---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-018891"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GIS"
cik: "0000040704"
company_name: "GENERAL MILLS INC"
filed_at: "2024-01-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T15:20:22.738187+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# General Mills appoints two new board members, issues $500M 4.700% notes, declares quarterly dividend

## Summary
- Benno O. Dorer and John G. Morikis elected to board; board size now 13 directors.
- Quarterly dividend declared at $0.59/share, payable May 1, 2024 to holders of record April 10, 2024; 125th consecutive year.
- Issued $500M of 4.700% Notes due 2027; closed Jan 30; underwriters BofA, Goldman, JPM, Morgan Stanley.
- By-laws amended to grant shareholders right to call special meeting.
- Dorer (former Clorox CEO) and Morikis (Sherwin-Williams Executive Chairman) bring consumer and industrial experience.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-018891
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GIS
- cik: 0000040704
- company_name: GENERAL MILLS INC
- filed_at: 2024-01-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40704/000119312524018891/0001193125-24-018891-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40704/000119312524018891/d745524d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-018891.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Benno O. Dorer was appointed as Director at GENERAL MILLS INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On January 29, 2024, Benno O. Dorer and John G. Morikis were appointed to the Board of Directors of General Mills, Inc.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40704/000119312524018891/0001193125-24-018891-index.htm
- Executive change
  John G. Morikis was appointed as Director at GENERAL MILLS INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On January 29, 2024, Benno O. Dorer and John G. Morikis were appointed to the Board of Directors of General Mills, Inc.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40704/000119312524018891/0001193125-24-018891-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  GENERAL MILLS INC: Amended By-Laws to provide shareholders with a right to call a special shareholder meeting (effective 2024-01-29).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2024-01-29
  source text: On January 29, 2024, the Board of Directors of the Company amended the Company’s By-Laws to provide shareholders with a right to call a special shareholder meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40704/000119312524018891/0001193125-24-018891-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.