Successors. An Employer shall require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise) of all or substantially all of its business and/or assets to expressly assume and agree to perform this Plan in the same manner and to the same extent that the Employer would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place. Failure of the Employer to obtain such assumption and agreement prior to the effectiveness of any such succession shall be a breach of this Plan, and the Employer shall be liable for payment of all Plan benefits to which its Employee Participants are entitled upon their Separation from Service. Any successor or surviving entity that assumes or otherwise adopts this Plan as contemplated in this Section 11.02 shall succeed to all the rights, powers and duties of the Employer and the Personnel Committee hereunder, subject to the restrictions on amendment or termination of the Plan as set forth in Section 11.01. The employment of a Participant who has continued in the employ of such successor or surviving entity shall not be deemed to have been terminated or severed for any purpose hereunder.

Successors. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, any successor or successors of the Company and the person or entity to whom the RSUs may have been transferred by will, the laws of descent and distribution, or beneficiary designation. All terms and conditions of this Agreement imposed upon the Participant shall, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, be deemed, in the event of the Participant’s death, to refer to and be binding upon the Participant’s heirs and beneficiaries.

Successors. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Executive’s personal and legal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, heirs, distributees, devisees and legatees.

Successors. All obligations of [[Unknown Identifier]] under this Plan with respect to the payment of short-term incentive compensation will be binding upon any successor to 3M, regardless of the reason or circumstances for such succession (whether by reason of merger, consolidation, or the purchase of all or substantially all of the business and assets of 3M).

Successors. The Company shall require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company, to expressly assume and agree to perform its obligations under this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform them if no succession had taken place unless, in the opinion of legal counsel mutually acceptable to the Company and the Employee, such obligations have been assumed by the successor as a matter of law. The Employee's rights under this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, the Employee's legal representative or other successors in interest, but shall not otherwise be assignable or transferable.

Successors. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of any successor or successors of the Company and any person or persons who shall acquire any rights hereunder in accordance with this Agreement or the Plan.

Successors. All obligations of the Company under the Plan with respect to awards will be binding upon any successor to the Company, whether the existence of such successor is the result of a direct or indirect purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company.

Successors. This Award Agreement, including but not limited to the restrictive covenants described in Sections 16 and 17 below, shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of any successor or successors of the Corporation.

Company and Related Company. For purposes of this Agreement, “Company” means ​ “Related Company” means # any corporation, partnership, joint venture, or other entity in which ​ holds a direct or indirect ownership or proprietary interest of 50 percent or more at any time during the term of this Agreement, or # any corporation, partnership, joint venture, or other entity in which ​ holds a direct or indirect ownership or other proprietary interest of less than 50 percent at any time during the term of this Agreement but which, in the discretion of the Committee, is treated as a Related Company for purposes of this Agreement.

Successors and Assigns. Executive’s obligations will bind his heirs, successors, and assigns, to the benefit of the Company. The Company shall have the right to assign this Agreement to any of the Company’s successors, assigns, or affiliates or to any entity that, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with the Company. This Agreement shall be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the Company.