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EX-31.B - EX-31.B - DARDEN RESTAURANTS INCex31bq2fy21.htm
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EX-32.B - EX-32.B - DARDEN RESTAURANTS INCex32bq2fy21.htm
EX-31.A - EX-31.A - DARDEN RESTAURANTS INCex31aq2fy21.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, 2020, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (Report), I, Eugene I. Lee, 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, 2021
/s/ Eugene I. Lee, Jr.
Eugene I. Lee, Jr.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer