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| Supplemental Income Statement Information | Note 7. Supplemental Income Statement Information Other expense (income), net consists of the following:
(a) Interest expense includes $448 million, $472 million and $565 million in 2025, 2024, 2023, respectively, related to outstanding debt. Interest expense in the table above also includes imputed interest associated with the obligations resulting from the PWS Settlement, New Jersey Settlement, and CAE Settlement (all discussed in Note 17). (b) Pension and postretirement net periodic benefit income described in the table above includes all components of defined benefit plan net periodic benefit cost (benefit) except service cost, which is reported in various operating expense lines. Refer to Note 13 for additional details on the components of pension and postretirement net periodic benefit cost (benefit). (c) Solventum ownership - change in value relates to the change in value of 3M's retained ownership interest in common stock of Solventum Corporation, an independent public company. Solventum separated from 3M in April 2024 (discussed in Note 2). As of December 31, 2025 and 2024 the balance of unrealized gain on this investment was $1.5 billion and $1.6 billion, respectively.
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