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118
PART III
Documents Incorporated by Reference
In response to Part III, Items 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14, parts of the Company’s definitive proxy statement (to be filed
pursuant to Regulation 14A within 120 days after Registrant’s fiscal year-end of December 31, 2011) for its annual
meeting to be held on May 8, 2012, are incorporated by reference in this Form 10-K.
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.
The information relating to directors and nominees of 3M is set forth under the caption “Proposal No. 1” in 3M’s proxy
statement for its annual meeting of stockholders to be held on May 8, 2012 (“3M Proxy Statement”) and is
incorporated by reference herein. Information about executive officers is included in Item 1 of this Annual Report on
Form 10-K. The information required by Items 405, 407(c)(3), (d)(4) and (d)(5) of Regulation S-K is contained under
the captions “Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance,” “Governance of the Company — Director
Nomination Process,” “Board and Committee Membership — Audit Committee” of the 3M Proxy Statement and such
information is incorporated by reference herein.
Code of Ethics. All of our employees, including our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Chief
Accounting Officer and Controller, are required to abide by 3M’s long-standing business conduct policies to ensure
that our business is conducted in a consistently legal and ethical manner. 3M has posted the text of such code of
ethics on its website (http://www.3M.com/businessconduct). At the same website, any future amendments to the
code of ethics will also be posted. Any person may request a copy of the code of ethics, at no cost, by writing to us at
the following address:
3M Company
3M Center, Building 220-11W-09
St. Paul, MN 55144-1000
Attention: Vice President, Compliance and Business Conduct
Item 11. Executive Compensation.
The information required by Item 402 of Regulation S-K is contained under the captions “Executive Compensation”
(excluding the information under the caption “— Compensation Committee Report”) and “Director Compensation and
Stock Ownership Guidelines” of the 3M Proxy Statement. Such information is incorporated by reference.
The information required by Items 407(e)(4) and (e)(5) of Regulation S-K is contained under the captions
“Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation” and “Executive Compensation — Compensation
Committee Report” of the 3M Proxy Statement. Such information (other than the Compensation Committee Report,
which shall not be deemed to be “filed”) is incorporated by reference.