Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Aug. 25, 2013

Schedule of Share-based Payment Award, Stock Options, Valuation Assumptions

The weighted-average fair value of non-qualified stock options and the related assumptions used in the Black-Scholes option pricing model were as follows:



	Stock Options Granted During the Three Months Ended
	August 25, 2013			August 26, 2012
Weighted-average fair value	$	12.07		$	12.24
Dividend yield	4.4		%	4.0		%
Expected volatility of stock	39.6		%	39.7		%
Risk-free interest rate	1.9		%	0.8		%
Expected option life (in years)	6.4			6.5

Summary Of Darden Stock Unit Activity

The following table presents a summary of our stock-based compensation activity for the three months ended August 25, 2013:



(in millions)	Stock Options		Restricted Stock/ Restricted Stock Units	Darden Stock Units		Performance Stock Units
Outstanding beginning of period	11.6		0.2	2.2		0.9
Awards granted	1.6		—	0.6		0.2
Awards exercised	(0.2	)	—	(0.4	)	(0.2	)
Awards forfeited	(0.1	)	—	—		(0.1	)
Outstanding end of period	12.9		0.2	2.4		0.8

Schedule of Compensation Cost for Share-based Payment Arrangements, Allocation of Share-based Compensation Costs by Plan

We recognized expense from stock-based compensation as follows:



	Three Months Ended
(in millions)	August 25, 2013		August 26, 2012
Stock options	$	4.7	$	4.8
Restricted stock/restricted stock units	0.5		0.6
Darden stock units	3.4		4.8
Performance stock units	2.0		3.7
Employee stock purchase plan	0.5		0.4
Director compensation program/other	—		0.1
Total stock-based compensation expense	$	11.1	$	14.4