GENERAL MILLS INC — Director's Dealing 2012

Dec 31, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: GENERAL MILLS INC (GIS)
CIK: 0000040704
Period of Report: 2012-12-27

Reporting Person: Powell Kendall J (Director, Chairman of the Board & CEO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-12-27	Common Stock	M	49500	$23.055	Acquired	695888	Direct
2012-12-27	Common Stock	F	37251	$40.58	Disposed	658637	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-12-27	Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$23.055	M	49500	Disposed	2014-01-15	Common Stock (49500)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	3510	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Transaction pursuant to a 10b5-1 trading plan dated January 11, 2012.

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