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3M COMMM

Latest proxy: 2026 · view on SEC ↗ · CIK 0000066740

CEO total pay

$21,005,009

William M. Brown · 2025

Say on pay

Not disclosed

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CEO pay ratio

Item 402(u)

316 to 1

Median employee: $21,005,009

Compensation committee

CD&A

Compensation and Talent Committee

Per the latest proxy

Filings indexed: 2 · 2026 · 2025

Executive pay

What did they pay them?

From the Summary Compensation Table. Pay mix and YoY are computed from these rows.

ExecutiveRoleTotalYoYPay mixSalaryStockCash incentiveOther
William M. Brown2025 compensation
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
$21,005,009→ 1%
88% at-risk
$1,800,000$7,753,852$3,745,322$704,593
Anurag Maheshwari2025 compensation
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
$7,482,301↓ 25%
81% at-risk
$1,071,263$3,456,678$1,529,419$349,752
Kevin H. Rhodes2025 compensation
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Affairs Officer and Secretary
$6,736,806
80% at-risk
$932,531$2,355,346$997,894$98,243
Christian T. Goralski2025 compensation
Group President, Safety and Industrial
$5,389,578↓ 8%
82% at-risk
$804,728$2,524,306$1,094,414$180,967
Wendy A. Bauer2025 compensation
Group President, Transportation and Electronics
$5,162,777↓ 11%
82% at-risk
$828,778$2,524,306$911,655$112,875

Pay mix: base cash incentive equity other

CD&A excerpt

Compensation discussion & analysis

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This Compensation Discussion and Analysis (CD&A) describes 3M’s executive compensation program, explains how 3M’s Compensation and Talent Committee oversees and implements this program, and reviews the 2025 compensation for the executive officers identified below. Throughout this CD&A and elsewhere in this Proxy Statement, we refer to this group of individuals as the “Named Executive Officers” or “NEOs.” The titles shown below reflect the position of each Named Executive Officer as of March 1, 2026. NEOTitleWilliam M. Brown Chairman and Chief Executive OfficerAnurag Maheshwari Executive Vice President and Chief Financial OfficerWendy A. Bauer Group President, Transportation and ElectronicsChristian T. Goralski Group President, Safety and IndustrialKevin H. Rhodes Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Affairs Officer and Secretary CD&A highlights Paying for performance53Annual incentive602025 compensation decisions — What we pay and why54Long-term incentives67Compensation policies and practices55Consistent and shareholder-aligned framework to assess performance metric adjustments69 As explained in Appendix A, financial measures presented in this CD&A, including Earnings per Share, E…

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Peer comparison

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Governance

Policy guardrails

  • hedging

    prohibited

    “Prohibition of hedging, pledging, and other actions”

  • pledging

    prohibited

    “Prohibition of hedging, pledging, and other actions”

  • clawback

    present

    “Clawback policy”

  • stock ownership guidelines

    present

    “Stock ownership guidelines”

  • change in control

    payments upon termination or change in control” beginning on page 86 for additional information concerning the benefits

    “payments upon termination or change in control” beginning on page 86 for additional information concerning the benefits”

  • compensation consultant

    independent

    “independent compensation consultant, FW Cook”

  • compensation committee

    Compensation and Talent Committee

    “grant value approved by the Compensation and Talent Committee (and in the case of Mr”

Performance markers

Metric facts

  • revenue

    $10 billion

    “to validate the reasonableness of the Peer Group data. For 2025, there were approximately 575 companies represented in these general industry surveys. Although the number and identity of the companies varies from year to…”

  • operating income

    33.3%

    “Committee’s determination of 3M’s holistic performance against a set of preestablished objective strategic and sustainability metrics•Payouts cannot exceed 200% of an executive’s weighted-average target annual incentive …”

  • ceo pay ratio

    316 to 1

    “amounts include base salary, overtime, incentive payments, stock-based compensation (using the grant‑date fair value of awards granted in 2025, as determined under ASC Topic 718 and excluding estimated forfeitures), chan…”

  • median employee compensation

    $21,005,009

    “31, 2025. We did not exclude any employees (whether pursuant to the de minimis exemption for foreign employees or any other permitted exclusion) when making this determination. As determined in accordance with Item 402 o…”

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