Tim Solso to Retire as Cummins Chairman and CEO

The Board of Directors of Cummins Inc. CMI today announced the retirement of Tim Solso, 64, the Company's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since 2000. Solso will be succeeded by Tom Linebarger, Cummins President and Chief Operating Officer. Linebarger, 48, has been with Cummins 17 years, and was formerly President of Cummins Power Generation and served as the Company's Chief Financial Officer. He will assume his new role on January 1, 2012.