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These excerpts taken from the GIS 10-K filed Jul 11, 2008.
MANAGEMENT’S REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING
The management of General Mills, Inc. is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the 1934 Act. The Company’s internal control system was designed to provide reasonable assurance to our management and the Board of Directors regarding the preparation and fair presentation of published financial statements. Under the supervision and with the participation of management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, we conducted an assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of May 25, 2008. In making this assessment, management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control – Integrated Framework.
 
Based on our assessment using the criteria set forth by COSO in Internal Control – Integrated Framework, management concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of May 25, 2008.
 
KPMG LLP, our independent registered public accounting firm, has issued a report on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
     
-s- K. J. Powell   -s- D. L. Mulligan
K. J. Powell
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
  D. L. Mulligan
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
July 10, 2008
 
ITEM 9B   Other Information
 
None.

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MANAGEMENT’S
REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING






The management of General Mills, Inc. is responsible for
establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over
financial reporting, as such term is defined in
Rule 13a-15(f)
under the 1934 Act. The Company’s internal control
system was designed to provide reasonable assurance to our
management and the Board of Directors regarding the preparation
and fair presentation of published financial statements. Under
the supervision and with the participation of management,
including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial
Officer, we conducted an assessment of the effectiveness of our
internal control over financial reporting as of May 25,
2008. In making this assessment, management used the criteria
set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the
Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control –
Integrated Framework.


 



Based on our assessment using the criteria set forth by COSO in
Internal Control – Integrated Framework, management
concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was
effective as of May 25, 2008.


 



KPMG LLP, our independent registered public accounting firm, has
issued a report on the effectiveness of the Company’s
internal control over financial reporting.


 




















     

-s- K. J. Powell

 

-s- D. L. Mulligan

K. J. Powell

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

 

D. L. Mulligan

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer






 



July 10, 2008


 

















ITEM 9B  


Other
Information



 



None.















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EXCERPTS ON THIS PAGE:

10-K (2 sections)
Jul 11, 2008
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