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Form of Employee Purchase Agreement

 Exhibit 10.10 

 
 Form of 

 
 INERGY MIDSTREAM, L.P. EMPLOYEE UNIT PURCHASE PLAN

  
 SECTION 1 

INTRODUCTION 
  

	1.1	 	Establishment. The Inergy Midstream, L.P. Employee Unit Purchase Plan (the “Plan”) has been adopted on
[            ] by NRGM GP, LLC., a Delaware limited liability company, (the “General Partner”), the general partner of Inergy Midstream, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the
“Partnership”). 

  

	1.2	 	Purpose. The purpose of the Plan is to promote the interests of the General Partner and the Partnership by encouraging all full-time employees of the General
Partner, the Partnership and their Affiliates to acquire or increase their ownership of Units and to provide a means whereby such individuals may develop a sense of proprietorship and personal involvement in the development and financial success of
the Partnership, and to encourage them to devote their best efforts to the business of the Partnership, thereby advancing the interests of the Partnership and the General Partner. 

 
 SECTION 2 

DEFINITIONS 
  

	2.1	 	The following terms shall have the meanings set forth below. 

  

	 	(a)	 	“Affiliates” means with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls, is controlled by or
is under common control with, the Person in question. As used herein, the term “control” means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through
ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. 

  

	 	(b)	 	“Board” means the Board of Directors of the General Partner. 

 

	 	(c)	 	“Committee” means the Board or such committee appointed by the Board to administer the Plan pursuant to Section 8. 

 

	 	(d)	 	“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time. 

  

	 	(e)	 	“Employee” means any individual who is a full-time employee of the General Partner, the Partnership or one of their Affiliates, but excluding any employee
covered by a collective bargaining agreement unless such bargaining agreement provides for his participation in the Plan. 

  

	 	(f)	 	“Employer” means the General Partner, the Partnership and/or one of their Affiliates, as the case may be. 

 

	 	(g)	 	 “Fair Market Value” means the closing sales price of a Unit on the applicable date (or if there is no trading in the Units on such date, on
the next preceding date on which there was trading) as reported in The Wall Street Journal (or other reporting service approved by the Committee). In the event Units are not publicly traded at

	 	
the time a determination of fair market value is required to be made hereunder, the determination of fair market value shall be made in good faith by the Committee. 

 

	 	(h)	 	“Offering Period” means each calendar quarter; provided, however, the Offering Period shall include such shorter periods, if any, as may be designated by the
Committee from time to time. 

  

	 	(i)	 	“Person” means an individual or a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization, association,
governmental agency or political subdivision thereof or other entity. 

  

	 	(j)	 	“Purchase Period” means the 10-day period following the end of each calendar quarter; provided, however, the Purchase Period shall include such other periods,
if any, as may be designated by the Committee from time to time. 

  

	 	(k)	 	“Rule 16b-3” means Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “1934 Act”). 

 

	 	(l)	 	“Unit” means a Common Unit of the Partnership. 

  

	2.2	 	Gender and Number. Except when otherwise indicated by the context, the masculine gender shall also include the feminine gender, and the definition of any term
herein in the singular shall also include the plural. 

  
 SECTION 3 
 ELIGIBILITY 
  

	3.1	 	Eligibility and Plan Entry Date. All Employees shall be eligible to participate in the Plan. An Employee is eligible to enter the Plan beginning on the first day
of the month following thirty (30) days after such individual’s employment commencement date. 

  

	3.2	 	Prior Service Credit. The Committee, in its discretion, may grant prior service credit to individuals that become Employees pursuant to a corporate merger or
acquisition. 

  
 SECTION 4 

UNITS AVAILABLE UNDER PLAN 
  

	4.1	 	 Unless otherwise increased by the Board, the maximum number of Units that may be purchased for Employees under this Plan is 200,000 Units. Units to be
delivered under the Plan may be Units acquired by the General Partner in the open market, Units already owned by the General Partner, Units acquired by the General Partner directly from the Partnership or any other person, or any combination of the
foregoing. Upon an Employee’s termination of employment with his or her Employer, all amounts then credited to his or her notional account under the Plan, if any, shall be paid to the terminated Employee as soon as practicable. In the event the
Committee determines that any distribution, recapitalization, split, reverse split, reorganization, merger, consolidation, spin-off, combination, or exchange of Units or other securities of the Partnership, issuance of warrants or other rights to
purchase Units or other securities of the Partnership, or other similar transaction or event affects the Units such that an adjustment in the maximum number of Units and/or the kind and number of securities deliverable under the Plan is appropriate
in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan, then the 

  
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Committee may make appropriate adjustments to the maximum number of Units and/or the kind and number of securities deliverable under the Plan. The adjustments determined by the Committee shall be
final, binding and conclusive. 

  

SECTION 5 

PURCHASE OF UNITS 
  

	5.1	 	Employee Withholding Elections. The Committee shall provide an Employee with the ability to purchase Units under this Plan upon the following terms and
conditions: 

  

	 	(a)	 	Effective as of the beginning of any month, an Employee may elect to have his Employer withhold from the Employee’s cash base salary or cash base wages each future
pay period, for the purchase of Units hereunder, a designated whole percentage of the Employee’s cash base salary or wages (in whole percentages only, not to exceed 10%). An Employee may change (within the above limitations) or, subject to
Section 5.1(f), stop his withholding election at any time; however, only two such changes may be made during any calendar year. All Employee elections and any changes to an election shall be in such written form as the Committee or its delegate
may establish from time to time. Employees may only make contributions through payroll deductions. 

  

	 	(b)	 	Each withholding election made by an Employee hereunder shall be an ongoing election until the earlier of the date changed by the Employee or the date the Employee
ceases to be eligible to participate in the Plan. 

  

	 	(c)	 	The General Partner shall maintain for each electing Employee a separate notional or ledger account reflecting the aggregate amount of his cash base salary or wages
that has been withheld and not yet applied to the purchase of Units for such Employee. In addition, subject to the further provisions of the Plan, such account shall be credited with the Units purchased for the Employee under the Plan until such
Units are issued in accordance with Section 6. Amounts of cash base salary or wages withheld by the Employer and remitted to the General Partner shall not be segregated from the general assets of the General Partner and shall not bear interest.

  

	 	(d)	 	During each Purchase Period, the General Partner shall use, to the fullest extent practicable, all amounts then credited to the notional accounts of the electing
Employees to purchase Units for such Employees. Purchases of Units may be made at any time or times during the Purchase Period on any securities exchange on which the Units are traded, in the over-the-counter market and/or in negotiated transactions
as the Committee shall determine. 

  

	 	(e)	 	 Upon an Employee’s termination of employment with his or her Employer, all cash amounts and whole Units then credited to his or her notional
account under the Plan, if any, shall be paid or distributed to the terminated Employee as soon as reasonably practicable and in no event later than 60 days following such Employee’s date of termination. To the extent an Employee has a
fractional Unit credited to his or her notional account under the Plan on the date of termination, 

  
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such fractional Unit will be liquidated and the Employee will receive his pro rata portion of the proceeds from such liquidation. 

 

	 	(f)	 	Subject to the limitation provided above in Section 5.1(a), an Employee may elect to cease contributing to the Plan. Provided an Employee submits his or her
election to stop withholding prior to the five business day period before the beginning of an immediately upcoming Purchase Period, the Employee may elect to cease contributing to the Plan and either (i) have all amounts then credited to such
Employee’s notional account returned to the Employee as soon as administratively practicable, or (ii) alternatively, have all amounts then credited to such Employee’s notional account applied toward the purchase of Units in the
immediately upcoming Purchase Period. Unless otherwise administratively feasible, to the extent an Employee submits his or her election to stop withholding within the five business day period before the beginning of the immediately upcoming Purchase
Period, all amounts credited to such Employee’s notional account will be applied toward the purchase of Units in the immediately following Purchase Period and the Employee’s election to stop withholding shall become effective as of the
commencement of the next following Offering Period. All requests to withdraw from the Plan submitted during a Purchase Period will become effective as of the then-current Offering Period. 

 

	5.2	 	Purchase of Units and Plan Expenses. During each Purchase Period, the General Partner, using funds withheld from Employees’ wages pursuant to this
Section 5, shall purchase for the electing Employees the maximum number of whole Units that can be acquired (using the Unit’s Fair Market Value on the date of purchase) based on the sum of (a) cash amounts then credited to the
electing Employees’ notional accounts, and (b) an amount, as determined from time to time by the Committee, not to exceed 10% of the amount then credited to the electing Employees’ notional accounts (the “Employer Match
Amount”). The General Partner shall pay, other than from the notional accounts, all brokerage fees and other costs and expenses of the Plan. The Units acquired under the Plan for a Purchase Period shall be allocated to Employees in proportion
to (a) the sum of their contributions and their allocable Employer Match Amount, over (b) the total of all such Plan amounts applied to the purchase of Units for the Purchase Period. To the extent that Units are purchased on multiple days
or at multiple times during a single Purchase Period, the General Partner shall use the weighted average of the Units’ Fair Market Value at the times of purchase as the applicable Unit price upon which Units are allocated to the participating
Employees. Notwithstanding that fractional Units may be allocated to an Employee’s account, an Employee who does not have at least one whole Unit credited to his account at the beginning of a Purchase Period must have enough money credited to
his notional account to purchase at least one whole Unit. To the extent such an Employee does not have enough cash funds credited to his notional account to purchase at least one whole Unit, all amounts credited to the such Employee’s notional
account will be held in a suspense account and disregarded for purposes of purchasing Units until such time as there are enough funds for the purchase of at least one whole Unit.  

 

	5.3	 	 Withholding of Taxes. To the extent that the Employer is required to withhold any taxes in connection with the purchase of Units, it will be a
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Units that the Employee make arrangements satisfactory to the Employer for the payment of such taxes, which may include, but not be limited to, a reduction in the cash amounts or Units in such
Employee’s notional account. 

  

SECTION 6 

RESTRICTIONS ON UNITS 
  

	6.1	 	Holding Period; Delivery of Units. Subject to the exception provided below under Section 6.2, all Units purchased under the Plan shall be subject to a
holding period which shall expire on the first anniversary of the date the Units were purchased under the Plan (the “Holding Period”). During the Holding Period, each Employee shall be prohibited from pledging, transferring, selling or
otherwise disposing of the Units and such Units shall be held by the Employer or General Partner for the benefit of the Employee. Upon the expiration of such Holding Period, the Employee may, if he or she desires, make a request to the Employer (or
its designated third party plan administrator, if any) to receive certificates for all of such unrestricted whole Units. Otherwise, such Units shall be held without restriction (a) by the Employer or (b) in the name of the third party
administrator (or its designee), if any, for the benefit of the Employee. 

  

	6.2	 	Holding Period Exception. Notwithstanding the Holding Period imposed above under Section 6.1 and subject to the conditions imposed pursuant to this
Section 6.2, an Employee will be permitted to pledge, transfer, sell or otherwise dispose of his or her restricted whole Units during the one year holding period (a “Restricted Transfer”) by notifying the Employer (or its designated
third party plan administrator) of his or her intention to engage in a Restricted Transfer. If a Restricted Transfer occurs, the Employee shall be prohibited from participating in the Plan again until the first Purchase Period following the first
anniversary of the date of the Restricted Transfer. During this period of prohibition, no amounts shall be withheld from the Employee’s cash base salary or cash base wages. Such withholding shall not be allowed to resume, at the earliest, until
the first pay period following the first anniversary of the date of the Restricted Transfer. To the extent an Employee has cash amounts credited to his or her notional account under the Plan on the date of a Restricted Transfer, all such amounts
will be returned to the Employee. To the extent an Employee has a fractional Unit credited to his or her notional account under the Plan on the date of a Restricted Transfer, such fractional Unit will be liquidated and the Employee will receive his
pro rata portion of the proceeds from such liquidation. 

  

	6.3	 	 Investment Representation. Unless the Units subject to purchase under the Plan have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the “1933 Act”), and, in the case of any Employee who may be deemed an affiliate (for securities law purposes) of the General Partner or the Partnership, such Units have been registered under the 1933 Act for resale by such Employee, or
the Partnership has determined that an exemption from registration is available, the General Partner may require prior to and as a condition of the delivery of any Units that the person purchasing such Units hereunder furnish the General Partner
with a written representation in a form prescribed by the Committee to the effect that such person is acquiring such Units solely with a view to investment for his or her own account and not with a view to the resale or distribution of all or any
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with the provisions of Rule 144 under the 1933 Act unless and until either the Units are registered under the 1933 Act or the General Partner is satisfied that an exemption from such registration
is available. 

  

	6.4	 	Compliance with Securities Laws. Notwithstanding anything herein or in any other agreement to the contrary, the Partnership shall not be obligated to sell or
issue any Units to an Employee under the Plan unless and until the Partnership is satisfied that such sale or issuance complies with (a) all applicable requirements of the securities exchange on which the Units are traded (or the governing body
of the principal market in which such Units are traded, if such Units are not then listed on an exchange), (b) all applicable provisions of the 1933 Act, and (c) all other laws or regulations by which the Partnership is bound or to which
the Partnership is subject. The General Partner acknowledges that it is an affiliate of the Partnership under securities laws and it shall comply with such laws and obligations of the Partnership relating thereto as if they were directly applicable
to the General Partner. 

  
 SECTION 7

 RIGHTS OF EMPLOYEES; PARTICIPANTS 
  

	7.1	 	Employment. This Plan will not confer upon any Employee any right with respect to continuance of employment or other service with the General Partner, the
Partnership or one of their Affiliates, nor will it interfere in any way with any right the General Partner, the Partnership or one of their Affiliates would otherwise have to terminate such Employee’s employment or other service at any time.

  

	7.2	 	Nontransferability. No right to purchase Units granted under this Plan shall be assignable or transferable during the lifetime of any Employee either voluntarily
or involuntarily, or be subjected to any lien, directly or indirectly, by operation of law, or otherwise, including execution, levy, garnishment, attachment, pledge or bankruptcy. 

 

	7.3	 	Dividend Reinvestment. To the extent that the Partnership has a dividend reinvestment plan available to Unit holders, Employees purchasing Units pursuant to this
Plan shall be eligible to participate in such plan in the same manner as other Unit holders. 

  

	7.4	 	No Delivery of Fractional Units. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, the Employer will not be required to deliver any fractional Units to an
Employee pursuant to this Plan, although an Employee’s notional account may be credited with a fractional Unit for record keeping purposes. 

  

SECTION 8 
 PLAN
ADMINISTRATION 
  

	8.1	 	 Authority of Committee. The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. Subject to the terms of the Plan and applicable law, and in addition to
other express powers and authorizations conferred on the Committee by the Plan, the Committee shall have full power and authority to: (a) determine which persons are Employees who may participate; (b) determine the number of Units to be
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time and manner for purchasing Units; (d) interpret, construe and administer the Plan; (e) establish, amend, suspend, or waive such rules and regulations and appoint such agents as it
shall deem appropriate for the proper administration of the Plan; (f) make a determination as to the right of any person to receive Units under the Plan; (g) correct any defect, supply any omission, or reconcile an inconsistency in the
Plan; and (h) make any other determinations and take any other actions that the Committee deems necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan. 

 

	8.2	 	Determination Under the Plan. Unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan, all designations, determinations, interpretations, and other decisions under or
with respect to the Plan shall be within the sole discretion of the Committee, may be made at any time and shall be final, conclusive, and binding upon all persons, including the Partnership or any Employee. No member of the Committee shall be
liable for any action, determination or interpretation made in good faith, and all members of the Committee shall, in addition to their rights as directors, be fully protected by the General Partner with respect to any such action, determination or
interpretation. 

  
 SECTION 9

 PLAN AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION AND TERMINATION 

 

	9.1	 	This Plan may be amended from time to time by the Committee. This Plan may be terminated at any time by the Committee and, unless Board approval is obtained for an
increase in the maximum number of available Units, shall automatically terminate when all Units authorized for purchase pursuant to the Plan have been purchased. On termination of the Plan, all amounts then remaining credited to the notional
accounts for Employees shall be returned to the affected Employees. 

  
 SECTION 10 
 NONEXCLUSIVITY OF THE PLAN 

 

	10.1	 	The sponsorship of the Plan by the General Partner shall not be construed as creating any limitations on the power or authority of the General Partner to adopt such
other or additional incentive or other compensation arrangements of whatever nature as the General Partner may deem necessary or desirable or preclude or limit the continuation of any other plan, practice or arrangement for the payment of
compensation or fringe benefits to employees, non-employee directors, or consultants generally, or to any class or group of employees, directors, or consultants, which the General Partner now has lawfully put into effect, including, without
limitation, any retirement, pension, savings and stock purchase plan, insurance, death and disability benefits and executive short-term incentive plans. 

 
 SECTION 11 

REQUIREMENTS OF LAW 
  

	11.1	 	Requirements of Law. The issuance of Units pursuant to the Plan shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules and regulations. 

 

	11.2	 	 Rule 16b-3. It is intended that any purchases by a person subject to Section 16 of the 1934 Act meet all of the requirements of Rule 16b-3.
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shall be construed or deemed amended to the extent necessary to conform to the applicable requirements of Rule 16b-3 so that such Employee shall avoid liability under Section 16(b) of the
1934 Act. 

  

	11.3	 	Code Section 409A. In the event that any provision of this Plan shall be determined to contravene Code section 409A, the regulations promulgated thereunder,
regulatory interpretations or announcements with respect to Code section 409A or applicable judicial decisions construing Code section 409A, any such provision shall be void and have no effect. Moreover, this Plan shall be interpreted at all times
in such a manner that the terms and provisions of the Plan comply with or are exempt from Code section 409A, the regulations promulgated thereunder, regulatory interpretations or announcements with respect to Code section 409A of and applicable
judicial decisions construing Code section 409A. 

  

	11.4	 	No Trust or Fund Created. The Plan shall not create or be construed to create a trust or separate fund of any kind or a fiduciary relationship between the
General Partner or any Affiliate and an Employee or any other Person. To the extent that any Person acquires a right to receive payments from the General Partner or any Affiliate pursuant to the Plan, such right shall be no greater than the right of
any general unsecured creditor of the General Partner or such Affiliate. 

  

	11.5	 	Allocation of Costs. Nothing herein shall be deemed to override, amend, or modify any cost sharing arrangement, omnibus agreement, or other arrangement between
the General Partner, the Partnership, and any Affiliate regarding the sharing of costs between those entities. 

  

	11.6	 	Governing Law. The validity, construction and effect of the Plan and any rules and regulations relating to the Plan shall be determined in accordance with
applicable Federal law, and to the extent not preempted thereby, with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to conflicts of laws principles. 

  
 8Officers' Certificate and Authentication Order, dated November 28, 2011

 Exhibit 4.1 
 GENERAL MILLS, INC. 
 OFFICERS’ CERTIFICATE 

AND 

AUTHENTICATION ORDER 
 Pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of February 1, 1996 (as amended, the “Indenture”), between General Mills, Inc. (the “Company”) and U.S. Bank National Association (formerly
known as First Trust of Illinois, National Association), as trustee (the “Trustee”), and resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company on June 23, 2008 and the Finance Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company
on June 27, 2011, this Officers’ Certificate and Authentication Order is being delivered to the Trustee to establish the terms of a series of Securities in accordance with Section 301 of the Indenture, to establish the form of the
Securities of such series in accordance with Section 201 of the Indenture, to request the authentication and delivery of the Securities of such series pursuant to Section 303 of the Indenture and to comply with the provisions of
Section 102 of the Indenture. 
 Capitalized terms used but not defined herein and defined in the Indenture shall have the
respective meanings ascribed to them in the Indenture. 
 A. Establishment of Series Pursuant to Section 301 of
Indenture. There is hereby established pursuant to Section 301 of the Indenture a series of Securities which shall have the following terms (the numbered clauses set forth below correspond to the numbered subsections of Section 301 of
the Indenture): 
 (1) The series of Securities being authorized shall bear the title “3.150% Notes due
2021” (the “Notes”). 
 (2) There shall be no limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the
Notes which may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture; provided, however, that the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture pursuant to this Officers’ Certificate and Authentication
Order shall be limited to the amount set forth in Section C below (except for Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes pursuant to Sections 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107 of
the Indenture and except for any Notes which, pursuant to Section 303 of the Indenture, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered under the Indenture). 

(3) Interest on each Note will be paid to the Person in whose name the Note is registered at the close of business on the
Regular Record Date (as defined in paragraph 5 below), except that interest due at Maturity will be paid to the Person to whom the principal of the Note is paid. 

(4) The Notes will mature on December 15, 2021, unless the principal of any Note, or any installment of principal,
becomes due and payable prior to such date. If the date of Maturity of a Note is not a Business Day, the payment due on such day shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and no additional interest shall accrue for the period from Maturity
to that next succeeding Business Day. 

 (5) Each Note will bear interest from and including November 28, 2011
or from and including the most recent Interest Payment Date (as defined below) as to which interest on such Note (or any Predecessor Security with respect to such Note) has been paid or made available for payment at an annual rate of 3.150% until
the principal of the Note is paid or made available for payment. Each payment of interest on a Note will include interest to, but excluding, as the case may be, the relevant Interest Payment Date or Maturity. 

The “Interest Payment Dates” for the Notes will be June 15 and December 15 of each year beginning on
June 15, 2012 and the Regular Record Dates will be the June 1 or December 1, respectively, next preceding such Interest Payment Date whether or not a Business Day. If any Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, the payment due on
such day shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and no additional interest shall accrue for the period from such Interest Payment Date to that next succeeding Business Day. 

Interest (including interest for partial periods) will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months. 
 (6) Payment of principal of and premium (if any) and interest on each Note that is represented by a
Global Security will be made to the Depositary (as specified in paragraph 16 below) or its nominee, as the case may be, as the sole registered owner and the sole Holder of the Notes represented thereby for all purposes under the Indenture.

 Payment of principal of and premium (if any) and interest on each Note that is not represented by a Global
Security will be made upon presentation and surrender of such Note at the office or agency maintained by the Company for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York (which shall initially be the office of the Trustee). Registered
Holders that wish to receive payment in immediately available funds must provide appropriate written wire transfer instructions sufficiently in advance of the payment date and present the Note in time for the party making the payment to make
payments in such funds in accordance with its normal procedures. Any wire transfer instructions received by a party making payments shall remain in effect until revoked by the registered Holder. Payment in accordance with written wire transfer
instructions from a registered Holder shall be deemed to constitute full and complete payment of all amounts so paid. The Company may, at its option, elect to make payments of interest other than at Maturity by check mailed to the address of the
registered Holder thereof as of the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Date as such address appears in the Security Register. 
 The “Place of Payment” with respect to the Notes shall be the City of New York. 
 (7) The Company may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at its option at any time or from time to time. The Redemption Price for the Notes being redeemed on any Redemption Date that is prior to
September 15, 2021 (the date that is three months prior to the Maturity of the Notes) will be equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal 

  
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amount of the Notes being redeemed on the Redemption Date and (ii) as determined by the Quotation Agent (as defined below), the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments
of principal and interest on the Notes being redeemed on the Redemption Date (not including any portion of such payments of interest accrued as of the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months or in the case of an incomplete month, the number of days elapsed) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 20 basis points, plus, in the case of both (i) and (ii) above, accrued and unpaid
interest on the Notes to but excluding the Redemption Date. The Redemption Price for the Notes being redeemed on any Redemption Date that is on or after September 15, 2021 (the date that is three months prior to the Maturity of the Notes) will
be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed on the Redemption Date, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes to but excluding the Redemption Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, installments of interest on Notes that
are due and payable on Interest Payment Dates falling on or prior to a Redemption Date will be payable on the Interest Payment Date to the Holders as of the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Date. Notice of redemption will be given to
the registered Holders of the Notes to be redeemed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, which date and the applicable Redemption Price will be specified in the notice. Once notice of redemption is mailed, the Notes or
any portion of the Notes called for redemption will become due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the applicable Redemption Price, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the Redemption Date. On and after the Redemption Date,
interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or any portion of the Notes called for redemption (unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest). On or before the Redemption Date, the Company will deposit with a
Paying Agent (or the Trustee) money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of and accrued interest on the Notes or any portion of the Notes to be redeemed on that date. For purposes of the foregoing: (a) “Adjusted Treasury Rate”
means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue (as defined below), calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a
percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price (as defined below) for such Redemption Date; the Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be calculated on the third Business Day preceding the Redemption Date; (b) “Comparable
Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes being redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with
customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Notes; (c) “Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the average of the
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations (as defined below) for such Redemption Date; (d) “Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer (as defined below) appointed by the Trustee after consultation with the Company;
(e) “Reference Treasury Dealer” means any primary U.S. government securities dealer in the United States selected by the Trustee after consultation with the Company; (f) “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means,
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 any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices
for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. in the City of New York on the third Business Day preceding such
Redemption Date. 
 (8) If a Change of Control Triggering Event (as defined in the form of Note attached hereto
as Exhibit A) shall have occurred, holders of the Notes may require the Company to repurchase all or any part of the Notes in the manner provided and subject to the limitations set forth in the form of Note attached hereto as Exhibit A. 

(9) The Notes shall be issuable in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. 

(15) The Notes shall be defeasible, in whole or any specified part, pursuant to Section 1302 or Section 1303 of
the Indenture or both such Sections. 
 (16) The Notes shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one
or more Global Securities registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee. The Depositary with respect to such Global Securities shall be The Depository Trust Company. The Global Securities shall bear the legends set forth on the form of
Note attached hereto as Exhibit A. Such Global Security may not be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and no transfer of such Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name or names of Persons other than the
Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof, unless (a) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security or if at any time the Depositary ceases to be a clearing
agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and, in either case, the Company does not appoint a successor Depositary within 90 days after receiving that notice or becoming aware that the Depositary is no longer so
registered, (b) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee a Company Order that such Global Security shall be so exchangeable or (z) an Event of Default with respect to such Global Security has occurred and is continuing, and the
Depositary requests the issuance of Securities registered in the name or names of Persons other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof. So long as the Depositary or its nominee is the registered holder of any Global
Security, the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, will be considered the sole Holder of the Notes represented by such Global Security for all purposes under the Notes and the Indenture. 

B. Establishment of Form of Securities Pursuant to Section 201 of the Indenture. In accordance with Section 201 of the
Indenture, the form attached hereto as Exhibit A is hereby established as the form to represent the Notes. 
 C. Order
for the Authentication and Delivery of Securities Pursuant to Section 303 of the Indenture. Pursuant to Section 303 of the Indenture, you are hereby requested, as Trustee under the Indenture, to authenticate, in the manner provided by
the 

  
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Indenture, $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Notes registered in the name of Cede & Co., which Notes have been heretofore duly executed by the proper officers of the
Company and delivered to you as provided in the Indenture, and to deliver said authenticated Notes to Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company against payment therefor on November 28, 2011.

 D. Certification Pursuant to Section 102 of the Indenture. Each of the undersigned has read the pertinent
sections of the Indenture, including Sections 201, 301 and 303 thereof and the definitions in the Indenture relating thereto, and certain other corporate documents and records. In the opinion of each of the undersigned, the undersigned has made
such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable the undersigned to express an informed opinion as to whether or not the conditions precedent to (i) the establishment of (a) a series of Securities and (b) the form of such
Securities and (ii) the issuance, authentication and delivery of such series of Securities contained in the Indenture have been complied with. In the opinion of the undersigned, all conditions precedent to (x) the establishment of the
Notes and the form of the Notes and (y) the issuance, authentication and delivery of the Notes have been complied with. 

Insofar as this Officers’ Certificate and Authentication Order relates to legal matters, it is based upon the Opinion of Counsel
delivered by the Company to the Trustee contemporaneously herewith. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto signed our names on behalf of the
Company. 
 Dated: November 28, 2011 
  

			
	GENERAL MILLS, INC.
		
	By	 	/s/ Donal L. Mulligan
		 	Donal L. Mulligan
		 	 Its Executive Vice President,

        Chief Financial Officer

  

			
		
	By	 	/s/ Michael P. Zechmeister
		 	Michael P. Zechmeister
		 	Its Vice President, Treasurer

 CERTIFICATION 
 I, Cam C. Hoang, an Assistant Secretary of the Company, do hereby certify that Donal L. Mulligan is on the date hereof the duly elected or appointed Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of
the Company and the signature set forth above is his own true signature, and further certify that Michael P. Zechmeister is on the date hereof the duly elected or appointed Vice President, Treasurer of the Company and the signature set forth above
is his own true signature. 
  

			
		
		 	/s/ Cam C. Hoang
		 	Cam C. Hoang
		 	Assistant Secretary

 Exhibit A 

 

			
	 REGISTERED NO.            
	 	PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: $                    

  

					
		 	GENERAL MILLS, INC.	 	
			
		 	3.150% NOTES DUE 2021	 	
			
	 CUSIP NO. 370334BM5
	 	ISIN No. US370334BM56	 	Common Code No. 062862696

 UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A
NEW YORK CORPORATION, TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR
TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. 
 THIS NOTE IS A
GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS
SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. 

GENERAL MILLS, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the
“Company,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE &CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum of
            Dollars (U.S. $            ) on December 15, 2021 (the “Maturity Date”), and to pay interest thereon
from and including November 28, 2011 or the most recent Interest Payment Date (as defined below) as to which interest has been paid or made available for payment, semiannually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 in each year (each
an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing on June 15, 2012, at the rate of 3.150% per annum until the principal hereof has been paid or duly made available for payment. Interest (including interest for partial periods) will be
calculated on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. Each payment of interest hereon will include interest to, but excluding, as the case may be, the relevant Interest Payment Date or Maturity. 

 The interest so payable, and punctually paid or made available for payment, on any Interest
Payment Date will, as provided for in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities with respect hereto) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such Interest
Payment Date, which shall be the June 1 or December 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date; except that interest due at Maturity will be paid to the Person to whom the principal is
paid. Any such interest not so punctually paid or made available for payment will forthwith cease to be payable to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities with respect hereto) is registered at the close of business
on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed
by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to the Holder of this Note not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on
which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. 
 Payment of principal of and premium (if any) and interest on this Note will be made to The Depository Trust Company or its nominee, as the case may be, as the sole registered owner and the sole Holder of
the Note represented hereby for all purposes under the Indenture. 
 The “Place of Payment” with respect to this Note
shall be the City of New York. 
 All payments on this Note will be made in such coin or currency of the United States of
America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. 
 Any payment on this Note due on a
day that is not a Business Day will be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the due date and no additional interest shall accrue for the period from and after such date. 

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall have the
same effect as though fully set forth in this place. 

 Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by or on behalf of the
Trustee for the Notes by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed and has caused a facsimile of its corporate seal to be affixed hereto or imprinted hereon. 

Dated: November 28, 2011 
  

							
	 TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
 This is one of the Securities
 of the series designated herein

referred to in the within-mentioned

Indenture.
	 		 	GENERAL MILLS, INC.
	 		 	By:	 	 
		 		 		 	Michael P. Zechmeister
		 		 		 	Its Vice President, Treasurer

									
	U. S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee	 		 	
					
	By:	 	 	 		 	Attest:	 	 
		 	Authorized Officer	 		 		 	Cam C. Hoang
		 		 		 		 	Its Assistant Secretary
					
		 	 OR
	 		 		 	

									
					
		 	 	 		 		 	[SEAL]
		 	as Authenticating Agent for the Trustee	 		 		 	

  

			
		
	By:	 	 
		 	Authorized Officer

 [REVERSE OF NOTE] 
 GENERAL MILLS, INC. 
 3.150% NOTES DUE 2021 

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “Securities”), issued and to be
issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of February 1, 1996 (herein called the “Indenture”, which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such instrument), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association
(f.k.a. First Trust of Illinois, National Association), as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture and all indentures supplemental
thereto for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and
delivered. By the terms of the Indenture, additional Securities of other separate series, which may vary as to date, amount, Stated Maturity, interest rate or method of calculating the interest rate and in other respects as therein provided, may be
issued in an unlimited principal amount. This Note is one of a series of the Securities designated as 3.150% Notes due 2021 (the “Notes”). 
 In case an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall have occurred and be continuing, the unpaid principal hereof may be declared, and upon such declaration shall become, due and payable in the
manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture. 
 The Company may at its option redeem this
Note in whole or from time to time in part either (i) at the Make-Whole Price (as defined below), if the Redemption Date is prior to September 15, 2021 (the date that is three months prior to the Maturity Date) or (ii) at the Par
Price (as defined below), if the Redemption Date is on or after September 15, 2021 (the date that is three months prior to the Maturity Date); provided that the principal amount of this Note remaining outstanding after a redemption in part
shall be $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. The Company may exercise such option by mailing or causing the Trustee to mail a notice of such 

 
redemption at least 30 but not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date. In the event of redemption of this Note in part only, a new Note or Notes for the unredeemed portion hereof shall be
issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof. If less than all of the Securities with like tenor and terms to this Security are to be redeemed, the Securities to be redeemed shall be selected by the Trustee by such method as
the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate. The Company shall notify the Trustee of the Make-Whole Price with respect to any redemption made prior to September 15, 2021 promptly after the calculation thereof, and the Trustee shall not be
responsible for such calculation. 
 “Make-Whole Price” means an amount equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the
principal amount of this Note to be redeemed and (ii) as determined by the Quotation Agent (as defined below), the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon (not including any portion of
such payments of interest accrued as of the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months or in the case of an incomplete month, the number of days elapsed) at
the Adjusted Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 0.20%, plus, in the case of both (i) and (ii), accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Make-Whole Price, on and after the Redemption
Date, interest will cease to accrue on the principal amount of this Note to be redeemed. 
 “Par Price” means an
amount equal to 100% of the principal amount of this Note to be redeemed on the Redemption Date, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date. Unless the Company defaults in payment of the Par Price, on and after the Redemption Date,
interest will cease to accrue on the principal amount of this Note to be redeemed. 
 “Adjusted Treasury Rate” means,
with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue (as defined below), calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage
of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price (as defined below) for such Redemption Date. The Adjusted Treasury Rate shall be calculated on the third Business Day preceding the date of redemption. 

 “Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by
the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of this Note to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt
securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of this Note. 
 “Comparable Treasury Price” means, with
respect to any Redemption Date, the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations (as defined below) for such Redemption Date. 
 “Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer (as defined below) appointed by the Trustee after consultation with the Company. 

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means any primary U.S. government securities dealer in the United States selected by the Trustee
after consultation with the Company. 
 “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference
Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by
such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m. in the City of New York on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date. 

If a Change of Control Triggering Event shall have occurred, the Holder of this Note may require the Company to repurchase all or any
part (equal to an integral multiple of $1,000) of this Note at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount of, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase on, the Note (or part thereof) to be purchased (unless the
Company shall have mailed or caused to be mailed a notice of redemption within 30 days after such Change of Control Triggering Event stating that all of the Notes will be redeemed); provided that the principal amount of this Note remaining
outstanding after a repurchase in part shall be $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. Within 30 days after any Change of Control Triggering Event, the Company shall mail or cause the Trustee to mail a notice describing

 
the transaction or transactions constituting the Change of Control Triggering Event and offering to repurchase the Notes. Such repurchase must occur no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60
days after the date such notice is mailed. 
 On the date specified for repurchase of the Notes, the Company shall, to the
extent lawful: 
  

	 	•	 	 accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to the offer to repurchase the Notes; 

 

	 	•	 	 deposit with the Paying Agent the required payment for all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to the offer to repurchase the Notes;
and 

  

	 	•	 	 deliver to the Trustee the repurchased Notes, accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased
pursuant to the offer to repurchase the Notes. 

 The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any other securities laws and regulations applicable to the repurchase of the Notes. To the extent that these securities laws and regulations conflict with the provisions of this Note
requiring repurchase of the Notes upon a Change of Control Triggering Event, the Company shall comply with these securities laws and regulations instead of the repurchase provisions of this Note, and the Company will not be considered to have
breached its obligation to repurchase the Notes. Additionally, if an Event of Default unrelated to the repurchase provisions of this Note exists under the Indenture, including Events of Default arising with respect to other issues of Securities, the
Company shall not be required to repurchase the Notes, notwithstanding the repurchase provisions of this Note. 
 The Company
shall not be required to comply with obligations relating to repurchase of the Notes upon a Change of Control Triggering Event if a third party satisfies such obligations. 
 “Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following: (a) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) resulting in any
“person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) (other than the Company or one of its subsidiaries) becoming the beneficial owner (as

 
defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Company’s Voting Stock or other Voting Stock into
which the Company’s Voting Stock is reclassified, consolidated, exchanged or changed, measured by voting power rather than number of shares; (b) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of
merger or consolidation), in a transaction or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to one or more Persons (other than the Company or one of its
subsidiaries); or (c) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Board of Directors of the Company are not Continuing Directors. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction will not be considered to be a Change of Control if
(a) the Company becomes a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of a holding company and (b)(y) immediately following such transaction, the direct or indirect holders of the Voting Stock of the holding company are substantially the same as
the Holders of the Company’s Voting Stock immediately prior to such transaction or (z) immediately following such transaction no Person is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of the holding
company. 
 “Change of Control Triggering Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Rating Event.

 “Continuing Directors” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Company’s Board of Directors
who (a) was a member of the Board of Directors on November 28, 2011 or (b) was nominated for election, elected or appointed to the Board of Directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of the
Board of Directors at the time of such nomination, election or appointment (either by a specific vote or by approval of a proxy statement of the Company in which such member was named as a nominee for election as a director, without objection to
such nomination). 
 “Fitch” means Fitch Ratings. 

“Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than BBB– (or the equivalent) by Fitch, Baa3 (or the
equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB– (or the equivalent) by S&P, and the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any replacement Rating Agency or Rating Agencies selected by the Company. 

 “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. 

“Rating Agencies” means (a) each of Fitch, Moody’s and S&P; and (b) if any of Fitch, Moody’s or S&P
ceases to rate the Notes or fails to make a rating of the Notes publicly available for reasons outside of the Company’s control, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) selected by the Company as a replacement Rating Agency for a former Rating Agency. 

“Rating Event” means the rating on the Notes is lowered by each of the Rating Agencies and the Notes are rated below an
Investment Grade Rating by each of the Rating Agencies on any day within the 60-day period (which 60-day period will be extended so long as the rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for a possible downgrade by any of the
Rating Agencies) after the earlier of (a) the occurrence of a Change of Control and (b) public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control or the Company’s intention to effect a Change of Control; provided that a Rating Event will
not be deemed to have occurred in respect of a particular Change of Control (and thus will not be deemed a Rating Event for purposes of the definition of Change of Control Triggering Event) if each Rating Agency making the reduction in rating does
not publicly announce or confirm or inform the Trustee in writing at the request of the Company that the reduction was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the Change
of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control has occurred at the time of the Rating Event). 

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. 

“Voting Stock” means, with respect to any specified person (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) as of any date, the capital stock of such person that is at the time entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors of such person. 

 The Company may, without the consent of the Holders of the Notes, issue additional
Securities having the same ranking and the same interest rate, maturity and other terms as the Notes (except for the public offering price and issue date and, in some cases, the first interest payment date). Any additional Securities having the same
terms, together with these Notes, will constitute a single series of Notes under the Indenture; provided that, if the additional Securities are not fungible with these Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the additional Securities will have a
separate CUSIP number. No such additional Securities may be issued if an Event of Default has occurred with respect to these Notes. 
 The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of either the entire principal of the Notes or of certain covenants and Events of Default with respect to the Notes, in either case upon
compliance by the Company with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture. 
 This Global Security is exchangeable for
definitive Notes only if (x) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for this Global Security or if at any time the Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and, in either case, the Company does not appoint a successor Depositary within 90 days after receiving that notice or becoming aware that the Depositary is no longer so registered, (y) the Company executes and
delivers to the Trustee a Company Order that this Global Security shall be so exchangeable or (z) an Event of Default with respect to the Notes represented hereby has occurred and is continuing and the Depositary requests the issuance of
definitive Notes. In such case, this Global Security shall be exchangeable into Notes issuable only in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. No Notes shall be issuable in denominations of less than $2,000. If
this Global Security is exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentences, it shall be exchangeable for definitive Notes, bearing interest at the same rate, having the same date of issuance, redemption provisions, Stated Maturity and other terms in
registered form and of differing denominations aggregating a like amount. 

 As provided in the Indenture and subject to the limitations herein and therein set forth,
the transfer of this Note is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and any premium and interest on this Note are
payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by the Holder hereof or the Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon
one or more new Notes of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. 
 The Notes are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. No Notes will be issuable in denominations of less than
$2,000. As provided in the Indenture and subject to the limitations herein and therein set forth, the Notes are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes and of like tenor in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000
in excess thereof, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. 
 No service charge shall be made for any such
registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. 
 No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and
interest on this Note at the places, at the respective times and at the rate herein prescribed. 
 The Indenture permits, with
certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the
Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders
of specified percentages in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture
and 

 
certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future
Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note. 

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Note shall not have the right to institute any
proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to
the Notes, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee
reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding,
for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Note for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or
after the respective due dates expressed herein. 
 Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the
Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may deem and treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the absolute owner of this Note at such holder’s address as it appears on the Security Register (whether or
not this Note shall be overdue) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account hereof and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. All payments made to
or upon the order of such registered holder shall, to the extent of the sum or sums paid, effectually satisfy and discharge liability for moneys payable on this Note. 

 No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement contained in the Indenture
or in any indenture supplemental thereto or any Note, or because of any indebtedness evidenced thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, or against any past, present or future stockholder, officer or director, as such, of the Company or of any
successor corporation, either directly or through the Company or any successor corporation, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all
such personal liability of every such incorporator, stockholder, officer and director, as such, being expressly waived and released by acceptance hereof and as a condition of and as part of the consideration for the issuance of this Note.

 Capitalized terms used herein which are not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the
Indenture. 
 The Indenture is, and this Note shall be, governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
New York. 

 ABBREVIATIONS 
 The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

  

					
	 TEN COM
	 	—as tenants in common	 	UNIF TRAN MIN ACT—            
CUSTODIAN            
	 TEN ENT
	 	—as tenants by the entireties	 	                            
(Cust)                     (Minor)
	 JT TEN
	 	—as joint tenants with right	 	Under Uniform Transfers to Minors Act
		 	of survivorship and not as	 	
		 	tenants in common	 	
		 		 	(State)

 Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list. 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto 

Please insert Social Security or 
 Other
identifying Number of Assignee 
  

							
		 	 	 		  	
	/	 	 	 	/	  	 
		 	            PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS INCLUDING POSTAL ZIP CODE OF ASSIGNEE
	
	
	 
	
	
	
	 

 the within Note of GENERAL MILLS, INC. and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint     
                                                 
                                             attorney to transfer
said Note on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises. 
  

							
	Dated:	 	  	 	  	 	  
	  	 	  	 	  	 	  
	  	 	  	 	  	 	   

 NOTICE: The signature to this
assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within instrument in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

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