UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON,  D.C. 20549 

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): May 8, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

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Item 8.01.  Other Events

 

This Current Report on Form 8-K updates 3M’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017 (“3M’s 2017 Annual Report”) to reflect the following:

 

Adoption of ASU No. 2017-07—Certain pension and postretirement costs reported outside operating income 

 

The Company adopted Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2017-07, Improving the Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost, effective January 1, 2018 on a retrospective basis. This ASU changed how employers that sponsor defined benefit pension and/or other postretirement benefit plans present the net periodic benefit cost in the income statement. Under the new standard, only the service cost component of net periodic benefit cost is included in operating expenses and only the service cost component is eligible for capitalization into assets such as inventory. All other net periodic benefit costs components (such as interest, expected return on plan assets, prior service cost amortization and actuarial gain/loss amortization) are reported outside of operating income.

 

Business Segment Reporting Changes

 

As part of 3M’s continuing effort to improve the alignment of its businesses around markets and customers, the Company made the following changes, effective in the first quarter of 2018, and other revisions impacting business segment reporting:

 

Consolidation of customer account activity within international countries – expanding dual credit reporting

 

Centralization of manufacturing and supply technology platforms

 

The preceding information is filed hereunder as Exhibit 99 which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K updates the information contained in 3M’s 2017 Annual Report to reflect the changes described above, which were effective during the first quarter of 2018, for all periods presented herein. Updates provided in this Form 8-K are contained in Part 1, Item 1, “Business” and Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” (specifically the Consolidated Statement of Income, Note 1, Significant Accounting Policies, Note 3, Goodwill and Intangible Assets, Note 5, Supplemental Income Statement Information, Note 12, Pension and Postretirement Benefit Plans and Note 17, Business Segments). 3M also updated Part II, Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”, to reflect these changes.

 

By virtue of this Current Report, the Company will be able to incorporate the updated information by reference into future registration statements or post-effective amendments to existing registration statements. This Current Report does not update for other changes since the filing of the 2017 Annual Report (e.g. new developments in commitments and contingencies). For significant developments since the filing of the 2017 Annual Report, refer to subsequent 2018 Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

This Current Report contains forward-looking information about 3M’s expected future business and financial performance that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. A further description of these factors is located in this Current Report under “Cautionary Note Concerning Factors That May Affect Future Results” and “Risk Factors” in Exhibit 99, Part I, Items 1 and 1A.

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.