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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 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): February 2, 2021

 

3M COMPANY

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

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)

 

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code) (651) 733-1110

 

Not Applicable

(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):

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

oPre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

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, Inc.
  MMM   Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc.
1.500% Notes due 2026   MMM26   New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
0.375% Notes due 2022   MMM22A   New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
0.950% Notes due 2023   MMM23   New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
1.750% Notes due 2030   MMM30   New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
1.500% Notes due 2031   MMM31   New York Stock Exchange, Inc.

 

Note: The common stock of the Registrant is also traded on the SWX Swiss Exchange.

 

Securities registered pursuant to section 12(g) of the Act: None

 

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    ¨

 

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.     ¨

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

(d)On February 2, 2021, the Board of Directors of 3M Company (the “Company”) elected James R. Fitterling to the Company’s Board of Directors, effective February 5, 2021.  Mr. Fitterling is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Dow, Inc., a global materials science company.  In connection with Mr. Fitterling’s election, the Board of Directors increased its size from 11 to 12 directors, and Mr. Fitterling joined the Board of Directors to fill the resulting vacancy.

 

The Board of Directors has determined that Mr. Fitterling is an independent director under the New York Stock Exchange listing standards and the Company’s director independence guidelines, as set forth in its Corporate Governance Guidelines (available on 3M’s website at www.3M.com, under Investor Relations — Corporate Governance).

 

At the time of his election, the Board had not determined Mr. Fitterling’s committee assignments.

 

Mr. Fitterling will participate in the compensation program for non-employee directors as described on pages 42-45 of the Company’s Proxy Statement for its Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on May 12, 2020 (filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 25, 2020).

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit Number Description

 

99.1 Press Release, dated as of February 2, 2021, of 3M Company
104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded in the Inline XBRL document).

 

 

 

 

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/ Ivan K. Fong,

 

    Ivan K. Fong,
    Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

 

Dated: February 3, 2021