secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC (DRI)
CIK:        0000940944
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-09-19T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000940944-25-000048
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Darden grants CEO $17M special PSU award linked to TSR; shareholder meeting results filed
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- CEO Ricardo Cardenas receives $17M target value performance stock units (PSUs) vesting July 24, 2030.
- Payout ranges 0-200% based on Darden's TSR vs S&P 500 over ~5-year performance period.
- All 9 director nominees elected; say-on-pay approved with 90.7M for, 3.7M against.
- Shareholder proposal for greenhouse gas emissions targets defeated (12.1M for, 81.9M against).
- KPMG ratified as independent auditor for fiscal year ending May 31, 2026.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940944/000094094425000048/0000940944-25-000048-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940944/000094094425000048/dri-20250917.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000940944-25-000048

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