GENERAL MILLS INC — Director's Dealing 2012

Jun 28, 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: Friendly Ian R (Executive Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-06-26	Common Stock	A	4264	—	Acquired	262699.16	Direct
2012-06-26	Common Stock	A	17694	—	Acquired	280393.16	Direct

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	88467	Acquired	2022-07-26	Common Stock (88467)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	752	Indirect
Common Stock	752	Indirect
Common Stock	752	Indirect
Common Stock	13189	Indirect
Common Stock	8288	Indirect
Common Stock	7950	Indirect

Footnotes

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

F2: Shares held in irrevocable trust for the benefit of reporting person's child(ren).

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

F4: Held in Trust for which the reporting person's spouse is a trustee and the reporting person's spouse and children are beneficiaries.

F5: Grantor Retained Annuity Trust for which reporting person serves as trustee and exercises investment and voting control.