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Darling Ingredients Inc. filings document material events, operating results and governance for a company that transforms animal agriculture and food-industry residuals into feed, food and fuel ingredients. Recent 8-K reports furnish earnings releases, conference-call materials, non-GAAP reconciliations, Regulation FD investor presentations and commentary on the Diamond Green Diesel joint venture.
Proxy and annual-meeting filings cover director elections, auditor ratification, executive compensation votes, board composition, committee assignments and non-employee director compensation. Other disclosures address capital structure, liquidity, forward-looking risk factors and shareholder voting matters tied to the company's public-company reporting obligations.
DAR filed a Form 144 reporting the sale of 20,000 common shares through J.P. Morgan Securities LLC with a filing date of 03/06/2026.
The filing also lists recent RSU vesting events: 5,089 shares vested 01/22/2024, 3,734 vested 03/02/2023, 6,100 vested 01/04/2023, and 5,077 vested 01/03/2023.
Darling Ingredients Inc. reports fiscal 2025 revenue of $6.1 billion and net income attributable to Darling of $62.8 million, reflecting its role as a global producer of sustainable animal-based ingredients.
The company operates through three segments: Feed Ingredients, Food Ingredients and Fuel Ingredients. Feed is the largest contributor, generating $3.99 billion, or 65.0% of 2025 net sales, from rendering, used cooking oil, bakery residuals and related products. Food Ingredients contributed $1.55 billion, or 25.2%, mainly from collagen, natural casings and edible fats. Fuel Ingredients added $600.8 million, or 9.8%, including Darling’s share of results from the Diamond Green Diesel joint venture with Valero.
Darling highlights extensive global operations across North America, Europe, China, South America, Australia and other regions, serving pharmaceutical, food, pet food, feed, biofuel and fertilizer end markets. The filing also outlines significant risks, including commodity price volatility, dependence on key suppliers and customers, climate and environmental regulation, and government policies affecting renewable fuel incentives.
Darling Ingredients Chairman and CEO Randall C. Stuewe exercised stock options and had shares withheld for taxes. He exercised options covering 353,152 shares on February 24, 2026 at an exercise price of $8.51 per share, converting them into common stock under the company’s 2012 Omnibus Incentive Plan. To cover taxes related to this option exercise, 174,263 common shares were disposed of at $51.64 per share through a tax-withholding transaction, rather than an open-market sale. After these transactions, he directly owned 1,013,135 shares of Darling Ingredients common stock.
Darling Ingredients Inc. director Robert Patrick Aspell reported an equity grant of company stock. On this Form 4, he acquired 549 shares of common stock as a grant or award at a stated price of $0.00 per share. Following this transaction, his directly owned stake stands at 549 common shares.
DARLING INGREDIENTS INC. director Robert Patrick Aspell filed an initial insider ownership report showing that he currently has no securities beneficially owned in the company. The Form 3 indicates zero shares held directly after the reported position, meaning he reports no equity stake at this time.
Darling Ingredients Inc. reported upcoming board changes and a new director appointment. Long‑time director Gary W. Mize, a board member since 2016 and Lead Director since 2021, plans to retire effective at the company’s 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, remaining in his roles until then.
The board elected Robert Aspell as an independent director effective immediately and expanded the board size to eleven members. Aspell was also appointed to the Audit Committee. He will receive the standard non‑employee director package, including a $100,000 annual cash retainer and an annual grant of $150,000 in restricted stock units, prorated for his first year.
Darling Ingredients Inc. executive vice president Jan van der Velden reported selling a total of 23,000 shares of common stock in two open-market transactions. On February 18, he sold 3,000 shares at a price of $51.29 per share, following a sale of 20,000 shares at $51.22 per share on February 17. After these sales, he directly held 71,678 shares of Darling Ingredients common stock.
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.