Darden Restaurants, Inc. 2025-2026 Proxy Voting Records

Description as filed by funds: To elect a full Board of nine directors from the named director nominees to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors are elected and qualified. The nine director nominees are as follows: Charles M. Sonsteby

Darden Restaurants, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Charles M. Sonsteby”): 92,660,417 for, 2,184,094 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed September 19, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 98% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 143 asset managers below reported 53,203,575 for, 67,373 withheld, 6,794 abstained, 92 not voted.

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Description as filed by funds: To elect a full Board of nine directors from the named director nominees to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors are elected and qualified. The nine director nominees are as follows: Cynthia T. Jamison

Darden Restaurants, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Cynthia T. Jamison”): 92,944,022 for, 1,900,489 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed September 19, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 98% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 143 asset managers below reported 53,123,112 for, 86,957 withheld, 67,673 abstained, 92 not voted.

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Description as filed by funds: To elect a full Board of nine directors from the named director nominees to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors are elected and qualified. The nine director nominees are as follows: Daryl A. Kenningham

Darden Restaurants, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Daryl A. Kenningham”): 94,176,249 for, 668,262 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed September 19, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 99.2% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 143 asset managers below reported 53,259,764 for, 14,568 withheld, 3,410 abstained, 92 not voted.

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Description as filed by funds: To elect a full Board of nine directors from the named director nominees to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors are elected and qualified. The nine director nominees are as follows: James P. Fogarty

Darden Restaurants, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: James P. Fogarty”): 92,995,205 for, 1,849,306 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed September 19, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 98% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 143 asset managers below reported 53,205,867 for, 67,373 withheld, 4,502 abstained, 92 not voted.

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Description as filed by funds: To elect a full Board of nine directors from the named director nominees to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors are elected and qualified. The nine director nominees are as follows: Juliana L. Chugg

Darden Restaurants, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Juliana L. Chugg”): 90,385,073 for, 4,459,438 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed September 19, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 95% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 143 asset managers below reported 53,068,408 for, 195,580 withheld, 13,754 abstained, 92 not voted.

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Description as filed by funds: To elect a full Board of nine directors from the named director nominees to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors are elected and qualified. The nine director nominees are as follows: Margaret Shan Atkins

Darden Restaurants, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Margaret Shân Atkins”): 92,266,349 for, 2,578,162 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed September 19, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 97% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 143 asset managers below reported 53,203,575 for, 67,373 withheld, 6,794 abstained, 92 not voted.

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Description as filed by funds: To elect a full Board of nine directors from the named director nominees to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors are elected and qualified. The nine director nominees are as follows: Ricardo Cardenas

Darden Restaurants, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Ricardo Cardenas”): 93,932,778 for, 911,733 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed September 19, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 99.0% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 143 asset managers below reported 53,260,167 for, 14,568 withheld, 3,007 abstained, 92 not voted.

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Description as filed by funds: To elect a full Board of nine directors from the named director nominees to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors are elected and qualified. The nine director nominees are as follows: Timothy J. Wilmott

Darden Restaurants, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Timothy J. Wilmott”): 93,428,911 for, 1,415,600 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed September 19, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 99% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 143 asset managers below reported 53,259,764 for, 14,568 withheld, 3,410 abstained, 92 not voted.

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Description as filed by funds: To elect a full Board of nine directors from the named director nominees to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until their successors are elected and qualified. The nine director nominees are as follows: William S. Simon

Darden Restaurants, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: William S. Simon”): 90,810,730 for, 4,033,781 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed September 19, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 96% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + WITHHELD); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 143 asset managers below reported 53,218,974 for, 50,350 withheld, 8,418 abstained, 92 not voted.

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Description as filed by funds: To obtain non-binding advisory approval of the Company's executive compensation.

Darden Restaurants, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“(ii) Approved a resolution providing advisory approval of the Company's executive compensation.”): 90,743,641 for, 3,663,287 against, per its Form 8-K filed September 19, 2025 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item.

Reported outcome: not verified — the filing’s own statement of the outcome could not be identified for this item.
Support: 96% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

Also reported under other wordings, matched to the same row of Darden Restaurants, Inc.’s official tally and shown with their own fund figures; their managers are not in the figures or the table on this card: “Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers' Compensation” (29 managers, Fund and manager reports combined; may count the same shares twice; no share total shown); “Say on Pay” (2 managers, 95 for, 21,474 against).

Fund voting reports and institutional-manager reports both cover this item. An institutional manager can report shares that a fund it advises also reports, so the two are shown separately below and never added together, and their sum is not shown (fund and manager reports combined may count the same shares twice).

Fund voting reports, all 141 managers: 52,399,945 for, 120,372 against, 14,568 abstained, 92 not voted. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Institutional-manager reports, all 715 managers: 56,661,897 for, 2,293,714 against, 196,395 abstained, 12,804 not voted, 440 unknown. Showing the 25 largest; see all in the interactive database.

Description as filed by funds: TO RATIFY THE APPOINTMENT OF KPMG LLP AS THE COMPANY'S INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING MAY 31, 2026.

Darden Restaurants, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“(iii) Ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending May 31, 2026.”): 12,101,216 for, 81,863,920 against — failed, per its Form 8-K filed September 19, 2025 (Item 5.07).

Reported outcome: Not approved, in the filing’s own words: “2 (iv) Did not approve the shareholder proposal requesting the Company disclose measurable targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.”
Support: 13% of votes cast — FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST); abstentions and broker non-votes are excluded.

The 151 asset managers below reported 53,253,562 for, 344,271 against, 14,568 abstained, 92 not voted, 440 unknown.

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The 82 asset managers below reported 965,954 for, 37,449,437 against, 82,158 abstained. The figure above is FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST + WITHHELD) of the shares these managers voted; abstained and unvoted shares are in neither half, and these managers are a subset of all shareholders, not the meeting result.

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Description as filed by funds: TO VOTE ON A SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REQUESTING THE COMPANY DISCLOSE MEASURABLE TARGETS FOR REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.

The 67 asset managers below reported 196,014 for, 13,519,592 against, 18,401 abstained, 92 not voted. The figure above is FOR ÷ (FOR + AGAINST + WITHHELD) of the shares these managers voted; abstained and unvoted shares are in neither half, and these managers are a subset of all shareholders, not the meeting result.

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