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Below are important guidelines and information about contacting plaintiffs' counsel in this case.

• Current Employees Who Are Managers
• Current Employees Who Are Not Managers
• All Former Employees
• All Current And Former Employees Who Have Non-Privileged Documents

email: minnesotaclassaction@sprengerlang.com

If you choose to contact us in writing, please include your name, personal e-mail address, street address, and/or telephone number(s) so that we can respond to you.

Confidentiality:
If you provide us with information relevant to the claims in these actions, we may have to reveal your name and contact information to 3M, which already has asked in the Minnesota case for the identity of all persons of whom we are aware who have knowledge concerning the claims. To the extent allowed by law, however, we will keep the substance of the information that you provide to us confidential. By submitting this information to us, you intend, as do we, that all the information you provide will be privileged from disclosure to 3M. However, 3M may seek the information, and we cannot guarantee that the judge will not compel us to produce it.

Retaliation:
Any retaliation by the company, its affiliates or subsidiaries against you for exercising your legal rights by participating in the suit, providing us with information, or otherwise assisting us, may provide you with a separate basis for bringing a suit. The law prohibits retaliation by 3M whether you are a current or former employee. Please report any act that you consider retaliatory to us immediately.

Your Status:
We cannot promise that a class or collective action will be certified or that you will be found to be a member of any class or collective action that is certified. By receiving your information, we are not agreeing to act as your personal attorney. However, if you fall within the class definition, we do and will represent you in your capacity as a potential class member.

Current Employees Who Are Managers:

If you currently work at 3M as a manager, think that 3M may consider you a manager, or are in a position (such as human resources) that works with 3M's lawyers, legal ethics rules may not allow us to speak with you at this time about any information you have regarding these claims or any questions you may have about what role you might be able to take in these actions. However, we may speak with you if you are interested in participating as a plaintiff or charge-filer. Plaintiffs' counsel has asked the Judge in the Minnesota case for an Order providing guidelines for speaking with you. In the meantime, if you work at 3M as a manager, think that 3M may consider you a manager, or are in a position (such as human resources) that works with 3M's lawyers, and want to initiate a contact with Sprenger + Lang, please send either by letter or email, your name, home phone number, home address, personal email address (not a 3M address), your position with the company, your salary grade, and whether you are interested in participating as a plaintiff or charge filer. We will contact you when the Judge establishes guidelines to the extent that those guidelines permit. Please DO NOT SEND ANY OTHER INFORMATION at this time.

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Current Employees Who Are Not Managers:

If you are a current employee, you may initiate a contact with us if you have not worked in a human resources function at 3M and if you have never performed managerial duties for 3M. We would like to speak with you if you have any non-privileged information concerning any type of conduct alleged in the actions, and regardless whether you are interested in participating as a plaintiff or charge-filer or in only providing information. It does not matter if the information pertains directly to you or to other 3M salaried employees. However, you should not discuss with us or provide any privileged communications you may have received from 3M or its internal or external attorneys. Please contact us at the address or telephone number listed below to set up an appointment.

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All Former Employees:

If you are no longer employed at 3M, if you have not signed any document preventing you from discussing your 3M experiences, and if you have any non-privileged information concerning any of the types of conduct alleged in the actions against 3M, we would like to speak with you, regardless whether you are interested in participating as a plaintiff or charge-filer or in only providing information. If you worked in human resources at 3M or if you were a manager, were considered a manager or had any communication with an attorney acting on behalf of 3M, please tell us that at the beginning of any conversation so we can limit our conversation to appropriate subjects. We cannot and will not discuss any privileged communications you may have received or been part of while employed at 3M. If you wish to initiate a contact with us, please use the address or telephone number listed below. We would like to hear from you even if your knowledge is limited to what you?ve heard from others or if you believe that someone else has already contacted us about the same incident.

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All Current And Former Employees Who Have Non-Privileged Documents:

If you have non-privileged documents, computer-readable material, video or audiotapes, that you wish to share with us, please let us know that as well. DO NOT take from 3M's premises or provide to us any 3M documents that are marked "attorney-client privileged" or documents or information received from an attorney who represents 3M. Also do not take any documents from 3M's premises that you are not authorized to possess. We cannot and must not review or discuss such documents or information with you.