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 (Date of earliest event reported): May 11, 2010

 

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

Indiana
(State or other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)

1-4949
(Commission File Number)

35-0257090
(I.R.S. Employer Identification
 No.)


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

 

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Item 5.07.       Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 
On May 11, 2010, Cummins Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2010 annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”).  At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders voted on the following proposals:

As of the March 15, 2010 record date for the determination of the shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting, 200,963,878 shares of the Company’s common stock, $2.50 par value per share, were outstanding and entitled to vote, each entitled to one vote per share.  Approximately 88.88% of all votes were represented at the Annual Meeting in person or by proxy. The following are the final votes on the matters presented for shareholder approval at the Annual Meeting:
 

Election of Directors

 

 

Name

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

Robert J. Bernhard

167,043,992

 

413,217

 

287,648

 

10,879,990

Dr. Franklin R. Chang-Diaz

166,959,243

 

509,559

 

276,055

 

10,879,990

Robert K. Herdman

167,008,647

 

456,950

 

279,260

 

10,879,990

Alexis M. Herman

163,746,703

 

3,821,176

 

176,978

 

10,879,990

N. Thomas Linebarger

166,480,082

 

1,082,673

 

182,102

 

10,879,990

William I. Miller

161,191,730

 

6,377,301

 

175,826

 

10,879,990

Georgia R. Nelson

165,973,738

 

1,513,304

 

257,815

 

10,879,990

Theodore M. Solso

156,916,479

 

10,677,688

 

150,690

 

10,879,990

Carl Ware

166,883,099

 

590,291

 

271,467

 

10,879,990

 

Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

 

 

 

 

172,675,450

 

5,675,713

 

273,684

 

 

 

 

 

 

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: May 13, 2010

CUMMINS INC.

 

 
/s/ Marsha L. Hunt

______________________________
Marsha L. Hunt
Vice President - Corporate Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)