3M CO — Earnings Release 2004

Oct 18, 2004

8-K 1 a04-11657_18k.htm 8-K

*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): *October 18, 2004*

*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)

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On October 18, 2004, 3M Company issued a press release reporting its sales and earnings results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2004 (furnished hereunder as Exhibit 99).

The information contained in this Current Report shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be incorporated by reference into a filing under the Securities Act of 1933, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

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,
	Secretary

Dated: October 18, 2004

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number	Description
99	Press Release,
dated as of October 18, 2004, of 3M Company (furnished pursuant to Item 2.02
hereof).

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