---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000066740-25-000046"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MMM"
cik: "0000066740"
company_name: "3M CO"
filed_at: "2025-05-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-22T00:52:11.473747+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# 3M agrees to $285M PFAS settlement with New Jersey, subject to court approval

## Summary
- Pre-tax charge of ~$285M in Q2 2025; $210M for Chambers Works (payments 2026-2033) and $75M for statewide PFAS claims (payments 2030-2050).
- Settlement resolves legacy PFAS claims at Chambers Works site and future statewide PFAS claims, including natural resource damages and cost recovery.
- Settlement subject to public comment and court approval; 3M admits no liability or wrongdoing.
- Amount may be adjusted based on 2023 class-action settlement with public water suppliers and potential credits.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000066740-25-000046
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MMM
- cik: 0000066740
- company_name: 3M CO
- filed_at: 2025-05-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66740/000006674025000046/0000066740-25-000046-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66740/000006674025000046/mmm-20250512.htm

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