{"url_path":"/sec/gis/10-k/2026/item-12","section_key":"item-12","section_title":"Item 12 Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"10-K","doc_date":"2026-07-01","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40704/0001628280-26-046466-index.html","accession_number":"0001628280-26-046466","cik":"0000040704","ticker":"GIS","issuer_name":"GENERAL MILLS INC","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/40704/0001628280-26-046466-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0000040704","primary_entity_name":"GENERAL MILLS INC"},"word_count":321,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"ITEM 12 - Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters\n\nThe information contained in the section entitled “Ownership of General Mills Common Stock by Directors, Officers and Certain\n\nBeneficial Owners” in our definitive Proxy Statement for our 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders is incorporated herein by\n\nreference.\n\n93\n\nEquity Compensation Plan Information\n\nThe following table provides certain information as of May 31, 2026, with respect to our equity compensation plans:\n\nPlan Category\n\nNumber of Securities to\n\nbe Issued upon Exercise\n\nof Outstanding Options,\n\nWarrants and Rights (1)\n\nWeighted - Average\n\nExercise Price of\n\nOutstanding\n\nOptions, Warrants\n\nand Rights (2) (a)\n\nNumber of Securities Remaining\n\nAvailable for Future Issuance\n\nUnder Equity Compensation\n\nPlans (Excluding Securities\n\nReflected in Column (1)) (3)\n\nEquity compensation plans approved by\n\nsecurity holders\n\n19,004,328\n\n(b)\n\n$59.00\n\n25,872,524\n\n(d)\n\nEquity compensation plans not approved\n\nby security holders\n\n70,928\n\n(c)\n\n—\n\n—\n\nTotal\n\n19,075,256\n\n$59.00\n\n25,872,524\n\n(a)Only includes the weighted-average exercise price of outstanding options, which have a weighted-average term of 4.4 years.\n\n(b)Includes 13,331,527 stock options, 3,284,114 restricted stock units, 418,289 performance share units (assuming pay out for target\n\nperformance), and 1,970,398 restricted stock units that have vested and been deferred.\n\n(c)Includes 70,928 restricted stock units that have vested and been deferred. These awards were made in lieu of salary increases and certain\n\nother compensation and benefits. We granted these awards under our 1998 Employee Stock Plan, which provided for the issuance of stock\n\noptions, restricted stock, and restricted stock units to attract and retain employees and to align their interest with those of shareholders. We\n\ndiscontinued the 1998 Employee Stock Plan in September 2003, and no future awards may be granted under that plan.\n\n(d)Includes stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, shares of unrestricted stock, stock appreciation rights, and performance\n\nawards that we may award under our 2022 Stock Compensation Plan, which has 25,872,524 shares available for grant at May 31, 2026."}