General Mills, Inc. Form 8-K dated September 25, 2006


 
 

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 25, 2006

 

GENERAL MILLS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

Delaware

 

1-1185

 

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:

 

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Item 1.01

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On September 25, 2006, at the 2006 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of General Mills, Inc. (the “Company”), Company stockholders adopted the General Mills, Inc. 2006 Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors (the “2006 Plan”). A description of the 2006 Plan can be found in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 10, 2006. A copy of the 2006 Plan is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

 

(d)

Exhibits.

 

 

10.1

General Mills, Inc. 2006 Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors.
















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, 2006

 

 

 

 

GENERAL MILLS, INC.

 

 

By: 


/s/ Siri S. Marshall

 

 

 

Name: Siri S. Marshall

Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and

Secretary















EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

Exhibit

Number      

Description
 

10.1      

 

General Mills, Inc. 2006 Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors.