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EX-23 - CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM - DARDEN RESTAURANTS INCdrify1510-kex23.htm
EX-12 - COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF CONSOLIDATED EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES - DARDEN RESTAURANTS INCdrify1510-kex12.htm
EX-13 - PORTIONS OF 2015 ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS - DARDEN RESTAURANTS INCdri-201510xkex13.htm
EX-31.B - SECTION 302 CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER - DARDEN RESTAURANTS INCdri-201510xkex31b.htm
EX-32.A - SECTION 906 CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER - DARDEN RESTAURANTS INCdri-201510xkex32a.htm
EX-32.B - SECTION 906 CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER - DARDEN RESTAURANTS INCdri-201510xkex32b.htm
EX-31.A - SECTION 302 CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER - DARDEN RESTAURANTS INCdri-201510xkex31a.htm
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10-K - FORM 10-K - DARDEN RESTAURANTS INCdri-201510xk.htm
EX-21 - SUBSIDIARIES OF DARDEN RESTAURANTS, INC - DARDEN RESTAURANTS INCfy15exhibit21.htm


EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and appoints Ricardo Cardenas, Anthony G. Morrow and Bruce A. Brown, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2015 and any and all amendments thereto and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as might or could be done in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney has been signed effective as of the 17th day of June, 2015, by the following persons.


By: /s/ Betsy S. Atkins
Betsy S. Atkins

By: /s/ Eugene I. Lee, Jr.
Eugene I. Lee, Jr.

By: /s/ Margaret Shan Atkins
Margaret Shan Atkins

By: /s/ William H. Lenehan
William H. Lenehan

By: /s/ Jean M. Birch
Jean M. Birch

By: /s/ Lionel L. Nowell III
Lionel L. Nowell III
By: /s/ Bradley D. Blum
Bradley D. Blum

By: /s/ William S. Simon
William S. Simon
By: /s/ Peter A. Feld
Peter A. Feld

By: /s/ Jeffrey C. Smith
Jeffrey C. Smith
By: /s/ James P. Fogarty
James P. Fogarty

By: /s/ Charles M. Sonsteby
Charles M. Sonsteby
By: /s/ Cynthia T. Jamison
Cynthia T. Jamison

By: /s/ Alan N. Stillman
Alan N. Stillman