DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC
3, 1999-12-23
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<CAPTION>
- ----------------                              U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION                   ----------------------------
|F  O  R  M   3|                                       Washington, D.C. 20549                           |       OMB APPROVAL       |
- ----------------                                                                                        |--------------------------|
                                       INITIAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP             |OMB Number       3235-0104|
                                                                                                        |Expires: September 30,1998|
                             Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,    |Estimated ave. burden     |
                                Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or      |hours per response.....0.5|
                                         Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act 1940               ----------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|1.Name and Address of Reporting Person* |2.Date of Event        |4.Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol                       |
|                                        |  Requiring Statement  |                                                                 |
|                                        |  (Month/Day/Year)     |    DARDEN RESTAURANTS, INC.                                     |
|                                        |                       |                                                            (DRI)|
|                                        |                       |                                                                 |
|----------------------------------------|                       |-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|      (Last)             (First)    (MI)|      12/16/1999       |5.Relationship of Reporting Person to  |6.If Amendment, Date of  |
|                                        |                       |  Issuer (Check all Applicable)        |  Original (Mon/Day/Year)|
|  5900 Lake Ellenor Drive               |                       |                                       |                         |
|  P.O. Box 593330                       |-----------------------|   Director             10% Owner      |                         |
|                                        |3.IRS or Soc. Sec. No. |---                  ---               |-------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|  of Reporting Person  |                                       |7.Individual or Joint/   |
|      (Street)                          |  (Voluntary)          | X Officer              Other          |  Group Filing           |
|                                        |                       |---(give title below)---(Specify below)|  (Check Applicable Line)|
|                                        |                       |                                       | X  Form filed by One    |
|Orlando                 FL    32859-3330|                       |                                       |--- Reporting Person     |
|                                        |                       |                                       |    Form filed by More   |
|                                        |                       |                                       |--- than Reporting Person|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|      (City)         (State)     (Zip)                                                                                            |
|                                              TABLE I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned                              |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)            |2.Amount of Securities       |3.Ownership   |4.Nature of Indirect Beneficial           |
|                                          |  Beneficially Owned         |  Form:       |  Ownership (Instr. 5)                    |
|                                          |  (Instr. 4)                 |  Direct (D)  |                                          |
|                                          |                             |  or Indirect |                                          |
|                                          |                             |  (I)(Instr.5)|                                          |
|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------|------------------------------------------|
|<S>                                       |<C>                          |<C>           |<C>                                       |
|   Common Stock                           |           868               |   D          |                                          |
|                                          |                             |              |                                          |
|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------|------------------------------------------|
|   Common Stock                           |         1,019               |   D          |                                          |
|                                          |                             |              |                                          |
|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------|------------------------------------------|
|   Common Stock                           |           854               |   D          |                                          |
|                                          |                             |              |                                          |
|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------|------------------------------------------|
|   Common Stock                           |        12,216               |   D          |                                          |
|                                          |                             |              |                                          |
|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------|------------------------------------------|
|   Common Stock                           |         1,600.6231          |   D          |                                          |
|                                          |                             |              |                                          |
|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------|------------------------------------------|
|                                          |                             |              |                                          |
|                                          |                             |              |                                          |
|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------|------------------------------------------|
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|                                          |                             |              |                                          |
|                                          |                             |              |                                          |
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class securities owned directly or indirectly.                         SEC 1473 (7-96)
*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).

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<CAPTION>
FORM 3 (continued)          TABLE II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
                                       (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible security)
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|1.Title of         |2.Date Exercisable and       |3.Title and Amount of Underlying      |4.Conversion or    |5.   |6.Nature of    |
|  Derivative       |  Expiration Date            |  Derivative Security (Instr. 4)      |  Exercise Price   |Own. |  Indirect     |
|  Security         |  (Month/Day/Year)           |                                      |  of Derivative    |Form |  Beneficial   |
|  (Instr. 4)       |                             |                                      |  Security         |of   |  Ownership    |
|                   |                             |                                      |                   |Deri.|  (Instr. 5)   |
|                   |                             |                                      |                   |Sec. |               |
|                   |                             |                                      |                   |Dir. |               |
|                   |                             |                                      |                   |(D)  |               |
|                   |-----------------------------|--------------------------------------|                   |or   |               |
|                   |Date          |Expiration    |                   |Amount or Number  |                   |Ind. |               |
|                   |Exercisable   |Date          |      Title        |of Shares         |                   |(I)  |               |
|-------------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----|---------------|
|<S>                |<C>           |<C>           |<C>                |<C>               |<C>                |<C>  |<C>            |
|Stock Option       |  06/25/1993  |  07/25/2000  |Common Stock       |      5,587       |   $7.4590         |  D  |               |
|                   |              |              |                   |                  |                   |     |               |
|-------------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----|---------------|
|Stock Option       |  11/30/1993  |  01/10/2001  |Common Stock       |      2,667       |   $8.2622         |  D  |               |
|                   |              |              |                   |                  |                   |     |               |
|-------------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----|---------------|
|Stock Option       |  06/24/1994  |  07/24/2001  |Common Stock       |      3,724       |   $9.8569         |  D  |               |
|                   |              |              |                   |                  |                   |     |               |
|-------------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----|---------------|
|Stock Option       |  12/09/1994  |  01/09/2002  |Common Stock       |      1,605       |  $12.2823         |  D  |               |
|                   |              |              |                   |                  |                   |     |               |
|-------------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----|---------------|
|Stock Option       |  06/22/1996  |  07/22/2002  |Common Stock       |      3,724       |  $11.3081         |  D  |               |
|                   |              |              |                   |                  |                   |     |               |
|-------------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----|---------------|
|Stock Option       |  09/21/1996  |  10/21/2002  |Common Stock       |      1,676       |  $12.4926         |  D  |               |
|                   |              |              |                   |                  |                   |     |               |
|-------------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----|---------------|
|Stock Option       |  12/14/1995  |  01/14/2003  |Common Stock       |      1,710       |  $12.1272         |  D  |               |
|                   |              |              |                   |                  |                   |     |               |
|-------------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----|---------------|
|Stock Option       |  06/28/1997  |  07/28/2003  |Common Stock       |      4,656       |  $11.5631         |  D  |               |
|                   |              |              |                   |                  |                   |     |               |
|-------------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----|---------------|
|Stock Option       |  09/20/1997  |  10/20/2003  |Common Stock       |      5,028       |  $11.1105         |  D  |               |
|                   |              |              |                   |                  |                   |     |               |
|-------------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----|---------------|
|Stock Option       |  12/13/1996  |  01/13/2004  |Common Stock       |      2,294       |  $10.7981         |  D  |               |
|                   |              |              |                   |                  |                   |     |               |
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Explanation of Responses:
      (01)  This option becomes exercisable in equal installments of 33 1/3% per year, beginning on the stated exercisable date.










**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal           /s/James O. McIntosh, Attorney-in-Fact    12/23/1999
  Criminal Violations.  See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).            ------------------------------------------  ----------
                                                                                  **Signature of Reporting Person           Date
Note: File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed.
      If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.                                            SEC 1473 (7-96)

Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not
required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMD Number.

                          HELSEL, STEPHEN E.                       DARDEN RESTAURANTS, INC.                12/16/1999 PAGE:  2 OF  6
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
- ----------------                              U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION                   ----------------------------
|F  O  R  M   3|                                       Washington, D.C. 20549                           |       OMB APPROVAL       |
- ----------------                                                                                        |--------------------------|
                                       INITIAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP             |OMB Number       3235-0104|
                                                                                                        |Expires: September 30,1998|
                             Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,    |Estimated ave. burden     |
                                Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or      |hours per response.....0.5|
                                         Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act 1940               ----------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|1.Name and Address of Reporting Person* |2.Date of Event        |4.Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol                       |
|                                        |  Requiring Statement  |                                                                 |
|                                        |  (Month/Day/Year)     |    DARDEN RESTAURANTS, INC.                                     |
|                                        |                       |                                                            (DRI)|
|                                        |                       |                                                                 |
|----------------------------------------|                       |-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|      (Last)             (First)    (MI)|      12/16/1999       |5.Relationship of Reporting Person to  |6.If Amendment, Date of  |
|                                        |                       |  Issuer (Check all Applicable)        |  Original (Mon/Day/Year)|
|  5900 Lake Ellenor Drive               |                       |                                       |                         |
|  P.O. Box 593330                       |-----------------------|   Director             10% Owner      |                         |
|                                        |3.IRS or Soc. Sec. No. |---                  ---               |-------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|  of Reporting Person  |                                       |7.Individual or Joint/   |
|      (Street)                          |  (Voluntary)          | X Officer              Other          |  Group Filing           |
|                                        |                       |---(give title below)---(Specify below)|  (Check Applicable Line)|
|                                        |                       |                                       | X  Form filed by One    |
|Orlando                 FL    32859-3330|                       |                                       |--- Reporting Person     |
|                                        |                       |                                       |    Form filed by More   |
|                                        |                       |                                       |--- than Reporting Person|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|      (City)         (State)     (Zip)                                                                                            |
|                                              TABLE I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned                              |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)            |2.Amount of Securities       |3.Ownership   |4.Nature of Indirect Beneficial           |
|                                          |  Beneficially Owned         |  Form:       |  Ownership (Instr. 5)                    |
|                                          |  (Instr. 4)                 |  Direct (D)  |                                          |
|                                          |                             |  or Indirect |                                          |
|                                          |                             |  (I)(Instr.5)|                                          |
|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------|------------------------------------------|
|<S>                                       |<C>                          |<C>           |<C>                                       |
|                                          |                             |              |                                          |
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- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class securities owned directly or indirectly.                         SEC 1473 (7-96)
*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).

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<CAPTION>
FORM 3 (continued)          TABLE II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
                                       (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible security)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|1.Title of         |2.Date Exercisable and       |3.Title and Amount of Underlying      |4.Conversion or    |5.   |6.Nature of    |
|  Derivative       |  Expiration Date            |  Derivative Security (Instr. 4)      |  Exercise Price   |Own. |  Indirect     |
|  Security         |  (Month/Day/Year)           |                                      |  of Derivative    |Form |  Beneficial   |
|  (Instr. 4)       |                             |                                      |  Security         |of   |  Ownership    |
|                   |                             |                                      |                   |Deri.|  (Instr. 5)   |
|                   |                             |                                      |                   |Sec. |               |
|                   |                             |                                      |                   |Dir. |               |
|                   |                             |                                      |                   |(D)  |               |
|                   |-----------------------------|--------------------------------------|                   |or   |               |
|                   |Date          |Expiration    |                   |Amount or Number  |                   |Ind. |               |
|                   |Exercisable   |Date          |      Title        |of Shares         |                   |(I)  |               |
|-------------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----|---------------|
|<S>                |<C>           |<C>           |<C>                |<C>               |<C>                |<C>  |<C>            |
|Stock Option       |  06/01/1998  |  07/01/2004  |Common Stock       |     24,852       |   $9.6465         |  D  |               |
|                   |              |              |                   |                  |                   |     |               |
|-------------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----|---------------|
|Stock Option       |  06/27/1999  |  07/27/2004  |Common Stock       |      4,656       |   $9.7017         |  D  |               |
|                   |              |              |                   |                  |                   |     |               |
|-------------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----|---------------|
|Stock Option       |  09/19/1998  |  10/19/2004  |Common Stock       |      7,077       |   $9.9121         |  D  |               |
|                   |              |              |                   |                  |                   |     |               |
|-------------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----|---------------|
|Stock Option       |  12/12/1999  |  01/12/2005  |Common Stock       |      2,395       |   $9.7145         |  D  |               |
|                   |              |              |                   |                  |                   |     |               |
|-------------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----|---------------|
|Stock Option       |  05/30/2000  |  05/30/2005  |Common Stock       |     20,000       |  $10.9375         |  D  |               |
|                   |              |              |                   |                  |                   |     |               |
|-------------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----|---------------|
|Stock Option       |  11/23/1997  |  05/23/2007  |Common Stock       |      4,179       |   $8.3125         |  D  |               |
|                   |              |              |                   |                  |                   |     |               |
|-------------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----|---------------|
|Stock Option       |  06/17/1999  |  06/17/2007  |Common Stock       |      9,194       |   $9.0000         |  D  |               |
|                   |         (01) |              |                   |                  |                   |     |               |
|-------------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----|---------------|
|Stock Option       |  06/17/1999  |  06/17/2007  |Common Stock       |     11,000       |   $9.0000         |  D  |               |
|                   |         (01) |              |                   |                  |                   |     |               |
|-------------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----|---------------|
|Stock Option       |  11/29/1998  |  05/29/2008  |Common Stock       |      1,138       |  $15.5938         |  D  |               |
|                   |              |              |                   |                  |                   |     |               |
|-------------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----|---------------|
|Stock Option       |  06/23/1999  |  06/23/2008  |Common Stock       |     12,000       |  $15.6563         |  D  |               |
|                   |         (01) |              |                   |                  |                   |     |               |
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Explanation of Responses:











**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal           /s/James O. McIntosh, Attorney-in-Fact    12/23/1999
  Criminal Violations.  See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).            ------------------------------------------  ----------
                                                                                  **Signature of Reporting Person           Date
Note: File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed.
      If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.                                            SEC 1473 (7-96)

Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not
required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMD Number.

                          HELSEL, STEPHEN E.                       DARDEN RESTAURANTS, INC.                12/16/1999 PAGE:  4 OF  6
</TABLE>
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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
- ----------------                              U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION                   ----------------------------
|F  O  R  M   3|                                       Washington, D.C. 20549                           |       OMB APPROVAL       |
- ----------------                                                                                        |--------------------------|
                                       INITIAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP             |OMB Number       3235-0104|
                                                                                                        |Expires: September 30,1998|
                             Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,    |Estimated ave. burden     |
                                Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or      |hours per response.....0.5|
                                         Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act 1940               ----------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|1.Name and Address of Reporting Person* |2.Date of Event        |4.Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol                       |
|                                        |  Requiring Statement  |                                                                 |
|                                        |  (Month/Day/Year)     |    DARDEN RESTAURANTS, INC.                                     |
|                                        |                       |                                                            (DRI)|
|                                        |                       |                                                                 |
|----------------------------------------|                       |-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|      (Last)             (First)    (MI)|      12/16/1999       |5.Relationship of Reporting Person to  |6.If Amendment, Date of  |
|                                        |                       |  Issuer (Check all Applicable)        |  Original (Mon/Day/Year)|
|  5900 Lake Ellenor Drive               |                       |                                       |                         |
|  P.O. Box 593330                       |-----------------------|   Director             10% Owner      |                         |
|                                        |3.IRS or Soc. Sec. No. |---                  ---               |-------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|  of Reporting Person  |                                       |7.Individual or Joint/   |
|      (Street)                          |  (Voluntary)          | X Officer              Other          |  Group Filing           |
|                                        |                       |---(give title below)---(Specify below)|  (Check Applicable Line)|
|                                        |                       |                                       | X  Form filed by One    |
|Orlando                 FL    32859-3330|                       |                                       |--- Reporting Person     |
|                                        |                       |                                       |    Form filed by More   |
|                                        |                       |                                       |--- than Reporting Person|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|      (City)         (State)     (Zip)                                                                                            |
|                                              TABLE I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned                              |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)            |2.Amount of Securities       |3.Ownership   |4.Nature of Indirect Beneficial           |
|                                          |  Beneficially Owned         |  Form:       |  Ownership (Instr. 5)                    |
|                                          |  (Instr. 4)                 |  Direct (D)  |                                          |
|                                          |                             |  or Indirect |                                          |
|                                          |                             |  (I)(Instr.5)|                                          |
|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------|------------------------------------------|
|<S>                                       |<C>                          |<C>           |<C>                                       |
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- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class securities owned directly or indirectly.                         SEC 1473 (7-96)
*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
FORM 3 (continued)          TABLE II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
                                       (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible security)
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|1.Title of         |2.Date Exercisable and       |3.Title and Amount of Underlying      |4.Conversion or    |5.   |6.Nature of    |
|  Derivative       |  Expiration Date            |  Derivative Security (Instr. 4)      |  Exercise Price   |Own. |  Indirect     |
|  Security         |  (Month/Day/Year)           |                                      |  of Derivative    |Form |  Beneficial   |
|  (Instr. 4)       |                             |                                      |  Security         |of   |  Ownership    |
|                   |                             |                                      |                   |Deri.|  (Instr. 5)   |
|                   |                             |                                      |                   |Sec. |               |
|                   |                             |                                      |                   |Dir. |               |
|                   |                             |                                      |                   |(D)  |               |
|                   |-----------------------------|--------------------------------------|                   |or   |               |
|                   |Date          |Expiration    |                   |Amount or Number  |                   |Ind. |               |
|                   |Exercisable   |Date          |      Title        |of Shares         |                   |(I)  |               |
|-------------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----|---------------|
|<S>                |<C>           |<C>           |<C>                |<C>               |<C>                |<C>  |<C>            |
|Stock Option       |  11/28/1999  |  05/28/2009  |Common Stock       |        986       |  $21.1250         |  D  |               |
|                   |              |              |                   |                  |                   |     |               |
|-------------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----|---------------|
|Stock Option       |  06/22/2001  |  06/22/2009  |Common Stock       |     17,000       |  $21.9375         |  D  |               |
|                   |         (01) |              |                   |                  |                   |     |               |
|-------------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----|---------------|
|                   |              |              |                   |                  |                   |     |               |
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|                   |              |              |                   |                  |                   |     |               |
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Explanation of Responses:











**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal           /s/James O. McIntosh, Attorney-in-Fact    12/23/1999
  Criminal Violations.  See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).            ------------------------------------------  ----------
                                                                                  **Signature of Reporting Person           Date
Note: File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed.
      If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.                                            SEC 1473 (7-96)

Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not
required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMD Number.

                          HELSEL, STEPHEN E.                       DARDEN RESTAURANTS, INC.                12/16/1999 PAGE:  6 OF  6
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