Item 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

The information contained in the sections entitled “Executive Officers of the Registrant,” “Proposal 1 – Election of Nine Directors From the Named Director Nominees,” “Meetings of the Board of Directors and Its Committees,” “Corporate Governance and Board Administration” and “Insider Trading Policy Statement” in our definitive Proxy Statement for our 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders is incorporated herein by reference.

All of our employees are subject to Darden’s Code of Conduct (the “Employee Code of Conduct”). We also have a Code of Ethics for CEO and Senior Financial Officers (the “CEO and Senior Financial Officer Code of Ethics”) that highlights specific responsibilities of our CEO and senior financial officers. We also have a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics for members of the Board of Directors (the “Board Code of Conduct”, and together with the Employee Code of Conduct and the CEO and Senior Financial Officer Code of Ethics, our “Codes of Business Conduct and Ethics”). These documents are posted on our website at www.darden.com and are available in print free of charge to any shareholder who requests them. We will disclose any amendments to or waivers of these Codes of Business Conduct and Ethics for directors, executive officers or Senior Financial Officers on our website.

We also have adopted a set of Corporate Governance Guidelines and charters for all of our Board committees: the Audit Committee, which was established in accordance with Section 5(a)(58)(A) of the Exchange Act, Compensation Committee, Nominating and Governance Committee and Finance Committee. The Corporate Governance Guidelines and committee charters are available on our website at www.darden.com under the Investors - Governance tab and in print free of charge to any shareholder who requests them. Written requests for our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, Corporate Governance Guidelines and committee charters should be addressed to Darden Restaurants, Inc., 1000 Darden Center Drive, Orlando, Florida 32837, Attention: Corporate Secretary.