padding-left:67.5pt;text-indent:-9pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:5.85pt;text-decoration:underline">Interest rate contracts&#58;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">  Interest rate movements create a degree of risk by affecting the amount of interest payments and the value of debt instruments.  Investment managers use interest rate swaps, total return swaps, futures contracts, options and swaptions to manage interest rate risk.</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The fair value of these derivative contracts are included in Other investments, net, Receivables for securities sold and Payables for securities purchased in the tabular presentation of the Net Master Trust assets.  The related appreciation (depreciation) is included in Net appreciation (depreciation) in fair value of investments in the tabular presentation of the Net investment income (loss) of the Master Trust.  As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the fair value of these derivative financial instruments, net was ($0.3) million and $3.6 million, respectively.  In 2024, the effect of these derivatives on Net investment income (loss) of the Master Trust was a net loss of $7.7 million, which is primarily related to losses in interest rate contracts partially offset by gains in equity contracts.</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Participant Directed Brokerage Accounts  </font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The participant directed brokerage account Plan assets are not included in the Master Trust and are primarily related to investments in registered investment companies and common stock.  The participant directed brokerage account assets that are measured at fair value as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 are summarized below&#58;</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:13.5pt;padding-right:13.5pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:93.274%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:4.385%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:50.153%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.583%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:18.335%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:2.661%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:18.183%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td 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Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(in thousands of dollars)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">2024</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">2023</font></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Level 1</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</font></td><td style="padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1,278,602&#160;</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 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1pt"></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">1,278,602&#160;</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">997,409&#160;</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:2pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:2pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:2pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:2pt solid #000000;border-top:3pt double #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:2pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:2pt solid #000000;border-top:3pt double #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td><td colspan="3" style="display:none"></td></tr></table></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-indent:-27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">5.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Related-Parties and Parties in Interest</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Trustee is authorized, under contract provisions and by exemption under 29 CFR 408(b) of ERISA regulations, to invest in securities under its control and in securities of the Company.</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The investment options available to the participants, as summarized in Note 3, include the Caterpillar Stock Fund (related-party and party in interest).  The Master Trust also invests in the U.S. Large Cap Equity Index Fund, U.S. Small&#47;Mid Cap Equity Index Fund, International Equity Index Fund, Money Market Fund, and the Bond Index Fund, which are sponsored and managed by The Northern Trust Company, the Trustee for the Master Trust.  </font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Northern Trust Company also manages equitization accounts in which they invest excess cash and manages liquidity pools for the actively managed investment funds.  The custodian of the funds invested in the participant directed brokerage option is Pershing, a division of BNY Mellon, which currently provides third party administrative and other plan related services to the Plan on behalf of Alight Financial Solutions.  These transactions, and related fees, as well as participant loans, qualify as exempt party in interest transactions.</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">13</font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="padding-left:27pt;text-indent:-27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">6.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Reconciliation of Financial Statements to Form 5500</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The following table 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#000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(in thousands of dollars)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:2pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:2pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">2024</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:2pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:2pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">2023</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Net assets available for benefits per financial statements</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">18,843,133&#160;</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">16,523,255&#160;</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 12.25pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Certain deemed distributions of participant loans</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(5,053)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(4,932)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 12.25pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Adjustment from contract value to fair value for fully benefit-responsive synthetic guaranteed investment contracts</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(39,976)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="2" style="padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(41,802)</font></td><td style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Net assets per Form 5500</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">18,798,104&#160;</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">16,476,521&#160;</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:2pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:2pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:2pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:2pt solid #000000;border-top:3pt double #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:2pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:2pt solid #000000;border-top:3pt double #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The following table reconciles the Plan's Net increase (decrease) in net assets available for benefits per the audited financial statements to the Form 5500 Annual Report&#58;</font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:27pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:94.590%"><tr><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:2.272%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:53.150%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.572%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:20.383%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.572%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:19.151%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:2pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:2pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(in thousands of dollars)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:2pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:2pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:2pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:2pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">2024</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Plan's Net increase (decrease) in net assets available for benefits per financial statements</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">$</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2,319,878&#160;</font></td><td style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 12.25pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial Narrow',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Change in certain deemed distributions of participant loans</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 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