These risks
and uncertainties include food safety
and food - borne illness concerns; litigation; unfavorable publicity; federal, state
and local regulation of our business including health care reform, labor
and insurance costs; technology failures; failure to execute a business continuity plan following a disaster; health concerns including virus outbreaks; the intensely competitive nature of the restaurant industry; factors impacting our ability to drive sales growth; the impact of indebtedness we incurred in the RARE acquisition; our plans to expand our newer brands like Bahama Breeze
and Seasons 52; our ability to successfully integrate Eddie V's restaurant operations; a lack of
suitable new restaurant locations; higher - than - anticipated costs to open, close or remodel restaurants; increased advertising
and marketing costs; a failure to develop
and recruit effective leaders; the price
and availability of key food
products and utilities; shortages or interruptions in the delivery of food
and other
products; volatility in the market value of derivatives; general macroeconomic factors, including unemployment
and interest rates; disruptions in the
financial markets; risk of doing business with franchisees
and vendors in foreign markets; failure to protect our
service marks or other intellectual property; a possible impairment in the carrying value of our goodwill or other intangible assets; a failure of our internal controls over
financial reporting or changes in accounting standards;
and other factors
and uncertainties discussed from time to time in reports filed by Darden with the Securities
and Exchange Commission.
Any mentioning, if any, in a Publication of the risks pertaining to a particular
product or
service may not
and should neither be construed as a comprehensive disclosure nor full description of all risks pertaining to such
product or
service and the Saxo Bank Group strongly encourages any recipient considering trading in its
products and services to employ
and continuously consult
suitable financial advisors prior to the conclusion of any investment or transaction.