---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000916540-23-000002"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DAR"
cik: "0000916540"
company_name: "DARLING INGREDIENTS INC."
filed_at: "2023-01-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T08:58:01.324458+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Mary Korby to retire; Larry Barden elected to Darling Ingredients board

## Summary
- Mary Korby, director since 2014, will retire effective at the 2023 Annual Meeting; remains through that date.
- Larry A. Barden, retired Sidley Austin partner and former Management Committee Chair, elected to board effective Jan 26, 2023.
- Board size increased to 11 members; Barden appointed to ESG Committee.
- Barden receives standard director compensation: $95K annual retainer (deferred stock units) and $135K in RSUs (prorated).
- Darling paid Sidley Austin ~$4.5M in 2022 legal fees, including for acquisitions and financings.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000916540-23-000002
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DAR
- cik: 0000916540
- company_name: DARLING INGREDIENTS INC.
- filed_at: 2023-01-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916540/000091654023000002/0000916540-23-000002-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916540/000091654023000002/dar-20230124.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000916540-23-000002
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000916540-23-000002.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Mary Korby departed as Director at DARLING INGREDIENTS INC..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Director
  source text: On January 24, 2023, Mary Korby, a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Darling Ingredients Inc. (the “Company”) since 2014, notified the Board that she plans to retire from the Board effective at the Company’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “2023 Annual Meeting”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916540/000091654023000002/0000916540-23-000002-index.htm
- Executive change
  Larry A. Barden was elected as Director at DARLING INGREDIENTS INC..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On January 26, 2023, the Board elected Larry A. Barden to the Board effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916540/000091654023000002/0000916540-23-000002-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.