DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC — Director's Dealing 2013

May 29, 2013

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC (DRI)
CIK: 0000940944
Period of Report: 2013-05-24

Reporting Person: SASTRE MARIA (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2013-05-24	Common Stock	A	386.0000	$52.8300	Acquired	16775.0000	Direct

Footnotes

F1: The Reporting Person elected to receive all or a portion of the quarterly Director's compensation under the Darden Restaurants, Inc. Director Compensation Program in the form of common stock; the number of shares issued being the amount of cash allocated divided by the price indicated.