Solventum Corp

Solventum's principal sources of liquidity are our existing cash and cash equivalents, cash generated from operations, and access to both our revolving credit facility and commercial paper program, which the Company believes will satisfy our foreseeable operating needs, capital expenditures, and debt service requirements. Discretionary cash may be allocated to strategic acquisitions, share repurchases, or repayment of debt obligations. The Company's cash position reflects business results and a global cash management strategy that leverages liquidity management along with analyzing economic factors and tax considerations.

Debt and Credit Facilities

Refer to Note 9 of the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for information on the Company's long-term debt and short-term borrowings.

The Company had approximately $90 million and $82 million in bank guarantees, surety bonds, and other similar instruments issued and outstanding at March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively. These instruments are utilized in connection with normal business activities.

Commercial Paper

On March 4, 2024, the Company entered into a commercial paper program that allows it to issue up to $2.0 billion aggregate principal amount of short-term notes to finance short-term liabilities. Any such issuance will mature within 364 days from date of issue. There was no commercial paper outstanding as of March 31, 2026.

Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities

As of March 31, 2026, Solventum had $561 million of cash and cash equivalents, of which approximately $488 million was held by the Company’s foreign subsidiaries and approximately $73 million was held in the United States. These balances are invested in bank instruments and other high-quality fixed income securities. As of December 31, 2025, Solventum had $878 million of cash and cash equivalents, of which approximately $800 million was held by the Company’s foreign subsidiaries and $78 million was held in the United States. There were immaterial amounts of marketable securities at both March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025.

Cash Flows

Cash flows from operating, investing and financing activities are provided in the table that follows. Individual amounts in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows exclude the effect of exchange rate impacts on cash and cash equivalents, which are presented separately in the cash flows. Thus, the amounts presented in the following operating, investing and financing activities table reflect changes in balances from period to period adjusted for these effects.

Operating Activities

In the first three months of 2026, cash flows used in operating activities increased compared to the first three months of 2025 primarily due higher payments for annual incentive compensation and payments made in connection with the exit of certain transition agreements with 3M.

Investing Activities

In the first three months of 2026, cash flows used in investing activities decreased compared to the first three months of 2025 primarily due to capital spending related to the Purification and Filtration business that was included in the prior year comparable period.

Financing Activities

In the first three months of 2026, cash flows used in financing activities decreased as compared to the first three months of 2025, due to a net benefit from debt issuance and repayment activity, partially offset by cash outflows related to the Company's share repurchase program.

In November 2025, Solventum's Board of Directors approved a share repurchase program, which authorizes the Company to purchase up to $1 billion of the Company's outstanding common stock. Under this program, the Company repurchased 922,636 shares of its common stock for total consideration of $67 million through open market repurchases during the three months ended March 31, 2026. There were no repurchases made under this program in 2025.

Material Cash Requirements from Known Contractual and Other Obligations:

Solventum’s material cash requirements from known contractual and other obligations primarily relate to the following, for which information on both a short-term and long-term basis is provided in the indicated notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements:

•Tax obligations—Refer to Note 8 to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

•Debt—Refer to Note 9 to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

•Commitments and contingencies—Refer to Note 12 to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

Solventum purchases the majority of its materials and services as needed, with no unconditional commitments. In limited circumstances, in the normal course of business, the Company enters into unconditional purchase obligations with various vendors that may take the form of, for example, take or pay contracts in which the Company guarantees payment to ensure availability of certain materials or services or to ensure ongoing efforts on capital projects. Additionally, the Company enters into contractual obligations for cloud storage solutions, enterprise resource planning and other IT-related services. The Company expects to receive underlying materials or services for these purchase obligations. To the extent these purchase obligations fluctuate, it largely trends with normal-course changes in regular operating activities. Additionally, contractual capital commitments represent a small part of the Company’s expected capital spending.