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General Mills Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 8/28/22 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Wednesday, 9/21/22, at 4:02pm ET   ·   For:  8/28/22   ·   Accession #:  1193125-22-248384   ·   File #:  1-01185

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 9/21/22  General Mills Inc.                10-Q        8/28/22   83:6.4M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.19M 
 2: EX-10.1     Material Contract                                   HTML     33K 
 3: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     38K 
 4: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     38K 
 5: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
 6: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
12: R1          Cover                                               HTML     92K 
13: R2          Consolidated Statements of Earnings (Unaudited)     HTML     98K 
14: R3          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     66K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
15: R4          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)             HTML    142K 
16: R5          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)             HTML     30K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
17: R6          Consolidated Statements of Total Equity and         HTML    111K 
                Redeemable Interest (Unaudited)                                  
18: R7          Consolidated Statements of Total Equity and         HTML     29K 
                Redeemable Interest (Unaudited) (Parenthetical)                  
19: R8          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)   HTML    127K 
20: R9          Background                                          HTML     33K 
21: R10         Acquisition and Divestitures                        HTML     44K 
22: R11         Restructuring, Impairment, and Other Exit Costs     HTML     39K 
23: R12         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets                HTML     61K 
24: R13         Inventories                                         HTML     30K 
25: R14         Risk Management Activities                          HTML     56K 
26: R15         Debt                                                HTML     64K 
27: R16         Redeemable and Noncontrolling Interests             HTML     42K 
28: R17         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML     62K 
29: R18         Stock Plans                                         HTML     53K 
30: R19         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     39K 
31: R20         Share Repurchases                                   HTML     29K 
32: R21         Statements of Cash Flows                            HTML     29K 
33: R22         Retirement and Postemployment Benefits              HTML     48K 
34: R23         Income Taxes                                        HTML     35K 
35: R24         Contingencies                                       HTML     28K 
36: R25         Business Segment and Geographic Information         HTML     85K 
37: R26         Restructuring, Impairment, and Other Exit Costs     HTML     29K 
                (Tables)                                                         
38: R27         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)       HTML     55K 
39: R28         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     31K 
40: R29         Risk Management Activities (Tables)                 HTML     31K 
41: R30         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     36K 
42: R31         Stockholders' Equity (Tables)                       HTML     59K 
43: R32         Stock Plans (Tables)                                HTML     49K 
44: R33         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     38K 
45: R34         Share Repurchases (Tables)                          HTML     27K 
46: R35         Statements of Cash Flows (Tables)                   HTML     28K 
47: R36         Retirement and Postemployment Benefits (Tables)     HTML     45K 
48: R37         Business Segment and Geographic Information         HTML     55K 
                (Tables)                                                         
49: R38         Acquisition and Divestitures (Narrative) (Details)  HTML     52K 
50: R39         Restructuring, Impairment, and Other Exit Costs     HTML     35K 
                (Narrative) (Details)                                            
51: R40         Restructuring, Impairment, and Other Exit Costs (   HTML     31K 
                Roll forward of restructuring and other exit cost                
                reserves) (Details)                                              
52: R41         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Narrative)    HTML     37K 
                (Details)                                                        
53: R42         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Schedule of   HTML     43K 
                components of goodwill and other intangible                      
                assets) (Details)                                                
54: R43         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Schedule of   HTML     49K 
                changes in the carrying amount of goodwill)                      
                (Details)                                                        
55: R44         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Schedule of   HTML     30K 
                changes in the carrying amount of other intangible               
                assets) (Details)                                                
56: R45         Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Schedule of   HTML     30K 
                Uncle Toby's brand intangible asset) (Details)                   
57: R46         Inventories (Details)                               HTML     34K 
58: R47         Risk Management Activities (Narrative) (Details)    HTML     39K 
59: R48         Risk Management Activities (Schedule of             HTML     32K 
                unallocated corporate items) (Details)                           
60: R49         Debt (Narrative) (Details)                          HTML     91K 
61: R50         Debt (Schedule of components of notes payable)      HTML     30K 
                (Details)                                                        
62: R51         Debt (Schedule of fee-paid committed and            HTML     34K 
                uncommitted credit lines) (Details)                              
63: R52         Redeemable and Noncontrolling Interests             HTML     46K 
                (Narratives) (Details)                                           
64: R53         Stockholders' Equity (Schedule of total             HTML    136K 
                comprehensive income (Loss)) (Details)                           
65: R54         Stockholders' Equity (Schedule of accumulated       HTML     42K 
                other comprehensive loss balances, net of tax                    
                effects) (Details)                                               
66: R55         Stock Plans (Narrative) (Details)                   HTML     33K 
67: R56         Stock Plans (Schedule of compensation expense       HTML     26K 
                related to stock-based payments) (Details)                       
68: R57         Stock Plans (Schedule of Windfall tax benefits      HTML     26K 
                from stock-based payments in income tax expense)                 
                (Details)                                                        
69: R58         Stock Plans (Schedule of net cash proceeds          HTML     28K 
                received from the exercise of stock options)                     
                (Details)                                                        
70: R59         Stock Plans (Schedule of estimated fair value of    HTML     38K 
                stock options granted and the assumptions used for               
                the Black-Scholes option-pricing model) (Details)                
71: R60         Stock Plans (Schedule of grant date fair value of   HTML     26K 
                restricted stock unit awards activity) (Details)                 
72: R61         Earnings per Share (Schedule of earnings per        HTML     64K 
                share) (Details)                                                 
73: R62         Earnings per Share (Schedule of anti-dilutive       HTML     26K 
                stock options, restricted stock units and                        
                performance share units (Details)                                
74: R63         Share Repurchases (Details)                         HTML     28K 
75: R64         Statements of Cash Flows (Consolidated Statements   HTML     28K 
                of Cash Flows) (Details)                                         
76: R65         Retirement and Postemployment Benefits (Schedule    HTML     58K 
                of Components of net periodic benefit (Income)                   
                Expense) (Details)                                               
77: R66         Business Segment and Geographic Information         HTML     60K 
                (Schedule of operating segment results) (Details)                
78: R67         Business Segment and Geographic Information         HTML     47K 
                (Schedule of net sales by class of similar                       
                products) (Details)                                              
81: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    155K 
79: XML         XBRL Instance -- d366574d10q_htm                     XML   1.18M 
80: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    110K 
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10: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- gis-20220828_lab                      XML   1.58M 
11: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- gis-20220828_pre               XML   1.15M 
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82: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              453±   687K 
83: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001193125-22-248384-xbrl      Zip    312K 


‘EX-101.PRE’   —   XBRL Presentations — gis-20220828_pre


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