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Financial Facts - Year-end 2005


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

Sales

Worldwide
$21.167 billion
International (non-US)
$12.900 billion

61 per cent of company's total

Net Income

Net Income
$3.199 billion
Per cent to sales
15.1 per cent
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 past five years
$5.814 billion

Capital Spending

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

Employees

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

Contributions

From 3M and 3M Foundation

Cash and gifts-in-kind
nearly $39 million

Patents

U.S. Patents Awarded in 2005
487