DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC — Director's Dealing 2014

Feb 25, 2014

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC (DRI)
CIK: 0000940944
Period of Report: 2014-02-21

Reporting Person: ROSE MICHAEL D (Director)

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2014-02-21	Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$51.0100	A	2549.0000	Acquired	2024-02-21	Common Stock (2549.0000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	6476.0000	Direct
Common Stock	29428.0000	Indirect

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.