Caterpillar Inc. to Announce 2009 First-Quarter Financial Results on April 21, 2009

Caterpillar Inc. to Announce 2009 First-Quarter Financial Results on April 21,
2009

PEORIA, Ill., April 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT)
will release 2009 first-quarter financial results at 6:30 a.m. Central Time on
Tuesday, April 21. The release will be available on
http://www.CAT.com/earnings and the full text of the news release will also be
available on PR Newswire at about 6:30 a.m. Central Time. The news release
will be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) via a
Current Report on Form 8-K (Form 8-K) on the date of the release or within
four business days after the release, in compliance with applicable SEC rules.

Teleconference and webcast access:
A real-time, listen-only teleconference of the quarterly results call that
Caterpillar conducts with security analysts and institutional investors will
begin at 10 a.m. Central Time on Tuesday, April 21, 2009. The one-hour
conference call can be accessed by telephone from both domestic and
international locations, with a listen-only entry code provided below:

Conference Call number: 877-216-8554 (domestic)
973-528-0009 (international)
Listen Only Entry Code: 5621

To access a telephone replay of this call shortly after the live event, please
dial 800-332-6854 (for domestic callers) and 973-528-0005 (for international
callers) and enter "5621" as the conference ID. This telephone replay will be
available for 90 days.

The call can also be accessed through http://www.CAT.com/IRwebcast. Listeners
should go to the Web site at least 15 minutes before the live event to
download and install any necessary audio software. The transcript from the
conference call will be filed no later than Wednesday, April 22, 2009, on a
Form 8-K with the SEC and available through: http://www.CAT.com/SEC_Filings.

For those unable to participate in the live broadcast, the replay will be
available through http://www.CAT.com/IRwebcast shortly after the live event.
There is no charge to access the webcast. Those without access to the
Internet may request a fax of Caterpillar's transcript by calling 800-228-7717
(U.S. and Canada) or 858-244-2080 (for all other regions).

SOURCE Caterpillar

Jim Dugan, Corporate Public Affairs of Caterpillar Inc., +1-309-494-4100,
Mobile, +1-309-360-7311, dugan_jim@cat.com