GENERAL MILLS INC — Director's Dealing 2009

Sep 8, 2009

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: GENERAL MILLS INC (GIS)
CIK: 0000040704
Period of Report: 2009-09-03

Reporting Person: ROSE MICHAEL D (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2009-09-03	Common Stock	M	10000	$41.11	Acquired	32870.1884	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2009-09-03	Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$41.11	M	10000	Disposed	2009-09-27	Common Stock (10000)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Non-Employee Director option (right to buy) granted under the General Mills, Inc. 1996 Compensation Plan for Non-Employee
Directors.