Dividend Declaration

Caterpillar Inc
13 April 2005



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                           April 13, 2005




                    Caterpillar Inc. Maintains Dividend Rate

PEORIA, IL -- Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) today declared a quarterly cash
dividend of forty-one cents ($0.41) per share on its common stock, payable May
20, 2005, to stockholders of record at the close of business April 25, 2005.

This maintains the dividend rate for the previous quarter.



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