DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC — Director's Dealing 2019

May 28, 2019

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC (DRI)
CIK: 0000940944
Period of Report: 2019-05-24

Reporting Person: MENSAH NANA (Director)

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2019-05-24	Restricted Stock Units (FY17 Director Compensation)	$	A	213.0000	Acquired		Common Stock (213.0000)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Includes FY17, FY18 and FY19 director compensation.

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

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.