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Darden Restaurants, Inc.: meeting of 18 Sep 2024
Votes reported on Form N-PX, item by item
1,028 Form N-PX filers reported votes at the Darden Restaurants, Inc. meeting of 18 Sep 2024. Their records fall into 9 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; 96.3% of reported votes for; 28 filers withheld from or voted against at least one nominee.
5,999 vote records from 273 filers. 4 of the 270 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 3 filers reported this item without a management mark.
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTESIssuer
Advisory vote on executive pay (say-on-pay)
1,601 vote records from 1,008 filers. 70 of the 980 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 28 filers reported this item without a management mark.
AUDIT-RELATEDIssuer
Audit-related items (auditor ratification)
670 vote records from 270 filers. 21 of the 268 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 2 filers reported this item without a management mark.
COMPENSATIONIssuer
COMPENSATION: management items
Management items in this category are shown together; filers word and number them differently.
704 vote records from 280 filers. 13 of the 276 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 4 filers reported this item without a management mark.
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATESecurity holder
To vote on a shareholder proposal requesting the Company issue a report on if and how it will reduce...
635 vote records from 259 filers. 103 of the 255 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 4 filers reported this item without a management mark.
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUESSecurity holder
Shareholder proposal: OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES
634 vote records from 258 filers. 40 of the 254 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 4 filers reported this item without a management mark.
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUESSecurity holder
To vote on a shareholder proposal requesting the Company disclose the percent of pork raised in group...
634 vote records from 258 filers. 97 of the 254 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 4 filers reported this item without a management mark.
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUESSecurity holder
To vote on a shareholder proposal requesting the Company disclose its Broiler Chicken Key Welfare Indicators
241 vote records from 101 filers. 74 of the 86 filers that marked the item either way voted against management. 15 filers reported this item without a management mark.
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.
37 vote records from 8 filers. 4 of the 8 filers that marked the item either way voted against management.
How the largest families voted
| Family | 1. Directors | 2. Say-on-pay | 3. Auditor | 5. Proposal | 6. Proposal | 7. Proposal | 8. Proposal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | Abstain or withhold * |
| BlackRock and iShares | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | Abstain or withhold * |
| Fidelity | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | No report |
| Dimensional | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | No report |
| State Street and SPDR | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | No report |
| American Century | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | No report |
| Franklin Templeton | For | For | For | For * | For * | For * | No report |
| Invesco | For | Against * | For | Against | Against | Against | No report |
| Equitable | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | No report |
| Charles Schwab | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | Abstain or withhold * |
| Nuveen and TIAA | For | For | For | For * | Against | For * | No report |
| ProShares and ProFunds | For | For | For | For * | Against | For * | No report |
| John Hancock and Manulife | For | For | For | Against | Against | For * | Abstain or withhold * |
| Morgan Stanley, Eaton Vance and Calvert | For | For | Against * | For * | For * | For * | No report |
| J.P. Morgan | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | Abstain or withhold * |
| Goldman Sachs | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | No report |
| WisdomTree | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | No report |
| PGIM and Prudential | For | For | For | For * | Against | Against | For * |
| Jackson National funds | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | Abstain or withhold * |
| Northern Trust and FlexShares | For | For | For | Abstain or withhold * | Against | Abstain or withhold * | No report |
| SEI | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | Abstain or withhold * |
| T. Rowe Price | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | No report |
| Thrivent | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | No report |
| Lincoln Financial | For | For | For | Against * | Against * | Against * | Split or no vote |
| Voya | For | For | For | Against | Against | For * | No report |
| First Trust | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | No report |
| Russell Investments | No report | For | No report | No report | No report | No report | No report |
| Nationwide | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | No report |
| Victory Capital | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | No report |
| Brighthouse Funds | For | For | For | For * | Against | For * | Split or no vote |
| Guggenheim and Rydex | For | For | For | For * | Against | For * | No report |
| Columbia Threadneedle | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | No report |
| BNY Mellon | For | For | Against * | Against | Against | Against | No report |
| Principal | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | Abstain or withhold * |
| Capital Group and American Funds | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | No report |
| Pacific Life funds | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | No report |
| Global X | For | For | For | No report | No report | No report | No report |
| MFS | For | For | For | For * | Against | Against | No report |
| Transamerica | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | No report |
| Federated Hermes | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | Abstain or withhold * |
| AllianceBernstein | For | For | For | Against | Against | For * | No report |
| Hartford Funds | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | Abstain or withhold * |
| DWS | For | For | For | For * | For * | For * | No report |
| PIMCO | For | For | Against * | For * | For * | For * | No report |
| Allspring | For | For | For | For * | Against | For * | No report |
| MassMutual | For | For | For | Against * | Against | Against * | No report |
| Harbor Funds | For | For | For | For * | For * | For * | Abstain or withhold * |
| Virtus | For | For | For | No report | No report | No report | No report |
| Macquarie and Delaware Funds | For | For | For | For * | Against | For * | No report |
| Janus Henderson | No report | For | No report | No report | No report | No report | No report |
| Neuberger Berman | For | For | For | Against | Against | Against | Abstain or withhold * |
| Natixis and Loomis Sayles | No report | For | No report | No report | No report | No report | No report |
| Baird | No report | For | No report | No report | 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?
1,028 Form N-PX filers reported votes at the meeting of 18 Sep 2024. On say-on-pay, 70 of 980 voted against management (7.1%). 4 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 18 Sep 2024. 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.