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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 (DRI) has released its 2025 Definitive Proxy ahead of the 17 Sep 2025 virtual AGM. Shareholders of record 23 Jul 2025 will consider:
- Item 1: Election of nine directors; eight are independent and the board is chaired by independent director Cynthia Jamison.
- Item 2: Advisory “say-on-pay” vote.
- Item 3: Ratification of KPMG as auditor for FY26.
- Item 4: Shareholder proposal seeking disclosure of measurable greenhouse-gas (GHG) reduction targets; the board recommends against.
FY 2025 performance snapshot:
- Diluted EPS $8.88; net earnings $1.05 bn; operating cash flow $1.7 bn.
- $1.1 bn returned to shareholders via dividends and buybacks.
- Same-restaurant sales +2.0 % (ex-Chuy’s & Ruth’s Chris).
- 25 net new openings and acquisition of 103 Chuy’s units, bringing the portfolio to 2,159 company-owned and 154 franchised restaurants.
Governance & pay: annual director elections with majority-vote standard, no super-majority provisions, 10 % ownership threshold to call special meetings, robust stock-ownership requirements. Prior say-on-pay support stood at 95 %; >90 % of CEO target pay is performance-linked.
Sustainability: the company publishes Scope 1&2 data but has not set quantitative GHG targets, a gap highlighted by the shareholder proposal citing a 14 % rise in emissions since 2017.
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