Jon Mills

Director, External Communications

317-658-4540

Jon.mills@cummins.com

December 16, 2016

For Immediate Release

Cummins Inc. Approves Share Repurchase Program

COLUMBUS, IND. –  On December 13, The Board of Directors of Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) authorized the Company to repurchase up to $1 billion in shares of common stock upon completion of its 2015 $1 billion share repurchase program.

"The latest share repurchase program reinforces our commitment to delivering strong returns to shareholders and reflects our confidence in our performance over the long term," said Tom Linebarger, Cummins Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "Cummins is demonstrating that we can produce strong returns for our shareholders, while continuing to invest in the future and helping our customers succeed by providing them innovative power solutions.”

About Cummins

Cummins Inc., a global power leader, is a corporation of complementary business units that design, manufacture, distribute and service diesel and natural gas engines and related technologies, including fuel systems, controls, air handling, filtration, emission solutions and electrical power generation systems. Headquartered in Columbus, Indiana, (USA) Cummins currently employs approximately 55,200 people worldwide and serves customers in approximately 190 countries and territories through a network of approximately 600 company-owned and independent distributor locations and approximately 7,200 dealer locations. Cummins earned $1.4 billion on sales of $19.1 billion in 2015. Press releases can be found on the Web at www.cummins.com. Follow Cummins on Twitter at www.twittter.com/cummins and on YouTube at www.youtube.com/cumminsinc.

Forward-looking disclosure statement

Information provided in this release that is not purely historical are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding our forecasts, guidance, preliminary results, expectations, hopes, beliefs and intentions on strategies regarding the future.  These forward looking statements include, without limitation, statements relating to our plans and expectations for our revenues for the full year of 2016.  Our actual future results could differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements because of a number of factors, including, but not limited to: the adoption and implementation of global emission standards; the price and availability of energy; the pace of infrastructure development; increasing global competition among our customers; general economic, business and financing conditions; governmental action; changes in our customers’ business strategies; competitor pricing activity; expense volatility; labor relations; and other risks detailed from time to time in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including particularly in the Risk Factors section of our 2015 Annual Report on Form 10-K.  Shareholders, potential investors and other readers are urged to consider these factors carefully in evaluating the forward-looking statements and are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements.  The forward-looking statements made herein are made only as of the date of this press release and we undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.  More detailed information about factors that may affect our performance may be found in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which are available at http://www.sec.gov or at http://www.cummins.com in the Investor Relations section of our website.