GENERAL MILLS INC — Director's Dealing 2012

Jun 29, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: GENERAL MILLS INC (GIS)
CIK: 0000040704
Period of Report: 2012-06-26

Reporting Person: Church John R (Senior Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-06-26	Common Stock	A	2171	—	Acquired	60650	Direct
2012-06-26	Common Stock	A	9462	—	Acquired	70112	Direct
2012-06-26	Common Stock	A	264	—	Acquired	3120	Indirect
2012-06-26	Common Stock	A	57	—	Acquired	3177	Indirect

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-06-26	Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$38.15	A	47306	Acquired	2022-07-26	Common Stock (47306)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	4316	Indirect
Common Stock	2948	Indirect
Common Stock	28315	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Award of restricted stock units that vest on June 26, 2016.

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: Shares held in revocable trusts for the benefit of the reporting person and his spouse. The reporting person and his spouse are trustees of the trusts.