The fiscal year 2017 annual report of General Mills, Inc. is available on this book's Website.

Required

a. How many shares of common stock is General Mills authorized to issue? How many common shares are issued as of May 28, 2017?

b. What is the par value of General Mills' common stock?

c. Does General Mills have any preferred shares? If so, how many shares of preferred stock are outstanding on May 28,2017 ?

d. How many treasury shares did General Mills purchase on the open market during the 2017 fiscal year? What did General Mills pay to purchase these shares? How many common shares are in the treasury as of May 28,2017 ?

e. What is General Mills' return on common stockholders' equity for the 2017 fiscal year?

f. What is the cash dividend per share declared by General Mills in fiscal year 2017? 2016?

g. What are General Mills' basic earnings per share in fiscal year 2017? 2016?

h. What is General Mills' dividend payout ratio for fiscal year 2017? 2016?