UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): April 9, 2009

 

3M COMPANY

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

 

(651) 733-1110

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

 

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

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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Item 2.02.  Results of Operations and Financial Condition

 

As described in this Current Report, during the first quarter of 2009, 3M effected certain business segment realignments, which included both product moves between business segments and reporting changes related to revised U.S. performance measures. This Current Report includes supplemental unaudited historical business segment sales and operating income information to reflect these business segment realignments on both an annual and quarterly basis for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006 (furnished hereunder as Exhibit 99 and incorporated herein by reference).The Company did not operate under the realigned business segments structure for any of these prior periods and will begin to report comparative results under the new structure with the filing of its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2009.

 

The information contained in this Current Report shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be incorporated by reference into a filing under the Securities Act of 1933, or the Exchange Act.

 

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(c) Exhibits

 

Exhibit Number		Description
99		Supplemental unaudited historical business segment information based on segment realignments effected during the first quarter of 2009 (furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 hereof)

 

SIGNATURE

 

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/ Patrick D. Campbell
		Patrick D. Campbell,
		Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Dated: April 9, 2009

 

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