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3M Co.

Complete the spin-off of the Health Care business

Delivered after the deadline (92 days after the deadline)

AI-assessed · human review in progress Found and assessed by AI from the cited sources. Shown with its evidence; it is not counted in any Kept Score until confirmed.

Announced
26 Jul 2022
Due
31 Dec 2023
Delivered
1 Apr 2024
  • Deadline
  • Met
  • Late
  • Not met
  • Today

What the company said

“The Company expects to complete the transaction by year-end 2023.”
  • Source3M Co. Form 8-K press release, 2022-07-26
  • FilingSEC filing index
  • Deadline as statedby year-end 2023
  • Deadline used31 Dec 2023, the last day of the stated period
  • TypeTransaction
  • Permanent referenceKI-C-2022-MMM-004471
    Cite as https://keptindex.org/c/KI-C-2022-MMM-004471/ — this address never changes.

What we found

Evidence strength A What the grades mean

3M announced an intention to complete the Health Care business spin-off by year-end 2023, but the transaction was not completed until April 1, 2024.

  • A
    3M Co. 10-Q filed 2024-04-30 Regulatory filing · published 30 Apr 2024 · retrieved 3 Oct 2026 · kept permanently by the SEC · fingerprint b1920df439e5
    “On April 1, 2024, 3M completed the previously announced separation of its Health Care business (the Separation) through a pro rata distribution of 80.1% of the outstanding shares of Solventum Corporation (Solventum) to 3M stockholders.” ✓ confirmed on the page

Market reaction: the shares moved +6.0% against the S&P 500 over the three sessions around the disclosure (29 Apr 2024 to 2 May 2024). What this measures

Checked 3 Oct 2026.

Commitment lineage

Every time the company restated this commitment. The original is never changed, and the outcome is always measured against version 1.

  • 1 versions
  1. Version 1 · original · stated 26 Jul 2022

    Deadline 31 Dec 2023 (“by year-end 2023”) · wording expected

  2. Version 2 · stated 23 Jan 2024

    Deadline 30 Jun 2024 (“first half of 2024”) · wording firm

    “Health Care spin remains on track for first half of 2024”

    Source for this version

Commitment DNA

The structured record of this commitment. Fields the company did not state are left blank rather than guessed.

Event type
Separation
Indicative materiality
Transformational rules
Action
Complete
Deliverable
Spin-off of Health Care business
Language
Expected (“expects”, “plans”)
In the company’s control
Medium
Specificity
High
Conditional
Yes: final approval from the 3M Board of Directors; filing and effectiveness of a Form 10 registration statement; receipt of a tax opinion; receipt of a private letter ruling from the Internal Revenue Service; satisfactory completion of financing
Depends on
Regulatory, Financing

How this entry was checked

  1. Commitment recordedThe company's words were matched word for word against the filing.
  2. First checkAn AI model, Gemini (Google), read the company's later filings and recorded the outcome with a quoted passage.
  3. Second check: agreesA different AI model, Claude (Anthropic), re-read the evidence without being told the outcome and reached the same answer.

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