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Darden Restaurants filings document formal disclosures for a New York Stock Exchange-listed restaurant operator with common stock trading under DRI. Recent Form 8-K reports furnish earnings releases, quarterly and annual results, dividend actions, fiscal outlook updates, share repurchase authorization details and related financial exhibits.
The company's SEC record also covers governance and compensation matters, including definitive proxy disclosures, board and executive compensation information, equity incentive arrangements and officer-related events. These filings frame Darden's reporting around restaurant segment performance, capital returns, registered securities, corporate governance and material events affecting its public-company obligations.
DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC director Daryl Kenningham reported routine equity compensation activity. He exercised restricted stock units that convert into common stock on a one-for-one basis, receiving 159 shares of common stock. These transactions relate to FY26 director compensation, where he elected to take his quarterly cash retainer in the form of restricted stock units that settle immediately.
Following these transactions, he directly holds 1,774 shares of common stock and 159 restricted stock units recorded as derivative holdings for FY26 director compensation.
Darden Restaurants director Timothy J. Wilmott received a grant of 162 restricted stock units as part of his director compensation. These restricted stock units relate to director pay and convert into common stock on a one-for-one basis.
Following this award, Wilmott holds 6,184 restricted stock units directly. He also has indirect ownership of 27,094 shares of Darden common stock held by a trust. Footnotes note he elected to take his quarterly cash retainer for board service in the form of restricted stock units, with vested shares delivered when his board service ends.
Darden Restaurants, Inc. ownership filing: Wellington Management Group LLP and related Wellington entities report beneficial ownership of 5.98% of Darden common stock. The filing attributes shared voting power of 6,815,071 shares and shared dispositive power of 6,848,992.
The submission is an Amendment No. 1 to a Schedule 13G/A and lists the Wellington parent and subsidiary structure that holds these positions; signatures by a Compliance Manager are included with a 05/15/2026 signature date.
Darden Restaurants Inc Schedule 13G shows Vanguard Capital Management reports beneficial ownership of 8,623,952 shares of Common Stock, representing 7.52% of the class. The filing states sole voting power 1,149,954 shares and sole dispositive power 8,623,952. The filing is signed by Ashley Grim on 04/29/2026.
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.