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): December 4, 2017

 

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):

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

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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).

 

Emerging growth company o

 

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. o

 

 

 

Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year

 

3M Company has amended Article SECOND of its Certificate of Incorporation, in accordance with Section 133 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, to reflect the name of its new registered agent and the address of its registered office in the State of Delaware. The Amendment became effective upon the filing with the Secretary of State of Delaware, pursuant to Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, of a Certificate of Amendment on December 4, 2017.  The restated Certificate of Incorporation incorporating such Amendment is attached hereto as Exhibit 3(i) and incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit Number		Description
3.1		Certificate of Incorporation, as amended as of December 4, 2017

 

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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

	3M COMPANY
	By:	/s/ Gregg M. Larson
		Gregg M. Larson,
		Deputy General Counsel and Secretary
Dated: December 7, 2017

 

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