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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000066740-21-000003"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MMM"
cik: "0000066740"
company_name: "3M CO"
filed_at: "2021-10-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T19:22:17.536705+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# 3M appoints Eric D. Hammes as EVP and Chief Country Governance & Services Officer

## Summary
- Appointment effective November 1, 2021.
- Hammes previously served as Group President, Enterprise Operations since January 2020.
- He is a named executive officer as per 3M's 2021 proxy statement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000066740-21-000003
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MMM
- cik: 0000066740
- company_name: 3M CO
- filed_at: 2021-10-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66740/000006674021000003/0000066740-21-000003-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66740/000006674021000003/mmm-20211015.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000066740-21-000003.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000066740-21-000003.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Eric D. Hammes was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Country Governance & Services Officer at 3M CO.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Country Governance & Services Officer
  source text: On October 15, 2021, the Board of Directors of 3M Company appointed Eric D. Hammes as Executive Vice President and Chief Country Governance & Services Officer, effective November 1, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66740/000006674021000003/0000066740-21-000003-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.