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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000916540-25-000016"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DAR"
cik: "0000916540"
company_name: "DARLING INGREDIENTS INC."
filed_at: "2025-05-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-22T06:28:52.062527+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Darling Ingredients shareholders elect all 10 board nominees at annual meeting

## Summary
- All 10 director nominees elected; highest votes for Kurt Stoffel (134.5M for) and lowest for Randall C. Stuewe (129.6M for).
- Ratification of KPMG as independent auditor for FY ending Jan 3, 2026: 128.8M for, 11.9M against, 62.6k abstentions.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 131.0M for, 3.5M against, 507k abstentions, 5.7M broker non-votes.
- Broker non-votes of 5.7M shares on director elections and say-on-pay due to discretionary voting limits.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000916540-25-000016
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DAR
- cik: 0000916540
- company_name: DARLING INGREDIENTS INC.
- filed_at: 2025-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916540/000091654025000016/0000916540-25-000016-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916540/000091654025000016/dar-20250507.htm

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