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 24, 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))

 

 

 



 

Item 5.07                                           Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

On September 24, 2012, General Mills, Inc. held its 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. There were 553,275,592 shares of common stock represented either in person or by proxy at this meeting.  We have disclosed the final results for each matter voted upon, including the number of votes cast for or against, the number of abstentions, and as applicable, the number of broker non-votes.

 

1.              Election of Directors. Stockholders elected the following individuals as directors, each to serve a one-year term expiring at the company’s 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, by the following votes:

 

Director Nominee

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-
Votes

 

Bradbury H. Anderson

 

423,888,762

 

11,191,151

 

937,966

 

117,257,714

 

R. Kerry Clark

 

422,973,978

 

12,078,644

 

965,257

 

117,257,714

 

Paul Danos

 

423,447,705

 

11,454,448

 

1,115,726

 

117,257,714

 

William T. Esrey

 

420,501,397

 

14,528,103

 

988,379

 

117,257,714

 

Raymond V. Gilmartin

 

420,418,902

 

14,635,421

 

963,556

 

117,257,714

 

Judith Richards Hope

 

419,429,534

 

15,688,672

 

899,673

 

117,257,714

 

Heidi G. Miller

 

422,528,076

 

12,571,233

 

918,570

 

117,257,714

 

Hilda Ochoa-Brillembourg

 

422,132,438

 

12,956,154

 

929,287

 

117,257,714

 

Steve Odland

 

422,745,803

 

12,268,242

 

1,003,834

 

117,257,714

 

Kendall J. Powell

 

415,032,448

 

19,928,043

 

1,057,388

 

117,257,714

 

Michael D. Rose

 

422,922,268

 

12,095,159

 

1,000,452

 

117,257,714

 

Robert L. Ryan

 

423,886,652

 

11,189,077

 

942,150

 

117,257,714

 

Dorothy A. Terrell

 

421,578,000

 

13,530,102

 

909,777

 

117,257,714

 

 

2.              Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation.  Stockholders approved the company’s compensation for its named executive officers on an advisory basis, by the following vote:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

407,307,771

 

21,980,206

 

6,729,902

 

117,257,714

 

 

3.              Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. Stockholders ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending May 29, 2013, by the following vote:

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

547,410,462

 

4,717,656

 

1,147,475

 

0

 

 

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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, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

GENERAL MILLS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Roderick A. Palmore

 

 

Name:

Roderick A. Palmore

 

 

Title:

Executive Vice President,

 

 

 

General Counsel and Secretary

 

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