Exhibit 31.2
CERTIFICATION
PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY
ACT OF
2002
I, Kofi A. Bruce, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of General Mills, Inc.;
2. Based
on
my
knowledge,
this
report
does
not
contain
any
untrue
statement
of
a
material
fact
or
omit
to
state
a
material
fact
necessary
to make
the statements
made,
in light
of the
circumstances under
which
such statements
were made,
not misleading
with
respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based
on
my
knowledge,
the
financial
statements,
and
other
financial
information
included
in
this
report,
fairly
present
in
all
material respects
the financial
condition, results
of operations
and cash
flows of
the registrant
as of,
and for,
the periods
presented in
this report;
4. The registrant’s
other certifying officer
and I are responsible
for establishing and
maintaining disclosure controls
and procedures
(as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e)
and 15d-15(e)) and
internal control over
financial reporting (as
defined in Exchange
Act
Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
(a) designed such
disclosure controls
and procedures,
or caused
such disclosure
controls and
procedures to
be designed
under our
supervision, to
ensure that
material information
relating to the
registrant, including
its consolidated
subsidiaries, is made
known to us
by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which
this report is being prepared;
(b) designed
such internal
control over
financial reporting,
or caused
such internal
control over
financial reporting
to be
designed
under our
supervision, to
provide reasonable
assurance regarding
the reliability
of financial
reporting and
the preparation
of financial
statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles;
(c) evaluated
the
effectiveness
of
the
registrant’s
disclosure
controls
and
procedures
and
presented
in
this report
our
conclusions
about
the
effectiveness
of
the
disclosure
controls
and
procedures,
as
of
the
end
of
the
period
covered
by
this
report
based
on
such
evaluation; and
(d) disclosed
in
this
report
any
change
in
the
registrant’s
internal
control
over
financial
reporting
that
occurred
during
the
registrant’s
most recent fiscal quarter
(the registrant’s
fourth fiscal quarter in
the case of an annual
report) that has materially
affected,
or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s
internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The
registrant’s
other
certifying
officer
and
I
have
disclosed,
based
on
our
most
recent
evaluation
of
internal
control
over
financial reporting, to the registrant’s
auditors and the audit committee of
the registrant’s board of
directors (or persons performing the
equivalent functions):
(a) all significant
deficiencies and
material weaknesses in
the design
or operation of
internal control over
financial reporting
which
are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s
ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
(b) any fraud,
whether or not
material, that
involves management or
other employees who
have a significant
role in the
registrant’s
internal control over financial reporting.
Kofi A. Bruce
Chief Financial Officer
