As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 10, 2002
Registration No. 333-_______
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
3M COMPANY
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 41-0417775
(State of incorporation) (I.R.S. Employer I.D. No.)
3M Center
St. Paul, Minnesota 55144
(651) 733-2204
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of Registrant's principal executive offices)
2002 MANAGEMENT STOCK OWNERSHIP PROGRAM OF
3M COMPANY
(Full title of the plan)
Gregg M. Larson,
Assistant General Counsel and Secretary
3M Company
3M Center
St. Paul, Minnesota 55144
Telephone: (651) 733-2204
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of Securities Amount to be Proposed Maximum Proposed Maximum Amount of
to be Registered Registered(1) Offering Aggregate Offering Registration Fee
Price/Share(2) Price
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Common Stock, 15,000,000 shares $125.57 $1,883,550,000 $173,286.60
$0.01 par value/share
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(1) Pursuant to Rule 416(a), also covers additional securities that may be
offered as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
(2) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to Rule 457 under the Securities Act of 1933.
PART I - INFORMATION REQUIRED IN SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
ITEM 1. PLAN INFORMATION*
ITEM 2. REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION*
*Information required by Part I to be contained in a Section 10(a)
prospectus is omitted from the Registration Statement in accordance with Rule
428 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") and the Note to Part
I of Form S-8.
PART II - INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
The following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") by the Registrant are incorporated herein by
reference in this Registration Statement:
COMMISSION FILINGS (FILE NO. 1-3285) DATE/PERIOD
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Description of Registrant's common Dated July 31, 2000, as amended on
stock contained in Registration August 18, 2000
Statementon Form S-3
Annual Report on Form 10-K Year ended December 31, 2001
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q Quarters ended March 31, 2002, June
30, 2002 and September 30, 2002
Current Reports on Form 8-K March 5, 2002, April 9, 2002,
November 15, 2002 and December 9, 2002
In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the
date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which
indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of
such documents.
For purposes of this Registration Statement, any statement contained in
a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall
be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration
Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other
subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded,
to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.
Not applicable.
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
Gregg M. Larson, Assistant General Counsel of the Registrant, is
issuing the legal opinion regarding the legality of the common stock offered
hereby. Mr. Larson beneficially owns, or has options to acquire, shares of
common stock, which represents less than 1% of the total outstanding shares of
common stock.
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
Registrant is incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware.
Section 145 ("Section 145") of the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (the "General
Corporation Law"), inter alia, provides that a Delaware corporation may
indemnify any persons who were, are or are threatened to be made, parties to any
threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the
right of such corporation), by reason of the fact that such person is or was an
officer, director, employee or agent of such corporation, or is or was serving
at the request of such corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of
another corporation or enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including
attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or
proceeding, provided such person acted in good faith and in a manner he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation's best interests
and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause
to believe that his conduct was illegal.
Section 145 further authorizes a corporation to purchase and maintain
insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or
agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation
as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise,
against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in any such
capacity, arising out of his status as such, whether or not the corporation
would otherwise have the power to indemnify him under Section 145.
Registrant's Bylaws, as amended, provide for the indemnification of
officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted by the General
Corporation Law.
All of Registrant's directors and officers will be covered by insurance
policies maintained by Registrant against certain liabilities for actions taken
in their capacities as such, including liabilities under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended.
ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.
Not applicable.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
See Exhibit Index
ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales
are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by
section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or
events arising after the effective date of
the Registration Statement (or the most
recent post-effective amendment thereof)
which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the Registration
Statement;
(iii) To include any material information with
respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration
Statement or any material change to such
information in the Registration Satement;
Provided, however that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do
not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3, Form
S-8 or Form F-3, and if the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant
to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the registration
statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a
post-effective amendment any of the securities being
registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act
of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report
pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee
benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by
reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and
controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event
that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the
Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question
whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the
final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of St. Paul, and State of Minnesota on December 10,
2002.
3M COMPANY
By /s/ Gregg M. Larson
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Name: Gregg M. Larson
Title: Assistant General Counsel and Secretary
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1993, as
amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates as indicated.
Signature Title
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/s/ W. James McNerney, Jr.
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W. James McNerney, Jr. Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer and Director
/s/ Patrick D. Campbell
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Patrick D. Campbell Senior Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Ronald G. Nelson
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Ronald G. Nelson Vice President and Controller
/s/ Linda G. Alvarado
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Linda G. Alvarado Director
/s/ Edward A. Brennan
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Edward A. Brennan Director
/s/ Edward M. Liddy
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Edward M. Liddy Director
/s/ Aulana L. Peters
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Aulana L. Peters Director
/s/ Rozanne L. Ridgway
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Rozanne L. Ridgway Director
/s/ Kevin W. Sharer
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Kevin W. Sharer Director
/s/ Louis W. Sullivan
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Louis W. Sullivan Director
* By: /s/ Gregg M. Larson
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Gregg M. Larson
Attorney-in-fact
Date: December 10, 2002
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
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Exhibit Number Description
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4.1 Certificate of Incorporation of Registrant, as amended and
currently in effect (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1
to Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 27,
2000)
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4.2 Bylaws of Registrant, as amended and currently in effect
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Registrant's
Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 9, 2002)
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4.3 2002 Management Stock Ownership Program
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5 Opinion of Counsel re Legality (Consent of Counsel included
therein).
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15 Awareness Letter of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (regarding
interim financial information)
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23 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (Consent of Counsel
included in Exhibit 5).
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24 Power of Attorney
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