Insider trade

CFO sold ~$1.78M of DRI shares in the open market

Traded Jul 29, 2026 · Filed Jul 30, 2026

~$1.78M
Reported value · 8,478 sh @ $210.00: 8,569.5
Holds after · shares reported: -7.0%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +4.7%, $212.23 → $197.41 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

The money chief of Darden Restaurants sold $1.78M of Darden Restaurants shares. It happened by itself, for taxes or pay.

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Jul 29, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Jul 30, 2026

CFO$1M+Pre-arranged plan referenced

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$1,780,380

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

34 days after results of Jun 25, 2026, 57 days before results of Sep 24, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $212.23 on Jul 29, 2026, within 3% of its 52-week high, after a 2% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $169.21 (Nov 20, 2025) to $218.66 (Feb 17, 2026), 87% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $208.76 on Jun 15, 2026. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

Footnote references dividend reinvestment

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	+5.0%	+3.5%	+1.5%
30 days	+5.3%	+2.7%	+2.6%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001225208-26-006845
Filed / recorded: Jul 30, 2026, 9:20 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 12:27 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC
Issuer CIK: 940944
Ticker: DRI
Reporting person: Rajesh Vennam
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: SVP, CFO
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Jul 29, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 8,478
Price per share: $210.00
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 8,569.499
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

Includes shares acquired pursuant to the Darden Restaurants, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan and dividend reinvestment feature of the Plan.

Around the same time

7w ago

Fund holdings

6,765Shares reported · -725 vs prior quarter

From a 13F filed Aug 14, 2026 covering holdings at Jun 30, 2026 — a quarter-end snapshot, not a live trade.

Why it stands out Official record

8w ago

6,364Shares · @ $124.24

Derivative exercise or conversion — not an open-market buy.