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EX-32.B - SECTION 906 CERTIFICATION OF CFO - DARDEN RESTAURANTS INCex32bq3fy18.htm
EX-31.B - SECTION 302 CERTIFICATION OF CFO - DARDEN RESTAURANTS INCex31bq3fy18.htm
EX-31.A - SECTION 302 CERTIFICATION OF CEO - DARDEN RESTAURANTS INCex31aq3fy18.htm
10-Q - FORM 10-Q - DARDEN RESTAURANTS INCq3fy1810-q.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 February 25, 2018, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (Report), I, Eugene I. Lee, Jr., President 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.

 
April 3, 2018
 
 
 
/s/ Eugene I. Lee, Jr.
 
Eugene I. Lee, Jr.
 
President and Chief Executive Officer