---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-029930"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GIS"
cik: "0000040704"
company_name: "GENERAL MILLS INC"
filed_at: "2026-05-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T00:08:07.882536+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Steve Odland to not stand for reelection after 20+ years of service

## Summary
- Steve Odland decided not to stand for reelection at the September 2026 Annual Meeting.
- He will continue serving as director until the end of his current term.
- Odland served over 20 years on the General Mills board.
- No replacement director has been announced.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-029930
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GIS
- cik: 0000040704
- company_name: GENERAL MILLS INC
- filed_at: 2026-05-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40704/000162828026029930/0001628280-26-029930-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40704/000162828026029930/gis-20260504.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-029930
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-029930.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-029930.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Steve Odland departed as Director at GENERAL MILLS INC.
  - Action: not stand for reelection
  - Role: Director
  source text: On May 4, 2026, after more than twenty years of service, Steve Odland informed the Company that he has decided not to stand for reelection to the Board of Directors at the Company’s 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders in September.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40704/000162828026029930/0001628280-26-029930-index.htm

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