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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
1205397	T Brad Sauer	3M Center St. Paul MN 55144-1000	Exec Vp Health Care	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	2012-05-04	17,026	$84.40	33,232	No	4	M	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2012-05-04	16,206	$88.67	17,026	No	4	F	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2012-05-04	350	$88.67	16,676	No	4	F	Direct
Common Stock	Acquisiton	2012-05-04	14,215	$76.00	30,891	No	4	M	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2012-05-04	100	$88.59	30,791	No	4	S	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2012-05-04	3,700	$88.60	27,091	No	4	S	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2012-05-04	2,700	$88.60	24,391	No	4	S	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2012-05-04	2,000	$88.61	22,391	No	4	S	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2012-05-04	1,300	$88.61	21,091	No	4	S	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2012-05-04	1,178	$88.63	19,913	No	4	S	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2012-05-04	100	$88.63	19,813	No	4	S	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2012-05-04	2,400	$88.64	17,413	No	4	S	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2012-05-04	637	$88.64	16,776	No	4	S	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2012-05-04	100	$88.65	16,676	No	4	S	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2012-05-07	1,118	$88.05	15,558	No	4	S	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2012-05-07	800	$88.06	14,758	No	4	S	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2012-05-07	300	$88.06	14,458	No	4	S	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2012-05-07	100	$88.06	14,358	No	4	S	Direct
Common Stock	Disposition	2012-05-07	800	$88.07	13,558	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	2012-05-04	17,026	$0.00	17,026	$84.40
Common Stock	Non-qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy)	Disposition	2012-05-04	14,215	$0.00	14,215	$76.00
Common Stock	Non-qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy)	Acquisiton	2012-05-04	16,556	$88.67	16,556	$88.67

Remaning Holdings	Exercise Date	Expiration Date	Equity Swap Involved	Transaction Form Type	Transaction Code	Nature of Ownership
974	2005-05-12	2014-05-09	No	4	M	Direct
0	2010-04-27	2013-05-13	No	4	M	Direct
16,556	2012-11-04	2014-05-09	No	4	A	Direct

Footnotes

This Form is being filed to report the exercise of a 3M stock option for a total of 17,026 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 470 shares of 3M common stock. As a result of this transaction, 350 shares were sold to pay withholding taxes to the respective government agencies.