1,000,000,000 AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT GENERAL MILLS, INC. FLOATING RATE CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES DUE 2037 Purchase Agreement dated April 4, 2007Purchase Agreement • April 10th, 2007 • General Mills Inc • Grain mill products • New York
General Mills, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to you (the “Initial Purchaser”) $1,000,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its Floating Rate Convertible Senior Notes due 2037 (the “Firm Notes”). In addition, the Company has granted to the Initial Purchaser an option to purchase up to an additional $150,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its Floating Rate Convertible Senior Notes due 2037 (the “Optional Notes” and, together with the Firm Notes, the “Notes”). The Notes are to be issued pursuant to an Indenture to be dated as of April 11, 2007 (the “Indenture”) between the Company and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee.
