General Mills Quarterly Dividend Declared

Annual Shareholders Meeting Highlights

09/22/2008

MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.---The General Mills Board of Directors today declared a quarterly dividend at the prevailing rate of $.43 per share, payable Nov. 3, 2008, to shareholders of record Oct. 10, 2008.  General Mills (NYSE:GIS) and its predecessor firm have now paid dividends without reduction or interruption for 110 years.

In actions at General Mills’ 80th annual meeting held today in Minneapolis, shareholders elected the 13 directors nominated and ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the company’s independent auditor. 

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