U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 FORM 4 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 [_] Check box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Sastre Maria A -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) 5900 Lake Ellenor Drive, P.O. Box 593330 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) Orlando FL 32859-3330 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol DARDEN RESTAURANTS, INC. (DRI) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Statement for Month/Year 04/2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable) [X] Director [_] 10% Owner [_] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line) [X] Form filed by one Reporting Person [_] Form filed by more than one Reporting Person -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ================================================================================ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned ================================================================================ 6. 4. 5. Owner- Securities Acquired (A) or Amount of ship 3. Disposed of (D) Securities Form: 7. Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Direct Nature of 2. Code ------------------------------- Owned at End (D) or Indirect 1. Transaction (Instr. 8) (A) of Month Indirect Beneficial Title of Security Date ------------ Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership (Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yy) Code V (D) and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 04/05/02 M 3,000 A $17.4063 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 04/05/02 M 930 A $22.0625 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 04/05/02 M 750 A $21.125 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 04/05/02 M 3,000 A $18.2188 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 04/05/02 M 793 A $18.7188 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 04/05/02 M 1,612 A $17.6875 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 04/05/02 M 3,000 A $18.4375 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 04/05/02 M 1,155 A $17.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 04/05/02 S 3,000 D $38.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 04/05/02 S 930 D $38.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 04/05/02 S 750 D $39.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 04/05/02 S 3,000 D $38.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 04/05/02 S 793 D $39.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 04/05/02 S 1,612 D $39.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 04/05/02 S 3,000 D $39.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 04/05/02 S 1,155 D $39.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 04/05/02 S 4,858 D $39.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Common Stock 04/05/02 S 100 D $39.07 2,000 D ==================================================================================================================================== * If the Form is filed by more than one Reporting Person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Print or Type Response) (Over) FORM 4 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) ================================================================================ 10. 9. Owner- Number ship of Form 2. Deriv- of Conver- 5. 7. ative Deriv- 11. sion Number of Title and Amount Secur- ative Nature or Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ities Secur- of Exer- 4. Securities Date Securities Price Bene- ity: In- cise 3. Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of ficially Direct direct Price Trans- action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Owned (D) or Bene- 1. of action Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative at End In- ficial Title of Deriv- Date (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- of direct Owner- Derivative ative (Month/ 8) 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity Month (I) ship Security Secur- Day/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. 3) ity Year) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stock Option Common (Right to buy) $17.4063 04/05/02 M 3,000 09/24/01 09/24/08 Stock 3,000 12,500 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stock Option Common (Right to buy) $17.6875 04/05/02 M 1,612 02/25/01 08/25/10 Stock 1,612 0 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stock Option Common (Right to buy) $17.75 04/05/02 M 1,155 02/27/00 08/27/09 Stock 1,155 0 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stock Option Common (Right to buy) $18.2188 04/05/02 M 3,000 09/23/00 09/23/09 Stock 3,000 0 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stock Option Common (Right to buy) $18.4375 04/05/02 M 3,000 09/20/00 09/20/10 Stock 3,000 0 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stock Option Common (Right to buy) $18.7188 04/05/02 M 793 11/26/00 05/26/10 Stock 793 0 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stock Option Common (Right to buy) $21.125 04/05/02 M 750 11/28/99 05/28/09 Stock 750 0 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stock Option Common (Right to buy) $22.0625 04/05/02 M 930 08/26/99 02/26/09 Stock 930 0 D ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ==================================================================================================================================== Explanation of Responses: 1 The prices and amounts of securities reported in this Form 4 for transactions occurring during April 2002 have not been adjusted to reflect Darden's 3-for-2 stock split in the form of a 50% share dividend that was payable on May 1, 2002. Prices and amounts of securities will be adjusted to reflect the 3-for-2 split in the next Form 4 or Form 5 to be filed for the reporting person covering transactions occurring on or after May 1, 2002. /s/ Douglas E. Wentz 5/9/2002 --------------------------------------------- ----------------------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date BY: DOUGLAS E. WENTZ, Attorney-in-fact SASTRE, MARIA A 5900 LAKE ELLENOR DRIVE P.O. BOX 593330 ORLANDO, FLORIDA 32859-3330 DARDEN RESTAURANTS, INC. (DRI) 04/2002 ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.