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).

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