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): February 26, 2007

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):

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

Attached as Exhibit 100 to this report are the following financial statements from 3M Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2007, formatted in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language):  (i) the Consolidated Statement of Income for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, (ii) the Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2006 and 2005, (iii) the Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity and Comprehensive Income for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, and (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004. Users of this data are advised pursuant to Rule 401 of Regulation S-T that the financial and other information contained in the XBRL documents is unaudited and that these are not the official publicly filed financial statements of 3M Company.  The purpose of submitting these XBRL formatted documents is to test the related format and technology and, as a result, investors should continue to rely on the official filed version of the furnished documents and not rely on the information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 100, in making investment decisions.

In accordance with Rule 402 of Regulation S-T, the information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 100, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit Number

Description

100

The following financial statements from 3M Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, filed on February 26, 2007, formatted in XBRL: (i) the Consolidated Statement of Income for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, (ii) the Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2006 and 2005, (iii) the Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity and Comprehensive Income for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, and (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004.

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,
		Associate General Counsel and Secretary
Dated: May 16, 2007

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number

Description

100

The following financial statements from 3M Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, filed on February 26, 2007, formatted in XBRL: (i) the Consolidated Statement of Income for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, (ii) the Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2006 and 2005, (iii) the Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity and Comprehensive Income for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, and (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004.

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