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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000916540-25-000027"
form_type: "8-K/A"
ticker: "DAR"
cik: "0000916540"
company_name: "DARLING INGREDIENTS INC."
filed_at: "2025-10-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T04:08:31.285635+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Darling Ingredients COO Jansen departs; gets $500K advisory fee through Mar 2026

## Summary
- Matt Jansen left as COO North America effective Sept 26, 2025; termination was without cause.
- General Release Agreement signed Oct 6, 2025 provides $500,000 aggregate advisory fee for transition services Oct 6, 2025–Mar 26, 2026.
- Jansen receives severance under prior Senior Executive Termination Benefits Agreement and agrees to non-disclosure, non-solicitation, non-competition, and non-disparagement.
- Advisory fee paid in equal monthly installments; Jansen serves as independent contractor during advisory period, reported on Form 1099.
- No material change to remaining executive team disclosed; Jansen released all claims against the company.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000916540-25-000027
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: DAR
- cik: 0000916540
- company_name: DARLING INGREDIENTS INC.
- filed_at: 2025-10-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916540/000091654025000027/0000916540-25-000027-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916540/000091654025000027/dar-20250926.htm

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