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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-003542"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "GIS"
cik: "0000040704"
company_name: "GENERAL MILLS INC"
filed_at: "2026-01-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T07:41:39.788977+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# General Mills appoints Joan Bottarini to board of directors; declares $0.61 quarterly dividend

## Summary
- Joan Bottarini, EVP and CFO of Hyatt Hotels, appointed to General Mills board effective Jan 26, 2026.
- Bottarini will serve on Audit and Compensation Committees; board size increases to 12 directors.
- Quarterly dividend of $0.61 per share declared, payable May 1, 2026 to holders of record Apr 10, 2026.
- General Mills has paid uninterrupted dividends for 127 consecutive years.
- Bylaws amended to revise director nomination procedures and majority voting provisions (administrative).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-003542
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: GIS
- cik: 0000040704
- company_name: GENERAL MILLS INC
- filed_at: 2026-01-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40704/000162828026003542/0001628280-26-003542-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40704/000162828026003542/gis-20260126.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: df92b37a39271e348ff37f2acb08251a39b66895
  claim: GENERAL MILLS INC: Amended and restated By-Laws to revise director nomination and proposal procedures, revise majority voting provision, and make administrative changes (effective 2026-01-26).
  evidence_excerpt: On January 26, 2026, the Board of Directors amended and restated the Company’s By-Laws to, among other things: i. revise procedures and disclosure requirements for the nomination of directors and the submission of proposals for consideration at annual meetings of the stockholders of the Company; ii. revise the majority voting provision to clarify when an election will be deemed contested; and iii. make certain administrative, modernizing, clarifying and conforming changes.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40704/000162828026003542/0001628280-26-003542-index.htm

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