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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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)
May 21, 2018

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.)
251 O’CONNOR RIDGE BLVD., SUITE 300, IRVING, TEXAS
75038
 
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
 
 
 
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
(972) 717-0300

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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).

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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 8.01.
Other Events.

On May 21, 2018, Darling Ingredients Inc. (the “Company”) announced that it had sold its Terra Renewal Services (TRS) industrial residuals business to American Residuals Group, LLC for approximately $80 million in cash. Terra Renewal Services is a provider of environmental services focused on the collection, hauling, and disposal of non-hazardous, liquid and semi-solid waste streams from the food processing industry. The Company does not consider this sale to be material to its financial position or results of operation. A copy of the press release announcing the sale is filed as Exhibit 99.1.

On May 21, 2018, the Company also announced that that it completed an acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Kruger Commodities, Inc. including protein conversion facilities in Hamilton, MI and Tama, IA along with a protein blending operation and used cooking oil collection business in Omaha, NE to support the Company’s low carbon fuel initiative at Diamond Green Diesel. The Company does not consider this acquisition to be material to its financial position or results of operation. A copy of the press release announcing the acquisition is filed as Exhibit 99.2.

Item 9.01.     Financial Statements and Exhibits. 

(d)           Exhibits.

99.1

 
99.2

 


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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:  May 23, 2018 
By:
/s/ John F. Sterling
 
 
 
John F. Sterling
 
 
 
Executive Vice President,
General Counsel
 



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