GENERAL MILLS INC - Director's Dealing 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: GENERAL MILLS INC (GIS)
CIK: 0000040704
Period of Report: 2010-06-28

Reporting Person: Church John R (SVP, Supply Chain)

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-06-28	Common Stock	F	1806	$37.34	Disposed	61646	Direct
2010-06-28	Common Stock	F	1024	$37.34	Disposed	60622	Direct
2010-06-28	Common Stock	A	6756	—	Acquired	67378	Direct
2010-06-28	Common Stock	A	3982	—	Acquired	71360	Direct
2010-06-28	Common Stock	F	184	$37.34	Disposed	4554	Indirect
2010-06-28	Common Stock	A	442	—	Acquired	4996	Indirect
2010-06-28	Common Stock	A	649	—	Acquired	5645	Indirect

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2010-06-28	Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$37.4	A	67557	Acquired	2020-07-28	Common Stock (67557)	Direct
2010-06-28	Restricted Stock Units	$0	A	6756	Acquired	2014-06-28	Common Stock (6756)	Direct
2010-06-28	Restricted Stock Units	$0	A	649	Acquired	2014-06-28	Common Stock (649)	Indirect

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	4068	Indirect
Common Stock	2778	Indirect

F1: Award of restricted stock units that vest on June 28, 2014

F2: Held in Trust by the Trustee of the General Mills Savings Plan.

F3: Held in Trust for the benefit of the reporting person's spouse by the Trustee of the General Mills Savings Plan.

F4: Each restricted stock unit is the economic equivalent of one share of General Mills, Inc. common stock.