Darden Restaurants (DRI)

=== SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership === Document Type: 4 Period of Report: 2026-08-30 10b5-1 Pre-arranged Plan: No --- Issuer --- Name: DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC (DRI) CIK: 0000940944 --- Reporting Owner --- Name: WILMOTT TIMOTHY J CIK: 0001200753 Role: Director --- Derivative Transactions --- [Transaction #1] Security: Restricted Stock Units (FY19 Director Compensation) Date: 2026-08-30 | Code: A (Grant or award) Shares: +153 | Price: $0.00 Shares Owned After: 6,337 | Ownership: D (Direct) Footnotes: [F1] Includes FY19, FY20, FY21, FY22, FY23, FY24, FY25, FY26, and FY27 director compensation. [F2] Restricted stock units convert into common stock on a one-for-one basis. [F3] The Reporting Person elected to take all of the quarterly cash retainer for serving as a director in the form of restricted stock units for which vested shares will be delivered to the Reporting Person upon the Reporting Person's termination of service as a director. [F3] The Reporting Person elected to take all of the quarterly cash retainer for serving as a director in the form of restricted stock units for which vested shares will be delivered to the Reporting Person upon the Reporting Person's termination of service as a director. --- Holdings --- [Holding #1] Security: Common Stock Ownership: I (Indirect) --- Footnotes (Complete Index) --- F1: Includes FY19, FY20, FY21, FY22, FY23, FY24, FY25, FY26, and FY27 director compensation. F2: Restricted stock units convert into common stock on a one-for-one basis. F3: The Reporting Person elected to take all of the quarterly cash retainer for serving as a director in the form of restricted stock units for which vested shares will be delivered to the Reporting Person upon the Reporting Person's termination of service as a director. --- Signature --- /s/ A. Noni Holmes-Kidd, Attorney-in-fact for Wilmott, Timothy J. (2026-09-01)