3M COMPANY (NYSE:MMM) Files An 8-K Results of Operations and Financial Condition
Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition
This Current Report on Form8-K includes supplemental unaudited historical business segment net sales and operating income information in addition to net sales on a disaggregated basis that reflect 3M’s continuing effort to improve the alignment of its businesses around markets and customers. The Company did not operate under this segment structure for any of these prior periods and will begin to report comparative results under the new structure with the filing of its Quarterly Report on Form10-Q for the quarter ending March31, 2019. Effective in the first quarter of 2019, the Company made the following changes:
Continued alignment of customer account activity
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As part of 3M’s regular customer-focus initiatives, the Company realigned certain customer account activity (“sales district”) to correlate with the primary divisional product offerings in various countries and reduce complexity for customers when interacting with multiple 3M businesses. This largely impacted the amount of dual credit certain business segments receive as a result of sales district attribution. 3M business segment reporting measures include dual credit to business segments for certain sales and operating income. This dual credit is based on which business segment provides customer account activity with respect to a particular product sold in a specific country. |
Creation of Closure and Masking Systems Division and Medical Solutions Division
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3M created the Closure and Masking Systems Division, which combines the masking tape, packaging tape and personal care portfolios formerly within Industrial Adhesives and Tapes Division in the Industrial business segment into a separate division also within the Industrial business segment. |
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3M created the Medical Solutions Division in the Health Care business segment, which combines the former Critical and Chronic Care Division and Infection Prevention Division (which were also both within the Health Care business segment). |
Additional actions impacting business segment reporting
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The business associated with certain safety products sold through retail channels in the Asia Pacific region was realigned from the Personal Safety Division within the Safety and Graphics business segment to the Construction and Home Improvement Division within the Consumer business segment. |
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Certain previously non-allocated costs related to manufacturing and technology of centrally managed material resource centers of expertise within Corporate and Unallocated are now reflected as being allocated to the business segments. |
This Current Report includes additional detail on the changes described above along with supplemental unaudited historical information relative to business segment net sales and operating income on both an annual and quarterly basis for the years ended December31, 2018, 2017 and 2016 and net sales on a disaggregated basis on an annual basis for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017, and 2016 (furnished hereunder as Exhibit99 and incorporated herein by reference).
The information contained in this Current Report shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be incorporated by reference into a filing under the Securities Act of 1933, or the Exchange Act.
Forward-Looking Statements
This Current Report contains forward-looking information about 3M’s financial results and estimates and business prospects that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. You can identify these statements by the use of words such as “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,” “aim,” “project,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “target,” “forecast” and other words and terms of similar meaning in connection with any discussion of future operating or financial performance or business plans or prospects. Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: (1)worldwide economic, political, and capital markets conditions and other factors beyond the Company’s control, including natural and other disasters or climate change affecting the operations of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2)the Company’s credit ratings and its cost of capital; (3)competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4)foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; (5)the timing and market acceptance of new product offerings; (6)the availability and cost of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including oil and natural gas and their derivatives) due to shortages, increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural and other disasters and other events); (7)the impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting from portfolio management actions and other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (8)generating fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (9)unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and other disruptions to the Company’s information technology infrastructure; (10)financial market risks that may affect the Company’s funding obligations under defined benefit pension and
postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur in the legal and regulatory proceedings described in the Company’s Annual Report on Form10-K for the year ended Dec.31, 2018, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form10-Q (the “Reports”). Changes in such assumptions or factors could produce significantly different results. A further description of these factors is located in the Reports under “Cautionary Note Concerning Factors That MayAffect Future Results” and “Risk Factors” in PartI,Items 1 and 1A (Annual Report) and in PartI,Item 2 and PartII,Item 1A (Quarterly Reports). The information contained in this Current Report is as of the date indicated. The Company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this Current Report as a result of new information or future events or developments.
Item 9.01.Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d)Exhibits
3M CO Exhibit
EX-99 2 ex-99.htm EX-99 mmm_Ex99 EXHIBIT 99 This Current Report on Form 8-K includes supplemental unaudited historical business segment net sales and operating income information in addition to net sales on a disaggregated basis that reflect 3M’s continuing effort to improve the alignment of its businesses around markets and customers. The Company did not operate under this segment structure for any of these prior periods and will begin to report comparative results under the new structure with the filing of its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ending March 31,…
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About 3M COMPANY (NYSE:MMM)
3M Company is a technology company. The Company operates through five segments. Its Industrial segment serves markets, such as automotive original equipment manufacturer and automotive aftermarket, electronics, appliance, paper and printing, packaging, food and beverage, and construction. Its Safety and Graphics segment serves markets for the safety, security and productivity of people, facilities and systems. Its Health Care segment serves markets that include medical clinics and hospitals, pharmaceuticals, dental and orthodontic practitioners, health information systems, and food manufacturing and testing. Its Electronics and Energy segment serves customers in electronics and energy markets, including solutions for electronic devices; electrical products; telecommunications networks, and power generation and distribution. Its Consumer segment serves markets that include consumer retail, office business to business, home improvement, drug and pharmacy retail, and other markets.
