{"url_path":"/sec/dri/8-k/2026-06-25/item-5-03","section_key":"item-5-03","section_title":"Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.","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":173,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 5.03Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.\n\nOn June 24, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) approved amendments (the “Amendments”) to the Bylaws of the Company (the “Bylaws”), effective immediately. The Amendments to the Bylaws (i) increase the maximum number of shareholders permitted to aggregate holdings for purposes of satisfying minimum ownership requirements applicable to director nominations from 10 shareholders to 20 shareholders; (ii) revise director nomination procedures to address universal proxy rules under Rule 14a-19 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; (iii) update certain notice provisions; (iv) revise provisions relating to the timing of the annual meeting of shareholders; and (v) remove outdated and obsolete provisions. The Amendments also include certain administrative, clarifying, and conforming changes.\n\nThe foregoing description of the Amendments to the Bylaws does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Bylaws (as amended), a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated by reference herein."}