GENERAL MILLS INC — Director's Dealing 2009

Jul 2, 2009

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: GENERAL MILLS INC (GIS)
CIK: 0000040704
Period of Report: 2009-06-29

Reporting Person: Friendly Ian R (EVP, COO, US Retail)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2009-06-29	Common Stock	A	44.0054	—	Acquired	85230.8347	Direct
2009-06-29	Common Stock	A	51.2178	—	Acquired	85282.0525	Direct
2009-06-29	Common Stock	A	7042	—	Acquired	92324.0525	Direct
2009-06-29	Common Stock	A	2330	—	Acquired	94654.0525	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2009-06-29	Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$55.84	A	70420	Acquired	2019-07-29	Common Stock (70420)	Direct
2009-06-29	Restricted Stock Units	$0	A	2330	Acquired	2013-06-29	Common Stock (2330)	Direct
2009-06-29	Restricted Stock Units	$0	A	7042	Acquired	2013-06-29	Common Stock (7042)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	376	Indirect
Common Stock	376	Indirect
Common Stock	376	Indirect
Common Stock	8522	Indirect
Common Stock	3033	Indirect
Common Stock	3975	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Award of restricted stock units that vest on June 29, 2013

F2: Shares held in irrevocable trust for the benefit of reporting person's child(ren).

F3: Held in Trust by the Trustee of the General Mills Savings Plan.

F4: Held in Trust for which the reporting person's spouse is a trustee and the reporting person's spouse and children are
beneficiaries.

F5: Grantor Retained Annuity Trust for which reporting person serves as trustee and exercises investment and voting control.

F6: Each restricted stock unit is the economic equivalent of one share of General Mills, Inc. common stock.