ORLANDO, Fla., June 27, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: DRI) will be presenting at the Wachovia Securities 2005 Equity Conference to be held in Nantucket, Massachusetts. There will be an on-line simulcast of the Company's presentation, which begins at 10:45 a.m. (Eastern) on Thursday, June 30, 2005, available at the Company's website, http://www.darden.com . An audio-only webcast of the Company's presentation will be available over the Internet at http://www.wsw.com/webcast/wa28/dri . The archived webcast will also be available on the home page of the company's website ( http://www.darden.com ) through July 8, 2005.
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As the largest casual dining restaurant company in the world, Darden Restaurants, Inc. owns and operates over 1,380 Red Lobster, Olive Garden, Bahama Breeze, Smokey Bones BBQ, and Seasons 52 restaurants with annual sales of $5.3 billion. Darden is headquartered in Orlando, FL.
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