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DRIP Plan Highlights |
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Enrollment |
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Initial Purchase |
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$1,000 |
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Purchases |
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Minimum |
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$50.00 |
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Maximum |
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$100,000.00 |
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Fees |
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Account |
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$10.00 |
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Automatic |
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$5.00 |
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Optional |
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$5.00 |
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Reinvestment |
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5% up to $5 |
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$15.00 |
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Company |
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Additional |
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Darden RestaurantsDRIP Details:
Darden Restaurants Inc is the parent company of many popular restaurants including Olive Garden, Red Lobster, Longhorn Steakhouse, and Bahama Breeze. The Darden Direct Stock Investment Plan offers an unattractive holding vehicle for your Darden Restaurants investment with account setup fees, optional stock investment fees, and dividend reinvestment fees. For nearly all investors a low cost brokerage such as Sharebuilder will be the lowest cost holding vehicle for your DRI investment.
Pros:
None
Cons:
Account setup fee
Above average optional investment fees
Dividend reinvestment fees
Above average stock sale fee