Stockholders' Equity (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Nov. 25, 2012

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


		Quarter Ended										Quarter Ended
		Nov. 25, 2012										Nov. 27, 2011
		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					$	541.6	$	(0.2)	$	(0.4)					$	444.8	$	0.6	$	3.8
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Foreign currency translation	$	25.4	$	-		25.4		11.9		21.8	$	(204.2)	$	-		(204.2)		(31.8)		(67.5)
Other fair value changes:
Securities		0.2		-		0.2		-		-		(0.3)		0.1		(0.2)		-		-
Hedge derivatives		4.2		(1.1)		3.1		-		0.4		(15.0)		7.9		(7.1)		-		0.5
Reclassification to earnings:
Hedge derivatives		7.7		(2.0)		5.7		-		0.9		1.9		(0.7)		1.2		-		-
Amortization of losses and prior service costs		40.0		(15.2)		24.8		-		-		32.9		(12.5)		20.4		-		-
Other comprehensive income (loss)	$	77.5	$	(18.3)		59.2		11.9		23.1	$	(184.7)	$	(5.2)		(189.9)		(31.8)		(67.0)
Total comprehensive income (loss)					$	600.8	$	11.7	$	22.7					$	254.9	$	(31.2)	$	(63.2)


		Six-Month Period Ended										Six-Month Period Ended
		Nov. 25, 2012										Nov. 27, 2011
		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					$	1,090.5	$	2.3	$	10.3					$	850.4	$	0.9	$	2.2
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Foreign currency translation	$	85.7	$	-		85.7		11.4		27.4	$	(200.6)	$	-		(200.6)		(32.3)		(70.9)
Other fair value changes:
Securities		0.5		(0.1)		0.4		-		-		(0.7)		0.3		(0.4)		-		-
Hedge derivatives		(4.4)		0.4		(4.0)		-		-		(67.1)		29.1		(38.0)		-		(0.4)
Reclassification to earnings:
Hedge derivatives		12.2		(3.4)		8.8		-		1.6		7.0		(2.7)		4.3		-		-
Amortization of losses and prior service costs		80.0		(30.5)		49.5		-		-		65.8		(24.9)		40.9		-		-
Other comprehensive income (loss)	$	174.0	$	(33.6)		140.4		11.4		29.0	$	(195.6)	$	1.8		(193.8)		(32.3)		(71.3)
Total comprehensive income (loss)					$	1,230.9	$	13.7	$	39.3					$	656.6	$	(31.4)	$	(69.1)

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

In Millions		Nov. 25, 2012		May 27, 2012
Foreign currency translation adjustments	$	368.6	$	282.9
Unrealized gain (loss) from:
Securities		2.2		1.8
Hedge derivatives		(70.5)		(75.3)
Pension, other postretirement, and postemployment benefits:
Net actuarial loss		(1,897.9)		(1,945.9)
Prior service costs		(5.7)		(7.2)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	$	(1,603.3)	$	(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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