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Stock-Based Compensation (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Aug. 24, 2025
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract] |
Schedule of Share-based Payment Award, Stock Options, Valuation Assumptions | The weighted-average fair value of non-qualified stock options and the related assumptions used in the Black-Scholes option pricing model for options granted during the periods presented, were as follows:
| Three Months Ended
| August 24, 2025 |  | August 25, 2024
Weighted-average fair value | $ | 72.10 |  | $ | 44.79
Dividend yield | 2.9 | % |  | 3.6 | %
Expected volatility of stock | 41.3 | % |  | 40.8 | %
Risk-free interest rate | 4.0 | % |  | 4.1 | %
Expected option life (in years) | 6.3 |  | 6.3
Weighted-average exercise price per share | $ | 208.51 |  | $ | 139.43
The weighted-average grant date fair value of market-based performance stock units and the related assumptions used in the Monte Carlo simulation to record stock-based compensation for units granted during the periods presented, were as follows:
| Three Months Ended
| August 24, 2025 |  | August 25, 2024
Dividend yield (1) | 0.0 | % |  | 0.0 | %
Expected volatility of stock | 23.7 | % |  | 26.5 | %
Risk-free interest rate | 3.8 | % |  | 4.2 | %
Expected life (in years) | 2.9 |  | 2.9
Weighted-average grant date fair value per unit | $ | 274.20 |  | $ | 181.65
(1)Assumes a reinvestment of dividends.
Schedule of Stock-Based Compensation Activity | The following table presents a summary of our stock-based compensation activity for the three months ended August 24, 2025.
(in millions) |  | Stock Options |  | Restricted Stock/ Restricted Stock Units |  | Equity-Settled Performance Stock Units |  | Cash-Settled Darden Stock Units
Outstanding beginning of period |  | 1.03 |  |  | 0.26 |  |  | 0.33 |  |  | 0.64 |
Awards granted |  | 0.11 |  |  | 0.04 |  |  | 0.08 |  |  | 0.12 |
Awards granted performance impact |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 0.10 |  |  | — |
Awards exercised/vested |  | (0.06) |  |  | (0.05) |  |  | (0.15) |  |  | (0.19) |
Awards forfeited |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (0.01) |
Outstanding end of period |  | 1.08 |  |  | 0.25 |  |  | 0.36 |  |  | 0.56 |
Schedule of Recognized Expense From Stock-Based Compensation | We recognized expense from stock-based compensation as follows:
|  |  |  | Three Months Ended
(in millions) |  |  |  |  |  | August 24, 2025 |  | August 25, 2024
Stock options |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 2.7 |  |  | $ | 4.8 |
Restricted stock/restricted stock units |  |  |  |  |  | 3.2 |  |  | 5.5 |
Equity-settled performance stock units |  |  |  |  |  | 6.9 |  |  | 12.5 |
Cash-settled Darden stock units |  |  |  |  |  | 10.9 |  |  | 10.6 |
Employee stock purchase plan |  |  |  |  |  | 0.8 |  |  | 0.8 |
Director compensation program/other |  |  |  |  |  | 0.5 |  |  | 0.5 |
Total stock-based compensation expense |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 25.0 |  |  | $ | 34.7 |

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