Modified · Introduction

Darden Restaurants, Inc. (“Darden,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is a full-service restaurant company, and as of May 2531, 20252026, we owned and operated 2,1592,202 restaurants through subsidiaries in the United States and Canada under the Olive Garden®, LongHorn Steakhouse®, Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen®, Chuy’s®, Yard House®, Ruth’s Chris Steak House® (“Ruth’s Chris”), Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen®, The Capital Grille®, Chuy’s®, Seasons 52®, Eddie V’s Prime Seafood® (“Eddie V’s”), Bahama Breeze®, and The Capital Burger® trademarks. As of May 2531, 20252026, we also had 154167 restaurants operated by independent third parties pursuant to area development and franchise agreements and 4 , four restaurants operating under contractual agreements. The following table details the number of company-owned , and operated restaurants, as well as those operated under franchise one restaurant that we jointly own with a third party and contractual agreements, as of May 25, 2025:operate independently.