---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000940944-22-000010"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DRI"
cik: "0000940944"
company_name: "DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC"
filed_at: "2022-03-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T21:13:44.731770+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Darden Restaurants elects Juliana L. Chugg to board, effective March 22, 2022

## Summary
- Board expanded from eight to nine members; Chugg appointed immediately.
- Chugg is former Chief Brand Officer at Mattel (2015-2018) and previously at General Mills.
- Appointed to Audit Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee.
- Compensation: prorated annual cash retainer of $95k, equity grant of $160k in RSUs, plus committee retainers.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000940944-22-000010
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DRI
- cik: 0000940944
- company_name: DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC
- filed_at: 2022-03-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940944/000094094422000010/0000940944-22-000010-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940944/000094094422000010/dri-20220322.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000940944-22-000010
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000940944-22-000010.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000940944-22-000010.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Juliana L. Chugg was elected as director at DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: director
  source text: On March 22, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Darden Restaurants, Inc. (the “Company”) increased the number of directors of the Company from eight to nine, and elected Juliana L. Chugg to serve as a director, effective immediately
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940944/000094094422000010/0000940944-22-000010-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.