UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

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March 23, 2018

 

Important Proxy Materials - Vote Now - 3M COMPANY Annual Meeting

 

 

2018 Annual Meeting   May 8, 2018

 

Important proxy voting material is ready for your action.

 

This email represents the following share(s):
3M COMPANY-401K	123,456,789,012.00000
3M COMPANY-ESOP	123,456,789,012.00000
3M COMPANY-COMMON	123,456,789,012.00000

 

Three

Ways to Vote

 

	Now via ProxyVote			Vote By May 7, 2018 11:59 P.M. ET
	At the Meeting
	By Phone 1.800.690.6903		Control Number:  0123456789012345

 

As a 3Mer and stockholder, you contribute to 3M’s business growth and financial strength, you share in the risk and rewards, and you benefit from our Company’s success. We encourage you to both understand and vote on the proposals being considered at this year’s Annual Meeting.

 

In this email you’ll find the materials you need: Notice of the Annual Meeting and Proxy

 

 

Statement, the 2017 Annual Report and helpful instructions. Your vote is very important; please enter it as soon as possible.

 

This year’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders will be held at 8:30 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time, on Tuesday, May 8, 2018 at the Conrad Indianapolis, 50 West Washington Street, Indianapolis, Indiana.  Like last year, on the meeting day, we will provide a live webcast so you can listen to the business portion of meeting by visiting http://investors.3M.com.

 

If you plan to attend the meeting in person, you will need to pre-register and print your admission ticket at Proxyvote.com as further described below.

 

Thank you all for your contributions!

 

Inge Thulin
Chairman of the Board, President and CEO

 

To access ProxyVote.com, you will need your four digit PIN:
· If you are an employee of 3M COMPANY, your PIN is the last four digits of your Social Security number.

 

· If you are an employee of 3M COMPANY and do not have a Social Security number or Taxpayer ID, your PIN will be the last four digits of your 3M COMPANY employee ID number.

 

· If you have forgotten your PIN number, please follow the instructions on Proxyvote.com.

 

Internet voting is accepted up to 11:59 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on May 7, 2018 (or up to 11:59 p.m. EDT on May 6, 2018 for participants in 3M’s Voluntary Investment Plan and Employee Stock Ownership Plan and the 3M Savings Plan).

 

Important

 

Materials

 

  Proxy Statement

  Annual Report

 

For holders as of March 13, 2018