DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC — Director's Dealing 2017

Aug 28, 2017

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC (DRI)
CIK: 0000940944
Period of Report: 2017-08-25

Reporting Person: SONSTEBY CHARLES M (Director)

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2017-08-25	Restricted Stock Units (FY15 Director Compensation)	$	A	250.0000	Acquired		Common Stock (250.0000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	6000.0000	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Includes FY15, FY16, FY17 and FY18 director compensation.

F2: Restricted stock units convert into common stock on a one-for-one basis.

F3: The Reporting Person elected to take a portion 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.