DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC 4

Group President Martin Melvin John had performance and restricted stock units vest into Darden Restaurants common stock, with shares withheld for taxes, increasing his direct holdings to about 23.7k shares.

On July 26–27, 2026, Martin Melvin John, Group President of Darden Restaurants, Inc., settled multiple tranches of previously granted performance restricted stock units and restricted stock units into common stock and had shares withheld to cover taxes, resulting in a net increase in his direct holdings. Specifically, 2,325 FY24 performance RSUs, 2,257 FY24 annual grant RSUs, and 6,000 FY23 performance RSUs were converted into common stock at no exercise price, and on both days the company withheld an aggregate of 4,165 shares (889 + 915 + 2,361) at approximately $196.31 per share to satisfy tax obligations. After these transactions, his direct ownership rose to 23,727.758 shares of Darden common stock, representing an estimated position value of about $5.0 million based on the current market price, and there were no open-market purchases or discretionary sales reported, only equity award vesting and associated tax withholding.

Filing Facts

CIK

940944

Ticker

DRI

Form

4

Source Type

sec

Accession

0001225208-26-006810

Alert Tier

5