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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)
June 20, 2017

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

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):
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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 5.02.
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On June 20, 2017, Dirk Kloosterboer notified Darling Ingredients Inc. (the “Company”) that effective October 1, 2017 (the “Retirement Date”), he will retire from his position as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Kloosterboer will continue to serve as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors following the Retirement Date. Various of the Company’s Business Unit Managers will assume Mr. Kloosterboer’s responsibilities with respect to the Company’s international operations, each of whom will report directly to Randall C. Stuewe, the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. The Company thanks Mr. Kloosterboer for his long and distinguished service to the Company.



    

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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:  June 26, 2017 
By:
/s/ John F. Sterling
 
 
 
John F. Sterling
 
 
 
Executive Vice President and
General Counsel
 



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