---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000940944-21-000056"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DRI"
cik: "0000940944"
company_name: "DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC"
filed_at: "2021-09-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T01:56:07.618285+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Darden shareholders elect all 8 director nominees and approve say-on-pay, KPMG ratification, and ESPP amendment

## Summary
- Elected directors: Atkins, Fogarty, Jamison, Lee, Mensah, Simon, Sonsteby, Wilmott; each received >98M votes for.
- Advisory say-on-pay passed with ~101.8M for vs 5.9M against (94.5% support excluding broker non-votes).
- Ratification of KPMG as auditor for FY2022 passed with ~112.4M for vs 5.4M against (95.4% support).
- Amended Employee Stock Purchase Plan approved with ~107.3M for vs 0.4M against (99.7% support excluding broker non-votes).
- All votes were held at the September 22, 2021 annual meeting; inspector certified results on September 23.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000940944-21-000056
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DRI
- cik: 0000940944
- company_name: DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC
- filed_at: 2021-09-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940944/000094094421000056/0000940944-21-000056-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940944/000094094421000056/dri-20210922.htm

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