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Item 8.01. Other Events
The exhibits filed herewith are exhibits to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (file no. 333-216219) of 3M Company (the “Company”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 24, 2017. On August 19, 2019, the Company entered into an Underwriting Agreement with Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, BofA Securities, Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein, relating to the sale of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 1.750% Notes due 2023, $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 2.000% Notes due 2025, $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 2.375% Notes due 2029 and $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 3.250% Notes due 2049.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
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SIGNATURES
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.
| Date: August 26, 2019 | 3M Company | |
| By: | /s/ Ivan K. Fong | |
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Ivan K. Fong, Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary | ||
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