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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-227737"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GIS"
cik: "0000040704"
company_name: "GENERAL MILLS INC"
filed_at: "2024-09-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T01:20:57.612484+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# General Mills annual meeting: all directors elected, say-on-pay passes, ESG proposals fail

## Summary
- All 12 director nominees elected; CEO Jeffrey Harmening received lowest support (93.9%) with 374.5M votes for.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 92.8% support (373.1M for, 26.6M against).
- Ratification of PwC as auditor approved with 447.9M votes for (92.6%), no broker non-votes.
- Shareholder proposal on regenerative agriculture defeated: 284.7M against, 110.9M for.
- Shareholder proposal on plastic packaging defeated: 233.8M against, 156.3M for.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-227737
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GIS
- cik: 0000040704
- company_name: GENERAL MILLS INC
- filed_at: 2024-09-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40704/000119312524227737/0001193125-24-227737-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40704/000119312524227737/d865628d8k.htm

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