DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC — Director's Dealing 2014

May 28, 2014

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC (DRI)
CIK: 0000940944
Period of Report: 2014-05-23

Reporting Person: ROSE MICHAEL D (Director)

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2014-05-23	Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$49.5500	A	3028.0000	Acquired	2024-05-23	Common Stock (3028.0000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	17774.0000	Direct
Common Stock	18130.0000	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Reflects change in the nature of ownership of some shares from indirect to direct.

F2: 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.