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)

 

 

 

(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):

 

o    Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o    Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

 

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