UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  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): August 17, 2020

  CUMMINS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

500 Jackson Street

P. O. Box 3005

Columbus, Indiana  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):

Securities registered pursuant to Sections 12(b) of the Act:

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter)

Emerging Growth Company ¨

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

On August 17, 2020, Cummins Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with BofA Securities, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., ING Financial Markets LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters listed therein (the “Underwriters”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell, and the Underwriters agreed to purchase, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, $500 million aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 0.750% Senior Notes due 2025, $850 million aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 1.500% Senior Notes due 2030 and $650 million aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 2.600% Senior Notes due 2050 (collectively, the “Notes”), in a public offering (the “Offering”). The Offering is expected to close on August 24, 2020.

The Notes are registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-229659) that the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 13, 2019.

The Underwriting Agreement includes customary representations, warranties, covenants and closing conditions. It also provides for customary indemnification by the Company and the Underwriters against certain liabilities and customary contribution provisions in respect of those liabilities.

The Company is filing the Underwriting Agreement as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K for purposes of such Registration Statement. The description of the Underwriting Agreement set forth above is qualified by reference to the Underwriting Agreement filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

(d)       Exhibits. The exhibits below are filed herewith:

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SIGNATURES

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.