DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC — Director's Dealing 2013

Aug 27, 2013

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC (DRI)
CIK: 0000940944
Period of Report: 2013-08-23

Reporting Person: Lewis William M Jr (Director)

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2013-08-23	Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$47.0100	A	2066.0000	Acquired	2023-08-23	Common Stock (2066.0000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	50823.0000	Direct

Footnotes

F1: The Reporting Person elected to take all of the quarterly cash retainer for serving as a director in the form of stock options, the number of stock options issued being the amount of cash allocated divided by the price indicated.