The Board of Directors of 3M (NYSE:MMM) today declared a dividend on the company’s common stock of 55 cents per share for the second quarter of 2011, payable June 12, 2011, to shareholders of record at the close of business on May 20, 2011. 3M has paid dividends to its shareholders without interruption for more than 94 years.

As of March 31, 2011, 3M had 710,577,360 common shares outstanding and 103,414 shareholders of record.

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3M captures the spark of new ideas and transforms them into thousands of ingenious products. Our culture of creative collaboration inspires a never-ending stream of powerful technologies that make life better. 3M is the innovation company that never stops inventing. With $27 billion in sales, 3M employs about 80,000 people worldwide and has operations in more than 65 countries. For more information, visit www.3M.com or follow @3MNews on Twitter.

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