---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000916540-26-000015"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DAR"
cik: "0000916540"
company_name: "DARLING INGREDIENTS INC."
filed_at: "2026-05-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T21:18:16.513234+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Shareholders elect all 10 directors and approve all proposals at annual meeting

## Summary
- All 10 board nominees elected; votes for ranged from 110.3M (Adair) to 130.6M (Hill).
- Ratification of KPMG as auditor for FY 2027 passed: 126.8M for, 10.7M against.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved: 125.5M for, 5.4M against, 6.3M broker non-votes.
- 2026 Omnibus Incentive Plan approved: 127.5M for, 3.6M against, 6.3M broker non-votes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000916540-26-000015
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DAR
- cik: 0000916540
- company_name: DARLING INGREDIENTS INC.
- filed_at: 2026-05-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916540/000091654026000015/0000916540-26-000015-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916540/000091654026000015/dar-20260507.htm

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