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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000916540-25-000035"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DAR"
cik: "0000916540"
company_name: "DARLING INGREDIENTS INC."
filed_at: "2025-12-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T13:43:34.410308+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Darling Ingredients and Tessenderlo form collagen JV; Darling 85% stake, ~$1.5B revenue

## Summary
- Darling will hold 85% equity interest; Tessenderlo 15% in new company NewCo Collagen LLC.
- NewCo expected annual revenue ~$1.5B, with ~200,000 metric tons capacity across 22 facilities.
- Combines Darling's Rousselot and Tessenderlo's PB Leiner collagen/gelatin businesses; no cash upfront.
- Transaction expected to close in 2026, subject to regulatory approvals.
- Darling and Tessenderlo signed definitive agreement; JV first announced in May 2025.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000916540-25-000035
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DAR
- cik: 0000916540
- company_name: DARLING INGREDIENTS INC.
- filed_at: 2025-12-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916540/000091654025000035/0000916540-25-000035-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916540/000091654025000035/dar-20251210.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000916540-25-000035
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000916540-25-000035.txt

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