secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC (DRI)
CIK:        0000940944
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-09-24T21:20:32+00:00
Accession:  0000940944-26-000035
Event type: other
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.15
Item codes: 5.07
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Darden shareholders elect 9 directors, approve say-on-pay, reject low-support proposal
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- All 9 director nominees elected; highest 'for' votes: Daryl Kenningham (91.4M), lowest: Cynthia Jamison (87.9M).
- Advisory say-on-pay passed with 83.7M for vs 8.3M against (91% of votes cast).
- KPMG LLP ratified as auditor for fiscal 2027 with 96.6M for vs 5.6M against.
- Shareholder proposal on low director support review rejected: 88.9M against vs 2.7M for.
- Broker non-votes: 10.0M on director and say-on-pay items; none on auditor ratification.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940944/000094094426000035/0000940944-26-000035-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940944/000094094426000035/dri-20260923.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000940944-26-000035

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