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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000940944-22-000050"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DRI"
cik: "0000940944"
company_name: "DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC"
filed_at: "2022-09-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T08:11:55.634867+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Darden shareholders elect 10 directors, approve say-on-pay, ratify KPMG

## Summary
- All 10 director nominees elected; Cynthia Jamison received highest withheld votes (5.8M).
- Advisory say-on-pay resolution approved: 96.1M for, 4.1M against, 0.2M abstain.
- KPMG ratified as auditor for FY ending May 28, 2023: 106.6M for, 4.1M against, 64.6K abstain.
- Broker non-votes present on director election and say-on-pay (10.5M), none on auditor ratification.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000940944-22-000050
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DRI
- cik: 0000940944
- company_name: DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC
- filed_at: 2022-09-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940944/000094094422000050/0000940944-22-000050-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940944/000094094422000050/dri-20220921.htm

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