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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000066740-26-000318"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MMM"
cik: "0000066740"
company_name: "3M CO"
filed_at: "2026-11-03T23:03:00+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-11-04T11:06:12.781833+00:00"
event_type: "litigation"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# 3M settles AFFF PFAS personal injury MDL for $7.35B nominal ($5.8B present value), covering ~99% of claims

## Summary
- $7.35B nominal commitment paid between 2026 and 2034; present value $5.8B; 3M records ~$5.8B pre-tax Q4 2026 charge as a special item.
- Covers approximately 99% of current PFAS personal injury claims inside and outside the AFFF MDL; ~115,000-120,000 plaintiffs eligible to participate.
- Payment timing: $50M in 2026, none in 2027, and roughly 20% of payments in the final two years; includes a $680M reserve fund for future claims.
- Payments hinge on claimant participation thresholds; 3M may terminate if too few join and says it is prepared to continue defending; no admission of liability.
- Does not change 3M's previously issued 2026 guidance; CEO William Brown cites the 2023 water-supplier and New Jersey PFAS settlements. Investor call Nov. 4, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000066740-26-000318
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MMM
- cik: 0000066740
- company_name: 3M CO
- filed_at: 2026-11-03T23:03:00+00:00
- event_type: litigation
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66740/000006674026000318/0000066740-26-000318-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66740/000006674026000318/mmm-20261103.htm

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