Filed Pursuant to Rule 433
Dated September 26, 2011
Registration Statement No. 333-176082
 
3M Company
Medium-Term Notes, Series F
$1,000,000,000 1.375% Notes due 2016
 
Summary of Terms

Issuer:	3M Company	
 	 	
Expected Ratings:	Aa2 / AA- (Moody’s / S&P)*	
 	 	
Security Description:	SEC-Registered 5-year Fixed Rate Notes	
 	 	
Principal Amount:	$1,000,000,000	
 	 	
Trade Date:	September 26, 2011	
 	 	
Settlement Date:	September 29, 2011 (T+3)	
 	 	
Maturity Date:	September 29, 2016	
 	 	
Coupon:	1.375% per annum	
 	 	
Interest Payment Dates:	Payable semi-annually on the 29th day of March and September, beginning March 29, 2012	
 	 	
Basis:	30/360	
 	 	
Benchmark Treasury:	1.000% due August 31, 2016	
 	 	
Benchmark Treasury Yield:	0.901%	
 	 	
Re-offer Spread to Benchmark:	T + 65bps	
 	 	
Re-offer Yield:	1.551%	
 	 	
Price to Public:	99.156%	
 	 	
Gross Proceeds:	$991,560,000	
 	 	
CUSIP / ISIN:	88579Y AD3 / US88579YAD31	
 	 	
Minimum Denominations:	$2,000 by $1,000	
 	 	
Redemption:	Not redeemable	
 	 	
Joint Book-Running Managers:	Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC	
 	 	
Co-Managers:	J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
UBS Securities LLC	

 

* A security rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and should be evaluated independently of any other rating.  The rating is subject to revision or withdrawal at any time.
 
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