---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000040704-26-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GIS"
cik: "0000040704"
company_name: "GENERAL MILLS INC"
filed_at: "2026-04-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T05:57:20.217949+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# General Mills issues €1.7B in junior subordinated notes due 2056

## Summary
- €1.0B Series A at 4.750%, fixed-to-fixed reset rate, due 2056.
- €700M Series B at 5.250%, fixed-to-fixed reset rate, due 2056.
- Sale closed April 16, 2026; underwriters include Barclays, Deutsche Bank, Citi, J.P. Morgan.
- Notes are junior subordinated and rank behind senior debt.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000040704-26-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GIS
- cik: 0000040704
- company_name: GENERAL MILLS INC
- filed_at: 2026-04-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40704/000004070426000004/0000040704-26-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40704/000004070426000004/gis-20260416.htm

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