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): March 5, 2018

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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.

On March 5, 2018, the Board of Directors of 3M Company appointed Michael F. Roman chief executive officer, effective July 1, 2018, succeeding Inge G. Thulin.  Mr. Roman, 58, has served as the Company’s executive vice president and chief operating officer since July 1, 2017.  Prior to that, he was executive vice president, Industrial Business Group, from 2014 to 2017, and senior vice president, Business Development, from 2013 to 2014. The Board also nominated Mr. Roman as a director who will appear as a nominee in the Company’s proxy statement and be presented for election at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on May 8, 2018, for the term of office ending at the 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

On March 5, 2018, the Board of Directors of 3M Company also appointed Inge G. Thulin as executive chairman of the Board of Directors, effective July 1, 2018. Mr. Thulin, 64, has served as 3M’s chairman of the board, president, and chief executive officer since 2012.

As of the time of the filing of this report, the Company has not entered into any material plan, contract, or arrangement to which Mr. Roman or Mr. Thulin is a party or in which they participate, or any material amendment, in connection with the appointments described above. In the event of such a material plan, contract or arrangement, or material amendment, the Company will file an amendment to this report within four business days thereof.

A copy of the press release announcing the appointments is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

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 hereunto duly authorized.