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): August 12, 2013
3M COMPANY
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
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File No. 1-3285 |
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41-0417775 |
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(Commission File Number) |
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(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
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3M Center, St. Paul, Minnesota |
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55144-1000 |
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) |
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(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 5.02. |
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
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On August 12, 2013, the Board of Directors of 3M Company (the “Company”) elected Thomas K. Brown to the Company’s Board of Directors, effective August 12, 2013. Mr. Brown was Group Vice President, Global Purchasing, of Ford Motor Company until his retirement on August 1, 2013. In connection with Mr. Brown’s election, the Board of Directors increased its size from 11 to 12 directors, and Mr. Brown joined the Board of Directors to fill the resulting vacancy. |
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The Board of Directors has determined that Mr. Brown is an independent director under the New York Stock Exchange listing standards and the Company’s independence guidelines, as set forth in its Corporate Governance Guidelines (available on 3M’s Web site at www.3M.com, under Investor Relations — Corporate Governance). |
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Mr. Brown will participate in the compensation program for non-employee directors as described below: |
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As approved by the Board of Directors in May 2013, the annual compensation for nonemployee directors is $260,000 effective January 1, 2013, of which the annual cash retainer of $120,000 is payable in cash in four quarterly installments and the annual stock retainer of $140,000 is payable in 3M common stock after the Annual Meeting of Stockholders. |
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The Board has appointed Mr. Brown to the Audit and Finance committees of the Board of Directors. The Board has determined that Mr. Brown is “financially literate” under the New York Stock Exchange listing standards and is therefore qualified to serve as a member of the Audit committee. |
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Item 9.01. |
Financial Statements and Exhibits |
(d) Exhibits
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Description |
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99 |
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Press Release, dated as of August 12, 2013, of 3M Company |
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.
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3M COMPANY |
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By: |
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Gregg M. Larson | |
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Gregg M. Larson, | |
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Deputy General Counsel | |
Dated: August 13, 2013
Exhibit 99
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thomas “Tony” K. Brown Elected to 3M Board of Directors
ST. PAUL, Minn.—August 12, 2013—3M (NYSE: MMM) announced today that Thomas “Tony” K. Brown, retired group vice president of Global Purchasing, Ford Motor Co., has been elected to 3M’s Board of Directors, effective August 12, 2013.
Brown, 57, became Ford’s group vice president of Global Purchasing in 2008, with responsibility for approximately $90 billion of production and non-production procurement for Ford operations worldwide. He joined Ford in 1999 from United Technologies Corp., where he was vice president of Supply Management. Prior to his leadership role at United Technologies, Brown was executive director of corporate purchasing and transportation for QMS Inc., a maker and provider of networked enterprise printing solutions.
“We are extremely pleased to welcome Mr. Brown to our board,” said Inge G. Thulin, 3M chairman, president and chief executive officer. “He is a talented and proven business leader, and will bring valuable insight and global purchasing management and supply chain experience to the board and our company.”
Active in the global business community, Brown served on several nonprofit boards, including Business for Social Responsibility, chairman of the board for the Michigan Minority Supplier Development Council, and the American Red Cross. He currently serves on the executive advisory boards of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Detroit, and Focus: HOPE, and is chairman of the Michigan Disabled Veterans Roundtable. Brown has been honored by Rainbow/PUSH with the “Keep Hope Alive” award, and by the National Action Network as a recipient of the “Keeper of the Dream” award.
About 3M
3M captures the spark of new ideas and transforms them into thousands of ingenious products. Our culture of creative collaboration inspires a never-ending stream of powerful technologies that make life better. 3M is the innovation company that never stops inventing. With $30 billion in sales, 3M employs 88,000 people worldwide and has operations in more than 70 countries.
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