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34 Darden Restaurants, Inc. 2013 Annual Report
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Darden
The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Darden Restaurants, Inc.
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Darden
Restaurants, Inc. and subsidiaries as of May 26, 2013 and May 27, 2012, and the
related consolidated statements of earnings, comprehensive income, changes in
stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period
ended May 26, 2013. These consolidated financial statements are the responsi-
bility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion
on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require
that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about
whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit
includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and
disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the
accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as
well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that
our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present
fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Darden Restaurants, Inc.
and subsidiaries as of May 26, 2013 and May 27, 2012, and the results of their
operations and their cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended
May 26, 2013, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States), Darden Restaurants, Inc.’s internal
control over financial reporting as of May 26, 2013, based on criteria established
in Internal Control – Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring
Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO), and our report dated July 19,
2013 expressed an unqualified opinion on the effectiveness of Darden Restaurants,
Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting.
Orlando, Florida
July 19, 2013
Certified Public Accountants