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The Darden Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: DRI) SEC filings page brings together the company’s official regulatory disclosures, providing a detailed record of its financial reporting, governance decisions and material events. As a New York Stock Exchange registrant, Darden files documents such as Form 10-K annual reports, Form 10-Q quarterly reports, Form 8-K current reports and proxy statements with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Darden’s Form 8-K filings frequently furnish earnings releases, including quarterly and annual results, dividend declarations, share repurchase authorizations and updated financial outlooks. For example, the company has filed 8-Ks to provide its fiscal 2025 fourth quarter and full year results, fiscal 2026 first and second quarter results, and related outlook updates. These filings often attach the full news release as an exhibit and describe that the information is being furnished under Item 2.02, Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
Other 8-K filings address governance and compensation matters under Item 5.02, such as approval of special performance-based restricted stock unit awards for the President and Chief Executive Officer, and leadership changes within key brands. Additional items cover the results of the annual meeting of shareholders under Item 5.07, including director election outcomes, advisory votes on executive compensation, ratification of the independent registered public accounting firm and shareholder proposal results.
Darden’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule DEF 14A provides extensive detail on its board structure, corporate governance guidelines, committee responsibilities, executive compensation philosophy and programs, and stock ownership information. It also describes the logistics of the virtual annual meeting, voting procedures and the matters presented for shareholder approval.
Through its periodic reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q, Darden presents audited and interim financial statements, management’s discussion and analysis, risk factors and other disclosures that complement the snapshot information in its 8-Ks. These filings outline the company’s segment reporting, definitions of segment profit, use of non-GAAP measures such as adjusted diluted net earnings per share from continuing operations, and reconciliations to GAAP results.
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Darden Restaurants senior executive Douglas J. Milanes, SVP and Chief Supply Chain Officer, sold shares of company stock. On April 17, 2026, he executed an open-market sale of 3,620 shares of Darden Restaurants common stock at an average price of $202.165 per share. After this transaction, he directly held 273.974 shares. A footnote explains that his holdings include shares acquired through the Darden Restaurants, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan and its dividend reinvestment feature.
Insider sale filing for restricted shares. A Form 144 notice indicates 3,620 shares of Common stock tied to restricted stock vesting under a registered plan are listed for sale. The filing shows an aggregate value of $731,837.30 and is dated 04/17/2026. The restricted shares vested on 07/28/2025 and are linked to services rendered.
Darden Restaurants executive Lindsay L. Koren, SVP and General Counsel, reported an open-market sale of 300 shares of Common Stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $194.3152 per share. After this transaction, Koren directly holds 1,617.34 Darden Restaurants shares.
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC submitted a Form 144 notice related to proposed sales of Common shares for DRI. The filing lists 300 securities with an associated value of $58,294.56 and records prior restricted stock vesting events of 291 shares on 07/29/2023 and 9 shares on 07/28/2024. The filing is tied to the NYSE and is dated 04/07/2026.
Darden Restaurants Group President Melvin John Martin exercised stock options for 5,091 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $124.24 per share and immediately sold the same 5,091 shares in an open-market sale at an average price of $196.0401 per share.
Following these transactions, he holds 17,270.15 common shares directly, including shares acquired through the Employee Stock Purchase Plan and its dividend reinvestment feature. The reported option grant, which fully vested in two equal annual installments beginning on July 24, 2022, now shows no remaining derivative balance from this award.
DRI filed a Form 144 notice to sell 5,091 shares, arising from an exercise of options under a registered plan dated 04/06/2026. The filing lists cash as the sale method and notes prior sales of 1,200 shares on 01/06/2026 for $236,964.00.
Darden Restaurants delivered higher sales but mixed earnings in its latest quarter. Sales rose to $3.35 billion for the quarter and $9.49 billion for the first nine months of fiscal 2026, up 5.9% and 7.8% from a year earlier, helped by strong same-restaurant growth, new units and the Chuy’s acquisition.
Quarterly net earnings slipped to $306.8 million with diluted EPS of $2.65, while year‑to‑date net earnings increased to $801.8 million and EPS to $6.87. The company is reshaping its portfolio by selling Olive Garden Canada to a franchise partner and planning to close about 14 Bahama Breeze locations while converting the rest to other Darden brands. Management expects full‑year 2026 sales growth of about 9.5%, same‑restaurant sales growth around 4.5% and approximately 70 new restaurant openings, supported by $750–$775 million of capital spending.
The Vanguard Group amended its Schedule 13G/A to report zero beneficial ownership of Common Stock of Darden Restaurants Inc. The filing states Vanguard underwent an internal realignment and certain subsidiaries will report ownership separately in reliance on SEC Release No. 34-39538.
Darden Restaurants director William S. Simon filed an amended Form 4 after an open-market sale of 2,333 shares of common stock at $203.96 per share. After the sale, he directly holds 6,281 shares. The amendment states it is solely to correct the reported sale price based on erroneous brokerage information, with all other details from the original Form 4 unchanged.
Darden Restaurants director William S. Simon sold 2,333 shares of common stock in an open-market transaction. The shares were sold at an average price of $200.6351 per share. After this sale on March 23, 2026, he continues to hold 6,281 shares directly.