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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.
Darling Ingredients EVP Chief Strategy Officer Sandra Dudley reported several stock transactions on February 13, 2026. She exercised options to acquire 8,431 shares of common stock at $12.29 per share under the company’s 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan.
To cover the exercise price or taxes, 3,575 shares were disposed of at $51.86 through a tax-withholding transaction. She also sold 4,856 shares at $51.86, 1,464 shares at $51.57, and 2,331 shares at $51.76 in open-market sales. After these transactions, she directly owned 71,100 shares of Darling Ingredients common stock.
Darling Ingredients EVP, General Counsel & Secretary Nicholas James Kemphaus reported multiple equity transactions in the company’s stock. On February 13, 2026, he exercised 5,760 stock options at an exercise price of $12.29 per share, receiving an equal number of Darling Ingredients common shares.
On the same date, he used 3,099 shares of common stock at $52.03 per share to cover the option exercise price or related tax obligations. He then executed open-market sales of common stock in several tranches: 2,661 shares at $52.03, 2,546 shares at $52.29, 620 shares at $51.96, and 3 shares at $52.56 per share. After these transactions, he directly owned 33,876 shares of Darling Ingredients common stock.
Darling Ingredients director Celeste Clark reported an amended equity award, acquiring 1,594 deferred stock units (DSUs) of common stock on January 2, 2026 at $37.64 per share under the 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan. The filing corrects a previously underreported DSU amount caused by an administrative error.
After this grant, Clark beneficially owned 17,787 shares of common stock directly. The DSUs vest in full on December 31, 2026, but will vest on a prorated basis if she leaves the board earlier, with any remaining unvested DSUs forfeited.
Darling Ingredients Inc. received a Rule 144 notice covering a planned sale of 25,000 shares of its common stock through broker Virtu Financial on the NYSE. Based on recent prices used in the notice, the aggregate market value of the shares is stated as $1,274,000.
The filing notes that these shares were acquired through performance stock unit (PSU) and restricted stock unit (RSU) vesting from January 1, 2014 through January 6, 2026. The notice also reports that 158,367,070 shares of Darling Ingredients common stock were outstanding, providing context for the size of the planned sale.
Darling Ingredients Inc. is the issuer for a planned stock sale under Rule 144. A holder intends to sell 100,000 shares of common stock through J.P. Morgan Securities LLC on the NYSE, with an aggregate market value of $5,031,000.
The securities were originally acquired from the issuer on 01/15/2021 as compensation, and the approximate sale date indicated is 02/13/2026. The filing notes that the seller represents not knowing any undisclosed material adverse information about Darling Ingredients’ current or prospective operations.
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.