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Darden Restaurants, Inc.: meeting of 20 Sep 2023
Votes reported on Form N-PX, item by item
999 Form N-PX filers reported votes at the Darden Restaurants, Inc. meeting of 20 Sep 2023. Their records fall into 7 items below, in ballot order: management items first, then proposals from security holders. Each bar shows how the reporting filers split; it is not the result of the meeting.
foragainstabstain, withhold or otheramber tick: the portion cast against management
Items
DIRECTOR ELECTIONSIssuer
Director elections
9 nominees; 97.5% of reported votes for; 33 filers withheld from or voted against at least one nominee.
6,063 vote records from 284 filers. 3 of the 281 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 3 filers reported this item without a management mark.
One filer reported a share count too large to be the holding described. No share split is published for this item. How that is decided
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTESIssuer
Advisory vote on executive pay (say-on-pay)
1,552 vote records from 966 filers. 72 of the 938 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 28 filers reported this item without a management mark.
4 filers reported share counts too large to be the holding described. No share split is published for this item. How that is decided
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTESIssuer
Frequency of the say-on-pay vote
1: 8 filers; one year: 827 filers; for: 41 filers; three years: 24 filers; 1-year: 11 filers; two years: 6 filers.
1,530 vote records from 950 filers. 33 of the 921 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 29 filers reported this item without a management mark.
4 filers reported share counts too large to be the holding described. No share split is published for this item. How that is decided
AUDIT-RELATEDIssuer
Audit-related items (auditor ratification)
675 vote records from 282 filers. 9 of the 279 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 3 filers reported this item without a management mark.
One filer reported a share count too large to be the holding described. No share split is published for this item. How that is decided
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUESSecurity holder
To vote on a shareholder proposal requesting the Company to issue a report on the risks arising from state...
651 vote records from 274 filers. 54 of the 272 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 2 filers reported this item without a management mark.
One filer reported a share count too large to be the holding described. No share split is published for this item. How that is decided
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATESecurity holder
To vote on a shareholder proposal requesting the Company to issue greenhouse gas reduction targets
651 vote records from 274 filers. 128 of the 272 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 2 filers reported this item without a management mark.
One filer reported a share count too large to be the holding described. No share split is published for this item. How that is decided
Several categoriesSecurity holder
Shareholder proposals (not separable from the filings)
Filers described these proposals in wordings that could not be matched to one another, so they are shown together.
8 vote records from 3 filers. 1 of the 3 filers that marked the item either way voted against management.
How the largest families voted
| Family | 1. Directors | 2. Say-on-pay | 3. Pay-vote frequency | 4. Auditor | 5. Proposal | 6. Proposal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | For | For | Split or no vote | For | Against | Against |
| BlackRock and iShares | For | For | Split or no vote | For | Against | Against |
| Fidelity | For | For | Split or no vote | For | Against | Against |
| Dimensional | For | For | Split or no vote * | For | Against | Against |
| State Street and SPDR | For | For | Split or no vote | For | Against | Against |
| American Century | For | For | Split or no vote | For | Against | For * |
| Franklin Templeton | For | For | Split or no vote | For | Against | Against |
| Invesco | For | For | Split or no vote | For | Against | For * |
| Equitable | For | For | Split or no vote | For | Abstain or withhold * | Against |
| Charles Schwab | For | For | Split or no vote | For | Against | Against |
| Nuveen and TIAA | For | For | Split or no vote | For | Against | For * |
| ProShares and ProFunds | For | For | Split or no vote | For | Against | For * |
| John Hancock and Manulife | For | For | Split or no vote | For | Against | Against |
| Morgan Stanley, Eaton Vance and Calvert | For | For | Split or no vote | For | For * | For * |
| J.P. Morgan | For | For | Split or no vote | For | Against | Against |
| Goldman Sachs | For | For | Split or no vote | For | Against | Against |
| WisdomTree | For | For | Split or no vote | For | Against | Against |
| PGIM and Prudential | For | For | Split or no vote | For | Against | For * |
| Jackson National funds | For | For | Split or no vote | For | Against | Against |
| Northern Trust and FlexShares | For | For | Split or no vote | For | Abstain or withhold * | Abstain or withhold * |
| SEI | For | For | Split or no vote | For | Against | Against |
| T. Rowe Price | For | For | Split or no vote | For | Against | Against |
| Thrivent | For | For | Split or no vote | For | Against | For * |
| Lincoln Financial | For | For | Split or no vote | For | Against | Against |
| Voya | For | For | Split or no vote | For | Against | Abstain or withhold * |
| First Trust | For | For | Split or no vote | For | Against | Against |
| Russell Investments | No report | For | Split or no vote | No report | No report | No report |
| Nationwide | For | For | Split or no vote | For | Against | For * |
| Victory Capital | For | For | Split or no vote | For | Against | For * |
| Brighthouse Funds | For | For | Split or no vote | For | Against | For * |
| Guggenheim and Rydex | For | For | Split or no vote | For | Against | For * |
| Columbia Threadneedle | For | For | Split or no vote | For | Against | For * |
| BNY Mellon | For | For | Split or no vote | Against * | Against | For * |
| Principal | For | For | Split or no vote | For | Against | For * |
| Capital Group and American Funds | For | For | Split or no vote | For | Against | Against |
| Pacific Life funds | For | For | Split or no vote | For | Against | Against |
| Global X | For | For | Split or no vote | For | No report | No report |
| Transamerica | For | For | Split or no vote | For | Against | Against |
| Federated Hermes | For | For | Split or no vote | For | Against | Against |
| AllianceBernstein | For | For | Split or no vote | For | Abstain or withhold * | Against |
| Hartford Funds | For | For | Split or no vote | For | Against | Against |
| DWS | For | For | Split or no vote | For | For * | For * |
| PIMCO | For | For | Split or no vote | Against * | For * | For * |
| Allspring | For | For | Split or no vote | For | Against | For * |
| MassMutual | For | For | Split or no vote | For | Abstain or withhold * | Abstain or withhold * |
| Harbor Funds | For | For | Split or no vote | For | For * | For * |
| Macquarie and Delaware Funds | For | For | Split or no vote | For | Against | For * |
| Janus Henderson | For | For | Split or no vote | For | Against | For * |
| Neuberger Berman | For | For | Split or no vote | For | Against | Against |
| Natixis and Loomis Sayles | No report | For | Split or no vote | No report | No report | No report |
| Baird | No report | For | Split or no vote | No report | No report | No report |
* against management. A family's position is the way most of its reported shares were voted across its filers; "split" means no single position led. "No report" means none of the family's filers listed the item.
Questions
How did large funds vote at the Darden Restaurants, Inc. meeting?
999 Form N-PX filers reported votes at the meeting of 20 Sep 2023. On say-on-pay, 72 of 938 voted against management (7.7%). 2 proposals from security holders could be told apart in the filings. The family table lists each of the largest families item by item.
Is this the meeting result?
No. These are the votes of funds and managers that file Form N-PX, counted by filer and by the shares they reported. The certified result, which includes every shareholder, is reported by Darden Restaurants, Inc. on Form 8-K.
Why are director elections shown as counts only?
Director records name the nominee. This site does not publish pages or rows about individuals, so for director elections it keeps the number of nominees and the split of votes and discards the wording.
Every meeting on file for Darden Restaurants, Inc.
Provenance: SEC EDGAR, Form N-PX and N-PX/A filings listing Darden Restaurants, Inc. with a meeting date within three days of 20 Sep 2023. Proposal titles are the most common wording among filers and are replaced by the SEC category where a wording could name a person. Not verified by the SEC. Filings read through 23 Sep 2026.