DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC 4

SVP & CFO Rajesh Vennam sold ~8.5K Darden Restaurants shares for about $1.8M and received new RSU and stock option awards on July 29, 2026.

On July 29, 2026, Darden Restaurants SVP & CFO Rajesh Vennam sold 8,478 shares of common stock at approximately $210 per share for proceeds of about $1.78 million, leaving him with 8,569.499 directly held shares. On the same date he received an FY27 annual grant of 3,744 restricted stock units, which will convert into common shares on a one-for-one basis at vesting in 2029, and was also granted stock options for 11,044 shares at a $212.23 exercise price, vesting in two equal annual installments beginning July 29, 2029. Based on the current share price of roughly $206.97, his post-transaction directly held common stock is worth around $1.77 million, while the newly granted RSUs and options represent additional substantial equity-based compensation.

Filing Facts

CIK

940944

Ticker

DRI

Form

4

Source Type

sec

Accession

0001225208-26-006845

Alert Tier

7