General Mills (GIS)

Due to declining financial results, we decided to exit our frozen waffle product line (retail and foodservice) and to close our frozen waffle plant in Allentown, Pennsylvania, affecting 111 employees. We recorded $3.9 million of employee severance charges and a $6.2 million non-cash impairment charge against long-lived assets at the plant.

We completed an analysis of the viability of our Bakeries and Foodservice frozen dough facility in Trenton, Ontario, and will close the facility, affecting 470 employees. We recorded a $8.5 million charge for employee severance expenses and curtailment charges associated with a defined benefit pension plan.

We also approved the restructuring of our production scheduling and the discontinuation of our cake product line at our Chanhassen, Minnesota, Bakeries and Foodservice plant. These actions affected 125 employees, and we recorded a charge for employee severance expenses of $3.0 million. These actions, including the sale of equipment, are expected to be completed by the end of fiscal 2008.

Collectively, the total charge we expect to incur with respect to these impairment and restructuring actions is approximately $65.0 million, of which approximately $45.0 million is expected to be recognized in fiscal 2008.

We also completed the sale of our previously closed Vallejo, California plant. We received $10.6 million in proceeds and recorded a gain of $7.1 million.

Restructuring, impairment, and other exit costs (income) for the first quarter of fiscal 2007 totaled $1.9 million of income as follows: