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Darden Restaurants Inc. (DRI)On Jul 10: 32.36  Down 0.10 (0.31%)  
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Darden Restaurants Inc.
5900 Lake Ellenor Drive
Orlando, FL 32809
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Phone: 407-245-4000
Fax: 407-245-4989
Web Site: http://www.darden.com

DETAILS 
Index Membership:S&P 500
S&P 1500 Super Comp
Sector:Services
Industry:Restaurants
Full Time Employees:180,000

BUSINESS SUMMARY 
Darden Restaurants, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the ownership and operation of full-service restaurants in the United States and Canada. The company operates restaurants primarily under Red Lobster, Olive Garden, and LongHorn Steakhouse, The Capital Grille, Bahama Breeze, and Seasons 52 names. It also operates two specialty restaurants, Hemenway’s Seafood Grille and Oyster Bar; and The Old Grist Mill Tavern. As of May 12, 2009, the company owned and operated approximately 1,700 restaurants. It also franchised 5 LongHorn Steakhouse restaurants in Puerto Rico and 27 Red Lobster restaurants in Japan under area development and franchise agreements. The company was founded in 1968 and is based in Orlando, Florida.
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    CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 
    Darden Restaurants Inc.'s Corporate Governance Quotient (CGQ®) as of 1-Jul-09 is better than 62.8% of S&P 500 companies and 96.8% of Consumer Services companies.
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    KEY EXECUTIVES 
     PayExercised
    Mr. Clarence Otis Jr., 52
    Exec. Chairman, Chief Exec. Officer and Chairman of Exec. Committee
    $ 1.86M $ 921.00K
    Mr. Andrew H. Madsen , 53
    Pres, Chief Operating Officer
    $ 1.47M $ 1.33M
    Mr. C. Bradford Richmond , 50
    Chief Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer and Sr. VP
    $ 783.00KN/A
    Mr. Dave Pickens , 54
    Sr. VP and Pres of Olive Garden
    $ 971.00K $ 748.00K
    Mr. Eugene I. Lee Jr., 47
    Pres of Specialty Restaurant Group
    $ 1.03M $ 2.23M
    Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-08 and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc. "Exercised" is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year.
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