ORLANDO, Fla., Dec 9, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: DRI) will host its Fiscal 2005 Second Quarter conference call on Friday, December 17, at 8:30 am ET. The conference call will be broadcast live over the Internet. Clarence Otis, CEO, and other senior management invite you to listen to a discussion of second quarter results. The subjects to be covered may also include forward-looking information, such as the outlook for the current month or quarter, and the company's previously announced earnings guidance. Questions may be posed to management by participants on the call and in response the company may disclose additional material information.
A copy of our press release announcing our earnings, the Form 8-K used to file the release with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any other financial and statistical information about the period covered in the conference call, including any information required by Regulation G, will be available under the heading "Investor Relations" on our website at http://www.darden.com.
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 on our website listed above shortly after the call, but a transcript is not expected to be filed with or furnished to the SEC on a Form 8-K.
What: Darden Restaurants, Inc. Second Quarter Earnings Release
When: 8:30 am ET, Friday, December 17, 2004
Where: http://phx.corporate-ir.net/playerlink.zhtml?c=70336&s=wm&e=943926
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 1,300 Red Lobster, Olive Garden, Bahama Breeze, Smokey Bones BBQ, and Seasons 52 restaurants with annual sales of $5.0 billion. Darden is headquartered in Orlando, FL.
SOURCE Darden Restaurants, Inc.
Analysts, Matthew Stroud, +1-407-245-6458, or Media, Jim
DeSimone, +1-407-245-4567, both of Darden Restaurants
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