EXHIBIT 10(c)

                            DARDEN RESTAURANTS, INC.
              STOCK OPTION AND LONG-TERM INCENTIVE CONVERSION PLAN
                            (as amended May 23, 1996)

1.    PURPOSE OF THE PLAN

         The purpose of the GM  Restaurants, Inc. Stock Option and Long-Term
         Incentive Conversion Plan (the "Plan") is to provide for the issuance
         and administration of certain awards relating to Common Stock of Darden
         Restaurants, Inc. (the "Company") issued to employees and officers of
         General Mills, Inc. ("GMI"), the Company, and other GMI Subsidiaries,
         in connection with the  Distribution by GMI to its stockholders of all
         of the Common Stock of the Company.

2.    DEFINITIONS

         As used in the Plan, the following terms shall have the meanings set
         forth below:

         "Adjusted GMI Stock  Option" shall mean a GMI Stock Option which, as a
         result of the  Distribution, has been adjusted by the GMI Compensation
         Committee as to its exercise price and/or the number of shares of GMI
         Common Stock it covers, such adjustment to each GMI Stock Option being
         dependent on the number of corresponding Company Stock Options granted
         by the Company, if any.

         "Award" shall mean any Stock Option, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock
         Unit or Performance Unit Account granted under this Plan.

         "Award Agreement" shall mean any written agreement, contract or other
         instrument or document evidencing any Award, which may, but need not,
         be executed or acknowledged by a Participant.

         "Board" shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

         "Bridge  Grant" shall mean a GMI Stock Option granted on June 1, 1994
         under the General Mills, Inc. 1990 Salary Replacement Stock Option Plan
         in  the  award  known as  "90-S10"  in  GMI's  internal  stock  option
         management system.

         "Code"  shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from
         time to time.

         "Committee" shall mean a committee of the Board designated by the Board
         to  administer the Plan and composed of not fewer than two  directors,
         each of which directors,  to the extent necessary to comply with Rule
         16b-3  only, is a "disinterested  person"  within the meaning of Rule
         16b-3. Until otherwise determined by the Board, the Committee shall be
         the Compensation Committee of the Board.

         "Common  Stock"  shall mean the common stock of the Company
         (without par value).

         "Company" shall mean Darden Restaurants,  Inc., a  Florida
         corporation.

         "Company Conversion Ratio" shall mean the factor where the numerator is
         the Per Share Company Stock Price and the denominator is the Per Share
         Pre-Split GMI Stock Price.

         "Distribution" shall mean the  transfer by GMI of all the then
         outstanding Shares owned by GMI to the distribution agent for the
         benefit of, and ultimate distribution to, the holders of GMI common
         stock as of the Record Date, as described in the Information Statement.

         "Distribution  Date" shall mean the effective date of the
         Distribution.


         "Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,  as
         amended from time to time.

         "Fair Market Value" shall mean the mean of the high and low price of
         the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on the applicable date.

         "Food Retirees" shall mean persons retiring from GMI on or prior to the
         Distribution Date who are not Restaurant Retirees.

         "GMI" shall mean General Mills, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

         "GMI Award" shall mean any of the GMI Stock Options, GMI Restricted
         Stock or Restricted Stock Units or GMI Performance Units.

         "GMI Compensation Committee" shall mean the Compensation Committee of
         the Board of Directors of GMI.

         "GMI Performance Unit" shall mean a performance unit granted by GMI and
         outstanding on the Record Date.

         "GMI Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit" shall mean a share of
         GMI common stock or the right to receive a share of GMI common stock
         which is subject to certain restrictions on the last trading day on the
         New York Stock Exchange immediately prior to the Record Date.

         "GMI Stock  Option" shall mean an option to purchase GMI common stock
         granted by GMI to a present or former officer or employee of GMI that
         is outstanding and unexercised on the Record Date.

         "Information Statement" shall mean the information statement dated May
         5,  1995  distributed to GMI stockholders in connection with the
         transactions relating to the Distribution.

         "Participant" shall mean an individual eligible to receive a Company
         Award who is granted an Award under the Plan.

         "Per Share Company Stock Price" shall mean the composite volume
         weighted average price of the Company's Common Stock as published by
         Bloomberg L.P. for the period beginning on the later of (i) the second
         trading day on which "when issued" trading in Company Common Stock
         takes place on the New York Stock Exchange and (ii) the twentieth
         trading day prior to the Distribution Date and ending on the
         Distribution Date.

         "Per Share Post-Split GMI Stock Price" shall mean the composite volume
         weighted average price of GMI common stock trading without due bills as
         published by Bloomberg  L.P. for the period  beginning on the later of
         (i) the second trading day on which "when issued" trading in Company
         Common Stock takes place on the New York Stock Exchange and (ii) the
         twentieth trading day prior to the Distribution Date and ending on the
         Distribution Date.

         "Per Share Pre-Split GMI Stock Price" shall mean the composite  volume
         weighted average  price as of GMI common stock trading with due bills
         published  by Bloomberg  L.P. for the period  beginning on the later of
         (i) the second  trading day on which "when  issued"  trading in Company
         Common Stock takes place on the New York Stock Exchange and (ii) the
         twentieth trading day prior to the Distribution Date and ending on the
         Distribution Date.

         "PUP Account" shall mean any account established by GMI in connection
         with the granting of a GMI Performance Unit.




         "Person" shall mean any individual, corporation,  partnership,
         association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization,
         government or political subdivision thereof or other entity.

         "Record Date" shall mean May 5, 1995.

         "Restaurant Retirees" shall mean persons retiring from the Company on
         or prior to the Distribution Date.

         "Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Unit" shall mean any award of
         restricted stock or restricted stock units granted under Section 9 of
         the Plan.

         "Retiree Split Option Grant" shall have the  meaning set forth in
         Section 7(a)(iii) of the Plan.

         "Retiree Split Stock Grant" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
         9(b) of the Plan.

         "Rule  16b-3"  shall mean Rule 16b-3 promulgated by the SEC under the
         Exchange Act, or any successor rule or regulation  thereto as in effect
         from time to time.

         "SEC" shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission,  including the
         staff thereof, or any successor thereto.

         "Shares" shall mean the shares of Common Stock (without par value) of
         the Company and such other securities of the Company or a Subsidiary as
         the Committee may from time to time designate.

         "Special Grant" shall mean a GMI Stock Option granted on September 20,
         1993 and September 19, 1994 under the General Mills, Inc. Stock Option
         and Long-Term Incentive Plan of 1993.

         "Split Grant Conversion Ratio" shall  mean  the  factor  where  the
         numerator is the Per  Share  Pre-Split GMI Stock Price and the
         denominator is the sum of the Per Share Post-Split GMI Stock Price and
         the Per Share Company Stock Price.

         "Stock Option" shall mean a stock option granted under Section 7 of the
         Plan.

         "Subsidiary"  shall mean any corporation or other entity in which the
         Company possesses directly or indirectly equity interests representing
         at least 25% of the total ordinary voting power or at least 25% of the
         total value of all classes of equity interests of such corporation or
         other entity.

3.    EFFECTIVE DATE AND DURATION

      Effective Date

         This Plan shall become effective as of the Distribution Date.  Subject
         to paragraph  6(b), no Award shall be granted under the Plan except the
         Awards  provided for in Sections 7, 9 and 10. Awards granted  hereunder
         shall continue until their respective expiration dates.

4.    ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN

         The Plan shall be administered  by the Committee.  Subject to the terms
         of the Plan and applicable law, and in addition to other express powers
         and  authorizations conferred  on  the  Committee  by  the  Plan,  the
         Committee shall  have full power and authority to interpret and
         administer the Plan and any instrument or agreement relating to, or
         Award made under, the Plan; establish, amend, suspend or waive such
         rules and regulations and appoint such agents as it shall deem
         appropriate  for the proper  administration  of the Plan; and make any
         other determination and take any other action that the Committee deems
         necessary or desirable for the  administration  of the Plan.  The



         Committee shall have no discretion relating to the timing, price and
         size of Awards granted under the Plan,  which shall be  determined in
         accordance  with  the  provisions  of  Sections  7,  9 and  10.  Unless
         otherwise  expressly  provided in  the Plan, all designations,
         determination, interpretations and other  decisions under or with
         respect to the Plan or any Award shall be within the sole discretion of
         the Committee,  may be made at any time and shall be final,  conclusive
         and binding upon all Persons,  including the Company,  any  Subsidiary,
         any   Participant, any holder or beneficiary of any Award, any
         stockholder of the Company and any Participant.  The authority of the
         Committee to administer,  interpret,  amend,  alter,  adjust,  suspend,
         discontinue, or terminate, in accordance  with the  provisions of the
         Plan,  any Award or to waive any  conditions or rights under any Award
         shall extend until the expiration date of such Award.

5.    ELIGIBLE PERSONS

         Only persons employed  by the Company or a Subsidiary  on  the
         Distribution Date and Food Retirees and Restaurant Retirees who, on the
         Distribution  Date, hold an outstanding GMI Stock Option or on the
         Record Date have issued and  outstanding in their name GMI  Restricted
         Stock or Restricted  Stock Units shall be eligible to receive Awards
         under the Plan.  Each  Participant shall be granted an Award in
         accordance with the provisions of the Plan.

6.    SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

            (a)  Shares Available for Awards.  Subject to adjustment as
                 provided in Section 6(b):

                 (i) Calculation of Number of Shares Available.  The number of
                     Shares with respect to which  Awards may be granted  under
                     the Plan shall be such number of Shares as results from the
                     application of the award formulas set forth in Sections 7,
                     9 and 10.  If, after the effective date of the Plan,  an
                     Award granted under the Plan expires or is  exercised,
                     forfeited, cancelled or terminated without the delivery of
                     Shares, then the Shares covered by such Award or to which
                     such Award  relates, or the number of Shares otherwise to
                     which Awards may be granted, to the extent of any such
                     expiration, exercise, forfeiture, cancellation  or
                     termination,  shall not  thereafter be available for grants
                     or Awards under the Plan.

                 (ii)Sources of Shares Deliverable Under Awards.  Any Shares
                     delivered  pursuant to an Award may  consist of  authorized
                     and unissued Shares, Shares held in the Company's treasury
                     and Shares acquired in the open market or otherwise
                     obtained by the Company or a Subsidiary.

            (b)  Adjustments.  In the event that the Committee determines that
                 any dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of
                 cash, Shares, Subsidiary securities, other securities or other
                 property), recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split,
                 reorganization,  merger, consolidation,  split-up, spin-off,
                 combination, repurchase or exchange of Shares or other
                 securities of the Company, issuance of warrants or other
                 rights to purchase Shares or other securities of the Company,
                 or other similar corporate transaction or event affects the
                 Shares such that an adjustment is  determined by the Committee
                 to be  appropriate to prevent dilution or enlargement of the
                 benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available
                 under the Plan, then the Committee may, in its sole discretion
                 and in such manner as it may deem equitable, adjust any or all
                 of (i) the number and type of Shares subject to outstanding
                 Awards, and (ii) the grantor exercise price with respect to
                 any Award and, if deemed appropriate, make provision for a
                 cash payment to the holder of an outstanding Award; provided,
                 that the number of Shares subject to any Award denominated in
                 Shares shall always be a whole number.


7.    STOCK OPTIONS

            (a)  Number of Stock Options.  Each holder of a GMI Stock Option who
                 is a Company employee, a Food Retiree or a Restaurant Retiree
                 on the Distribution  Date shall receive either a Company Stock
                 Option, an Adjusted GMI Stock Option or an election to receive
                 either a Company Stock Option or a Company Stock Option and an
                 Adjusted GMI Stock Option in accordance with the following:

                 (i) Active employees of the Company on the  Distribution  Date
                     who hold GMI Stock Options, except Bridge Grants or Special
                     Grants shall receive, in addition to an Adjusted GMI Stock
                     Option, a Company Stock Option with an exercise  price for
                     the shares of Common Stock equal to the exercise price of
                     the GMI Stock Option prior to the Distribution multiplied
                     by the Company Conversion Ratio and for a number of shares
                     of Common Stock equal to the number of shares subject to
                     the GMI Stock Option prior to the Distribution multiplied
                     by .33 divided by the Company Conversion Ratio.

                 (ii)Active  employees of the Company on the  Distribution Date
                     holding Bridge Grants or Special Grants and Restaurant
                     Retirees holding Bridge Grants shall, as to such options,
                     receive a Company Stock Option with an exercise price for
                     the shares of Common Stock equal to the  exercise  price of
                     the GMI Stock Option prior to the  Distribution  multiplied
                     by the Company Conversion Ratio and for a number of shares
                     of Common Stock equal to the number of shares subject to
                     the GMI Stock Option prior to the Distribution  divided by
                     the Company Conversion Ratio.

                 (iii)Restaurant Retirees holding GMI Stock Options, other than
                     Bridge Grants, shall be given, as to such GMI Stock
                     Options, an election, prior to the Record Date, to receive
                     either (a) a Company  Stock  Option as  described  in (ii)
                     above or (b) a Retiree Split Option  Grant.  The  Retiree
                     Split Option Grant shall mean an Adjusted GMI Stock Option,
                     as determined  by the GMI  Compensation  Committee, plus a
                     Company Stock Option with an exercise price for the shares
                     of  Common Stock equal to the  exercise  price of the GMI
                     Stock Option prior to the Distribution multiplied by the
                     Company Conversion Ratio and for a number of shares of
                     Common Stock equal to the number of shares subject to the
                     GMI Stock Option prior to the Distribution multiplied  by
                     the Split Grant Conversion Ratio.

                 (iv)Food Retirees holding GMI Stock Options shall be given an
                     election, prior to the Record Date, either to receive a
                     Retiree Split Option Grant as described in (iii) above or
                     receive an Adjusted GMI Stock Option, as determined by the
                     GMI Compensation Committee.

                 (v) Each Company Stock Option shall have the same  remaining
                     term and other terms and conditions (whether such terms and
                     conditions are contained in the related GMI Stock Option
                     agreement or in the plan under which such GMI Stock Option
                     was granted, subject that a "Change of Control" as defined
                     in such related agreement or plan shall be amended to
                     provide that a "beneficial owner" is an owner of 20% or
                     more of the shares of the Company entitled to vote for the
                     election of directors) and shall be exercisable to the same
                     extent as the GMI Stock  Option from which it was derived,
                     with such changes and  modifications as necessary to
                     substitute the Company for GMI, as the issuer of the Stock
                     Option.

8.    EXERCISE OF STOCK OPTIONS

         A  Participant exercising a Company  Stock Option shall give notice to
         the Company of such exercise and of the number of shares  elected to be



         purchased prior to 5:00 P.M. EST/EDT on the day of exercise, which must
         be a business day at the executive offices of the Company.  At the time
         of purchase, the Participant shall tender the full purchase price of
         the shares purchased.   Until such payment has been made and a
         certificate or certificates for the shares purchased has been issued in
         the Participant's name, the Participant shall possess no stockholder
         rights with respect to such shares.  Payment of such purchase price
         shall be made to the Company, subject to any applicable rule or
         regulation adopted by the Committee:

            (i)  in cash (including check, draft, money order or wire transfer
                 made payable to the order of the Company);

            (ii) through the delivery of shares of Common Stock owned by
                 the Participant; or

            (iii) by a combination of (i) and (ii) above.

         For  determining the amount of the payment, Common Stock delivered
         pursuant to (ii) or (iii) shall have a value equal to the Fair Market
         Value of the Common Stock on the date of exercise.

9.    RESTRICTED STOCK AND RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS

            (a)  Holders of unvested GMI Restricted Stock or Restricted  Stock
                 Units who are employees of the Company on the Distribution
                 Date shall have issued in their  name, or in book entry form as
                 reflected  on the  master  stockholder record of the Company
                 immediately following the Distribution Date, a number of
                 shares of Company Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units
                 equal to the  number of shares of GMI Restricted Stock or
                 Restricted Stock Units issued and outstanding in their name on
                 the last trading day on the New York Stock Exchange prior to
                 the Record Date divided by the Company Stock Conversion Ratio.

            (b)  Holders of unvested GMI Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock
                 Units and who are Restaurant  Retirees shall be given a choice,
                 prior to the Record Date,  to elect to have issued in their
                 name, or in book entry form as reflected on the master
                 stockholder record of the Company immediately following the
                 Distribution Date either (i) a Retiree  Split Stock Grant or
                 (ii) the number of shares of Company Restricted Stock or
                 Restricted Stock Units described in (a) above.  The Retiree
                 Split Stock Grant shall consist of GMI  Restricted Stock or
                 Restricted Stock Units, as determined by the GMI Compensation
                 Committee, and Company Restricted Stock or Restricted  Stock
                 Units covering the number of shares  which were subject to the
                 GMI Restricted  Stock or Restricted Stock Units on the last
                 trading day on the New York Stock Exchange prior to the Record
                 Date.

            (c)  Holders of unvested GMI  Restricted  Stock or Restricted Stock
                 Units who are Food Retirees shall be given a choice, prior to
                 the Record Date, to elect to have issued in their name, or in
                 book entry form as reflected on the master stockholder record
                 of the Company,  either (i)  a Retiree Split Stock Grant
                 described in (b) above or (ii) a modified grant of GMI
                 Restricted  Stock or Restricted Stock Units as determined by
                 the GMI Compensation Committee.

            (d)  Each share of Restricted  Stock or Rstricted Stock Unit shall
                 have the same remaining vesting period and other terms and
                 conditions (whether such terms and conditions are contained in
                 the  related  GMI  Restricted  Stock or  Restricted Stock Unit
                 agreement or in the plan under which such GMI  Restricted Stock
                 or  Restricted Stock  Unit was  granted) and shall vest to the
                 same extent and at the  rate as the  share  of GMI  Restricted
                 Stock or Restricted  Stock Unit from which it was derived, with
                 such changes and  modifications as necessary to substitute the
                 Company  for  GMI as the issuer of the Restricted Stock or
                 Restricted  Stock Unit; provided, however,  that as to  Stock
                 Options, Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units which
                 require a deposit  of  Participant-owned shares as a condition
                 to vesting, the Committee may, in its discretion, make such
                 adjustments to the deposit requirements as it deems
                 appropriate.


10.   PERFORMANCE UNITS

         The value on the Distribution Date of PUP Accounts shall be transferred
         to the Company in the proportion that the Company Stock Options, having
         a related PUP  Account,  bear to the  corresponding  Adjusted GMI Stock
         Options,  if any. If no  corresponding  Adjusted GMI Stock  Options are
         issued, the entire value of the PUP Account shall be transferred to the
         Company.  Withdrawals of PUP Account amounts transferred to the Company
         shall  reduce  the   outstanding   Company  Stock  Options  held  by  a
         Participant; exercises of Company Stock Options shall reduce the amount
         of the  corresponding  transferred  PUP  Account to the same  extent as
         provided in the grant of the GMI Performance Unit.

11.   AMENDMENTS TO PLAN AND AWARDS

            (a)  Amendments to the  Plan.  The Board may amend, suspend or
                 terminate the Plan or any portion thereof at any time,
                 provided that no amendment shall be made without stockholder
                 approval if such approval is necessary to comply with any tax
                 or regulatory  requirement, including for these purposes any
                 approval requirement  that is a  prerequisite  for  exemptive
                 relief from Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act or any successor
                 provision  thereto.  Notwithstanding anything  to the contrary
                 contained  herein,  i) the Committee may amend the Plan in such
                 manner as may be  necessary for the Plan to conform  with local
                 rules and regulations in any jurisdiction outside the United
                 States, and (ii) any amendment, suspension or termination made
                 in accordance with this paragraph 11(a) that would adversely
                 affect a Participant's rights under an Award  made  under the
                 Plan may not be made without such  Participant's  consent  and
                 (iii) no  amendment to the provisions  of Sections 7, 9 and 10
                 of the Plan  relating to the amount, price and timing of Awards
                 under the Plan may be made  more  often  than  once  every  six
                 months, except to comport  with the  provisions  of the Code or
                 the regulations thereunder.

            (b)  Amendments  to  Awards.  The  Committee  may  amend,  modify or
                 terminate any outstanding Award with the Participant's  consent
                 at any time  prior to  payment  or  exercise  in any manner not
                 inconsistent  with the  terms of the  Plan,  including  without
                 limitation  to  change  the  date or dates as of which an Award
                 becomes exercisable.

            (c)  Adjustment of Awards Upon the Occurrence of Certain  Unusual or
                 Nonrecurring  Events.  The  Committee  is hereby  authorized
                 to make adjustments in the terms and conditions of, and the
                 criteria included in, Awards in recognition of unusual or
                 nonrecurring events (including, without limitation, the events
                 described in paragraph 6(b) hereof) affecting the Company, or
                 the financial statements of the Company or any Subsidiary, or
                 of  changes  in  applicable  laws,  regulations, or accounting
                 principles, whenever the Committee determines that such
                 adjustments are appropriate to prevent dilution or enlargement
                 of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made
                 available under the Plan.

            (d)  Cancellation. Any provision of this Plan or any Award Agreement
                 to the contrary  notwithstanding,  the  Committee may cause any
                 Award granted  hereunder to be cancelled in  consideration of a
                 cash  payment or  alternative  Award made to the holder of such
                 cancelled  Award.  The   determinations  of  value  under  this
                 subparagraph  shall  be  made  by the  Committee  in  its  sole
                 discretion.

12.   MISCELLANEOUS

            (a)  Award  Agreements.  Awards  hereunder  may  be  evidenced  by a
                 writing  delivered to the  Participant  that shall  specify the
                 terms and conditions  thereof and any rules applicable  thereto
                 and that shall,  in accordance with the provisions of the Plan,
                 replicate  as closely as  possible  the terms,  conditions  and
                 other  contractual  attributes  of the GMI Award from which the
                 Award is derived, as in effect on the Distribution Date.


            (b)  Share  Certificates.  All certificates for Shares or other
                 securities delivered under the Plan pursuant to any Award or
                 the exercise thereof shall be subject to such stop transfer
                 orders and other restrictions as the Committee may deem
                 advisable  under the Plan or the rules, regulations, and other
                 requirements of the SEC, any stock exchange upon which such
                 Shares or other securities are then listed, and any applicable
                 federal or state laws, and the Committee may cause a legend or
                 legends to be put on any such certificates to make appropriate
                 reference to such restrictions.

            (c)  No   Limit   on   Other   Compensation   Arrangements.  Nothing
                 contained in the Plan shall  prevent the Company  from adopting
                 or continuing in effect other compensation  arrangements, which
                 may,  but need  not,  provide  for the grant of  options, stock
                 appreciation  rights  and  other  types of Awards provided for
                 hereunder  (subject to  stockholder  approval of  any  such
                 arrangement if approval is  required), and such arrangements
                 may be either generally applicable or applicable only in
                 specific cases.

           (d)   No Right to  Employment.  The  grant of any  Award shall not be
                 construed as giving a Participant the right to be engaged or
                 employed by or retained in the employ of the Company or any
                 Subsidiary.  The  Company or any  Subsidiary may at any  time
                 dismiss a Participant from engagement or employment, free from
                 any  liability or any claim  under the Plan,  unless otherwise
                 expressly  provided  in the Plan or in any  Award  Agreement or
                 any agreement relating to the engagement or employment of the
                 Participant by the Company or any Subsidiary.

            (e)  Governing  Law. The validity,  construction,  and effect of the
                 Plan,  any rules and  regulations  relating to the Plan and any
                 Award  Agreement  shall,  to the extent not governed by federal
                 law, be determined in accordance  with the laws of the State of
                 Florida.

            (f)  Severability. If any provision of the Plan or any Award is or
                 becomes or is deemed to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable
                 in any jurisdiction or as to any Person or Award, or would
                 disqualify the Plan or any Award under any law deemed
                 applicable by the Committee, such provision shall be construed
                 or deemed amended to conform to applicable laws, or if it
                 cannot be construed or deemed amended  without,  in the
                 determination of the Committee, materially altering the intent
                 of the Plan or the Award, such  provision shall be stricken as
                 to such jurisdiction, Person or Award and the remainder of the
                 Plan and any such Award shall remain in full force and effect.

            (g)  No  Trust  or Fund  Created.  Neither the Plan nor any Award
                                             
                 shall create or be construed  to create a trust or separate
                 fund of  any kind or a  fiduciary  relationship between the
                 Company and a Participant or any other Person.  To the extent
                 that any Person acquires a right to receive payments from the
                 Company pursuant to an Award, such right shall be no greater
                 than the right of any unsecured general creditor of the
                 Company.

            (h)  No Fractional  Shares.  No fractional Shares shall be issued or
                 delivered  pursuant to the Plan or any Award, and the Committee
                 shall  determine,  in accordance with the terms of the Plan, as
                 applicable,  whether cash,  other  securities or other property
                 shall be paid or transferred  in lieu of any fractional  Shares
                 or whether such  fractional  Shares or any rights thereto shall
                 be cancelled, terminated, or otherwise eliminated.

            (i)  Headings.  Headings  are given to the  subsections  of the Plan
                 solely as a convenience to facilitate reference.  Such headings
                 shall not be  deemed in any way  material  or  relevant  to the
                 construction  or  interpretation  of the Plan or any  provision
                 thereof.



13.   NON-TRANSFERABILITY

         No shares of Restricted  Stock and no  Restricted  Stock Units shall be
         sold, exchanged,  transferred, pledged, or otherwise disposed of during
         the restricted  period.  No Stock Options granted under this Plan shall
         be   transferable   by  a  Participant   otherwise   than  (i)  by  the
         Participant's last will and testament or (ii) by the applicable laws of
         descent and  distribution,  and such Stock  Options  shall be exercised
         during the Participant's lifetime only by the Participant or his or her
         guardian or legal  representative.  Other than as set forth herein,  no
         Award  under the Plan  shall be subject  to  anticipation,  alienation,
         sale,  transfer,  assignment,  pledge,  encumbrance or charge,  and any
         attempt to do so shall be void.

14.   WITHHOLDING TAXES

         It shall be a  condition  to the  obligation  of the Company to deliver
         shares upon the exercise of a Stock  Option,  the vesting of Restricted
         Stock or  Restricted  Stock  Units and the  corresponding  issuance  of
         shares of  unrestricted  Common Stock,  that the Participant pay to the
         Company  cash in an  amount  equal to all  federal,  state,  local  and
         foreign withholding taxes required to be collected in respect thereof.

         Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  to the  extent  permitted  by law and
         pursuant to such rules as the  Committee may adopt,  a Participant  may
         authorize the Company to satisfy any such  withholding  requirement  by
         directing the Company to withhold from any shares of Common Stock to be
         issued,  all or a  portion  of  such  number  of  shares  as  shall  be
         sufficient to satisfy the withholding obligation,  provided that in the
         case of the vesting of Restricted  Stock or Restricted Stock Units, the
         number of shares of Common Stock to be issued equals or exceeds 500.

15.   FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS

         The Committee may adopt,  amend, and terminate such  arrangements,  not
         inconsistent  with the intent of the Plan, as it may deem  necessary or
         desirable to make  available  tax or other  benefits of the laws of any
         foreign  jurisdiction,  to  employees of the Company who are subject to
         such laws and who receive Awards under the Plan.

16.   NOTICE

      All  notices  to the  Company  regarding  the Plan  shall  be in  writing,
      effective as of actual receipt by the Company, and shall be sent to:

            GM Restaurants, Inc.
            5900 Lake Ellenor Dr.
            Orlando, FL 32809
            Attn:  General Counsel

Effective May 28, 1995