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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000916540-22-000026"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DAR"
cik: "0000916540"
company_name: "DARLING INGREDIENTS INC."
filed_at: "2022-10-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T03:10:06.094021+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Darling Ingredients to acquire Brazilian collagen producer Gelnex for $1.2B cash

## Summary
- Purchase price ~$1.2B USD in cash; expected close Q1 2023 subject to regulatory approvals.
- Gelnex capacity: 46,000 metric tons collagen annually; exports to over 60 countries.
- Acquisition immediately accretive per CEO; boosts grass-fed bovine collagen output in South America.
- Darling's Rousselot brand to integrate Gelnex's 6 facilities; total now 11 on 4 continents.
- Morgan Stanley exclusive financial advisor; investor call at 11:00 AM ET today.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000916540-22-000026
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DAR
- cik: 0000916540
- company_name: DARLING INGREDIENTS INC.
- filed_at: 2022-10-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916540/000091654022000026/0000916540-22-000026-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916540/000091654022000026/dar-20221018.htm

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