FORTUNE 500

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Rank	Company	Fortune 500 rank	$ millions	% change from 2010	$ millions	% change from 2010
			Revenues		Profits
1	3M	102	29,611.0	11.1	4,283.0	4.8
2	Spectrum Group International	352	7,203.4	19.8	3.8	N.A.
3	Mohawk Industries	432	5,642.3	6.1	173.9	-6.2

Rank	Company	Revenues %	Assets %	Stockholders' Equity %
1	3M	14.5	13.5	27.8
2	Spectrum Group International	0.1	1.0	4.1
3	Mohawk Industries	3.1	2.8	5.1

		Earnings Per Share	Total Return to Investors		Employees
Rank	Company	2001-2011 Annual growth (%)	2001-2011 Annual rate (%)	2011 (%)	Number	% change from 2010
1	3M	12.8	5.8	-2.8	84,198	5.2
2	Spectrum Group International	N.A.	3.3	0.0	177	23.8
3	Mohawk Industries	-3.4	0.9	5.4	26,200	-2.6

Issue date: May 21, 2012

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