DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC 4

SVP & CFO Rajesh Vennam had FY23–FY24 RSUs/PRSUs vest into Darden Restaurants common stock and sold/withheld a portion of the shares (at about $196.31 each) to cover taxes, ending with roughly 17,047.499 shares owned.

On July 26 and 27, 2026, Darden Restaurants SVP & CFO Rajesh Vennam had multiple routine equity compensation events, including the vesting and conversion of FY23 and FY24 performance restricted stock units and FY24 restricted stock units into common stock, followed by same‑day tax‑withholding sales. Specifically on July 26, 2026, 2,945 common shares and 2,859 common shares were acquired from the conversion/vesting of FY24 performance RSUs and FY24 RSUs, respectively, increasing his holdings, and then 1,126 and 1,159 shares were withheld/sold at approximately $196.31 per share to cover taxes. On July 27, 2026, 7,286 common shares were acquired from the conversion/vesting of FY23 performance RSUs, with 2,868 shares withheld/sold at the same $196.31 price for taxes. After these transactions, Vennam directly owned 17,047.499 shares of Darden common stock, implying an approximate post‑transaction holding value of about $3.6 million based on the indicated transaction price, and the activity appears to be standard RSU/PRSU vesting and associated tax withholding rather than discretionary open‑market trading.

Filing Facts

CIK

940944

Ticker

DRI

Form

4

Source Type

sec

Accession

0001225208-26-006812

Alert Tier

5