Orlando, Florida-Based Darden Restaurants' Top-Tier Executives Average Annual Pay and Benefits Raise Was a Blistering 33.1% Per Year During the Past Five Years

From Company Proxy Statement filings with the SEC, below are Darden Restaurants' Top-Tier Executives Annual Total Compensation for each of two consecutive full years of employment for the most recent five years.

	FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE		FYE	FYE
	May	May		May	May		May	May		May	May		May	May
Darden Restaurants	2019	2018		2018	2017		2017	2016		2016	2015		2015	2014
Top-Tier	Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total		Total	Total
Executive	Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp		Comp	Comp
	$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s		$ 000s	$ 000s
Lee CEO	10,711	15,770		15,770	6,362		6,362	6,141		6,141	4,269		4,269	2,711
Cardenas CFO	3,427	2,782		2,782	2,558		2,558	1,672
George COO	3,990	3,106		3,106	3,860		3,860	2,689		2,689	2,386
Burrowes	2,801	2,277		2,277	1,789		N/A	N/A
Broad				1,707	1,455
Hermann Former Officer										1,933	1,942
Richmond Former CFO										N/A	N/A		3,971	2,101
Insignares Former Officer										N/A	N/A
Otis Former CEO													N/A	N/A
Totals	20,929	23,935		25,642	16,024		12,780	10,502		10,763	8,597		8,240	4,812
Annual % Change vs Prior Year	-12.6%			60.0%			21.7%			25.2%			71.2%
5 Year Average Per Year % Change		33.1%