DRI - Darden Restaurants, Inc.

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

1000 Darden Center Drive
Orlando, FL 32837
United States
407-245-4000
http://www.darden.com

Sector: Consumer Cyclical
Industry: Restaurants
Full Time Employees: 180,000

Key Executives

Name	Title	Pay	Exercised	Year Born
Mr. Eugene I. Lee Jr.	Pres, CEO & Director	3.46M	7.74M	1962
Mr. Ricardo Cardenas	Sr. VP & CFO	1.58M	552.63k	1968
Mr. David C. George	Exec. VP & COO	1.9M	2M	1956
Mr. Matthew R. Broad	Sr. VP, Gen. Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer & Corp. Sec.	1.13M	N/A	1960
Mr. Todd A. Burrowes	Pres of Longhorn Steakhouse	1.41M	N/A	1963

Amounts are as of December 31, 2018 and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. Pay is salary, bonuses, etc. Exercised is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year. Currency in USD.

Description

Darden Restaurants, Inc., through its subsidiaries, owns and operates full-service restaurants in the United States and Canada. As of May 27, 2018, it owned and operated approximately 1,746 restaurants under the Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen, Yard House, The Capital Grille, Bahama Breeze, Seasons 52, and Eddie V's brands. The company was founded in 1968 and is based in Orlando, Florida.

Corporate Governance

Darden Restaurants, Inc.’s ISS Governance QualityScore as of February 1, 2019 is 1. The pillar scores are Audit: 1; Board: 2; Shareholder Rights: 1; Compensation: 2.

Corporate governance scores courtesy of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). Scores indicate decile rank relative to index or region. A decile score of 1 indicates lower governance risk, while a 10 indicates higher governance risk.