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accession: "0001964738-25-000015"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SOLV"
cik: "0001964738"
company_name: "Solventum Corp"
filed_at: "2025-02-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T02:35:09.274590+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.8
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Solventum sells purification and filtration business to Thermo Fisher for $4.1B

## Summary
- Thermo Fisher to acquire Solventum's purification and filtration business for $4.1B cash, subject to customary adjustments.
- Closing expected by end of 2025; conditioned on HSR, other antitrust approvals, and no Material Adverse Effect.
- No financing condition for Thermo Fisher; Solventum grants 3-year non-compete and 2-year non-solicit post-close.
- Solventum indemnifies Thermo Fisher for pre-closing liabilities and breaches of reps; 3M must confirm tax opinion.
- Termination date November 25, 2025, subject to two 3-month extensions if regulatory conditions are unmet.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001964738-25-000015
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SOLV
- cik: 0001964738
- company_name: Solventum Corp
- filed_at: 2025-02-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1964738/000196473825000015/0001964738-25-000015-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1964738/000196473825000015/solv-20250225.htm

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