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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-024810"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CMI"
cik: "0000026172"
company_name: "CUMMINS INC"
filed_at: "2025-03-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T14:46:52.243335+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cummins announces retirement of Chief Administrative Officer Sharon Barner, effective May 31, 2025

## Summary
- Sharon Barner, CAO, will retire effective May 31, 2025 after 13 years at Cummins, including as VP & General Counsel.
- Barner led the legal function, executed large M&A (incl. Meritor), and oversaw 12 corporate functions as CAO.
- A replacement will be named in the coming weeks.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-024810
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CMI
- cik: 0000026172
- company_name: CUMMINS INC
- filed_at: 2025-03-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/26172/000110465925024810/0001104659-25-024810-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/26172/000110465925024810/tm259538d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-024810
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-024810.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-024810.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Sharon R. Barner departed as Chief Administrative Officer at CUMMINS INC.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Chief Administrative Officer
  source text: On March 18, 2025, Cummins Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that Sharon R. Barner, the Company’s Chief Administrative Officer, will retire from the Company, effective May 31, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/26172/000110465925024810/0001104659-25-024810-index.htm

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