{"url_path":"/sec/dri/8-k/2026-06-25/item-2-02","section_key":"item-2-02","section_title":"Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-06-25","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940944/0000940944-26-000016-index.html","accession_number":"0000940944-26-000016","cik":"0000940944","ticker":"DRI","issuer_name":"DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940944/0000940944-26-000016-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0000940944","primary_entity_name":"DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC"},"word_count":183,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 2.02Results of Operations and Financial Condition.\n\nOn June 25, 2026, Darden Restaurants, Inc. (the Company) issued a news release entitled “Darden Restaurants Reports Fiscal 2026 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results; Increases Quarterly Dividend; Authorizes New $1.5 Billion Share Repurchase Program; and Provides Fiscal 2027 Outlook,” a copy of which is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. In addition, the slide presentation accompanying the Company’s conference call will be posted on the Company’s website.\n\nAs provided in General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this Item 2.02 in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. The information in this Item 2.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing."}