mmm-20211123

Delaware

File No. 1-3285

41-0417775

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

3M Center, St. Paul, Minnesota

55144-1000

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):


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Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, Par Value $.01 Per Share

MMM

New York Stock Exchange

MMM

Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc.

1.500% Notes due 2026

MMM26

New York Stock Exchange

0.375% Notes due 2022

MMM22A

New York Stock Exchange

0.950% Notes due 2023

MMM23

New York Stock Exchange

1.750% Notes due 2030

MMM30

New York Stock Exchange

1.500% Notes due 2031

MMM31

New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the exchange Act. ☐

On November 23, 2021, 3M Company (the “Company”) sent a notice (the “Blackout Notice”) to its directors and executive officers informing them of a blackout period that will begin at 3:00 P.M. Central Time on December 27, 2021 and end the week of January 9, 2022 (the “Blackout Period”). The Blackout Period is being imposed to allow for the transfer of administrative records in connection with a change in record keepers for the 3M Voluntary Investment Plan and Employee Stock Ownership Plan and the 3M Savings Plan (the “Plans”).

During the Blackout Period, participants in the Plans will have limited access to their accounts, and will be unable to check their account balances, transfer or diversify their investments or obtain a loan, withdrawal or distribution from their Plan accounts. The Blackout Notice informed the directors and executive officers that, during the Blackout Period, they will be prohibited from, directly or indirectly, purchasing, selling, or otherwise acquiring or transferring any equity security of the Company acquired in connection with their service as a director or employment as an officer.

During the Blackout Period and for a period of two years after the ending date of the Blackout Period, the Company’s security holders and other interested persons may obtain, without charge, information regarding the Blackout Period, including the actual ending date of the Blackout Period, by contacting the Company’s Assistant Secretary at (651) 737-8503 or in writing at 3M Company, 3M Center, 220-10E-09, St. Paul, MN 55144.


Exhibit Number						Description
99.1						Blackout Notice dated November 23, 2021 .
104						Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded in the Inline XBRL document).

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.


			3M COMPANY

			By:			/s/ Ivan K. Fong

						Ivan K. Fong,
						Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Policy Officer & Secretary