General Mills, Inc. Form 8-K dated March 19, 2008


 
 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

_____________________

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 19, 2008

 

 

GENERAL MILLS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

Delaware

 

001-01185

 

41-0274440

(State of Incorporation)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

Number One General Mills Boulevard
Minneapolis, Minnesota
(Mail:  P.O. Box 1113)

 

 

55426
(Mail:  55440)

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (763) 764-7600

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))



 
 




Item 2.02

Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

On March 19, 2008, General Mills, Inc. issued a press release reporting financial results for its third quarter ended February 24, 2008. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

The information furnished in Item 2.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto shall not be deemed to be filed for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to liabilities of that Section or Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

 

(d)

Exhibits.

 

 

99.1

Press release of General Mills, Inc. dated March 19, 2008.

 

 





SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date:   March 19, 2008

 

 

 

GENERAL MILLS, INC.

 

 

 

By: 

/s/   Richard O. Lund

 

 

Name:   Richard O. Lund
Title:     Vice President, Controller

 

 

 

 





EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

Exhibit

Number

Description

 

 

 

99.1

Press release of General Mills, Inc. dated March 19, 2008.