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EX-99 - PRESS RELEASE OF GENERAL MILLS, INC. DATED DECEMBER 20, 2011 - GENERAL MILLS INCd272366dex99.htm

 

 

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): December 20, 2011

 

 

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

  55426
(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:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

¨ 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 December 20, 2011, General Mills, Inc. issued a press release reporting financial results for its second quarter ended November 27, 2011. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99 and incorporated herein by reference.

The information furnished in Item 2.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and Exhibit 99 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 Press release of General Mills, Inc. dated December 20, 2011.


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: December 20, 2011

 

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

99    Press release of General Mills, Inc. dated December 20, 2011.