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3M Releases Additional Information on Fourth-Quarter, Year 2001 Results.


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ST. PAUL St. Paul

as a missionary he fearlessly confronts the “perils of waters, of robbers, in the city, in the wilderness.” [N.T.: II Cor. 11:26]

See : Bravery
, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 23, 2002

3M, as it indicated last week in its discussion of fourth-quarter 2001 results, today issued selected financial information for the quarter and year 2001. Additional information will be included in the company's 2001 Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K

A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information.


Form 10-K

See 10-K.
, which will be published at a later date.

      Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company and Subsidiaries

                         SALES CHANGE ANALYSIS
                              (Unaudited)

                          Fourth-Quarter 2001

               U.S.               Intl.           Worldwide
            ---------          ---------          ---------
Volume         (6.0)%             (5.2)%             (5.5)%

Price           0.7                0.8                0.7

Translation      --               (3.4)              (1.8)
            ---------          ---------          ---------
Total          (5.3)%             (7.8)%             (6.6)%
            =========          =========          =========


                           Year-to-Date 2001

                 U.S.             Intl.           Worldwide
            ---------          ---------          ---------
Volume         (4.7)%              2.3 %             (0.9)%

Price           0.7                0.1                0.3

Translation      --               (6.2)              (3.3)
            ---------           ---------         ---------
Total          (4.0)%             (3.8)%             (3.9)%
            =========          =========          =========


      Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company and Subsidiaries
                   CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME
            (Amounts in millions, except per-share amounts)
                              (Unaudited)

                                   Three months      Twelve months
                                      ended              ended
                                   December 31        December 31
                                 ----------------  -------------------
                                    2001     2000      2001      2000
                                 -------  -------  --------  --------
Net sales                         $3,863   $4,136   $16,079   $16,724
                                 -------  -------  --------  --------
Operating expenses
  Cost of sales                    2,131    2,220     8,749     8,787
  Selling, general and
    administrative expenses          976    1,009     4,061     3,963
  Research, development and
    related expenses                 262      276     1,084     1,101
  Other expense (income)             (88)     (16)      (88)     (185)
                                 -------  -------  --------  --------
         Total                     3,281    3,489    13,806    13,666
                                 -------  -------  --------  --------
Operating income                     582      647     2,273     3,058
                                 -------  -------  --------  --------
Other income and expense
  Interest expense                    26       30       124       111
  Interest and other income          (10)     (11)      (37)      (27)
                                 -------  -------  --------  --------
    Total                             16       19        87        84
                                 -------  -------  --------  --------
Income before income taxes,
  minority interest and
  cumulative effect of
  accounting change                  566      628     2,186     2,974

Provision for income taxes           175      204       702     1,025

Minority interest                     10       23        54        92
                                 -------  -------  --------  --------
Income before cumulative effect
  of accounting change               381      401     1,430     1,857
Cumulative effect of
  accounting change                   --      (75)      --        (75)
                                 -------  -------  --------  --------
    Net income                      $381     $326    $1,430    $1,782
                                 =======  =======  ========  ========
Weighted average common
  shares outstanding - basic       391.5    394.5     394.3     395.7
Earnings per share - basic
  Income before cumulative
   effect of accounting change      $.97    $1.02     $3.63     $4.69
  Cumulative effect of
    accounting change                 --     (.19)      --       (.19)
                                 -------   ------  --------  --------
    Net income                      $.97     $.83     $3.63     $4.50
                                 =======  =======  ========  ========
Weighted average common
  shares outstanding - diluted     396.8    399.6     399.9     399.9
Earnings per share - diluted
  Income before cumulative
    effect of accounting change     $.96    $1.00     $3.58     $4.64
  Cumulative effect of
    accounting change                 --     (.18)      --       (.19)
                                 -------  -------  --------  --------
    Net income                      $.96     $.82     $3.58     $4.45
                                 =======  =======  ========  ========


Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company and Subsidiaries
Supplemental Unaudited Consolidated Statement of Income Information
(Dollars in millions, except per-share amounts)

                   Three months ended          Three months ended
                    December 31, 2001           December 31, 2000
               ---------------------------- --------------------------
               Excluding                    Excluding
               non-      Non-               non-      Non-     Report-
               recurring recurring Reported recurring recurring  ed
               items     items     total    items     items     total
               --------- --------- -------- --------- -------- -------
Net sales       $3,863     $--     $3,863   $4,136     $--     $4,136
Cost of sales    2,070      61      2,131    2,130      90      2,220
Selling,
 general and
 administrative
 expenses          934      42        976    1,009      --      1,009
Research,
 development
 and related
 expenses          262      --        262      276      --        276
Other expense
 (income)           --     (88)       (88)      --     (16)       (16)
Operating
  income (loss)   $597    $(15)      $582     $721    $(74)      $647
Other (income)
 and expense,
 net                16      --         16       19      --         19
Income (loss)
 before income
 taxes,
 minority
 interest
 and cumulative
 effect of
 accounting
 change           $581    $(15)      $566     $702    $(74)      $628
Provision
 (benefit) for
 income taxes      184      (9)       175      232     (28)       204
Effective tax
 rate             31.6%     --       31.0%    33.1%     --       32.5%
Minority
 interest           10      --         10       23      --         23
Income (loss)
 before
 cumulative
 effect of
 accounting
 change           $387     $(6)      $381     $447    $(46)      $401
Cumulative
 effect of
 accounting
 change             --      --         --       --     (75)       (75)
Net income
 (loss)           $387     $(6)      $381     $447   $(121)      $326
 Per share-
  diluted         $.98   $(.02)      $.96    $1.12   $(.30)      $.82


Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company and Subsidiaries
Supplemental Unaudited Consolidated Statement of Income Information
(Dollars in millions, except per-share amounts)

                   Twelve months ended         Twelve months ended
                    December 31, 2001           December 31, 2000
               ---------------------------- --------------------------
               Excluding                    Excluding
               non-      Non-               non-      Non-     Report-
               recurring recurring Reported recurring recurring  ed
               items     items     total    items     items     total
               --------- --------- -------- --------- -------- -------
Net sales      $16,079     $--     $16,079  $16,724    $--    $16,724
Cost of sales    8,477     272       8,749    8,579    208      8,787
Selling,
 general and
 administrative
 expenses        3,761     300       4,061    3,963     --      3,963
Research,
 development
 and related
 expenses        1,064      20       1,084    1,101     --      1,101
Other expense
 (income)           --     (88)        (88)      --   (185)      (185)
Operating
  income (loss) $2,777   $(504)     $2,273   $3,081   $(23)    $3,058
Other (income)
 and expense,
 net                87      --          87       84     --         84
Income (loss)
 before  income
 taxes,
 minority
 interest and
 cumulative
 effect of
 accounting
 change         $2,690   $(504)     $2,186   $2,997   $(23)    $2,974
Provision
 (benefit) for
 income taxes      886    (184)        702    1,033     (8)     1,025
Effective tax
 rate             32.9%     --        32.1%    34.5%    --       34.5%
Minority
 interest           62      (8)         54       92     --         92
Income (loss)
 before
 cumulative
 effect of
 accounting
 change         $1,742   $(312)     $1,430   $1,872   $(15)    $1,857
Cumulative
 effect of
 accounting
 change             --      --          --       --    (75)       (75)

Net income
 (loss)         $1,742   $(312)     $1,430   $1,872   $(90)    $1,782
 Per share-
  diluted        $4.36   $(.78)      $3.58    $4.68  $(.23)     $4.45


      Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company and Subsidiaries
                      CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
            (Dollars in millions, except per-share amounts)
                              (Unaudited)

                                             December 31, December 31,
ASSETS                                           2001         2000
Current assets                               ------------ ------------
  Cash and cash equivalents                     $   616     $   302
  Accounts receivable - net                       2,482       2,891
  Inventories                                     2,091       2,312
  Other current assets                            1,107         874
                                             ------------ ------------
   Total current assets                           6,296       6,379
  Property, plant and equipment - net             5,615       5,823
  Investments and other assets                    2,695       2,320
                                             ------------ ------------
   Total assets                                 $14,606     $14,522
                                             ============ ============
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY
Current liabilities
  Short-term debt                               $ 1,373      $1,866
  Other current liabilities                       3,136       2,888
                                             ------------ ------------
   Total current liabilities                      4,509       4,754
Long-term debt                                    1,520         971
Other liabilities                                 2,491       2,266
                                             ------------ ------------
   Total liabilities                              8,520       7,991
                                             ------------ ------------

Total stockholders' equity - net                  6,086       6,531
  Shares outstanding
   December 31, 2001:  391,303,636 shares
   December 31, 2000:  396,085,348 shares
                                             ------------ ------------
   Total liabilities and stockholders' equity   $14,606     $14,522
                                             ============ ============


Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company and Subsidiaries
BUSINESS SEGMENTS (Unaudited)

----------------------------------------------------------------------
BUSINESS
SEGMENT                               Three months   Twelve months
                                         ended           ended
INFORMATION                            December 31    December 31
(Millions)                           2001    2000    2001     2000
----------------------------------------------------------------------
NET SALES
Transportation, Graphics and Safety  $845    $840  $3,526   $3,518
Health Care                           887     792   3,419    3,135
Industrial                            761     847   3,199    3,525
Consumer and Office                   675     709   2,724    2,848
Electro and Communications            469     664   2,171    2,467
Specialty Material                    220     274   1,022    1,197
Corporate and Unallocated               6      10      18       34
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Total Company                      $3,863  $4,136 $16,079  $16,724
----------------------------------------------------------------------

OPERATING INCOME
Transportation, Graphics and Safety  $150    $167    $695     $783
Health Care                           213     159     760      675
Industrial                             99     137     518      641
Consumer and Office                    99      95     447      434
Electro and Communications             29      99     218      404
Specialty Material                     22     (8)     141       57
Corporate and Unallocated            (30)     (2)   (506)       64
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Total Company                        $582    $647  $2,273   $3,058
----------------------------------------------------------------------


Several non-recurring items impacted operating income Operating Income

The profit realized from a business' own operations.

Notes:
This would not include income from things such as investments in other firms. Also referred to as operating profit or recurring profit.
 by business segment. Fourth quarter 2001 non-recurring items (included in Corporate and Unallocated) on a combined basis resulted in a pre-tax pre-tax adjanterior al impuesto

pre-tax adjavant impôt(s)

pre-tax adjal lordo d'imposta 
 charge of $15 million ($6 million after-tax af·ter-tax also af·ter·tax
adj.
Relating to or being that which remains after payment, especially of income taxes: after-tax profits. 
, or $.02 per share). During the fourth quarter of 2001, under its previously announced restructuring restructuring - The transformation from one representation form to another at the same relative abstraction level, while preserving the subject system's external behaviour (functionality and semantics).  plan, 3M incurred a pre-tax charge of $103 million related to employee separation costs and accelerated depreciation Accelerated Depreciation

Any method of depreciation used for accounting or income tax purposes that allows greater deductions in the earlier years of the life of an asset.

Notes:
The straight-line depreciation method spreads the cost evenly over the life of an asset.
 charges. 3M recorded a $73 million pre-tax gain relating to relating to relate prepconcernant

relating to relate prepbezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc 
 3M's successful appeal in an antitrust case Noun 1. antitrust case - a legal action brought against parties who are charged with limiting free competition in the market place
action at law, legal action, action - a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a
 brought by LePage's Incorporated. 3M also recorded a net pre-tax gain of $15 million related to the sale of available-for-sale equity securities, partially offset by the write-down Write-Down

Reducing the book value of an asset because it is overvalued compared to the market value.

Notes:
This is usually reflected in the company's income statement as an expense, thereby reducing net income.
 of equity securities. Third quarter 2001 non-recurring charges of $69 million (included in Corporate and Unallocated) related to employee separation costs and accelerated depreciation charges. Second quarter 2001 non-recurring charges of $397 million (included in Corporate and Unallocated) principally related to employee separation costs. First quarter 2001 operating income includes non-recurring costs of $23 million recorded in cost of sales. These non-recurring costs (primarily increased valuation and subsequent sale of acquired inventories) totaled $10 million in Health Care; $7 million in Transportation, Graphics and Safety; and $6 million in the Electro E`lec´tro

n. 1. An electrotype.
 and Communications segment.

Fourth quarter 2000 operating income includes non-recurring costs of $90 million (included in cost of sales) and non-recurring gains of $16 million from the sale of available-for-sale equity securities (recorded in Corporate and Unallocated). Non recurring re·cur  
intr.v. re·curred, re·cur·ring, re·curs
1. To happen, come up, or show up again or repeatedly.

2. To return to one's attention or memory.

3. To return in thought or discourse.
 costs in the fourth quarter of 2000 include $62 million of costs in the Specialty A contract under seal.

A specialty is a written document that has been sealed and delivered and is given as security for the payment of a specifically indicated debt.
 Material segment related to the company's phase out of perfluorooctanyl chemistry production, $20 million write-down of corporate and unallocated assets, and $8 million of expense primarily related to acquisitions in the Electro and Communications segment. Third quarter 2000 operating income includes non-recurring costs of $118 million (included in cost of sales) and non-recurring gains of $119 million. Non-recurring items in the third quarter of 2000 include $106 million of costs in the Specialty Material segment relating to the company's phase out of perfluorooctanyl chemistry production. Remaining non-recurring items in the third quarter of 2000 were largely gains related to asset dispositions, principally the sale of available-for-sale equity securities, and are primarily recorded in Corporate and Unallocated. First quarter 2000 operating income includes a $50 million benefit relating to the termination The point where a line, channel or circuit ends. See SCSI termination and hybrid.  of a product distribution agreement in the Health Care segment.

About 3M

3M is a $16 billion diversified diversified (di·verˑ·s  technology company with leading positions in industrial, consumer and office, health care, safety, electronics, telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications.  and other markets. Headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota Minnesota, state, United States
Minnesota (mĭn'ĭsō`tə), upper midwestern state of the United States. It is bordered by Lake Superior and Wisconsin (E), Iowa (S), South Dakota and North Dakota (W), and the Canadian provinces
, the company has operations in more than 60 countries and serves customers in nearly 200 countries. 3M businesses share technologies, manufacturing operations Manufacturing operations concern the operation of a facility, as opposed to maintenance, supply and distribution, health, and safety, emergency response, human resources, security, information technology and other infrastructural support organizations. , brands, marketing channels and other important resources. 3M is one of the 30 stocks that make up the Dow Jones Industrial Average Dow Jones Industrial Average

The best known U.S. index of stocks. A price-weighted average of 30 actively traded blue-chip stocks, primarily industrials including stocks that trade on the New York Stock Exchange.
 and also is a component of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. Additional information about the company is available on the Internet Internet

Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the
 at www.3M.com or www.3M.com/profile/pressbox/index.jhtml.
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