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0002025804
XXXXXXXX
LIVE
0000940944
DARDEN RESTAURANTS, INC.
001-13666
1000 Darden Center Drive
Orlando
FL
32837
(407) 245-4000
LAURA B WILLIAMSON
Officer
Common
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC Executive Financial Services
1 New York Plaza
8th Floor
New York
NY
10004
6392
1106231.61
118862950
09/24/2024
NYSE
Common
09/24/2024
Exercise of options under a registered plan
Issuer
N
2714
09/24/2024
Cash
Common
09/24/2024
Exercise of options under a registered plan
Issuer
N
2225
09/24/2024
Cash
Common
07/24/2023
Restricted stock vesting under a registered plan
Issuer
N
180
07/24/2023
Services Rendered
Common
07/29/2023
Restricted stock vesting under a registered plan
Issuer
N
1273
07/29/2023
Services Rendered
N
Chris Williamson
1000 Darden Center Drive
Orlando
FL
32837
Common
09/23/2024
1666
286398.00
09/24/2024
/s/ Laura Bailey Williamson