GENERAL MILLS INC — Director's Dealing 2009

May 5, 2009

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: GENERAL MILLS INC (GIS)
CIK: 0000040704
Period of Report: 2009-05-04

Reporting Person: CLARK R KERRY (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2009-05-04	Common Stock	A	1716.0000	—	Acquired	1716.0000	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2009-05-04	Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$52.45	A	8580	Acquired	2019-05-04	Common Stock (8580)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Automatic grant of restricted stock under the General Mills, Inc. 2006 Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors.

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