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CLAIM #42724 · 3M Company (MMM) · 2026Q1 earnings call · Apr 21, 2026 · due Dec 31, 2026

any pre-buy that's happened will wash out in Q2, but we do see acceleration in the back half on the back of really core operating fundamentals around NPI and commercial excellence.

William Brown · CEO

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graded after results covering Dec 31, 2026 are reported

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Look at: Organic revenue growth rate, second half of fiscal year (Q3+Q4) compared to first half growth rate

It came true if: H2 organic revenue growth rate higher than H1 organic revenue growth rate

Where: Quarterly earnings releases and management commentary on Q2, Q3, Q4 earnings calls

In context

y is helping that or the unwind hurts that. Maybe flesh out that prebuy sort of dynamic over the balance of the year. William Brown: So Julian, I mean we -- it's hard to discern exactly how much is pre-buy. I mean we get orders coming in, it's quite strong. But we are seeing much better traction on new product introductions, a lot of momentum building on commercial excellence. And keep in mind, part of what was driving Q1 growth, including into early April, are some longer-lead products that will go into semis, more importantly, in data centers, delivering in Q2 in the back end of the year. So you have all these factors in there. I think when I step back and look at the full year, as we said, we'll see acceleration into Q2 and then in the back half. And all these pieces come together. And any pre-buy that's happened will wash out in Q2, but we do see acceleration in the back half on the back of really core operating fundamentals around NPI and commercial excellence. Operator: Our next question comes from the line of Joe O'Dea with Wells Fargo. Joseph O'Dea: On the $0.05 to $0.15 of contingency tied to oil macro uncertainty, can you just outline kind of roughly how you think about the split on the demand side versus the cost side of that and your planning assumptions? And then really looking for any color on the oil exposure sort of across the business, and what you're thinking about that contingency could flow through if you need to use it? Anurag Maheshwari: Okay. Let me start with the contingency, and then I'll -- and then Bill, you can add from there on. On the $0.05 to $0.15 of contingency that we kept, it's actually across the 2 buckets that you mentioned around here. As I mentioned, in the second quarter, we'll be above 3%, we expect -- which i

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SEC filings for MMM · Claim quote is verbatim from the 2026Q1 earnings call.