King Sarah H.

SVP Chief People Officer Sarah King sold 4,605 shares at blended avg $206.65, reducing stake by 87.3% to 670 shares held

Sarah King executed 2 separate sales totaling 4,605 shares for $951,636.16 on 2026-01-22, liquidating 87.3% of her pre-transaction holdings at prices ($207.28 and $206.62) above the current market price of $196.43. At DRI, her 5 prior sells produced a 90-day well-timed rate of 0%, with an average 90-day return of +8.4% following her sales—indicating her prior trades at this ticker have consistently been followed by stock gains, meaning she has historically exited ahead of advances rather than declines. The substantial reduction in her equity stake, combined with a pattern of prior sales at this company that were not well-timed (stock rose afterward), provides limited conviction signal about near-term company prospects; the sale volumes and timing merit disclosure review but do not constitute a strong bearish indicator given her cross-ticker and same-ticker history.

SVP Sarah H. King sells 8,681 shares (94.2% of holdings) at $207.27 blended average, leaving 534 shares.

Sarah H. King, Chief People Officer at Darden Restaurants, executed 2 separate sales on 2025-03-25 totaling 8,681 shares for $1,799,316.04. This represents a 94.2% reduction in her holdings, leaving only 534 shares post-transaction. At the time of the sale, the blended average price was $207.27, compared to the current price of $207.99, and the stock is trading at -0.3% from its 52-week high of $208.56. Notably, King's prior sales at DRI have not demonstrated well-timed exit patterns—her 4 previous trades at this ticker showed 0 of 4 achieving negative 90-day returns (the metric for well-timed sells), with her most recent July 2024 sales followed by 9.8%, 10.5%, and 10.3% gains respectively. The near-complete liquidation of her position warrants investor attention given the scale and the executive's role in human capital strategy, though the stock's strong recent momentum (+5.2% in 30 days, +10.9% in 90 days) and robust fundamentals (revenue growth +8.6%, net income $215.1M) provide context for the transaction.

SVP King sold 15,941 shares at $147.06 avg, retaining only 447 shares; largest DRI sale vs prior 2023 transaction

Sarah H. King, SVP and Chief People Officer, completed 3 separate sales totaling 15,941 shares for $2,344,266.49 on 2024-07-30, executed at prices ranging from $146.81 to $147.69. The sale reduced her DRI holdings by 97.3%, leaving only 447 shares post-transaction versus 16,388 pre-transaction. Her prior DRI transaction (2023-12-19) also was a sale; that earlier trade produced a 90-day return of +4.6%, meaning the stock rose after she sold—a poorly-timed outcome for the earlier sale. With DRI trading at $146.29 currently and 16.8% below its 52-week high of $175.89, the timing context shows the stock has weakened from higher levels. A nearly complete liquidation by a Chief People Officer warrants tracking for signals about leadership perspective or personal portfolio positioning.