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 15, 2015

 

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

 

 

(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 7.01.  Regulation FD Disclosure

 

On December 15, 2015, 3M Company issued a press release updating its full-year 2015 guidance and providing its 2016 outlook at a meeting with investors and analysts today (attached hereunder as Exhibit 99 and incorporated herein by reference).

 

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit Number

 

Description

 

 

 

99

 

Press Release, dated as of December 15, 2015, of 3M Company (furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

3M COMPANY

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Gregg M. Larson

 

 

Gregg M. Larson,

 

 

Deputy General Counsel and Secretary

 

Dated: December 15, 2015