DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC 4

SVP General Counsel Lindsay L. Koren had Darden Restaurants RSUs and performance RSUs vest into common stock with 270 shares sold at $196.31 solely to cover taxes, resulting in direct ownership of about 2,454 DRI shares.

On July 26–27, 2026, SVP and General Counsel Lindsay L. Koren of Darden Restaurants, Inc. had several equity compensation–related transactions, including the conversion of performance restricted stock units (FY23 and FY24) and FY24 annual restricted stock units into common stock and associated tax-withholding sales. Performance RSUs from FY24 converted into 232 shares of common stock on July 26, 2026, and FY23 performance RSUs converted into 644 shares on July 27, 2026, while a FY24 annual RSU grant converted into 226 shares on July 26, 2026; all RSUs/PRSUs convert on a one-for-one basis into common stock. In connection with these vestings, the company withheld an aggregate 56, 57, and 157 shares on July 26–27, 2026, respectively, at a price of $196.31 per share to cover tax obligations, totaling 270 shares sold for tax purposes (approximately $53,000). After these transactions, Koren directly owned about 2,454 shares of Darden common stock, worth roughly $520,000 based on the contemporaneous price context (around $212 per share), and the filing notes additional shares are also accumulated via the Employee Stock Purchase Plan and its dividend reinvestment feature. Overall, the activity reflects routine equity award vesting and tax withholding rather than open-market buying or discretionary selling.

Filing Facts

CIK

940944

Ticker

DRI

Form

4

Source Type

sec

Accession

0001225208-26-006808

Alert Tier

5