DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC 4

John W. Wilkerson (President, Olive Garden) exercised 6,364 Darden Restaurants Inc. stock options and sold 8,864 common shares on August 5, 2026, leaving him with about 18,794 directly owned shares plus 401(k) holdings.

On August 5, 2026, John W. Wilkerson, President of Olive Garden at Darden Restaurants Inc., exercised 6,364 stock options at an exercise price of $124.24 per share, acquiring an equivalent number of Darden common shares, and then sold a total of 8,864 shares in the open market at weighted average prices of approximately $208.41 and $208.30 per share in multiple trades, leaving him with 18,793.689 directly owned shares plus 614.8433 shares held indirectly via a 401(k) plan. The option exercise, which appears to be a previously granted, scheduled award vesting in two annual installments beginning July 24, 2022, was effectively cashless given the $0.00 value recorded for the derivative disposition, while the subsequent share sales realized proceeds of roughly $1.85 million, and his remaining holdings are worth roughly $4.0 million based on the recent market price.

Filing Facts

CIK

940944

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DRI

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4

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sec

Accession

0001225208-26-007027

Alert Tier

6