Meritor Acquisition and 2022 Financial Results
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We have arrangements with certain suppliers that require us to purchase minimum volumes or be subject to monetary penalties. At December 31, 2022, if we were to stop
purchasing from each of these suppliers, the aggregate amount of the penalty would be approximately $141 million. These arrangements enable us to secure supplies of critical
components and IT services. We do not currently anticipate paying any penalties under these contracts.
We enter into physical forward contracts with suppliers of platinum and palladium to purchase certain volumes of the commodities at contractually stated prices for various
periods, which generally fall within two years. At December 31, 2022, the total commitments under these contracts were $75 million. These arrangements enable us to
guarantee the prices of these commodities, which otherwise are subject to market volatility.
We have guarantees with certain customers that require us to satisfactorily honor contractual or regulatory obligations, or compensate for monetary losses related to
nonperformance. These performance bonds and other performance-related guarantees were $107 million at December 31, 2022.
Indemnifications
Periodically, we enter into various contractual arrangements where we agree to indemnify a third-party against certain types of losses. Common types of indemnities include:
product liability and license, patent or trademark indemnifications;
asset sale agreements where we agree to indemnify the purchaser against future environmental exposures related to the asset sold; and
any contractual agreement where we agree to indemnify the counterparty for losses suffered as a result of a misrepresentation in the contract.
We regularly evaluate the probability of having to incur costs associated with these indemnities and accrue for expected losses that are probable. Because the indemnifications
are not related to specified known liabilities and due to their uncertain nature, we are unable to estimate the maximum amount of the potential loss associated with these
indemnifications.
NOTE 16. REDEEMABLE NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS
A 19 percent minority shareholder in one of our businesses, Hydrogenics Corporation (Hydrogenics), has, among other rights and subject to related obligations and restrictive
covenants, rights that are exercisable between September 2022 and September 2026 to require us to (1) purchase such shareholder's shares (put option) at an amount up to the
fair market value (calculated pursuant to a process outlined in the shareholders' agreement) and (2) sell to such shareholder Hydrogenics' electrolyzer business at an amount up
to the fair market value of the electrolyzer business (calculated pursuant to a process outlined in the shareholders' agreement). We recorded the estimated fair value of the put
option as redeemable noncontrolling interests in our Consolidated Financial Statements with an offset to additional paid-in capital. The redeemable noncontrolling interest
balance was $258 million and $366 million at December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
NOTE 17. CUMMINS INC. SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Preferred and Preference Stock
We are authorized to issue one million shares of zero par value preferred and one million shares of preference stock with preferred shares being senior to preference shares. We
can determine the number of shares of each series, and the rights, preferences and limitations of each series. At December 31, 2022 and 2021, there was no preferred or
preference stock outstanding.
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