GENERAL MILLS INC — Earnings Release 2012

Jun 27, 2012

8-K 1 a12-15499_18k.htm 8-K

*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): June 27, 2012

*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
(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))

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*Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.*

On June 27, 2012, General Mills, Inc. issued a press release reporting financial results for its fiscal year and fourth quarter ended May 27, 2012. 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 June 27, 2012.

*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: June 27, 2012

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 June 27, 2012.

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