GENERAL MILLS INC — Director's Dealing 2009

Jan 14, 2009

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: GENERAL MILLS INC (GIS)
CIK: 0000040704
Period of Report: 2009-01-12

Reporting Person: Erickson Peter C (SVP, Innov, Tech & Quality)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2009-01-12	Common Stock	M	1000	$37.11	Acquired	29459.7138	Direct
2009-01-12	Common Stock	S	1000	$59.4375	Disposed	28459.7138	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2009-01-12	Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$37.11	M	1000	Disposed	2009-01-14	Common Stock (1000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	3318	Indirect

Footnotes

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

F2: Employee option (right to buy) granted by the Compensation Committee of Board of Directors of General Mills, Inc. under
shareholder-approved stock option plans.