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We hope the Company's management team and Board share our and other shareholders' enthusiasm for Solventum's future and demonstrate that in February with an LRP that reflects the Company's prospects. We look forward to continuing to engage with fellow shareholders, management and the board to ensure that Solventum lives up to its full potential and justifies the promise that existed at the time of its separation from 3M.", "attrs": null, "subkind": "paragraph", "toolName": null, "toolSlug": null, "confidence": null, "componentId": "22338b09-264b-49ef-8b40-1f6b3b25a10b", "frameworkName": null, "frameworkSlug": null }, { "bbox": { "h": 0.05, "w": 0.25, "x": 0.08, "y": 0.57 }, "kind": "paragraph", "text": "Sincerely, Trian Fund Management, L.P.", "attrs": null, "subkind": "paragraph", "toolName": null, "toolSlug": null, "confidence": null, "componentId": "8a95eb83-2a90-4d06-92e8-1570bee16015", "frameworkName": null, "frameworkSlug": null }, { "bbox": { "h": 0.12, "w": 0.84, "x": 0.08, "y": 0.05 }, "kind": "paragraph", "text": "distinct from Solventum's core MedSurg segment, and combined, these businesses account for approximately 45% of the Company's total sales: Dental Solutions, Health Information Systems, and Purification & Filtration. While non-core, we believe these businesses are highly valuable in their own right, and at Solventum's current valuation, we believe that every business inside of the Company is worth a substantially higher valuation multiple than where the whole Company trades today.", "attrs": null, "subkind": "paragraph", "toolName": null, "toolSlug": null, "confidence": null, "componentId": "a80c3533-0122-4a24-b174-f0f615fba124", "frameworkName": null, "frameworkSlug": null }, { "bbox": { "h": 0.22, "w": 0.84, "x": 0.08, "y": 0.18 }, "kind": "paragraph", "text": "We believe that the Company is best positioned if it moves quickly to simplify its portfolio, but not at the expense of rushing to sell businesses at subpar valuations or based on depressed profitability levels. As portfolio complexity is addressed, management will be better positioned to optimize execution at the Company's remaining businesses. Importantly, divestitures can also accelerate the Company's deleveraging and open the door for value enhancing capital allocation decisions. Once the Company de-levers to below 3x net debt to EBITDA, we believe it should initiate a dividend and authorize share repurchases, especially if shares continue to trade at depressed levels. 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