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The SEC filings page for Darling Ingredients Inc. (NYSE: DAR) provides access to the company’s regulatory disclosures as an issuer listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Through forms such as 10-K, 10-Q, and 8-K, Darling Ingredients reports information about its operations in rendering and meat byproduct processing, its sustainable ingredients business, and its financial condition.
Current reports on Form 8-K offer detailed insight into specific events. For example, the company has filed 8-Ks describing quarterly financial results, including segment data for feed ingredients, food ingredients, and fuel ingredients, as well as non-GAAP measures like Segment Adjusted EBITDA and Combined Adjusted EBITDA. These filings also discuss the performance of the Diamond Green Diesel joint venture and its impact on Darling Ingredients’ earnings.
Other 8-K filings address capital structure and financing, such as the redemption of senior notes, satisfaction and discharge of related indentures, and the pricing of new senior notes issued by an indirect wholly owned subsidiary. Governance-related filings include amendments and restatements of the company’s bylaws and executive leadership changes, including departures, retirement plans, and advisory arrangements for certain officers.
Filings also document strategic transactions. A Form 8-K describes the Master Contribution Agreement under which Darling Ingredients and Tessenderlo Group will contribute their collagen and gelatin business assets and liabilities into NewCo Collagen LLC, with Darling Ingredients expected to hold an 85% equity interest and Tessenderlo a 15% interest at closing, subject to regulatory approvals and other conditions.
On this page, users can review these SEC documents and use AI-powered summaries to interpret complex sections, such as segment reconciliations, non-GAAP measures, and transaction terms. Real-time updates from EDGAR, combined with AI explanations of 10-K annual reports, 10-Q quarterly reports, and 8-K current reports, help readers understand how specific filings relate to Darling Ingredients’ core ingredients business, its Diamond Green Diesel joint venture, and its collagen and gelatin initiatives.
A holder of Darling Ingredients Inc. common stock filed a notice of proposed sale under Rule 144. The filing covers planned sales of 5,760 common shares through Citigroup Global Markets with an aggregate market value of $289,785.60, and 3,546 common shares through Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. with an aggregate market value of $178,399.26, both listed for sale on the NYSE on 02/13/2026. The issuer’s common shares outstanding are stated as 158,367,070.
The securities to be sold were acquired through stock option exercises dated 02/13/2026 (options granted on 02/06/2018, 02/06/2019, and 02/06/2020) and multiple employee stock awards granted between 2016 and 2022. The filer represents they are not aware of undisclosed material adverse information about Darling Ingredients’ operations.
A holder of Darling Ingredients common stock filed a notice of proposed sale of 12,226 shares, with an aggregate market value of $615,212.32. The planned sale involves common stock listed on the NYSE and is to be executed through Citigroup Global Markets around February 13, 2026.
The shares being sold were acquired through stock option exercises and employee stock awards, including 8,431 shares from stock options exercised on February 13, 2026, 2,331 shares from an employee stock award on January 6, 2026, and 1,464 shares from an option exercise on May 21, 2021.
The notice states that the person for whose account the securities are to be sold represents that they do not know any material adverse information about Darling Ingredients’ current or prospective operations that has not been publicly disclosed.
Darling Ingredients Inc. reported fourth-quarter 2025 net income of $56.9 million, or $0.35 per diluted share, down from $101.9 million, or $0.63, a year earlier, mainly after $58.0 million of restructuring and asset impairment charges tied to its Enviroflight and CTH natural casing businesses. Fourth-quarter total net sales rose to $1.7 billion from $1.4 billion, and Combined Adjusted EBITDA increased to $336.1 million from $289.5 million, reflecting stronger feed and food performance.
For fiscal 2025, net income fell to $62.8 million, or $0.39 per diluted share, from $278.9 million, or $1.73, while total net sales grew to $6.1 billion from $5.7 billion. Full-year Combined Adjusted EBITDA slipped to $1.03 billion from $1.08 billion as the Diamond Green Diesel joint venture generated lower results. The company boosted liquidity by monetizing $255 million of $285 million in Production Tax Credit sales and reduced its preliminary bank leverage ratio to 2.90x with $3.94 billion of total debt and $1.32 billion of revolver availability as of January 3, 2026.
Darling Ingredients Inc. filed a current report to furnish a press release discussing its fourth quarter and full-year 2025 earnings. The release also includes commentary on the company’s 50/50 joint venture, Diamond Green Diesel. The press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and is furnished, not filed, for securities law purposes.
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP has filed a Schedule 13G reporting beneficial ownership of 8,019,406 shares of Darling Ingredients Inc common stock, representing 5.1% of the class as of 12/31/2025. Dimensional reports sole voting power over 7,870,675 shares and sole dispositive power over 8,019,406 shares.
The shares are owned by various funds and accounts it advises or manages, and Dimensional states it may be deemed a beneficial owner but disclaims beneficial ownership except for Section 13(d) purposes. It also certifies the position was acquired and is held in the ordinary course of business and not for the purpose of changing or influencing control of Darling Ingredients.
Darling Ingredients executive Nicholas Kemphaus reported routine equity transactions involving company stock. On 01/16/2026, he exercised 2,923 stock options at an exercise price of $8.51 per share, receiving the same number of Darling Ingredients common shares. Also on that date, 1,633 common shares were disposed of in a transaction coded "F" at $40.43 per share, reflecting shares withheld or sold to cover taxes associated with the equity award. After these transactions, Kemphaus directly held 37,045 shares of Darling Ingredients common stock. The options exercised were granted under the company’s 2012 Omnibus Incentive Plan and became exercisable in tranches between February 2017 and February 2019.
Darling Ingredients Inc. Chairman and CEO Randall Stuewe, who is also a director, reported common stock transactions and a new equity award. On 01/03/2026, 20,993 shares of common stock were disposed of at $37.64 per share in a transaction coded "F," typically used for shares withheld to cover taxes upon vesting, leaving 760,444 shares beneficially owned.
On 01/05/2026, Stuewe acquired 73,802 shares of common stock at $37.56 per share in a transaction coded "A," increasing his beneficial ownership to 834,246 shares held directly. The filing explains that this represents an award of restricted stock units granted under the Darling Ingredients Inc. 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan, which settle in one share of common stock per unit and vest in three equal annual installments of 33-1/3% on each of the first three anniversaries of the grant date.
Darling Ingredients Inc. executive John Sterling, who serves as EVP, General Counsel & Secretary, reported a transaction in company common stock. On 01/03/2026, he disposed of 3,173 shares of Darling Ingredients common stock at a reported price of
Darling Ingredients Inc. executive Mark Finnimore, EVP Canada & N America Spec, reported an equity award under the company’s 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan. On 01/05/2026 he acquired 5,053 restricted stock units (RSUs), each RSU settling into one share of common stock at a reference price of $37.56 per share. The RSUs vest in three equal installments of approximately one-third each on the first, second, and third anniversaries of the grant date. Following this award, Finnimore beneficially owns 11,293 shares of Darling Ingredients common stock directly.
Darling Ingredients Inc. executive Jeroen Colpaert, listed as EVP Rousselot, reported equity transactions in company common stock. On 01/03/2026, he disposed of 3,012 shares of common stock at a price of $ 37.64 per share, and held 15,820 shares directly after this transaction. On 01/05/2026, he acquired 9,272 restricted stock units at a grant price of $ 37.56 per share, increasing his directly owned common stock to 25,092 shares.
The 9,272 restricted stock units were granted under the Darling Ingredients Inc. 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan. They may be settled only in shares of common stock on a one-for-one basis and will vest in three installments of 33-1/3% on each of the first three anniversaries of the grant date, tying a portion of his compensation to the company’s future performance and continued service.