secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     DARLING INGREDIENTS INC. (DAR)
CIK:        0000916540
Form:       8-K/A
Filed at:   2025-10-10T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000916540-25-000027
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916540/000091654025000027/0000916540-25-000027-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916540/000091654025000027/dar-20250926.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000916540-25-000027

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