Item 9A. Controls and Procedures

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Item 9A. Controls and Procedures

We,

under the

supervision and

with the

participation of

our management,

including our

Chief Executive

Officer and

Chief Financial

Officer,

have

evaluated

the

effectiveness

of

the design

and

operation

of

our

disclosure

controls

and

procedures

(as

defined

in

Rule

13a-15(e) under the 1934 Act). Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive

Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded

that,

as of May 29,

2022, our disclosure

controls and procedures

were effective

to ensure that information

required to be disclosed

by us in

reports

that

we

file

or

submit

under

the

1934

Act

is

(1)

recorded,

processed,

summarized,

and

reported

within

the

time

periods

specified

in applicable

rules and

forms, and

(2)

accumulated and

communicated

to our

management,

including our

Chief Executive

Officer and Chief Financial Officer,

in a manner that allows timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

There were

no changes

in our

internal control

over financial

reporting (as

defined in

Rule 13a-15(f)

under the

1934 Act)

during our

fiscal quarter ended May

29, 2022, that have materially

affected, or are reasonably

likely to materially affect,

our internal control

over

financial reporting.

MANAGEMENT’S REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL

OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING

The

management

of

General

Mills,

Inc.

is

responsible

for

establishing

and

maintaining

adequate

internal

control

over

financial

reporting,

as

such

term

is

defined

in

Rule

13a-15(f)

under

the

1934

Act.

The

Company’s

internal

control

system

was

designed

to

provide

reasonable

assurance

to

our

management

and

the

Board

of

Directors

regarding

the

preparation

and

fair

presentation

of

published

financial

statements.

Under

the

supervision

and

with

the

participation

of

management,

including

our

Chief

Executive

Officer and Chief Financial Officer,

we conducted an assessment of the effectiveness

of our internal control over financial reporting

as

of May 29, 2022. In

making this assessment, management

used the criteria set forth

by the Committee of Sponsoring

Organizations of

the Treadway Commission (COSO) in

Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013)

.

Based

on

our

assessment

using

the

criteria

set

forth

by

COSO

in

Internal

Control

–

Integrated

Framework

(2013)

,

management

concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective

as of May 29, 2022.

KPMG

LLP,

our

independent

registered

public

accounting

firm,

has

issued

a

report

on the

effectiveness

of

the Company’s

internal

control over financial reporting.

/s/ J. L. Harmening

/s/ K. A. Bruce

J. L. Harmening

K. A. Bruce

Chief Executive Officer

Chief Financial Officer

June 29, 2022

Our independent registered public accounting firm’s

attestation report on our internal control over financial reporting is included

in the

“Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm” in Item

8 of this report.

ITEM 9B - Other Information

None.

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