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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000940944-21-000046"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DRI"
cik: "0000940944"
company_name: "DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC"
filed_at: "2021-09-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T04:24:42.182151+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Darden Restaurants enters $1B revolving credit facility, replacing $750M prior facility

## Summary
- New $1B senior unsecured revolving credit facility matures September 10, 2026.
- Includes a $150M sublimit for standby letters of credit and an accordion feature to increase commitments by up to $500M.
- Replaces prior $750M credit agreement (dated Oct 2017, amended Mar 2020) with no borrowings outstanding.
- Interest rates and fees are based on prevailing rates and the company's long-term senior unsecured debt rating.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000940944-21-000046
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DRI
- cik: 0000940944
- company_name: DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC
- filed_at: 2021-09-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 1.02, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940944/000094094421000046/0000940944-21-000046-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940944/000094094421000046/dri-20210910.htm

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