---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001564590-21-037515"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GIS"
cik: "0000040704"
company_name: "GENERAL MILLS INC"
filed_at: "2021-07-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T03:27:19.056259+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Roger W. Ferguson Jr. to leave General Mills board at 2021 annual meeting

## Summary
- Roger W. Ferguson, Jr. informed General Mills he will not stand for reelection at the 2021 Annual Meeting.
- He will continue serving until the end of his current term.
- No replacement or reason for departure was disclosed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001564590-21-037515
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GIS
- cik: 0000040704
- company_name: GENERAL MILLS INC
- filed_at: 2021-07-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40704/000156459021037515/0001564590-21-037515-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40704/000156459021037515/gis-8k_20210716.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-21-037515
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-21-037515.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001564590-21-037515.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Roger W. Ferguson, Jr. departed as Director at GENERAL MILLS INC.
  - Action: decided not to stand for reelection
  - Role: Director
  source text: On July 16, 2021, Roger W. Ferguson, Jr. informed the Company that he has decided not to stand for reelection to the Board of Directors at the Company’s 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40704/000156459021037515/0001564590-21-037515-index.htm

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