---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-149380"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DAR"
cik: "0000916540"
company_name: "DARLING INGREDIENTS INC."
filed_at: "2025-06-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-18T17:14:52.126396+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Darling Ingredients issues €750M 4.5% senior notes due 2032, refinances credit facilities

## Summary
- Issued €750M aggregate principal of 4.5% senior notes due July 15, 2032 via subsidiary Darling Global Finance B.V.
- Proceeds used to redeem existing €515M 3.625% senior notes due 2026 at par plus accrued interest.
- Entered new $2B revolving credit facility (due 2030) and $900M farm credit term loan A facility (due 2031).
- Notes are senior unsecured, guaranteed by Darling and certain domestic subsidiaries; effectively subordinated to secured debt.
- Existing euro notes redeemed on June 26, 2025; refinancing extends debt maturities and reduces near-term refinancing risk.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-149380
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DAR
- cik: 0000916540
- company_name: DARLING INGREDIENTS INC.
- filed_at: 2025-06-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916540/000119312525149380/0001193125-25-149380-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916540/000119312525149380/d56801d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Debt Financings
  DARLING INGREDIENTS INC. incurred senior notes of €750 million with initial purchasers at 4.5% per annum maturing July 15, 2032.
  - Instrument: senior notes
  - Principal: €750 million
  - Counterparty: initial purchasers
  - Rate: 4.5% per annum
  - Maturity: July 15, 2032
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: On June 24, 2025, Darling Global Finance B.V. (the “Issuer”), an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Darling Ingredients Inc. (“Darling” or the “Company”) incorporated as a private company with limited liability ( besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid ) under Dutch law, issued €750 million in aggregate principal amount of its 4.5% senior notes due 2032.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/916540/000119312525149380/0001193125-25-149380-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.