As a corporate citizen, we feel we have a responsibility to engage in ongoing dialogue with policy makers and to support the legislative process by contributing prudently to state and local candidates and political organizations when such contributions are permitted by federal, state and local law. We believe that good-faith collaboration can result in better policies that reflect the underlying principles of democratic and representative government.

We recognize the importance of accountability and transparency for our political contributions. Our policy describes our procedures for using corporate funds for political contributions.

We have made available a list of our political contributions during the last calendar year. We will update the list annually.

In 1976, our employees established the General Mills Political Action Committee (GMPAC), which is run by employees and uses employee funds to make political contributions to federal and in limited cases state political candidates. We pay the costs of administering the GMPAC, but we do not make contributions on behalf of the company through the GMPAC.

A list of political contributions by the General Mills Political Action Committee during the current election cycle is available on the Federal Election Commission Web site.