Darden Restaurants to Host Its Second Quarter Conference Call On The Internet

December 10, 2002

ORLANDO, Fla., Dec 10, 2002 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ --

Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: DRI) will have its Second Quarter conference call on Wednesday, December 18, at 8:30 a.m. (E.S.T.). The conference call will be broadcast live over the Internet. Joe Lee, Chairman and CEO, and other senior management invite you to listen to a discussion of second quarter results.

To listen to the call live, please go to the following website at least fifteen minutes early to register, download and install any necessary audio software. For those who cannot listen to the live broadcast, a replay will be available shortly after the call.

    What:      Darden Restaurants, Inc. Second Quarter Earnings Release
    When:      8:30 a.m. (E.S.T.), Wednesday, December 18, 2002
    Where:     http://www.firstcallevents.com/service/ajwz370764497gf12.html
    How:       Live over the Internet - Simply log on to the web at the
               address above

As the largest casual dining restaurant company in the world, Darden Restaurants, Inc. owns and operates over 1,200 Olive Garden, Red Lobster, Bahama Breeze and Smokey Bones BBQ Sports Bar restaurants with annual sales of $4.4 billion. Darden is headquartered in Orlando, FL.

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SOURCE Darden Restaurants, Inc.

Analysts, Matthew Stroud, +1-407-245-5550, or Media, Rick
Walsh, +1-407-245-5366, both of Darden Restaurants, Inc.
/Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/gh/cnoc/comp/105228.html
http://www.darden.com

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