Darden Restaurants

Darden Restaurants

DRI· Retail Trade· Fiscal year ends in May

CEO pay in FY2026

Ricardo Cardenas is the CEO of Darden Restaurants and was paid $34.8M in FY2026 (May), up 149%.

PayNo stock prices for these years
CEO pay is from each Darden Restaurants proxy. The stock line is the value of $100 put in the stock at the start, from the price change of each fiscal year. Dividends are not in it.

Executives6

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  1. 1Ricardo CardenasFY2026
  2. 2Rajesh VennamFY2026
  3. 3M. John MartinFY2026
  4. 4Todd A. BurrowesFY2026
  5. 5Matthew R. BroadFY2026
  6. 6Sarah H. KingFY2026

Named executives and their total pay, from the Summary Compensation Table of the latest proxy.

Pay

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Darden Restaurants paid its 6 named executives $55.0M in total in FY2026 (May). CEO Ricardo Cardenas was paid $34.8M of that.

Name
Ricardo CardenasPresident and Chief Executive Officer
Rajesh VennamSenior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
M. John MartinPresident, Specialty Restaurant Group
Todd A. BurrowesPresident, LongHorn Steakhouse
Matthew R. BroadFormer Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Compliance
Sarah H. KingSenior Vice President, Chief People Officer

of each named executive, from the Summary Compensation Table of each proxy.

Peers18

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The FY2026 (May) proxy of Darden Restaurants names 18 peer companies for pay. Among Darden Restaurants and these peers, CEO pay was the highest of 2 and total shareholder return was the lowest of 2.

1st highest of 2in Darden Restaurants and its pay peers, FY2026 (May) by CEO pay:

$11.2M$34.8M

2nd highest of 2in Darden Restaurants and its pay peers, FY2026 (May) by total shareholder return:

$168$249

The comes from the company's proxy. CEO pay and of each company come from its own Pay versus Performance table for the same fiscal year.

Board7

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  • Charles M. SonstebyDirector · 12 yr on the boardIndependentAudit, Finance, Nominating and Governance—Paid as an executive
  • James P. FogartyDirector · 12 yr on the boardIndependentFinance (Chair), Nominating and Governance—Paid as an executive
  • Margaret Shân AtkinsDirector · 12 yr on the boardIndependentAudit (Chair), Nominating and Governance—Paid as an executive
  • Timothy J. WilmottDirector · 8 yr on the boardIndependentCompensation, Finance—Paid as an executive
  • Juliana L. ChuggDirector · 4 yr on the boardIndependentAudit, Nominating and Governance—Paid as an executive
  • Daryl A. KenninghamDirector · 2 yr on the boardIndependentAudit, Compensation—Paid as an executive

The board of the latest proxy (FY2026).

Activity

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Filings24

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Current report8-KSep 24, 2026—
Proxy statementDEF 14AAug 10, 2026FY2026
Annual report10-KJul 24, 2026FY2026
Current report8-KSep 19, 2025—
Proxy statementDEF 14AAug 4, 2025FY2025
Annual report10-KJul 18, 2025FY2025
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