UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC  20549
 

FORM 8-K
 

CURRENT REPORT
 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
 SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 

Date of Report: December 8, 2009
 

  CUMMINS INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

500 Jackson Street
P. O. Box 3005
Columbus, IN  47202-3005
(Principal Executive Office)  (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (812) 377-5000

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;

Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

d)  Election of New Director

 

On December 8, 2009, the Board of Directors of Cummins Inc. (the "Company") elected Franklin R. Chang-Díaz, Ph.D., as a director of the Company to serve until the Company's next annual meeting of shareholders.  Dr. Chang-Díaz has been appointed to serve on the Board’s Audit, Finance, Governance and Nominating, and Safety, Environment and Technology Committees.

As a non-employee director, Dr. Chang-Díaz will participate in the Company’s standard compensation policies and programs for non-employee directors as described under the heading "Director Compensation" beginning on page 11 of the Company’s Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 1, 2009.

The Company's press release with respect to this matter is attached as Exhibit 99 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)

The following exhibit is filed herewith:

99 - Press Release dated December 8, 2009

 

 

SIGNATURE
 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 

Date: December 8, 2009
 

CUMMINS INC.
/s/ Marsha L. Hunt ______________________________ Marsha L. Hunt Vice President - Corporate Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)

 

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CUMMINS INC.

 

Exhibit Index to Current Report on Form 8-K

 

 

Exhibit

Number

 

(99)                  Press Release dated December 8, 2009