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
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                                                                               Date of Report
                                                                               (Date of earliest
                                                                               event reported):                                    November 5, 2018

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


   Indiana    
1-4949
35-0257090
(State or other
jurisdiction of
incorporation)
(Commission File
Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

  500 Jackson Street P.O. Box 3005 Columbus, IN  47202-3005 
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

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

           Not Applicable           
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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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.     □
 

 

 
Item 8.01                          Other Events.
 
On November 5, 2018, Richard J. Freeland, President and Chief Operating Officer of Cummins Inc. (the “Company”), entered into a pre-arranged stock trading plan (the “Plan”) to sell a limited number of his shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $2.50 per share (the “Common Stock”).  The Plan allows for the sale of a maximum of 4,500 shares of Common Stock at a limit price of $150 commencing sixty days after adoption of the Plan and continuing until all 4,500 shares are sold or September 1, 2019, whichever occurs first.  Based on his current ownership of Common Stock, if all of the 4,500 shares of Common Stock subject to the Plan were sold, Mr. Freeland would beneficially own approximately 95,689 shares of Common Stock.
 
The Plan was designed to comply with the Company’s insider trading policies and the guidelines specified in Rule 10b5-1 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which permit an officer or director to enter into a pre-arranged plan for buying or selling Company stock at a time when the officer or director is not in possession of material, nonpublic information about the Company.  Mr. Freeland will continue to be subject to the Company’s stock ownership guidelines, and the sale contemplated by the Plan will not reduce his respective ownership of Common Stock below the levels required by the guidelines.
 
All sales of Common Stock under the Plan will be disclosed publicly in accordance with applicable securities laws, rules and regulations through appropriate filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
 

 

 

 
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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.
 
                                                        CUMMINS INC.
 

Date:  November 7, 2018                                                                                                                            By:  /s/ Mark J. Sifferlen                
                                                      Mark J. Sifferlen
                                                   Corporate Secretary


 


 
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