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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000940944-21-000089"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DRI"
cik: "0000940944"
company_name: "DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC"
filed_at: "2021-12-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T00:22:04.476130+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Darden Restaurants Q2 sales up 37% to $2.27B; EPS $1.48; raises hourly min to $12; declares $1.10 dividend

## Summary
- Total sales $2.27B (+37% YoY); diluted EPS $1.48 vs $0.74; EBITDA $335M.
- Consolidated same-restaurant sales +34.4%; Fine Dining +61.6%, Olive Garden +29.3%.
- Board declared $1.10 quarterly dividend, payable Feb 1, 2022 to record Jan 10.
- Repurchased 1.8M shares for $266M; $761M remaining under buyback authorization.
- Updated FY2022 outlook: sales $9.55-9.70B, EPS $7.35-7.60, EBITDA $1.55-1.60B.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000940944-21-000089
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DRI
- cik: 0000940944
- company_name: DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC
- filed_at: 2021-12-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940944/000094094421000089/0000940944-21-000089-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940944/000094094421000089/dri-20211217.htm

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