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Filing Details

Issuer

Cik	Name	Symbol	Sector (SIC)	IRS No
66740	3M Co	MMM	Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus (3841)	410417775

Insiders

Cik	Name	Reported Address	Insider Title	Director	Officer	Large Shareholder	Other
1377945	K John Woodworth	3M Center St. Paul MN 55144-1000	Vice President Corp Sc Opertns	No	Yes	No	No

Reported Non-Derivative Transactions

Sec. Name	Acquisiton - Disposition	Date	Amount	Price	Remaning Holdings	Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership
Common Stock	Acquisiton	2012-05-03	15,018	$84.40	29,198	No	4	M	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2012-05-03	14,179	$89.39	15,019	No	4	F	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2012-05-03	357	$89.39	14,662	No	4	F	Direct
Common Stock	Acquisiton	2012-05-03	30,532	$54.11	45,194	No	4	M	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2012-05-03	43	$89.32	45,151	No	4	S	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2012-05-03	1,499	$89.33	43,652	No	4	S	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2012-05-03	1,052	$89.34	42,600	No	4	S	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2012-05-03	5,832	$89.35	36,768	No	4	S	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2012-05-03	6,516	$89.36	30,252	No	4	S	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2012-05-03	1,945	$89.37	28,307	No	4	S	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2012-05-03	2,626	$89.38	25,681	No	4	S	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2012-05-03	2,151	$89.39	23,530	No	4	S	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2012-05-03	1,792	$89.40	21,738	No	4	S	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2012-05-03	1,936	$89.41	19,802	No	4	S	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2012-05-03	1,957	$89.42	17,845	No	4	S	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2012-05-03	1,383	$89.43	16,462	No	4	S	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2012-05-03	1,600	$89.44	14,862	No	4	S	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2012-05-03	100	$89.44	14,762	No	4	S	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2012-05-03	100	$89.45	14,662	No	4	S	Direct

Equity Swap Involved	Form Type	Code	Nature of Ownership
No	4	M	Direct
No	4	F	Direct
No	4	F	Direct
No	4	M	Direct
No	4	S	Direct
No	4	S	Direct
No	4	S	Direct
No	4	S	Direct
No	4	S	Direct
No	4	S	Direct
No	4	S	Direct
No	4	S	Direct
No	4	S	Direct
No	4	S	Direct
No	4	S	Direct
No	4	S	Direct
No	4	S	Direct
No	4	S	Direct
No	4	S	Direct

Reported Derivative Transactions

Sec. Name	Sec. Type	Acquisiton - Disposition	Date	Amount	Price	Amount - 2	Price - 2
Common Stock	Non-qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy)	Disposition	2012-05-03	15,018	$0.00	15,018	$84.40
Common Stock	Non-qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy)	Disposition	2012-05-03	30,532	$0.00	30,532	$54.11
Common Stock	Non-qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy)	Acquisiton	2012-05-03	14,536	$89.39	14,536	$89.39

Remaning Holdings	Exercise Date	Expiration Date	Equity Swap Involved	Transaction Form Type	Transaction Code	Nature of Ownership
1,744	2005-05-12	2014-05-09	No	4	M	Direct
0	2010-02-09	2019-02-08	No	4	M	Direct
14,536	2012-11-03	2014-05-09	No	4	A	Direct

Reported Non-Derivative Holdings

Sec. Name	Remaning Holdings	Nature of Ownership	Explanation
Common Stock	904	Indirect	By Corporation

Footnotes

This Form is being filed to report the exercise of a 3M stock option for a total of 15,018 shares by means of a stock swap. A stock swap is a method of exercising a stock option in which the option holder attests to the ownership of enough shares of stock already owned by the option holder to cover the exercise price of the option being exercised. As a result of this stock swap, the reporting person acquired ownership of an additional 482 shares of 3M common stock. As a result of this transaction, 357 shares were sold to pay withholding taxes to the respective government agencies.
Includes shares acquired pursuant to 3M's Dividend Reinvestment Plan.
Includes dividend share equivalents, accrued quarterly, pursuant to 3M's Performance Awards Deferred Compensation Plan.