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EX-32.B - SECTION 906 CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER - DARDEN RESTAURANTS INCdri-201810xkex32b.htm
10-K - 10-K - DARDEN RESTAURANTS INCdri-201810xk.htm
EX-31.B - SECTION 302 CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER - DARDEN RESTAURANTS INCdri-201810xkex31b.htm
EX-31.A - SECTION 302 CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER - DARDEN RESTAURANTS INCdri-201810xkex31a.htm
EX-24 - POWER OF ATTORNEY - DARDEN RESTAURANTS INCdri201810-kex24.htm
EX-23 - CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM - DARDEN RESTAURANTS INCdrify1810-kex23.htm
EX-21 - SUBSIDIARIES OF DARDEN RESTAURANTS, INC - DARDEN RESTAURANTS INCdri-201810xkex21.htm
EX-12 - COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF CONSOLIDATED EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES - DARDEN RESTAURANTS INCdrify1810-kex12.htm
EX-10.37 - EXHIBIT 10.37 - DARDEN RESTAURANTS INCdri-201810xkex1037.htm
EX-10.36 - EXHIBIT 10.36 - DARDEN RESTAURANTS INCdri-201810xkex1036.htm
EX-10.35 - EXHIBIT 10.35 - DARDEN RESTAURANTS INCdri-201810xkex1035.htm
EX-10.34 - EXHIBIT 10.34 - DARDEN RESTAURANTS INCdri-201810xkex1034.htm


EXHIBIT 32(a)
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 27, 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.
/s/ Eugene I. Lee, Jr.
Eugene I. Lee, Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer
July 20, 2018