Stockholders' Equity (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Feb. 24, 2013

Schedule of total comprehensive income (loss) [Table Text Block]


		Quarter Ended										Quarter Ended
		Feb. 24, 2013										Feb. 26, 2012
		General Mills						Noncontrolling Interests		Redeemable Interest		General Mills						Noncontrolling Interests		Redeemable Interest

In Millions		Pretax		Tax		Net		Net		Net		Pretax		Tax		Net		Net		Net
Net earnings, including earnings attributable to redeemable and noncontrolling interests					$	398.4	$	4.2	$	10.0					$	391.5	$	2.7	$	6.6
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Foreign currency translation	$	11.2	$	-		11.2		5.9		(3.1)	$	79.0	$	-		79.0		5.5		18.0
Other fair value changes:
Securities		0.3		(0.1)		0.2		-		-		0.9		(0.4)		0.5		-		-
Hedge derivatives		29.7		(9.1)		20.6		-		2.1		(11.0)		1.5		(9.5)		-		(1.5)
Reclassification to earnings:
Hedge derivatives (a)		3.7		(1.0)		2.7		-		0.5		3.7		(1.4)		2.3		-		0.8
Amortization of losses and prior service costs (b)		39.9		(15.3)		24.6		-		-		32.9		(12.5)		20.4		-		-
Other comprehensive income (loss)	$	84.8	$	(25.5)		59.3		5.9		(0.5)	$	105.5	$	(12.8)		92.7		5.5		17.3
Total comprehensive income					$	457.7	$	10.1	$	9.5					$	484.2	$	8.2	$	23.9

(a) Loss reclassified from AOCI into earnings is reported in interest, net for interest rate swaps and in cost of sales and SG&A expenses for foreign exchange contracts.

(b) Loss reclassified from AOCI into earnings is reported in SG&A expenses.


		Nine-Month Period Ended										Nine-Month Period Ended
		Feb. 24, 2013										Feb. 26, 2012
		General Mills						Noncontrolling Interests		Redeemable Interest		General Mills						Noncontrolling Interests		Redeemable Interest

In Millions		Pretax		Tax		Net		Net		Net		Pretax		Tax		Net		Net		Net
Net earnings, including earnings attributable to redeemable and noncontrolling interests					$	1,488.9	$	6.5	$	20.3					$	1,241.9	$	3.6	$	8.8
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Foreign currency translation	$	96.9	$	-		96.9		17.3		24.3	$	(121.6)	$	-		(121.6)		(26.8)		(52.9)
Other fair value changes:
Securities		0.8		(0.2)		0.6		-		-		0.2		(0.1)		0.1		-		-
Hedge derivatives		25.3		(8.7)		16.6		-		2.1		(78.1)		30.6		(47.5)		-		(1.9)
Reclassification to earnings:
Hedge derivatives (a)		15.9		(4.4)		11.5		-		2.1		10.7		(4.1)		6.6		-		0.8
Amortization of losses and prior service costs (b)		119.9		(45.8)		74.1		-		-		98.7		(37.4)		61.3		-		-
Other comprehensive income (loss)	$	258.8	$	(59.1)		199.7		17.3		28.5	$	(90.1)	$	(11.0)		(101.1)		(26.8)		(54.0)
Total comprehensive income (loss)					$	1,688.6	$	23.8	$	48.8					$	1,140.8	$	(23.2)	$	(45.2)

(a) Loss reclassified from AOCI into earnings is reported in interest, net for interest rate swaps and in cost of sales and SG&A expenses for foreign exchange contracts.

(b) Loss reclassified from AOCI into earnings is reported in SG&A expenses.

Schedule of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) [Table Text Block]

In Millions		Feb. 24, 2013		May 27, 2012
Foreign currency translation adjustments	$	379.8	$	282.9
Unrealized gain (loss) from:
Securities		2.4		1.8
Hedge derivatives		(47.2)		(75.3)
Pension, other postretirement, and postemployment benefits:
Net actuarial loss		(1,874.0)		(1,945.9)
Prior service costs		(5.0)		(7.2)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	$	(1,544.0)	$	(1,743.7)

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of components of comprehensive income (loss) including, but not limited to: (a) foreign currency translation adjustments; (b) gains (losses) on foreign currency transactions that are designated as, and are effective as, economic hedges of a net investment in a foreign entity; (c) gains (losses) on intercompany foreign currency transactions that are of a long-term-investment nature, when the entities to the transaction are consolidated, combined, or accounted for by the equity method in the reporting enterprise's financial statements; (d) change in the market value of a futures contract that qualifies as a hedge of an asset reported at fair value; (e) unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities and that resulting from transfers of debt securities from the held-to-maturity category to the available-for-sale category; (f) a net loss recognized as an additional pension liability not yet recognized as net periodic pension cost; and (g) the net gain (loss) and net prior service cost or credit for pension plans and other postretirement benefit plans.

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