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Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2013

The interim consolidated financial statements are unaudited but, in the opinion of management, reflect all adjustments necessary for a fair statement of the Company's consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented. These adjustments consist of normal, recurring items. The results of operations for any interim period are not necessarily indicative of results for the full year. The interim consolidated financial statements and notes are presented as permitted by the requirements for Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.

As described in 3M's Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 16, 2013 (which updated 3M's 2012 Annual Report on Form 10-K) and 3M's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2013, during the first quarter of 2013 the Company completed a realignment of its business segments to better serve global markets and customers (refer to Note 13 herein). In addition, during the first quarter of 2013, 3M realigned its geographic area reporting to include Puerto Rico in the United States rather than in Latin America/Canada region. Segment and geographic information presented herein reflects the impact of these changes for all periods presented. This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q should be read in conjunction with the Company's consolidated financial statements and notes included in its Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 16, 2013.

Foreign Currency Translation

Local currencies generally are considered the functional currencies outside the United States. Assets and liabilities for operations in local-currency environments are translated at month-end exchange rates of the period reported. Income and expense items are translated at month-end exchange rates of the period reported. Cumulative translation adjustments are recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) in shareholders' equity.

Although local currencies are typically considered as the functional currencies outside the United States, under Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 830, Foreign Currency Matters, the reporting currency of a foreign entity's parent is assumed to be that entity's functional currency when the economic environment of a foreign entity is highly inflationary — generally when its cumulative inflation is approximately 100 percent or more for the three years that precede the beginning of a reporting period. 3M has a subsidiary in Venezuela with operating income representing less than 1.0 percent of 3M's consolidated operating income for 2012. 3M has determined that the cumulative inflation rate of Venezuela has exceeded, and continues to exceed, 100 percent since November 2009. Accordingly, since January 1, 2010, the financial statements of the Venezuelan subsidiary have been remeasured as if its functional currency were that of its parent.

Regulations in Venezuela require the purchase and sale of foreign currency to be made at official rates of exchange that are fixed from time to time by the Venezuelan government. Certain laws in the country had, however, provided an exemption for the purchase and sale of certain securities that resulted in an indirect “parallel” market through which companies obtained foreign currency without having to purchase it from Venezuela's Commission for the Administration of Foreign Exchange (CADIVI). However, in 2010, the Venezuelan government took control of the previously freely-traded parallel market and created a government-controlled rate under the Transaction System for Foreign Currency Denominated Securities (SITME). In February 2013, the Venezuelan government announced a devaluation of its currency, the elimination of the SITME market, and the creation of the Superior Body for the Optimization of the Exchange System to oversee its foreign currency exchange policies. As a result, the new official exchange rate changed to a rate less favorable than the previous SITME rate. Since January 1, 2010, as discussed above, the financial statements of 3M's Venezuelan subsidiary have been remeasured as if its functional currency were that of its parent. This remeasurement utilized the parallel rate through May 2010, the SITME rate through January 2013, and the new official rate discussed above thereafter.

The Company continues to monitor circumstances relative to its Venezuelan subsidiary. Other factors notwithstanding, the elimination of the SITME rate and use of the new official exchange rate beginning in February 2013 did not have a material impact on 3M's consolidated results of operations or financial condition.

Earnings Per Share

The difference in the weighted average 3M shares outstanding for calculating basic and diluted earnings per share attributable to 3M common shareholders is a result of the dilution associated with the Company's stock-based compensation plans. Certain options outstanding under these stock-based compensation plans were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share attributable to 3M common shareholders because they would not have had a dilutive effect (3.7 million average options for the three months ended June 30, 2013; 3.9 million average options for the six months ended June 30, 2013; 21.3 million average options for the three months ended June 30, 2012; and 20.3 million average options for the six months ended June 30, 2012). The computations for basic and diluted earnings per share follow:

Earnings Per Share Computations

			Three months ended				Six months ended
			June 30,				June 30,
(Amounts in millions, except per share amounts)			2013		2012		2013		2012
Numerator:
	Net income attributable to 3M		$	1,197	$	1,167	$	2,326	$	2,292

Denominator:
	Denominator for weighted average 3M common shares
		outstanding – basic		688.2		694.3		689.6		695.5

	Dilution associated with the Company’s stock-based
		compensation plans		10.9		8.3		11.0		8.9

	Denominator for weighted average 3M common shares
		outstanding – diluted		699.1		702.6		700.6		704.4

Earnings per share attributable to 3M common
	shareholders – basic		$	1.74	$	1.68	$	3.37	$	3.30
Earnings per share attributable to 3M common
	shareholders – diluted		$	1.71	$	1.66	$	3.32	$	3.25

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Disclosure of accounting policy for computing basic and diluted earnings or loss per share for each class of common stock and participating security. Addresses all significant policy factors, including any antidilutive items that have been excluded from the computation and takes into account stock dividends, splits and reverse splits that occur after the balance sheet date of the latest reporting period but before the issuance of the financial statements.

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Disclosure of accounting policy for (1) transactions denominated in a currency other than the reporting enterprise's functional currency, (2) translating foreign currency financial statements that are incorporated into the financial statements of the reporting enterprise by consolidation, combination, or the equity method of accounting, and (3) remeasurement of the financial statements of a foreign reporting enterprise in a hyperinflationary economy.

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