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): October 26, 2009

3M COMPANY

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

File No. 1-3285		41-0417775
(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

3M Center, St. Paul, Minnesota		55144-1000
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

(651) 733-1110

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

(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)

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Item 8.01. Other Events

Pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of August 4, 2009, between 3M Company and State Street Bank and Trust Company as Independent Fiduciary of the 3M Employee Retirement Income Plan, 3M Company is filing the financial and other information for the quarter ended September 30, 2009, attached as Exhibit 99 for incorporation into the Company’s Prospectus Supplement, dated August 4, 2009, and related Prospectus, dated February 17, 2009. The attached information was prepared based on our earnings press release dated October 22, 2009, but excluding non-GAAP measures contained therein.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit Number		Description

99		Certain financial and other information for the quarter ended September 30, 2009

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 thereunto duly authorized.

		3M COMPANY

		By:	/s/ Gregg M. Larson
			Gregg M. Larson,
			Deputy General Counsel and Secretary

Dated: October 26, 2009