GENERAL MILLS INC — Director's Dealing 2009

Sep 23, 2009

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: GENERAL MILLS INC (GIS)
CIK: 0000040704
Period of Report: 2009-09-21

Reporting Person: MILLER HEIDI (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2009-09-21	Common Stock	A	1484	—	Acquired	13127.1165	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2009-09-21	Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$60.66	A	7418	Acquired	2019-09-21	Common Stock (7418)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Automatic grant of restricted stock units under the General Mills, Inc. 2006 Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors.
Each restricted stock unit vests on the date of the next annual meeting of General Mills stockholders and represents a
contingent right to receive one share of General Mills, Inc. common stock.

F2: Automatic grant of Non-Employee Director stock option (right to buy) under the General Mills, Inc. 2006 Compensation Plan for
Non-Employee Directors.

F3: Vests on the date of the next annual meeting of General Mills stockholders.