Executive		Company	2011 total comp.	2010 total comp.	1-year percent change	1-year percent stock change
	George Mikan	UnitedHealth Group Inc.	14,838,601	2,187,264	578.4	42.3
Title(s): former EVP and CFO 2011 Revenue: $101,862,000,000 2011 Base Salary: $832,692 1-year % change: 8.2% 1-year % change: 19.0% 2011 Profit: $5,142,000,000 Bonus: $1,275,000 Stock Symbol: UNH Miscellaneous: $83,012 Headquarters: Minnetonka Stock gains: $3,673,217 Company Description: A diversified health company. UnitedHealth offers products and services through two platforms. UnitedHealthcare provides health care coverage and benefits services; and Optum provides information and technology enabled health services. Shares Vesting: $8,974,680
	Gail Boudreaux	UnitedHealth Group Inc.	13,882,396	3,580,771	287.7
Title(s): EVP, P-UnitedHealthcare 2011 Revenue: $101,862,000,000 2011 Base Salary: $832,692 1-year % change: 8.2% 1-year % change: 19.0% 2011 Profit: $5,142,000,000 Bonus: $2,999,200 Stock Symbol: UNH Miscellaneous: $93,353 Headquarters: Minnetonka Stock gains:   Company Description: A diversified health company. UnitedHealth offers products and services through two platforms. UnitedHealthcare provides health care coverage and benefits services; and Optum provides information and technology enabled health services. Shares Vesting: $9,957,151
	George Buckley * Buckley retired from 3M in May after reaching mandatory retirement age. Replaced by Inge Thulin	3M Co.	12,066,092	23,219,257	-48.0	-2.8
Title(s): former Ch, CEO 2011 Revenue: $29,611,000,000 2011 Base Salary: $1,720,000 1-year % change: 11.1% 1-year % change: 0.0% 2011 Profit: $4,283,000,000 Bonus: $2,809,534 Stock Symbol: MMM Miscellaneous: $578,986 Headquarters: Maplewood Stock gains: $2,809,961 Company Description: Global diversified technology company with products for health care; industrial; consumer and office; display and graphics; electronics and telecommunications; safety, security and protection; transportation and other markets Shares Vesting: $4,147,611
	Douglas Scovanner	Target Corp.	8,766,283	13,484,849	-35.0	-5.3
Title(s): SVP and CFO 2011 Revenue: $69,865,000,000 2011 Base Salary: $1,025,000 1-year % change: 3.7% 1-year % change: 3.0% 2011 Profit: $3,018,000,000 Bonus: $956,325 Stock Symbol: TGT Miscellaneous: $1,002,001 Headquarters: Minneapolis Stock gains:   Company Description: General merchandise retailer Shares Vesting: $5,782,957
	Richard Kelly * Kelly retired Aug. 2011	Xcel Energy Inc.	8,303,280	11,308,896	-26.6	22.4
Title(s): retired Ch, CEO 2011 Revenue: $10,654,770,000 2011 Base Salary: $890,152 1-year % change: 3.3% 1-year % change: -25.8% 2011 Profit: $841,374,000 Bonus: $979,942 Stock Symbol: XEL Miscellaneous: $108,965 Headquarters: Minneapolis Stock gains:   Company Description: Electric and natural gas utility Shares Vesting: $6,324,221

The annual Star Tribune compensation survey examined compensation data for the largest publicly-held companies in Minnesota. Proxy information for some companies was not available at press time; the survey analyzed information from more than 150 public companies. Total compensation includes all cash payments, deferred compensation and the monetary value of stock awarded, as specified by each company in its annual proxy statement or 10-K filing. Total compensation also includes any gains from the exercise of stock options. The chart on this page includes top executives within each company, ranked in order of total compensation.

ABBREVIATIONS:
Ch - Chairman
Chw - Chairwoman
CEO - Chief Executive Officer
P - President
COO - Chief Operating Officer
Sec. - Secretary
NM - Not meaningful
NR - Not ranked
- Means not available
Source: Company reports, Bloomberg News