Analyzing, Forecasting, and Interpreting Income Statement and Balance Sheet Following are the income statement and balance sheet of General Mills, Inc.

Income Statement, Fiscal Years Ended (in $ millions)	May 26, 2013	May 27, 2012	May 29, 2011
Net Sales	$ 17,774.1	$ 16,657.9	$ 14,880.2
Cost of Sales	11,350.2	10,613.2	8,926.7
Selling, general and administrative expenses	3,552.3	3,380.7	3,192.0
Divestitures (gain)	--	--	(17.4)
Restructuring, impairment, and other exit costs	19.8	101.6	4.4
Operating profit	2,851.8	2,562.4	2,774.5
Interest, net	316.9	351.9	346.3
Earnings before income taxes and after tax earnings from joint ventures	2,534.9	2,210.5	2,428.2
Income taxes	741.2	709.6	721.1
After-tax earnings from joint ventures	98.8	88.2	96.4
Net earnings, including earnings attributable to redeemable and noncontrolling interests	1,892.5	1,589.1	1,803.5
Net earnings attributable to redeemable and noncontrolling interests	37.3	21.8	5.2
Net earnings attributable to General Mills	$ 1,855.2	$ 1,567.3	$ 1,798.3

Balance Sheet (in millions except per share data)	May 26, 2013	May 27, 2012
Assets
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 741.4	$ 471.2
Receivables	1,446.4	1,323.6
Inventories	1,545.5	1,478.8
Deferred income taxes	128.0	59.7
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	437.6	358.1
Total current assets	4,298.9	3,691.4
Land, buildings, and equipment	3,878.1	3,652.7
Goodwill	8,622.2	8,182.5
Other intangible assets	5,015.1	4,704.9
Other assets	843.7	865.3
Total assets	$ 22,658.0	$ 21,096.8
Liabilities and stockholders' equity
Current liabilities
Accounts payable	$ 1,423.2	$ 1,148.9
Current portion of long-term debt	1,443.3	741.2
Notes payable	599.7	526.5
Other current liabilities	1,827.7	1,426.6
Total current liabilities	5,293.9	3,843.2
Long-term debt	5,926.1	6,161.9
Deferred income taxes	1,389.1	1,171.4
Other liabilities	1,952.9	2,189.8
Total liabilities	14,562.0	13,366.3
Redeemable interest	967.5	847.8
Stockholders' equity
Common stock, 754.6 shares issued, $0.10 par value	75.5	75.5
Additional paid-in capital	1,166.6	1,308.4
Retained earnings	10,702.6	9,958.5
Common stock in treasury, at cost, shares of 113.8 and 106.1	(3,687.2)	(3,177.0)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(1,585.3)	(1,743.7)
Total stockholders' equity	6,672.2	6,421.7
Noncontrolling interests	456.3	461.0
Total Equity	7,128.5	6,882.7
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity	$ 22,658.0	$ 21,096.8

Forecast General Mill's fiscal 2014 income statement using the following relations (assume "no change" for accounts not listed). Assume that depreciation and amortization expense is included as part of selling, general and administrative expense ($ millions).

Net sales growth	5.0%
Cost of sales/Net sales	63.9%
Selling, general and administrative expenses/Net sales	20.0%
Divestitures (gain), net	$--
Restructuring, impairment, and other exit costs	$--
Interest, net	$316.9
Income tax expense/Pretax income	29.2%
After-tax earnings from joint ventures	$98.8
Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests/Net earnings before attribution	2.0%

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Forecast General Mill's fiscal 2014 balance sheet using the following relations (assume"no change" for accounts not listed). Assume that all capital expenditures are purchases of land, building and equipment, net. ($ millions).

Cash/Net sales	4.2%
Receivables/Net sales	8.1%
Inventories/Net sales	8.7%
Deferred income tax/Net sales	0.7%
Prepaid expenses and other current assets/Net sales	2.5%
Other intangible assets	$0 amortization
Other assets/Net sales	4.7%
Accounts payable/Net sales	8.0%
Other current liabilities/Net sales	10.3%
Current portion of long-term debt	$1,181.9
Deferred income taxes/Net sales	7.8%
Other liabilities/Net sales	11.0%
Capital expenditures/Net sales	3.5%
Depreciation/Prior year net PPE	16.1%
Dividends/Net earnings attributable to General Mills	46.8%

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Round answers to one decimal place. Do not use negative signs with your answers. 2014 Income Statement, Fiscal Years Ended ($ millions) Estimated Net sales 18,662.8 Cost of sales 11,925.5 Selling, general and administrative expenses Divestitures (gain), net Restructuring, impairment, and other exit costs Operating profit 3,732.6 0 0 3,004.7 Interest. net 316.9 Earnings before income taxes and after-tax earnings from joint ventures 2,687.8 Income taxes 784.8 After-tax earnings from joint ventures 98.8 Net earnings, including earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests 2,001.8 Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests 40 Net earnings attributable to General Mills 1,961.8