-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, RiSMRwiQbTHoTG4SlUWn7rjNerP35NaIL47WpzJSkwc6I1+SSSgEDPhiDRL6YmLx zgZB6FVpNMoxXOOL0Q0CzA== 0000950137-08-012088.txt : 20080926 0000950137-08-012088.hdr.sgml : 20080926 20080926165155 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950137-08-012088 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 7 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20080917 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20080926 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080926 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GENERAL MILLS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000040704 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: GRAIN MILL PRODUCTS [2040] IRS NUMBER: 410274440 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0531 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-01185 FILM NUMBER: 081091727 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: NUMBER ONE GENERAL MILLS BLVD CITY: MINNEAPOLIS STATE: MN ZIP: 55426 BUSINESS PHONE: (763) 764-7600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: P O BOX 1113 CITY: MINNEAPOLIS STATE: MN ZIP: 55440 8-K 1 c35768e8vk.htm CURRENT REPORT e8vk
 
 
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): September 17, 2008
GENERAL MILLS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
         
Delaware   001-01185   41-0274440
         
(State of Incorporation)   (Commission   (IRS Employer
    File Number)   Identification No.)
     
Number One General Mills Boulevard    
Minneapolis, Minnesota   55426
(Mail: P.O. Box 1113)   (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 8.01 Other Events.
Attached as Exhibit 100 to this report are the following financial statements from General Mills, Inc.’s (the “Company”) Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended August 24, 2008, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 17, 2008, formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Consolidated Statements of Earnings for the quarters ended August 24, 2008 and August 26, 2007; (ii) the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of August 24, 2008 and May 25, 2008; (iii) the Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity and Comprehensive Income for the quarter ended August 24, 2008 and the fiscal year ended May 25, 2008; and (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the quarters ended August 24, 2008 and August 26, 2007. Users of this data are advised pursuant to Rule 401 of Regulation S-T that the financial and other information contained in the XBRL documents is unaudited and that these are not the official publicly filed financial statements of the Company. The purpose of submitting these XBRL formatted documents is to test the related format and technology and, as a result, investors should continue to rely on the official filed version of the furnished documents and not rely on the information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 100, in making investment decisions.
In accordance with Rule 402 of Regulation S-T, the information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 100, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
  (d)   Exhibits.
 
  100   The following financial statements from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended August 24, 2008, filed on September 17, 2008, formatted in XBRL: (i) the Consolidated Statements of Earnings for the quarters ended August 24, 2008 and August 26, 2007; (ii) the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of August 24, 2008 and May 25, 2008; (iii) the Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity and Comprehensive Income for the quarter ended August 24, 2008 and the fiscal year ended May 25, 2008; and (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the quarters ended August 24, 2008 and August 26, 2007.

 

 

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: September 26, 2008
         
  GENERAL MILLS, INC.
 		  
  By:   /s/ Roderick A. Palmore    
    Name:   Roderick A. Palmore   
    Title:   Executive Vice President, General Counsel
   and Secretary 		  

 

 

         
EXHIBIT INDEX
     
Exhibit    
Number   Description
 
100
  The following financial statements from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended August 24, 2008, filed on September 17, 2008, formatted in XBRL: (i) the Consolidated Statements of Earnings for the quarters ended August 24, 2008 and August 26, 2007; (ii) the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of August 24, 2008 and May 25, 2008; (iii) the Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity and Comprehensive Income for the quarter ended August 24, 2008 and the fiscal year ended May 25, 2008; and (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the quarters ended August 24, 2008 and August 26, 2007.

 

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