DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC - FORM 10-Q - EX-32.(A) - SECTION 906 CEO CERTIFICATION - January 6, 2010

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EX-12 - COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF CONSOLIDATED EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES - DARDEN RESTAURANTS INCdex12.htm

Exhibit 32(a)

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Darden Restaurants, Inc. (“Company”) on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended November 29, 2009, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Report”), I, Clarence Otis, Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive 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.

 

January 6, 2010

/s/ Clarence Otis, Jr.

Clarence Otis, Jr.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

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