Caterpillar Reports Record Quarterly Profit; Sales and Revenues Increase 57 Percent, Profit Up 426 Percent

PEORIA, Ill.— Driven by the continuing improvement in global demand for its products and its focus on cost management, Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) today reported first-quarter 2011 profit per share of $1.84—an alltime quarterly record and a 411-percent improvement from $0.36 in the first quarter of 2010.