Darling Ingredients shareholders elect all 10 directors, approve charter amendments

DARLING INGREDIENTS INC.

All 10 board nominees elected with strong support; highest vote count 137M for Kurt Stoffel.
Ratification of KPMG as auditor approved with 125.9M for, 18.7M against.
Advisory say-on-pay approved with 130.7M for (94.5% of votes cast).
Charter amendment for officer exculpation passed with 114.0M for (82.3% of votes cast).
Charter modernization amendment passed overwhelmingly with 138.4M for.

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Shareholder Votes SEC 8-K Item 5.07 confidence 0.98

DARLING INGREDIENTS INC. shareholders approved Approve amendments to Charter to clarify, streamline and modernize the Charter at the 2024-05-07 meeting.

Proposal: charter amendment
Outcome: passed
Meeting: 2024-05-07

Exact text from the filing

Board proposal to approve amendments to the Company’s Charter to clarify, streamline and modernize the Charter: For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 138,397,705 106,173 80,337

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Shareholder Votes SEC 8-K Item 5.07 confidence 0.98

DARLING INGREDIENTS INC. shareholders approved Ratify the selection of KPMG LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year ending December 28, 2024 at the 2024-05-07 meeting.

Proposal: auditor ratification
Outcome: passed
Meeting: 2024-05-07

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Board proposal to ratify the selection of KPMG LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, as the Company’s independent registered public accountant for the fiscal year ending December 28, 2024: For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 125,916,509 18,673,898 62,880

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Shareholder Votes SEC 8-K Item 5.07 confidence 0.98

DARLING INGREDIENTS INC. shareholders approved Approve amendments to Restated Certificate of Incorporation to include officer exculpation at the 2024-05-07 meeting.

Proposal: charter amendment
Outcome: passed
Meeting: 2024-05-07

Exact text from the filing

Board proposal to approve amendments to the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Charter”) to include officer exculpation: For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 113,978,811 24,513,372 92,032

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Shareholder Votes SEC 8-K Item 5.07 confidence 0.98

DARLING INGREDIENTS INC. shareholders approved Advisory approval of executive compensation at the 2024-05-07 meeting.

Proposal: say on pay
Outcome: passed
Meeting: 2024-05-07

Exact text from the filing

Board proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the Company’s executive compensation: For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 130,719,101 7,647,312 217,802

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Shareholder Votes SEC 8-K Item 5.07 confidence 0.95

DARLING INGREDIENTS INC. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-05-07 meeting.

Proposal: director election
Outcome: passed
Meeting: 2024-05-07

Exact text from the filing

At the annual meeting of stockholders of Darling Ingredients Inc. (the "Company") held on May 7, 2024, the stockholders elected the Company's Board of Directors and voted upon four Board proposals contained within the Company's Proxy Statement dated March 21, 2024. The Board nominees were elected with the following vote: Nominee For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes Randall C. Stuewe 128,722,293 9,797,195 64,727 6,069,072 Charles Adair 133,751,921 4,767,731 64,563 6,069,072 Beth Albright 136,794,138 1,723,785 66,292 6,069,072 Larry A. Barden 135,338,313 3,182,038 63,864 6,069,072 Celeste A. Clark 136,027,598 2,489,738 66,879 6,069,072 Linda Goodspeed 134,656,000 3,872,754 55,461 6,069,072 Enderson Guimaraes 135,575,874 2,919,647 88,694 6,069,072 Gary W. Mize 129,353,178 8,642,116 588,921 6,069,072 Michael E. Rescoe 134,946,422 3,574,240 63,553 6,069,072 Kurt Stoffel 137,004,917 1,519,552 59,746 6,069,072

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