DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC

Darden Restaurants, Inc. is a full-service restaurant company that, as of May 25, 2025, owned and operated 2,159 restaurants through subsidiaries in the United States and Canada. These restaurants operate under the trademarks Olive Garden®, LongHorn Steakhouse®, Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen®, Chuy's®, Yard House®, Ruth's Chris Steak House® ("Ruth's Chris"), The Capital Grille®, Seasons 52®, Eddie V's Prime Seafood® ("Eddie V's"), Bahama Breeze®, and The Capital Burger®. The company's owned and operated restaurants include 927 Olive Garden, 591 LongHorn Steakhouse, 181 Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen, 108 Chuy's, 88 Yard House, 82 Ruth's Chris, 71 The Capital Grille, 43 Seasons 52, 29 Eddie V's, 28 Bahama Breeze, and 3 The Capital Burger locations in the United States, totaling 2,151 restaurants. Additionally, there are 8 Olive Garden restaurants owned and operated in Canada, bringing the total owned and operated count to 2,159. As of the same date, Darden also had 154 restaurants operated by independent third parties under area development and franchise agreements. These include 52 franchised Olive Garden locations (11 in the United States, 32 in Latin America, 5 in Asia, 3 in the Middle East, 1 in The Caribbean), 20 LongHorn Steakhouse (19 in the United States, 1 in Asia), 3 Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen in the United States, 76 Ruth's Chris (51 in the United States, 2 in Latin America, 6 in Canada, 16 in Asia, 1 in The Caribbean), 2 The Capital Grille in Latin America, and 1 Bahama Breeze in the United States. Furthermore, 4 restaurants were operating under contractual agreements in the United States.