GENERAL MILLS INC — Director's Dealing 2008

Oct 8, 2008

SEC Form 3 — Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: GENERAL MILLS INC (GIS)
CIK: 0000040704
Period of Report: 2008-10-01

Reporting Person: Davis Michael Lee (SVP, Global Human Resources)

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	53806.48	Direct
Common Stock	14	Indirect
Common Stock	14	Indirect
Common Stock	2903	Indirect

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$34.56	2010-01-13	Common Stock (37500)		Direct
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$34.72	2010-09-01	Common Stock (15000)		Direct
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$38.19	2010-07-26	Common Stock (3902)		Direct
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$40.11	2009-07-28	Common Stock (3154)		Direct
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$40.47	2011-01-18	Common Stock (50000)		Direct
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$41.5	2009-09-01	Common Stock (16250)		Direct
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$43.79	2011-09-01	Common Stock (6200)		Direct
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$43.86	2013-01-16	Common Stock (35000)		Direct
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$46.11	2014-01-15	Common Stock (32813)		Direct
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$46.97	2015-01-13	Common Stock (60000)		Direct
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$49.61	2012-01-17	Common Stock (43750)		Direct
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$51.26	2016-07-26	Common Stock (32813)		Direct
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$58.79	2017-07-25	Common Stock (34125)		Direct
Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$63.4	2018-07-23	Common Stock (41117)		Direct
Restricted Stock Units	$0	2012-06-23	Common Stock (5135)		Direct

Footnotes

F1: Held in Trust by the Trustee of the General Mills Savings Plan.

F2: Each restricted stock unit is the economic equivalent of one share of General Mills, Inc. common stock.