Darden Restaurants to Host Its FY07 Fourth Quarter Conference Call on the Internet

June 12, 2007

ORLANDO, Fla., June 12, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: DRI) will host its Fiscal 2007 Fourth Quarter conference call on Wednesday, June 20, at 8:30 am ET. The conference call will be broadcast live over the Internet. Clarence Otis, Chairman & CEO, and other senior management invite you to listen to a discussion of fourth 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.

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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 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 shortly after the call.

    What:   Darden Restaurants, Inc. Fourth Quarter Earnings Conference Call

    When:   8:30 am ET, Wednesday, June 20, 2007

    Where:  http://www.videonewswire.com/event.asp?id=40356

    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 nearly 1,400 Red Lobster, Olive Garden, Bahama Breeze, Smokey Bones BBQ, and Seasons 52 restaurants with annual sales of $5.7 billion. Darden is headquartered in Orlando, FL.

SOURCE Darden Restaurants, Inc.

Analysts, Matthew Stroud, +1-407-245-645, or Media, Jim DeSimone, +1-407-245-4567,
both of Darden Restaurants, Inc.
http://www.darden.com/

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