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10-Q - FORM 10Q - DARDEN RESTAURANTS INCd10q.htm
EX-12 - COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF CONSOLIDATED EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES - DARDEN RESTAURANTS INCdex12.htm
EXCEL - IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT - DARDEN RESTAURANTS INCFinancial_Report.xls
EX-32.A - CERT - DARDEN RESTAURANTS INCdex32a.htm
EX-31.B - CERT - DARDEN RESTAURANTS INCdex31b.htm
EX-31.A - CERT - DARDEN RESTAURANTS INCdex31a.htm

Exhibit 32(b)

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 February 28, 2010, 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.

 

April 2, 2010

/s/ C. Bradford Richmond

C. Bradford Richmond
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer