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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 Inc. director Timothy J. Wilmott received a grant of 152 restricted stock units as part of FY19 director compensation. These units were awarded at a price of $0.00 per unit, increasing his directly held restricted stock units to 6,022.
Each restricted stock unit converts into one share of Darden common stock. Wilmott has elected to take all quarterly cash retainers for serving as a director in the form of restricted stock units, with vested shares to be delivered when his service as a director ends. He also indirectly holds 27,094 Darden common shares through a trust.
Darden Restaurants director Daryl Kenningham received a grant of 149 Restricted Stock Units as part of FY26 director compensation. These units settled immediately and were converted one-for-one into 149 shares of common stock at a price of $0.00 per share. Following the conversion, he directly owns 1,615 shares of Darden common stock.
Darden Restaurants, Inc. has a significant institutional holder, with Wellington entities reporting beneficial ownership of 8,077,567 shares of Darden common stock, representing approximately 7.02% of the outstanding class as of the reported date.
The Wellington complex, including Wellington Management Group LLP and affiliated holding and advisory entities, reports no sole voting or dispositive power, but shared voting power over up to 8,037,865 shares and shared dispositive power over up to 8,077,567 shares.
The shares are owned of record by clients of various Wellington investment advisers, which have authority over dividends and sale proceeds. Wellington certifies that the holdings are maintained in the ordinary course of business and not for the purpose of changing or influencing control of Darden Restaurants.
Darden Restaurants’ SVP and General Counsel Lindsay L. Koren reported her initial beneficial ownership of company equity as of 02/02/2026. She directly holds 1,912.795 shares of common stock.
She also holds derivative awards, including 644 performance restricted stock units (FY23), which reflect 1,286 PSUs earned under performance criteria running from July 27, 2022 through May 25, 2025. Additional time-based restricted stock units total 226 (FY24 annual grant), 261 (FY25), and 173 (FY26), each converting to common stock on a one-for-one basis and vesting in two equal annual installments beginning on their respective July vesting start dates.
Koren also holds several stock options to buy Darden common stock: 1,086 shares at $121.47 expiring July 27, 2032; 795 shares at $139.43 expiring July 24, 2034; 455 shares at $148.2 expiring July 28, 2031; 680 shares at $169.02 expiring July 26, 2033; and 508 shares at $208.51 expiring July 23, 2035. Each option vests in two equal annual installments beginning on the specific July dates disclosed.
Darden Restaurants director Charles M. Sonsteby reported selling common stock in a recent insider transaction. On 01/23/2026, he sold 3,123 shares of Darden Restaurants common stock in an open-market sale at a weighted average price of $205.3185 per share. The sale was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $205.205 to $205.515 per share. Following this transaction, Sonsteby directly beneficially owned 19,351 shares of Darden Restaurants common stock.
Darden Restaurants Inc. insider trading report: Sarah H. King, SVP and Chief People Officer of Darden Restaurants Inc. (DRI), reported selling common stock in two transactions on January 22, 2026. She sold 200 shares of common stock at a weighted average price of $207.2806 per share and separately sold 4,405 shares at a weighted average price of $206.6243 per share, both coded as open market sales.
Following these sales, King directly beneficially owned 670.771 shares of Darden common stock. The filing notes that some shares included in the reported balances were acquired through the Darden Restaurants, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan and its dividend reinvestment feature. The transactions were executed in multiple trades within narrow price ranges, with the reported prices reflecting weighted averages.
Darden Restaurants has a planned insider stock sale under Rule 144. A holder of Darden common stock filed a notice to sell 3,123 shares through J.P. Morgan Securities LLC on the NYSE, with an aggregate market value of $640,714.68. The filing notes that 115,139,249 shares of common stock were outstanding at the time referenced.
The shares to be sold were originally acquired on 04/30/2021 from the issuer as compensation for services rendered, rather than through a cash purchase. The filer also represents they are not aware of any undisclosed material adverse information about Darden’s current or prospective operations.
A holder of the issuer’s common stock has filed a notice of proposed sale under Rule 144 for 4,605 shares. The planned sale has an aggregate market value of $951,636.14 and is expected to be executed through Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC on or around 01/22/2026 on the NYSE.
The shares to be sold were acquired on 07/28/2025 through restricted stock vesting under a registered plan, directly from the issuer, with the filing indicating that cash payment terms were not applicable. The notice also includes a representation that the seller does not know of any undisclosed material adverse information about the issuer’s current or prospective operations.
BlackRock, Inc. has filed Amendment No. 16 reporting its beneficial ownership of 9,215,129 shares of Darden Restaurants Inc. common stock, representing 8.0% of the outstanding class as of the event date 12/31/2025. BlackRock reports sole power to vote 8,541,487 of these shares and sole power to dispose of 9,215,129 shares, with no shared voting or dispositive power.
The filing states that various underlying persons have rights to dividends or sale proceeds, but no single person has more than five percent of Darden’s total outstanding common shares. BlackRock certifies that the securities were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and not for the purpose of changing or influencing control of Darden Restaurants.
Darden Restaurants executive John W. Wilkerson, President Elect of Olive Garden, reported a mix of charitable and market transactions in company stock. On January 16, 2026, he made a bona fide gift of 670 shares of Darden common stock for charitable contributions at a stated price of