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. (DRI) director Daryl Kenningham acquired 936 restricted stock units in the FY27 director annual grant on September 23, 2026. The units convert into common stock one-for-one and vest on the first to occur of one year from the grant date or the date of the next annual meeting of shareholders. He held 2,810 shares of common stock directly following the reported transaction. No Rule 10b5-1 plan is reported.
Darden Restaurants Inc. (DRI) reports that its Chairman of the Board, Cynthia T. Jamison, acquired 1,404 restricted stock units on September 23, 2026, under the FY27 Director Annual Grants. The units convert into common stock one-for-one. Her reported direct positions after the award were 6,961 common shares and 1,404 RSUs. No Rule 10b5-1 plan is reported.
Darden Restaurants Inc. (DRI) director James P. Fogarty acquired an award of 936 restricted stock units on September 23, 2026, under the FY27 Director Annual Grants. The units convert into common stock one-for-one and vest on the first to occur of one year from the grant date or the date of the next annual meeting of shareholders. The report separately lists 27,434 shares of directly held common stock. No Rule 10b5-1 plan is reported.
Darden Restaurants Inc. director M. Shan Atkins received 936 restricted stock units on September 23, 2026, as a FY27 director annual grant. The units convert into common stock one-for-one and vest on the first to occur of one year from the grant date or the next annual meeting of shareholders. The director may defer settlement once until termination from the board. Separately, the reported direct common-stock holding was 1,162 shares.
Darden Restaurants, Inc. elected nine directors at its September 23, 2026 annual meeting: Margaret Shân Atkins, Ricardo Cardenas, Juliana L. Chugg, James P. Fogarty, Cynthia T. Jamison, Daryl A. Kenningham, William S. Simon, Charles M. Sonsteby and Timothy J. Wilmott. They will serve until the next annual meeting or until successors are elected and qualified.
Shareholders approved executive compensation on an advisory basis, ratified KPMG LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending May 30, 2027, and did not approve a proposal requesting a policy to review low director support.
Darden Restaurants reported fiscal 2027 first-quarter sales of $3.2 billion, up 5.1%. Blended same-restaurant sales increased 3.1% on a fiscal-calendar basis and 3.2% on a comparable-calendar basis. Earnings from continuing operations were $234.3 million, compared with $257.9 million a year earlier; diluted earnings per share from continuing operations were $2.05, versus $2.19.
The board declared a $1.62-per-share quarterly cash dividend, payable November 2, 2026, to shareholders of record at the close of business on October 9, 2026. Darden repurchased approximately 1.1 million shares for $222.3 million during the quarter, with $1.3 billion remaining under its current $1.5 billion authorization at quarter-end. The company reaffirmed its fiscal 2027 outlook, including diluted net earnings per share from continuing operations of $11.10 to $11.35.
DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC (DRI) director William S. Simon reported the exercise and conversion of 886 Restricted Stock Units from his FY26 director annual grant into 886 shares of common stock on September 17, 2026. Following this one-for-one RSU-to-share conversion, he directly holds 7,167 shares of Darden common stock. No Rule 10b5-1 trading plan is reported for these transactions.
DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC (DRI) director Daryl Kenningham exercised 886 Restricted Stock Units from the FY26 director annual grant into 886 shares of common stock on September 17, 2026. The RSUs converted into common stock on a one-for-one basis, leaving 0 RSUs and 2,810 common shares held directly after the transaction. No Rule 10b5-1 trading plan is reported.
DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC (DRI) director James P. Fogarty exercised 886 restricted stock units from his FY26 director annual grant on September 17, 2026, converting them into 886 shares of common stock on a one-for-one basis. Following the conversion, he holds 27,434 shares of Darden common stock directly, and the RSU balance from this grant is zero. No Rule 10b5-1 trading plan is reported for these transactions.
DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC (DRI) director Juliana L. Chugg reported an exercise of equity awards. On September 17, 2026, 886 Restricted Stock Units from the FY26 director annual grant were converted into 886 shares of common stock on a one-for-one basis, leaving no RSUs from this grant outstanding and resulting in direct ownership of 5,144 common shares. The RSUs vest on the earlier of one year from the grant date or the next annual meeting of shareholders, and no Rule 10b5-1 trading plan is reported.