GENERAL MILLS INC — Director's Dealing 2012

Aug 2, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: GENERAL MILLS INC (GIS)
CIK: 0000040704
Period of Report: 2012-08-01

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

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-08-01	Common Stock	M	48000	$21.93	Acquired	681888	Direct
2012-08-01	Common Stock	F	36192	$38.43	Disposed	645696	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-08-01	Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$21.93	M	48000	Disposed	2013-01-16	Common Stock (48000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	3483	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.