GENERAL MILLS INC — Director's Dealing 2016

May 14, 2016

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: GENERAL MILLS INC (GIS)
CIK: 0000040704
Period of Report: 2016-05-12

Reporting Person: Mulligan Donal L (Executive Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2016-05-12	Common Stock	M	62400.0	$29.395	Acquired	282336.29	Direct
2016-05-12	Common Stock	S	45968.0	$64.5	Disposed	236368.29	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2016-05-12	Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$29.395	M	62400.0	Disposed	2017-07-25	Common Stock (62400)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	4118	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Shares were sold pursuant to a 10b5-1 trading plan dated April 11, 2016.

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