EX-21 14 0014.txt SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT EXHIBIT 21 GENERAL MILLS, INC. SUBSIDIARIES (as of August 1, 2000)
Percentage Country or of Voting State in Which Securities Each Subsidiary Owned Was Organized (Note 1) ------------- ---------- CEREAL PARTNERS POLAND TORUN-PACIFIC SP. Z O.O. Poland 50 COLOMBO YOGURT SHOP, QUINCY MARKET, INC. Delaware 100 COLOMBO, INC. Delaware 100 C.P.A. CEREAL PARTNERS HANDELSGESELLSCHAFT m.b.H. (Note 10) Austria 50 C.P.D. CEREAL PARTNERS DEUTSCHLAND VERWALTUNGSGESSELSCHAFT m.b.H (Note 2) Germany 50 CPW MEXICO S. de R.L. de C.V. Mexico 50 CPW S.A. (Note 13) Switzerland 50 CPW-CI LIMITED Cayman Islands 50 FYL CORP. California 100 GARDETTO'S BAKERY, INC. Wisconsin 100 GENERAL MILLS (BVI) LTD. British Virgin Islands 100 CPW SINGAPORE (PTE.) LTD. Singapore 50 GENERAL MILLS CONTINENTAL, INC. (Note 11) Delaware 100 CEREALES PARTNERS L.L.C. Delaware 50 Cereales Partners Colombia Ltda. (Note 20) Colombia 100 GENERAL MILLS DIRECT MARKETING, INC. Delaware 100 GENERAL MILLS FINANCE, INC. Delaware 100 GENERAL MILLS FACTORING LLC Delaware 100 GENERAL MILLS HOLDING B.V. (Note 5) The Netherlands 100 CEREAL PARTNERS FRANCE B.V. (Note 6) The Netherlands 100 GENERAL MILLS ESPANA B.V. (Note 7) The Netherlands 100 GENERAL MILLS HOLLAND B.V. The Netherlands 100 GENERAL MILLS NETHERLANDS B.V. (Note 15) The Netherlands 70 General Mills Snacks Holding B.V. The Netherlands 100 General Mills (Suisse) SVE Sarl Switzerland 100 General Mills France S.A. France 100 GMSNACKS, SCA (Note 3) France 43.29 Snack Ventures Europe, SCA (Notes 4, 17) Belgium 40.49 Snack Ventures Inversions, S.L. Spain 100 Snack Ventures S.A. Spain 100 Matutano, S.A. Portugal 100 Chipma Sociedade de Productos Portugal 50 Alimentares D'Oro Sociedade de Productos Portugal 100 Alimentares Smiths Food Group B.V. The Netherlands 100 SVE Italia S.r.L. Italy 100 Tasty Foods S.A. Greece 100 Tasty Foods Bulgaria Bulgaria 100
GENERAL MILLS ICF SARL Switzerland 100 GENERAL MILLS VENTAS DE MEXICO Mexico 99.66 S. DE R.L. DE C.V. (Note 19) GENERAL MILLS DE MEXICO S. DE R.L. DE C.V. (Note 21) Mexico 99.66 GENERAL MILLS INTERNATIONAL BUSINESSES, INC. Delaware 100 GENERAL MILLS INTERNATIONAL BUSINESSES TWO, INC. Delaware 100 GENERAL MILLS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED (Note 11) Delaware 100 Bimaler S.A. Uruguay 50 Cereal Partners Czech Republic, s.r.o. Czech Republic 50 Cereal Partners Hungaria Ltd. Hungary 50 Cereales C.P.W. Bolivia S.R.L. Bolivia 50 Cereales CPW Peru Limitada Peru 50 Cereales Partners L.L.C. Delaware 50 Cereal Partners Slovak Republic, s.r.o. Slovak Republic 50 CPW do Brasil Ltda. Brazil 50 CPW Hong Kong Limited Hong Kong 50 CPW Trinidad & Tobago, Ltd. Trinidad 50 GCF Servicios de Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V. (Note 18) Mexico 99.66 General Mills Asia Pte. Ltd. Singapore 100 CPW Philippines, Inc. Philippines 50 Nestle Asean Philippines, Inc. (Note 12) The Philippines 60 General Mills do Brasil Ltda. (Note 16) Brazil 99 International Dessert Partners SRLtda. (inactive) Peru 50 SVE (Hungary) Trading and Manufacturing Limited Hungary 40.5 GENERAL MILLS MAARSSEN B.V. The Netherlands 100 GENERAL MILLS MAURITIUS, INC. Mauritius 100 General Mills Foods (Nanjing) Co. Ltd. People's Republic of 100 China GENERAL MILLS MISSOURI, INC. Missouri 100 GENERAL MILLS NORTH AMERICAN BUSINESSES,INC. Delaware 100 GENERAL MILLS OPERATIONS, INC. (Note 14) Delaware 96.15 GENERAL MILLS PRODUCTS CORP. Delaware 100 INMOBILIARIA SELENE, S.A. DE C.V. Mexico 100 GENERAL MILLS CANADA, INC. (Note 8) Canada 100 GENERAL MILLS SALES, INC. Delaware 100 INTERNATIONAL DESSERT PARTNERS L.L.C. (inactive) Delaware 50 RDL COAL L.L.C. Delaware 100 MESI Fuel Station No. 1 L.L.C. Ohio 50 GENERAL MILLS SERVICES, INC. Delaware 100 GENERAL MILLS U.K. LIMITED England 100 C.P. HELLAS EEIG Greece 50 GOLD MEDAL INSURANCE CO. (Note 9) Minnesota 100 INSIGHTTOOLS LLC Delaware 50 LLOYD'S BARBEQUE COMPANY Minnesota 100 POPCORN DISTRIBUTORS, INC. Delaware 100 SMALL PLANET FOODS, INC. Washington 100 YOPLAIT USA, INC. Delaware 100
Notes to list of subsidiaries: ------------------------------ 1. Except where noted, the percentage of ownership refers to the total ownership by the indicated parent corporation. 2. General Mills, Inc. also owns a 50% ownership interest in a partnership organized under the laws of Germany. 3. General Mills Snacks Holding B.V. owns a 55.59% interest in GMSNACKS, SCA, and General Mills Products Corp. owns a 1.12% interest in GMSNACKS, SCA. 4. General Mills Holding B.V. owns a .01% interest in Snack Ventures Europe, SCA. 5. General Mills Holding B.V. and General Mills, Inc. together own a 100% interest in a Belgian partnership, General Mills Belgium, SNC, which also has a 50% interest in a partnership organized under the laws of Portugal. 6. Cereal Partners France B.V., General Mills, Inc. and General Mills France S.A. own a 100% interest in a French partnership, GMEAF SNC, which owns a 50% interest in a partnership organized under the laws of France. 7. General Mills Espana B.V. owns a 50% interest in a partnership organized under the laws of Spain. 8. General Mills Canada, Inc. and General Mills Products Corp. together own a 100% interest in a Canadian partnership, General Mills North America Affiliates, which owns a 50% interest in a partnership organized under the laws of the United Kingdom. 9. Eighty-one percent of the voting securities are owned by General Mills, Inc. and 19% of the voting securities are owned by General Mills Canada, Inc. 10. General Mills, Inc. also owns a 50% ownership interest in a partnership organized under the laws of Austria. 11. General Mills Continental, Inc. and General Mills International Limited together own a 100% interest in a Chilean partnership, General Mills Continental, Inc. S.A., which owns a 50% interest in Cereales C.P.W. Chile Limitada, a corporation organized under the laws of Chile; as well as a 100% interest in a Mexican variable capital general partnership known as General Mills International y Compania S. en N.C. de C.V. 12. The remaining 40% ownership interest in Nestle Asean is held in trust by Nestle Pension Fund. 13. General Mills, Inc. also owns a 50% ownership interest in a partnership organized under the laws of Switzerland. 14. Gardetto's Bakery, Inc. owns the other 3.85% ownership interest in General Mills Operations, Inc. General Mills Operations, Inc. also owns a 50% ownership interest in a partnership organized under the laws of the state of Montana; and a 50% ownership interest in a limited liability company organized under the laws of the state of North Dakota. 15. General Mills Holland B.V. owns a 30% ownership interest in General Mills Netherlands B.V. 16. General Mills Continental, Inc. owns a 1% ownership interest in General Mills do Brasil Ltda. 17. General Mills also receives 40.5% of the earnings of ten entities which are 100% owned by Pepsi but deemed partnerships for earnings purposes under the terms of our Snack Ventures Europe joint venture protocol. 18. General Mills Continental, Inc. owns a .33% interest in GCF Servicios de Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V. 19. General Mills de Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V. owns a .33% interest in General Mills Ventas de Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V. 20. Cereales Partners LLC. owns this entity through its Colombian branch. 21. General Mills Ventas de Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V. owns a .33% interest in General Mills de Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V.