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Company Information

Financial Facts - Year-end 2005


3M is one of 30 companies in the Dow Jones Industrial Average and also is a component of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index.

Sales

Worldwide
$21.167 billion
International
$12.900 billion

61 percent of company's total

Net Income

Net Income
$3.199 billion
Percent to sales
15.1 percent
Earnings per share – diluted
$4.12

Taxes

Income tax expense
$1.694 billion

Dividends

(Paid every quarter since 1916)

Cash dividends per share
$1.68
One original share, if held, is now
3,072 shares

R&D and Related Expenditures

For 2005
$1.242 billion
Total for last five years
$5.814 billion

Capital Spending

For 2005
$943 million
Total for last five years
$4.300 billion

Employees

Worldwide
69,315
United States
33,033
International
36,282

Organization

  • More than 35 business units, organized into six businesses: Consumer and Office; Display and Graphics; Electro and Communications; Health Care; Industrial and Transportation; Safety, Security and Protection Services
  • Operations in more than 60 countries – 29 international companies with manufacturing operations, 35 with laboratories
  • In the United States, operations in 22 states

Contributions

From 3M and 3M Foundation

Cash and gifts-in-kind
nearly $39 million

Patents

U.S. patents awarded
487

Our Values

  • Provide investors an attractive return through sustained, quality growth.
  • Satisfy customers with superior quality, value and service.
  • Respect our social and physical environment.
  • Be a company employees are proud to be part of.