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EX-31.(C) - SECTION 302 CEO CERTIFICATION - DARDEN RESTAURANTS INCdex31c.htm
EX-31.(D) - SECTION 302 CFO CERTIFICATION - DARDEN RESTAURANTS INCdex31d.htm
EX-32.(C) - SECTION 906 CEO CERTIFICATION - DARDEN RESTAURANTS INCdex32c.htm
10-K/A - FORM 10-K AMENDMENT NO. 1 - DARDEN RESTAURANTS INCd10ka.htm

Exhibit 32(d)

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of Darden Restaurants, Inc. (“Company”) on Form 10-K for the year ended May 31, 2009, as amended by Form 10-K/A Amendment No. 1, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Report”), I, C. Bradford Richmond, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 

  1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

  2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

/s/ C. Bradford Richmond

C. Bradford Richmond
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
November 13, 2009