Darling Ingredients (DAR) Files 8-K with Q1 Results Press Release & Slides

Rhea-AI Filing Summary

Darling Ingredients Inc. (NYSE: DAR) filed an 8-K on 24-Jul-25 under Item 2.02. The company furnished, but did not formally file, a press release (Ex. 99.1) and slide deck (Ex. 99.2) disclosing first-quarter results for the period ended 28-Jun-25. Management will discuss the release on a same-day webcast and conference call; the slides and release include non-GAAP metrics with reconciliations. No financial figures are contained in the 8-K itself. The filing is strictly informational and carries no emerging-growth or other special designations.

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Financial Analyst

TL;DR: Routine 8-K furnishes Q1 earnings materials; no numbers provided, market impact neutral.

This 8-K merely notifies investors that Darling’s Q1 FY25 results are available via an attached press release and slide presentation. Because the actual metrics are not included, investors must consult the exhibits or webcast for revenue, profit and margin details. The use of Item 2.02 flags non-GAAP data, but reconciliations are supplied in the exhibits, limiting accounting risk. Absent quantitative information, the filing itself neither alters valuation assumptions nor signals strategic change. Impact is therefore neutral.

8-K Event Classification

2 items: 2.02, 9.01

2 items

Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition Financial

Disclosure of earnings results, typically an earnings press release or preliminary financials.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits Exhibits

Financial statements, pro forma financial information, and exhibit attachments filed with this report.

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) July 24, 2025

DARLING INGREDIENTS INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware			001-13323			36-2495346
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)			(Commission File Number)			(IRS Employer Identification No.)

            5601 N. MacArthur Blvd., Irving, Texas 75038                    

                (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (972) 717-0300                

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class			Trading Symbol(s)			Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock $0.01 par value per share			DAR			New York Stock Exchange			(“NYSE”)
						NYSE Texas

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

☐ Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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Item 2.02.    Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On July 24, 2025, Darling Ingredients Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing financial results for the first quarter ended June 28, 2025. A copy of this press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

The Company will hold a conference call and webcast on Thursday, July 24, 2025 to discuss these financial results. The Company will have a slide presentation available to augment management's formal presentation, which will be accessible via the investor relations section of the Company's website. A copy of this slide presentation is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2.

The Company is making reference to non-GAAP financial measures in both the press release and the conference call. A reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to the comparable GAAP financial measures is contained in the attached press release.

The information in this Item 2.02, including the exhibits attached hereto, shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01.     Financial Statements and Exhibits. 

(d)           Exhibits.

99.1						Press Release dated July 24, 2025 (furnished pursuant to Item 2.02).
99.2						Slide Presentation for July 24, 2025 Earnings Call (furnished pursuant to Item 2.02).
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SIGNATURES

    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

			DARLING INGREDIENTS INC.
Date: July 24, 2025			By:			/s/ John F. Sterling
						John F. Sterling
						Executive Vice President, General Counsel

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