a Florida corporation) UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT April 10, 2017Underwriting Agreement • April 11th, 2017 • Darden Restaurants Inc • Retail-eating places • New York
Darden Restaurants, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several underwriters named in Exhibit A hereto (the “Underwriters”) $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 3.850% Senior Notes due 2027 (the “Notes”). Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC shall be designated and will act as Representatives (the “Representatives”) of the several Underwriters in connection with the offering and sale of the Notes.
