---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000916540-23-000011"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DAR"
cik: "0000916540"
company_name: "DARLING INGREDIENTS INC."
filed_at: "2023-03-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T19:43:58.569764+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Dirk Kloosterboer to retire at 2023 annual meeting; board adopts amended bylaws with proxy access

## Summary
- Dirk Kloosterboer, board member since 2014, plans to retire effective at the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
- Board adopted amended and restated bylaws including proxy access for stockholders owning 3% of stock for 3 years.
- Enhanced disclosure requirements for stockholder nominations and proposals, including interviews and universal proxy rules.
- Amendments also address adjournment procedures and conform to recent Delaware law changes.
- All changes effective immediately as of February 24, 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000916540-23-000011
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DAR
- cik: 0000916540
- company_name: DARLING INGREDIENTS INC.
- filed_at: 2023-03-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916540/000091654023000011/0000916540-23-000011-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916540/000091654023000011/dar-20230224.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Dirk Kloosterboer departed as Director at DARLING INGREDIENTS INC..
  - Action: plans to retire
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 24, 2023, Dirk Kloosterboer, a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Darling Ingredients Inc. (the “Company”) since 2014, notified the Board that he 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/916540/000091654023000011/0000916540-23-000011-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  DARLING INGREDIENTS INC.: Adopted amended and restated bylaws implementing proxy access and enhancing stockholder nomination procedures (effective 2023-02-24).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-02-24
  source text: On February 24, 2023, the board of directors (the “ Board ”) of Darling Ingredients Inc. (the “ Company ”) adopted amended and restated bylaws (the “ Amended and Restated Bylaws ”), effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916540/000091654023000011/0000916540-23-000011-index.htm

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