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• Defined Terms As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:

• Abbreviations and Defined Terms Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder of a Security or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

• Glossary of Defined Terms Defined Terms Defined in Section Acquisition Proposal Section 5.02(f) Affiliate Section 8.10(a) Agreement Opening Paragraph Alternative Transaction Section 7.03(b) Associate Section 8.10(a) Beneficial Ownership Section 8.10(b) Bonus Plans Section 5.07(e) Business Day Section 8.10(c) Certificates Section 2.02(b) Closing Section 1.02 Code Section 1.08 Company Opening Paragraph Company 401(k) Plan Section 5.07(d) Company Acquisition Agreement Section 7.03(b)(i) Company Employees Section 5.07(b) Company Financial Advisor Section 3.08 Company IP Section 3.14(a)(ii) Company SEC Reports Section 3.05(a) Company Securities Section 3.02(a) Confidentiality Agreement Section 3.03(b) Copyrights Section 3.14(a)(i) Corporation Law Recitals Disclosure Letter Article III Dissenting Shares Section 2.01 DOJ Section 5.05(b) Effective Time Section 1.02 Environmental Laws Section 3.13(d)(i) Environmental Liabilities Section 3.13(d)(ii) Environmental Permits Section 3.13(c) ERISA Section 3.09(a) ERISA Affiliate Section 3.09(c) Exchange Act Section 3.04 Existing Performance Shares Section 2.04(b) Existing Restricted Shares Section 2.04(b) Existing SARs Section 2.04(a) Existing Stock Options Section 2.04(a) Fee Section 7.03(b) Foreign Antitrust Laws Section 3.04 Foreign Plans Section 3.09(a) FTC Section 5.05(b) Governmental Entity Section 3.04 iv Hazardous Materials Section 3.13(d)(iii) HSR Act Section 3.04 Intellectual Property Section 3.14(a)(i) Knowledge Section 8.10(f) Laws Section 3.12 Licensed Company IP Section 3.14(a)(iv) Material Adverse Effect Section 8.10(g) Merger Consideration Section 1.06 Material Contract Section 3.16 Merger Section 1.01 Merger Sub Opening Paragraph Owned Company IP Section 3.14(a)(iii) Owned Real Property Section 3.15(a) Parent Opening Paragraph Patents Section 3.14(a)(i) Paying Agent Section 2.02(a) Payment Fund Section 2.02(a) PBGC Section 3.09(c) Permits Section 3.12 Person Section 8.10(h) Plans Section 3.09(a) Potential Acquiror Section 5.02(b) Preferred Stock Section 3.02(a) Preliminary Proxy Statement Section 5.09 Proxy Statement Section 3.07 Real Property Leases Section 3.15(b) Release Section 3.13(d)(iv) Rights Agreement Section 3.22 Sxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act Section 3.05(a) SEC Section 3.05(a) Securities Act Section 3.05(a) Share Section 1.06 Software Section 3.14(a)(i) Special Meeting Section 5.04 Stock Option Plans Section 2.04(a) Subsidiary Section 8.10(i) Subsidiary Securities Section 3.02(b) Superior Proposal Section 5.02(f) Surviving Corporation Section 1.01 Trade Secrets Section 3.14(a)(i) Trademarks Section 3.14(a)(i) Takeover Laws Section 3.03(b) Tax Section 3.11(l) AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”), dated as of May 11, 2005, among 3M Company, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), Carrera Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and CUNO Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).

• Undefined Terms Terms that may appear in this Agreement which are not defined. Parties acknowledge and agree that any such terms shall be construed in accordance with customary usage in the telecommunications industry as of the effective date of this Agreement.

• New Defined Terms The following defined terms are hereby added to Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement in the appropriate alphabetical order:

• Use of Defined Terms Unless otherwise defined or the context otherwise requires, terms for which meanings are provided in this Agreement shall have such meanings when used in each other Loan Document and the Disclosure Schedule.

• Preamble and Definitions 1.1 The preamble to this agreement constitutes an integral part hereof.

• Other Defined Terms As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:

• Certain Defined Terms As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

• Recitals; Defined Terms The recitals set forth above are true and correct and are incorporated herein by this reference. Capitalized terms used throughout this Amendment shall have the meanings set forth in the Agreement, unless otherwise specifically defined herein.