GENERAL MILLS INC — Director's Dealing 2012

Nov 2, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: GENERAL MILLS INC (GIS)
CIK: 0000040704
Period of Report: 2012-10-31

Reporting Person: OLeary Christopher D (Executive Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-10-31	Common Stock	M	128000	$21.93	Acquired	339449	Direct
2012-10-31	Common Stock	S	128000	$39.9973	Disposed	211449	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-10-31	Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$21.93	M	128000	Disposed	2013-01-16	Common Stock (128000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	2199	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Shares were sold pursuant to a 10b5-1 trading plan dated June 29, 2012.

F2: Represents the weighted average of actual sale prices that range from $39.9844 to $40.0091. Full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price is available upon request of the Securities and Exchange Commission or any security holder of the company.

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