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Exhibit A, filed April 30, 2020 as Document 1-1 in Case 8:20-cv-01003-MSS-CPT, is a six-page printout of a 3M News Center press release. The release, dated Monday, April 6, 2020 from St. Paul, announces a plan by 3M and the Trump Administration to import 166.5 million respirators into the United States over the next three months, primarily from 3M's manufacturing facility in China. It states that the imports supplement the 35 million N95 respirators 3M produces in the U.S. each month and quotes the company's chairman on the plan and on fighting price gouging and counterfeiting. The release also states that 3M doubled global N95 output to 1.1 billion per year and includes forward-looking statement disclosures and website navigation text.

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         3M and the Trump Administration Announce Plan to Import 166.5 Million Additional Respirators into the United States over the Next Th


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    3M and the Trump Administration Announce Plan to Import 166.5 Mi
    United States over the Next Three Months
 Imports to supplement the 35 million N95 respirators 3M currently produces in U.S. per month

 Monday, April 6, 2020 5:58 pm CDT
 Dateline: ST. PAUL, Minn.




 Public Company Information:
 NYSE: MMM
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 ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today 3M and the Trump Administration are announcing a plan to import 166
 over the next three months to support healthcare workers in the United States. 3M and the Administration worked t
 that this plan does not create further humanitarian implications for countries currently ghting the COVID-19 outbre
 to further collaborate to ght price gouging and counterfeiting.

 “I want to thank President Trump and the Administration for their leadership and collaboration,” said 3M chairman a
 Roman. “We share the same goals of providing much-needed respirators to Americans across our country and comb
 seek to take advantage of the current crisis. These imports will supplement the 35 million N95 respirators we curren
 month in the United States.”

 “Given the reality that demand for respirators outpaces supply, we are working around the clock to further expand o
 the most critical areas,” Roman continued. “We’ll continue to do all we can to protect our heroic healthcare workers
 your tireless e orts – including those in our plants and distribution centers around the world.”

 3M will import 166.5 million respirators over the next three months primarily from its manufacturing facility in China
 address and remove export and regulatory restrictions to enable this plan. The plan will also enable 3M to continue
 where 3M is the primary source of supply.

 As a global company, 3M has manufacturing operations around the world to serve local and regional markets. As th
 continue to work with governments to direct respirators and other supplies to serve areas most in need.

 Beginning in January, 3M ramped up production of N95 respirators and doubled its global output to 1.1 billion per ye
 already put into motion additional investments and actions that will enable it to double its capacity again to 2 billion
 online in the next 60 to 90 days. In the United States, for example, 3M expects to be producing N95 respirators at a
 current levels.

 Last week 3M announced additional actions to address price gouging and counterfeit activity related to its respirato
 take decisive action against those seeking to take illegal and unethical advantage of the COVID-19 outbreak.

 Forward-Looking Statements
 This news release contains forward-looking information about 3M's nancial results and estimates and business pro
 identify these statements by the use of words such as "anticipate," "estimate," "expect," "aim," "project," "intend," "p
 other words and terms of similar meaning in connection with any discussion of future operating or nancial perform
 cause actual results to di er materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political, regulatory, capital mark
 Company's control, including natural and other disasters or climate change a ecting the operations of the Company
 crises such as the global pandemic associated with the coronavirus (COVID-19); (3) liabilities related to certain uor
 products and chemistries, and claims and governmental regulatory proceedings and inquiries related to PFAS in a v
 developments that could occur in the legal and regulatory proceedings described in the Company's Annual Report o
 quarterly reports on Form 10-Q (the “Reports”); (5) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (6) foreign cu
 and market acceptance of new product o erings; (8) the availability and cost of purchased components, compound
 derivatives) due to shortages, increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural and othe
 with the phased implementation of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and oth
 infrastructure; (10) the impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting fro
 strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (11) operational execution, including scenarios where the Comp
 (12) nancial market risks that may a ect the Company’s funding obligations under de ned bene t pension and pos
 of capital. Changes in such assumptions or factors could produce signi cantly di erent results. A further description
 Concerning Factors That May A ect Future Results" and "Risk Factors" in Part I, Items 1 and 1A (Annual Report) and
 by applicable Current Reports on Form 8-K. The information contained in this news release is as of the date indicate
 looking statements contained in this news release as a result of new information or future events or developments.
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 About 3M
 At 3M, we apply science in collaborative ways to improve lives daily. With $32 billion in sales, our 96,000 employe
 3M’s creative solutions to the world’s problems at www.3M.com or on Twitter @3M or @3MNews.


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