DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC — Director's Dealing 2015

Sep 1, 2015

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC (DRI)
CIK: 0000940944
Period of Report: 2015-08-28

Reporting Person: NOWELL LIONEL L III (Director)

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2015-08-28	Restricted Stock Units (FY15 Director Compensation)	$	A	334.0000	Acquired		Common Stock (334.0000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	400.0000	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Includes FY15 and FY16 director compensation.

F2: The actual conversion rate is 1-for-1.

F3: The Reporting Person elected to take all of the quarterly cash retainer for serving as a director in the form of restricted stock units for which vested shares will be delivered to the Reporting Person on the Reporting Person's termination of service as a director.