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EXHIBIT 4.1

IOWORLDMEDIA, INCORPORATED

10% Convertible Debenture

Due _____________, 2014

 

$_____________

 

As of _____________, 2013

 

IOWORLDMEDIA, INCORPORATED, a corporation incorporated under the laws of the state of Florida (the “Company” or “Maker”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to _________________________, or its registered assigns (the “Payee” or “Holder”), at ________________________________________, upon due presentation and surrender of this 10% Convertible Debenture (this “Debenture”), on or after ___________, 2014 (the “Maturity Date”), the principal amount of __________________ Dollars ($_________) and accrued interest thereon as hereinafter provided.

 

This Debenture was issued by the Company as of _____________, 2013 (the “Issuance Date").

 

ARTICLE I

PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST; METHOD OF PAYMENT

 

1.1. Payment of Principal and Interest.  Payment of the principal and accrued interest on this Debenture shall be made in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.  Interest (computed on the basis of a 365-day year for the number of days elapsed) on the unpaid portion of said principal amount from time to time outstanding shall be paid by the Company at the rate of ten percent (10%) per annum, in like coin and currency, payable to the Payee on the Maturity Date.  The Company will pay or cause to be paid all sums becoming due hereon for principal and interest by check, sent to the Holder’s above address or to such other address as the Holder may designate for such purpose from time to time by written notice to the Company.  Payment of the amount due on this Debenture shall be made only upon surrender of this Debenture to the Company for cancellation.

 

1.2. Extension of Payment Date.  If this Debenture or any installment hereof becomes due and payable on a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks in the state of New York are authorized to remain closed, the due date hereof shall be extended to the next succeeding full Business Day (as defined in Section 3.1 hereof).  All payments received by the Holder shall be applied first to the payment of all accrued interest payable hereunder.

 

  

  

  

 

ARTICLE II

CONVERSION AND OTHER RIGHTS

 

2.1. Automatic Conversion into the Right to Receive Common Stock.  The entire principal amount of this Debenture and all accrued and unpaid interest hereunder, without any further action by the Holder, shall automatically convert into the right to receive shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $.001 per share (“Common Stock”), at the effective time of the merger (the “Merger”) of the Company with and into Radioio, Inc. (“Radioio”).  The aggregate principal amount of this Debenture and all accrued and unpaid interest shall be convertible into the right to receive the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient of the aggregate principal amount and all accrued and unpaid interest divided by $0.0065.  Interest shall accrue to and include the day prior to the date of conversion and shall be paid upon conversion of this Debenture.  As a result of the Merger, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Debenture will automatically convert into shares of Radioio common stock on a 100-for-1 basis.  The right to receive a fractional share of Common Stock will be rounded up to the right to receive a whole share of Common Stock.

 

2.2. No Transfer of Debenture.  This Debenture is not divisible or transferable to any Person.

 

ARTICLE III

MISCELLANEOUS

 

3.1. Definitions.  In addition to those terms already defined herein, the following terms as used in this Debenture shall have the meanings set forth below:

 

“Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banks are required or permitted to be closed in the state of New York.

 

“Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, trust, unincorporated organization, joint venture, government or agency, political subdivision thereof, or any other entity of any kind.

 

3.2. Default.  Each of the following events shall constitute an “Event of Default” for purposes of this Debenture:

 

(a)           any of the representations, covenants, or warranties made by the Company herein shall have been incorrect when made in any material respect;

 

(b)           the Company shall breach, fail to perform, or fail to observe in any material respect any material covenant, term, provision, condition, agreement or obligation of the Company under this Debenture, and such breach or failure to perform shall not be cured within thirty (30) days after written notice to the Company;

 

(c) bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency or liquidation proceedings or other proceedings for relief under any bankruptcy law or any law for the relief of debtors shall be instituted by or against the Company and, if instituted against the Company, the Company shall by any action or answer approve of, consent to or acquiesce in any such proceedings or admit the material allegations of, or default in answering a petition filed in any such proceeding or such proceedings shall not be dismissed within sixty (60) calendar days thereafter; or

 

  

  

  

 

(d) a judgment or order for the payment of money in excess of $250,000 shall be rendered against the Company and such judgment or order shall continue unsatisfied and unstayed for a period of ten (10) days and the Company has not filed a formal appeal of such judgment within thirty (30) days of the rendering thereof.

 

Unless an Event of Default shall have been waived in writing by the Holder (which waiver shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any subsequent default) or cured as provided herein, the Holder may consider the aggregate principal amount of this Debenture (and all interest through such date) immediately due and payable in cash, without presentment, demand protest or notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived, and the Holder may immediately enforce any and all of the Holder’s rights and remedies provided herein or any other rights or remedies afforded by law.

 

3.3. Prepayment.  The principal amount of this Debenture and any accrued and unpaid interest thereon may be prepaid, in whole or in part, at any time without penalty or premium, at the discretion of the Company.

 

3.4. Rights Cumulative.  The rights, powers and remedies given to the Holder under this Debenture shall be in addition to all rights, powers and remedies given to him, her or it by virtue of any document or instrument executed in connection therewith, or any statute or rule of law.

 

3.5. No Waivers.  Any forbearance, failure or delay by the Payee in exercising any right, power or remedy under this Debenture or otherwise available to the Holder shall not be deemed to be a waiver of such right, power or remedy, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or remedy preclude the further exercise thereof.

 

3.6. Amendments in Writing.  No modification or waiver of any provision of this Debenture shall be effective unless it shall be in writing and signed by the Holder, and any such modification or waiver shall apply only in the specific instance for which given.

 

3.7. Governing Law.  This Debenture and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto, shall be governed, construed and interpreted according to the laws of the state of New York, without regard to its conflict of law principles.

 

3.8. Successors.  The term “Payee” and “Holder” as used herein shall be deemed to include their respective successors, endorsees and assigns.

 

3.9. Mutilated, Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Debenture.  In case this Debenture shall be mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue and deliver in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of the mutilated Debenture, or in lieu of and substitution for the Debenture, mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, a new Debenture of like tenor and representing an equivalent right or interest, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction and an indemnity, if requested, also reasonably satisfactory to it.

 

  

  

  

 

3.10. No Rights as Shareholder.  Nothing contained in this Debenture shall be construed as conferring upon the Holder (a) the right to vote, to receive dividends, or to consent or to receive notice as a shareholder in respect of any meeting of shareholders for the election of directors of the Company or of any other matter, or (b) any other rights whatsoever as a shareholder of the Company.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, ioWorldMedia, Incorporated has caused this Debenture to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

 

 

	 	IOWORLDMEDIA, INCORPORATED	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	
By:

	/s/ 	 
	 	Name:	Zachary McAdoo	 
	 	Title:	Chairman, President and Chief Executive OfficerEX-4.1

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”), resolutions adopted by the
Board of Directors of the Company on April 24, 2012 and the Finance Committee of the Board of
Directors of the Company on June 24, 2013, 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 “2.100% Notes due
2020” (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 November 16, 2020, 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 (as defined below), 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.

As used herein, “Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday or Sunday and that
is not a day on which banking institutions are authorized or obligated by law or executive
order to close in the City of New York or London and on which the Trans-European Automated
Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer system (the TARGET2 system), or any successor
thereto, operates.

(5) Each Note will bear interest from and including November 15, 2013 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 2.100% 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 Date” for the Notes will be November 16 of each year beginning on
November 16, 2014 and the Regular Record Date will be the November 1 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 on the Notes will be computed on the basis of the actual number of days in the
period for which interest is being calculated and the actual number of days from and
including the last date on which interest was paid on the Notes (or November 15, 2013 if no
interest has been paid on the Notes), to but excluding the next scheduled Interest Payment
Date. This payment convention is referred to as ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA) as defined in the
rulebook of the International Capital Market Association.

Subject to the exceptions and limitations set forth below, additional interest will be
paid on the Notes in such additional amounts as are necessary in order that the net payment
of the principal of and interest on the Notes to a Holder who is not a United States Person
(as defined below), after withholding or deduction for any present or future tax, assessment
or other governmental charge imposed by the United States or a taxing authority in the
United States, will not be less than the amount provided in the Notes to be then due and
payable; provided, however, that the foregoing obligation to pay additional amounts shall
not apply:

(i) to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is imposed by
reason of the Holder (or the beneficial owner for whose benefit such Holder holds
such Note), or a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or shareholder of the
Holder if the Holder is an estate, trust, partnership or corporation, or a person
holding a power over an estate or trust administered by a fiduciary Holder, being
considered as:

(a) being or having been engaged in a trade or business in the United
States or having or having had a permanent establishment in the United
States;

(b) having a current or former connection with the United States (other
than a connection arising solely as a result of the ownership of the Notes
or the receipt of any payment or the enforcement of any rights thereunder),
including being or having been a citizen or resident of the United States;

(c) being or having been a personal holding company, a passive foreign
investment company or a controlled foreign corporation for United States
income tax purposes or a corporation that has accumulated earnings to avoid
United States federal income tax;

(d) being or having been a “10-percent shareholder” of the Company as
defined in section 871(h)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended (the “Code”), or any successor provision; or

(e) being a bank receiving payments on an extension of credit made
pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its
trade or business;

(ii) to any Holder that is not the sole beneficial owner of the Notes, or a
portion of the Notes, or that is a fiduciary, partnership or limited liability
company, but only to the extent that a beneficial owner with respect to the Holder,
a beneficiary or settlor with respect to the fiduciary, or a beneficial owner or
member of the partnership or limited liability company would not have been entitled
to the payment of an additional amount had the beneficiary, settlor, beneficial
owner or member received directly its beneficial or distributive share of the
payment;

(iii) to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have
been imposed but for the failure of the Holder or any other person to comply with
certification, identification or information reporting requirements concerning the
nationality, residence, identity or connection with the United States of the Holder
or beneficial owner of the Notes, if compliance is required by statute, by
regulation of the United States or any taxing authority therein or by an applicable
income tax treaty to which the United States is a party as a precondition to
exemption from such tax, assessment or other governmental charge;

(iv) to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is imposed
otherwise than by withholding by the Company or a paying agent from the payment;

(v) to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have
been imposed but for a change in law, regulation, or administrative or judicial
interpretation that becomes effective more than 15 days after the payment becomes
due or is duly provided for, whichever occurs later;

(vi) to any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, excise, transfer, wealth, capital
gains or personal property tax or similar tax, assessment or other governmental
charge;

(vii) to any withholding or deduction that is imposed on a payment to an
individual and that is required to be made pursuant to any law implementing or
complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, any European Union Directive
on the taxation of savings;

(viii) to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge required to be
withheld by any paying agent from any payment of principal of or interest on any
Note, if such payment can be made without such withholding by at least one other
paying agent;

(ix) to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have
been imposed but for the presentation by the Holder of any Note, where presentation
is required, for payment on a date more than 30 days after the date on which payment
became due and payable or the date on which payment thereof is duly provided for,
whichever occurs later;

(x) to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is imposed or
withheld solely by reason of the beneficial owner being a bank (A) purchasing the
Notes in the ordinary course of its lending business or (B) that is neither (i)
buying the Notes for investment purposes only nor (ii) buying the Notes for resale
to a third-party that either is not a bank or holding the Notes for investment
purposes only;

(xi) to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed under Sections
1471 through 1474 of the Code (or any amended or successor provisions), any current
or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreement entered
into pursuant to Section 1471(b) of the Code or any fiscal or regulatory
legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement
entered into in connection with the implementation of such sections of the Code; or

(xii) in the case of any combination of items (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v),
(vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x) and (xi).

The Notes are subject in all cases to any tax, fiscal or other law or regulation or
administrative or judicial interpretation applicable to the Notes. Except as specifically
provided above, no payment will be required for any tax, assessment or other governmental
charge imposed by any government or a political subdivision or taxing authority of or in any
government or political subdivision.

As used herein, the term “United States” means the United States of America, the states
of the United States, and the District of Columbia, and the term “United States Person”
means any individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States for United States
federal income tax purposes, a corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized
in or under the laws of the United States, any state of the United States or the District of
Columbia, or any estate or trust the income of which is subject to United States federal
income taxation regardless of its source.

To the extent permitted by law, the Company will maintain a paying agent in a Member
State of the European Union (if any) that will not require withholding or deduction of tax
pursuant to European Council Directive 2003/48/EC on the taxation of savings income or any
law implementing or complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, such European
Council Directive.

(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 London. 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 London, England.

(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 to be redeemed on any Redemption Date
that is prior to August 16, 2020 will be equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal
amount of the Notes to be redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining
scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes to be redeemed (excluding any
portion of such payments of interest accrued as of the Redemption Date) discounted to the
Redemption Date on an annual basis (ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA)) at the applicable Comparable
Government Bond Rate (as defined below), plus 15 basis points, plus, in each case, accrued
and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date. The Redemption Price for the Notes to be
redeemed on any Redemption Date that is on or after August 16, 2020 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 the Redemption Date. In any case, the principal amount of a
Note remaining outstanding after a redemption in part shall be €100,000 or an integral
multiple of €1,000 in excess thereof.

For purposes of the Notes:

“Comparable Government Bond Rate” means the yield to maturity, expressed as a
percentage (rounded to three decimal places, with 0.0005 being rounded upwards), on
the third Business Day prior to the Redemption Date, of the Comparable Government
Bond (as defined below) on the basis of the middle market price of the Comparable
Government Bond prevailing at 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such Business Day as
determined by an independent investment bank selected by the Company.

“Comparable Government Bond” means, in relation to any Comparable Government
Bond Rate calculation, at the discretion of an independent investment bank selected
by the Company, a German government bond whose maturity is closest to the maturity
of the Notes to be redeemed, or if such independent investment bank in its
discretion determines that such similar bond is not in issue, such other German
government bond as such independent investment bank may, with the advice of three
brokers of, and/or market makers in, German government bonds selected by the
Company, determine to be appropriate for determining the Comparable Government Bond
Rate.

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. 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.

If, as a result of any change in, or amendment to, the laws (or any regulations or
rulings promulgated under the laws) of the United States (or any taxing authority in the
United States), or any change in, or amendment to, an official position regarding the
application or interpretation of such laws, regulations or rulings, which change or
amendment is announced or becomes effective on or after November 7, 2013, the Company
becomes or, based upon a written opinion of independent counsel selected by the Company,
will become obligated to pay additional amounts as described in Paragraph 5 above with
respect to the Notes, then the Company may at any time at the Company’s option redeem, in
whole, but not in part, the Notes on not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice,
at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of their principal amount, together with accrued and
unpaid interest on the Notes to, but not including, the 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 €100,000 and integral multiples of
€1,000 in excess thereof.

(11) All payments of interest and principal, including payments made upon any
redemption of the Notes, will be payable in such coin or currency of the member states of
the European Monetary Union that have adopted or that adopt the single currency in
accordance with the Treaty establishing the European Community, as amended by the Treaty on
European Union as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and
private debts. If such coin or currency (the “euro”) is unavailable due to the imposition
of exchange controls or other circumstances beyond the Company’s control or if the euro is
no longer being used by the then member states of the European Monetary Union that have
adopted the euro as their currency or for the settlement of transactions by public
institutions of or within the international banking community, then all payments in respect
of the Notes will be made in United States dollars until the euro is again available to the
Company or so used. The amount payable on any date in euro will be converted into United
States dollars on the basis of the most recently available market exchange rate for euro.
Any payment in respect of the Notes so made in United States dollars will not constitute an
Event of Default under the Notes or the Indenture. The most recently available market
exchange rate will be the basis for determining the equivalent of the euro in the currency
of the United States of America for any purpose under the Indenture, including for purposes
of the definition of “Outstanding” in Section 101 of the Indenture. Neither the Trustee nor
the paying agent shall have any responsibility for any calculation or conversion in
connection with the foregoing.

(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. For purposes of the defeasance
and covenant defeasance provisions, German government securities shall be used instead of
United States government securities in respect of payments due in euro on the Notes.

(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 Evalon Financial Services Limited. The Global
Securities shall bear the legends set forth on the form of Note attached hereto as Exhibit
A. In lieu of the provisions set forth in clause (2) of the last paragraph of Section 305
of the Indenture, 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 (i) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is
unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security and 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 or (ii) the Company executes and
delivers to the Trustee a Company Order that such Global Security shall be so exchangeable.
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 Indenture, €500,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of the Notes registered in the name of USB Nominees (UK) Limited, 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 Evalon Financial Services
Limited against payment therefor on November 15, 2013.

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 15, 2013

GENERAL MILLS, INC.

	 	 	 
	By
	 	/s/ Donal L. Mulligan

Donal L. Mulligan

Its Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

	By
	 	/s/ Kofi A. Bruce

Kofi A. Bruce

Its Vice President, Treasurer

CERTIFICATION

I, Chris A. Rauschl, 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 Kofi A. Bruce 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/ Chris A. Rauschl

Chris A. Rauschl

Assistant Secretary

EXHIBIT A

REGISTERED NO. PRINCIPAL AMOUNT:

GENERAL MILLS, INC.

2.100% NOTE DUE 2020

CUSIP NO. 370334BR4 ISIN No. XS0993266625 Common Code No. 099326662

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 USB NOMINEES (UK) LIMITED,
or registered assigns, the principal sum of Five Hundred Million Euros (€500,000,000) on November
16, 2020 (the “Maturity Date”), and to pay interest thereon from and including November 15, 2013 or
the most recent Interest Payment Date (as defined below) as to which interest has been paid or made
available for payment, annually in arrears on November 16 in each year (each an “Interest Payment
Date”), commencing on November 16, 2014, at the rate of 2.100% 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 the actual number of days in the period for which
interest is being calculated and the actual number of days from and including the last date on
which interest was paid on this Note (or November 15, 2013 if no interest has been paid on this
Note), to but excluding the next scheduled Interest Payment Date. This payment convention is
referred to as ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA) as defined in the rulebook of the International Capital Market
Association. 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 November 1 (whether
or not a Business Day (as defined below)), 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.

As set forth herein, the Company will pay additional interest on this Note in certain
circumstances.

Payment of principal of and premium (if any) and interest on this Note will be made to Evalon
Financial Services Limited 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 London, England.

All payments on this Note will be made in such coin or currency of the member states of the
European Monetary Union that have adopted or that adopt the single currency in accordance with the
Treaty establishing the European Community, as amended by the Treaty on European Union as at the
time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts. If such coin or
currency (the “euro”) is unavailable due to the imposition of exchange controls or other
circumstances beyond the Company’s control or if the euro is no longer being used by the then
member states of the European Monetary Union that have adopted the euro as their currency or for
the settlement of transactions by public institutions of or within the international banking
community, then all payments in respect of this Note will be made in United States dollars until
the euro is again available to the Company or so used. The amount payable on any date in euro will
be converted into United States dollars on the basis of the most recently available market exchange
rate for euro. Any payment in respect of this Note so made in United States dollars will not
constitute an Event of Default under this Note or the Indenture. The most recently available
market exchange rate will be the basis for determining the equivalent of the euro in the currency
of the United States of America for any purpose under the Indenture, including for purposes of the
definition of “Outstanding” in Section 101 of the Indenture. Neither the Trustee nor the paying
agent shall have any responsibility for any calculation or conversion in connection with the
foregoing.

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.

As used in this Note, “Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday or Sunday and that
is not a day on which banking institutions are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to
close in the City of New York or London and on which the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross
Settlement Express Transfer system (the TARGET2 system), or any successor thereto, operates.

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 by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or
be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

2

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 15, 2013

	 	

	 	

	TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION	 	GENERAL MILLS, INC.
	This is one of the Securities

of the series designated herein

referred to in the within-mentioned

Indenture.

	 	

By:
	 	

	
 
	 	 	 	 
	
 
	 	 	 	Kofi A. Bruce

Its Vice President, Treasurer

U. S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee

	 	 	 	 	 
	
 
	 	Attest:
	 	

	
 
	 	 	 	 
	By:      

Authorized Officer

OR

     

	 	

[SEAL]
	 	Chris A. Rauschl

Its Assistant Secretary

as Authenticating Agent for the Trustee

By:      

Authorized Officer

[REVERSE OF NOTE]

GENERAL MILLS, INC.

2.100% NOTE DUE 2020

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 2.100% Notes due 2020 (the “Notes”).

Subject to the exceptions and limitations set forth below, additional interest will be paid on
the Notes in such additional amounts as are necessary in order that the net payment of the
principal of and interest on the Notes to a Holder who is not a United States Person (as defined
below), after withholding or deduction for any present or future tax, assessment or other
governmental charge imposed by the United States or a taxing authority in the United States, will
not be less than the amount provided in the Notes to be then due and payable; provided, however,
that the foregoing obligation to pay additional amounts shall not apply:

(i) to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is imposed by reason of the
Holder (or the beneficial owner for whose benefit such Holder holds such Note), or a
fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or shareholder of the Holder if the Holder is an
estate, trust, partnership or corporation, or a person holding a power over an estate or
trust administered by a fiduciary Holder, being considered as:

a) being or having been engaged in a trade or business in the United States or
having or having had a permanent establishment in the United States;

b) having a current or former connection with the United States (other than a
connection arising solely as a result of the ownership of the Notes or the receipt
of any payment or the enforcement of any rights thereunder), including being or
having been a citizen or resident of the United States;

c) being or having been a personal holding company, a passive foreign investment
company or a controlled foreign corporation for United States income tax purposes or
a corporation that has accumulated earnings to avoid United States federal income
tax;

d) being or having been a “10-percent shareholder” of the Company as defined in
section 871(h)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(the “Code”), or any successor provision; or

e) being a bank receiving payments on an extension of credit made pursuant to a loan
agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business;

(ii) to any Holder that is not the sole beneficial owner of the Notes, or a portion of the
Notes, or that is a fiduciary, partnership or limited liability company, but only to the
extent that a beneficial owner with respect to the Holder, a beneficiary or settlor with
respect to the fiduciary, or a beneficial owner or member of the partnership or limited
liability company would not have been entitled to the payment of an additional amount had
the beneficiary, settlor, beneficial owner or member received directly its beneficial or
distributive share of the payment;

(iii) to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed
but for the failure of the Holder or any other person to comply with certification,
identification or information reporting requirements concerning the nationality, residence,
identity or connection with the United States of the Holder or beneficial owner of the
Notes, if compliance is required by statute, by regulation of the United States or any
taxing authority therein or by an applicable income tax treaty to which the United States is
a party as a precondition to exemption from such tax, assessment or other governmental
charge;

(iv) to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is imposed otherwise than by
withholding by the Company or a paying agent from the payment;

(v) to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed but
for a change in law, regulation, or administrative or judicial interpretation that becomes
effective more than 15 days after the payment becomes due or is duly provided for, whichever
occurs later;

(vi) to any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, excise, transfer, wealth, capital gains or
personal property tax or similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge;

(vii) to any withholding or deduction that is imposed on a payment to an individual and that
is required to be made pursuant to any law implementing or complying with, or introduced in
order to conform to, any European Union Directive on the taxation of savings;

(viii) to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge required to be withheld by any
paying agent from any payment of principal of or interest on any Note, if such payment can
be made without such withholding by at least one other paying agent;

(ix) to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that would not have been imposed
but for the presentation by the Holder of any Note, where presentation is required, for
payment on a date more than 30 days after the date on which payment became due and payable
or the date on which payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever occurs later;

(x) to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is imposed or withheld solely
by reason of the beneficial owner being a bank (A) purchasing the Notes in the ordinary
course of its lending business or (B) that is neither (i) buying the Notes for investment
purposes only nor (ii) buying the Notes for resale to a third-party that either is not a
bank or holding the Notes for investment purposes only;

(xi) to any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed under Sections 1471 through
1474 of the Code (or any amended or successor provisions), any current or future regulations
or official interpretations thereof, any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)
of the Code or any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to
any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of such
sections of the Code; or

(xii) in the case of any combination of items (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii),
(viii), (ix), (x) and (xi).

The Notes are subject in all cases to any tax, fiscal or other law or regulation or
administrative or judicial interpretation applicable to the Notes. Except as specifically provided
above, no payment will be required for any tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed by
any government or a political subdivision or taxing authority of or in any government or political
subdivision.

As used herein, the term “United States” means the United States of America, the states of the
United States, and the District of Columbia, and the term “United States Person” means any
individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States for United States federal income tax
purposes, a corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of
the United States, any state of the United States or the District of Columbia, or any estate or
trust the income of which is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of its
source.

To the extent permitted by law, the Company will maintain a paying agent in a Member State of
the European Union (if any) that will not require withholding or deduction of tax pursuant to
European Council Directive 2003/48/EC on the taxation of savings income or any law implementing or
complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, such European Council Directive.

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 at the
Redemption Price set forth below; provided that the principal amount of this Note remaining
outstanding after a redemption in part shall be €100,000 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 Note 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 Redemption Price promptly after the
calculation thereof, and the Trustee shall not be responsible for such calculation.

The Redemption Price for the Notes to be redeemed on any Redemption Date that is prior to
August 16, 2020 will be equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be
redeemed and (2) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and
interest on the Notes to be redeemed (excluding any portion of such payments of interest accrued as
of the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on an annual basis (ACTUAL/ACTUAL (ICMA))
at the applicable Comparable Government Bond Rate (as defined below), plus 15 basis points, plus,
in each case, accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date. The Redemption Price for the
notes to be redeemed on any Redemption Date that is on or after August 16, 2020 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 the Redemption Date.

“Comparable Government Bond Rate” means the yield to maturity, expressed as a percentage
(rounded to three decimal places, with 0.0005 being rounded upwards), on the third Business Day
prior to the Redemption Date, of the Comparable Government Bond (as defined below) on the basis of
the middle market price of the Comparable Government Bond prevailing at 11:00 a.m. (London time) on
such Business Day as determined by an independent investment bank selected by the Company.

“Comparable Government Bond” means, in relation to any Comparable Government Bond Rate
calculation, at the discretion of an independent investment bank selected by the Company, a German
government bond whose maturity is closest to the maturity of the Notes to be redeemed, or if such
independent investment bank in its discretion determines that such similar bond is not in issue,
such other German government bond as such independent investment bank may, with the advice of three
brokers of, and/or market makers in, German government bonds selected by the Company, determine to
be appropriate for determining the Comparable Government Bond Rate.

If, as a result of any change in, or amendment to, the laws (or any regulations or rulings
promulgated under the laws) of the United States (or any taxing authority in the United States), or
any change in, or amendment to, an official position regarding the application or interpretation of
such laws, regulations or rulings, which change or amendment is announced or becomes effective on
or after November 7, 2013, the Company becomes or, based upon a written opinion of independent
counsel selected by the Company, will become obligated to pay additional amounts as described above
with respect to the Notes, then the Company may at any time at the Company’s option redeem, in
whole, but not in part, the Notes on not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, at a
Redemption Price equal to 100% of their principal amount, together with accrued and unpaid interest
on the Notes to, but not including, the Redemption Date.

Unless the Company defaults on the payment of the Redemption Price, on and after the
Redemption Date interest will cease to accrue on the principal amount of this Note to be redeemed.

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
€100,000 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 15, 2013 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 issue 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
different ISIN and CUSIP numbers. No such additional Securities having the same ranking and the
same interest rate, maturity and other terms as the Notes (except for the issue price and issue
date and, in some cases, the first interest payment date) 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. For purposes
of the defeasance and covenant defeasance provisions, German government securities shall be used
instead of United States government securities in respect of payments due in euro on the Notes.

In lieu of the provisions set forth in clause (2) of the last paragraph of Section 305 of the
Indenture, this Global Security is exchangeable for definitive Notes only if (i) the Depositary
notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for this Global
Security and 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 or (ii) the Company
executes and delivers to the Trustee a Company Order that this Global Security shall be so
exchangeable. In such case, this Global Security shall be exchangeable into Notes issuable only in
denominations of €100,000 and integral multiples of €1,000 in excess thereof. No Notes shall be
issuable in denominations of less than €100,000. 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 €100,000
and integral multiples of €1,000 in excess thereof. No Notes will be issuable in denominations of
less than €100,000. 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 €100,000 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.

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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

      

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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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