Caterpillar Inc. to Announce Second-Quarter Financial Results on July 22, 2008

PEORIA, Ill., July 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Caterpillar Inc. NYSE: CAT will release 2008 second-quarter financial results at 6:30 a.m. Central time on Tuesday, July 22, 2008.

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 call that Caterpillar conducts with security analysts and institutional investors will begin at 10:00 a.m. Central time on Tuesday, July 22. 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 on a Form 8-K with the SEC and available through http://www.CAT.com/SEC_Filings, no later than Wednesday, July 23.

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).