UPDATE 2-Darden investor wins backing for vote on Red Lobster divestiture
April 22, 2014 at 20:17 PM EDT
April 22 (Reuters) - Darden Restaurant Inc will have to call a shareholder meeting to vote on Starboard Value LP's proposal to delay the company's plan to spin off its struggling Red Lobster chain, after the activist investor secured the support of a majority of the company's shareholders.