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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-18-125796
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180423
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180423
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180423

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DARLING INGREDIENTS INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000916540
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	FATS & OILS [2070]
		IRS NUMBER:				362495346
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1230

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-13323
		FILM NUMBER:		18767881

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		251 O CONNOR RIDGE BLVD
		STREET 2:		STE 300
		CITY:			IRVING
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75038
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9727170300

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		251 OCONNOR RIDGE BLVD
		STREET 2:		#300
		CITY:			IRVING
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75038

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DARLING INTERNATIONAL INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19931223
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REPORT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) April 23, 2018 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>DARLING INGREDIENTS INC. </B></P>
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<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">717-0300</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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appropriate box below if the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;8-K</FONT> filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (<I>see </I>General Instruction A.2.
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Soliciting material pursuant to Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14a-12</FONT> under the Exchange Act (17 CFR <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.14a-12)</FONT> </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Pre-commencement</FONT> communications pursuant to Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14d-2(b)</FONT> under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.14d-2(b))</FONT> </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Pre-commencement</FONT> communications pursuant to Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13e-4(c)</FONT> under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.13e-4(c))</FONT> </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as
defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&#167;230.405 of this chapter) or Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(&#167;240.12b-2</FONT> of this chapter).
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Emerging growth company&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an emerging
growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) of the Exchange
Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="line-height:1.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Other Events. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On April&nbsp;23, 2018, Darling Ingredients Inc. (&#147;Darling&#148;) issued a press
release announcing that Darling Global Finance B.V., an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Darling incorporated as a private company with limited liability (<I>besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid</I>) under the laws of The
Netherlands, has launched an offering of &#128;515&nbsp;million in aggregate principal amount of unsecured senior notes. The offering is subject to market and other conditions. A copy of the press release announcing the offering is attached hereto
as Exhibit 99.1. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Also, on April&nbsp;23, 2018, Darling issued a separate press release announcing that Darling Global Finance B.V. has commenced a cash
tender offer for any and all of its outstanding 4.75% Senior Notes due 2022. A copy of the press release announcing the tender offer is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d509958dex991.htm">Press Release dated April&nbsp;23, 2018, announcing the launch of an offering of &#128;515&nbsp;million unsecured senior notes by Darling Global Finance B.V. </A> </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Exhibit 99.1 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Darling Ingredients Inc. Announces Private Offering of &#128;515 Million of Unsecured Senior Notes by Darling Global Finance B.V. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">IRVING, Texas, April&nbsp;23, 2018 &#151; Darling Ingredients Inc. (NYSE: DAR) (&#147;Darling&#148; or the &#147;Company&#148;) today announced that Darling
Global Finance B.V. (the &#147;Issuer&#148;), an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company incorporated under the laws of The Netherlands, has launched an offering of &#128;515 million in aggregate principal amount of its unsecured senior
notes (the &#147;Notes&#148;). The Notes will be guaranteed by the Company and by all of the Company&#146;s restricted subsidiaries, other than any foreign subsidiary or any receivables entity, that are borrowers under or that guarantee the
Company&#146;s senior secured credit facilities under its Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated January&nbsp;6, 2014, as amended. The offering is subject to market and other conditions. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The gross proceeds of the Notes offering, together with borrowings under the Company&#146;s revolving credit facility, are expected to be used to refinance
all of the Issuer&#146;s 4.75% Senior Notes due 2022 by cash tender offer for those notes, and, if and to the extent necessary, redemption of those notes and to pay any applicable premiums for the refinancing, to pay the commission of the initial
purchasers of the Notes and to pay the other fees and expenses related to the offering of the Notes. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Notes will be offered in the United States to
persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule&nbsp;144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), and outside the United States to
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-U.S.</FONT> persons in reliance on Regulation&nbsp;S under the Securities Act. The Notes will not be registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws and, unless so registered, may not be offered
or sold in the United States except pursuant to an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This media release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes, nor shall there be any offer to sell, solicitation
of an offer to buy or sale of the Notes, in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>About Darling </U></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Darling Ingredients Inc. is a global
developer and producer of sustainable natural ingredients from edible and inedible <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">bio-nutrients,</FONT> creating a wide range of ingredients and customized specialty solutions for customers in the pharmaceutical,
food, pet food, feed, industrial, fuel, bioenergy and fertilizer industries. With operations in over 200 locations across five continents, the Company collects and transforms all aspects of animal <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">by-product</FONT>
streams into useable and specialty ingredients, such as gelatin, edible fats, feed-grade fats, animal proteins and meals, plasma, pet food ingredients, organic fertilizers, yellow grease, fuel feedstocks, green energy, natural casings and hides. The
Company also recovers and converts recycled oils (used cooking oil and animal fats) into valuable feed and fuel ingredients and collects and processes residual bakery products into feed ingredients. In addition, the Company provides environmental
services, such as grease trap collection and disposal services to food service establishments and disposal services for waste solids from the wastewater treatment systems of industrial food processing plants. </P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Cautionary Statements Regarding Forward</U><U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">-Looking</FONT>
Information</U>: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This media release contains &#147;forward-looking&#148; statements regarding the business operations and prospects of Darling Ingredients
Inc., including its Diamond Green Diesel joint venture, and industry factors affecting it. These statements are identified by words such as &#147;believe,&#148; &#147;anticipate,&#148; &#147;expect,&#148; &#147;estimate,&#148; &#147;intend,&#148;
&#147;could,&#148; &#147;may,&#148; &#147;will,&#148; &#147;should,&#148; &#147;planned,&#148; &#147;potential,&#148; &#147;continue,&#148; &#147;momentum,&#148; &#147;assumption,&#148; and other words referring to events that may occur in the
future. These statements reflect the Company&#146;s current view of future events and are based on its assessment of, and are subject to, a variety of risks and uncertainties beyond its control, each of which could cause actual results to differ
materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. These factors include, among others, existing and unknown future limitations on the ability of the Company&#146;s direct and indirect subsidiaries to make their cash flow available
to the Company for payments on the Company&#146;s indebtedness or other purposes; global demands for <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">bio-fuels</FONT> and grain and oilseed commodities, which have exhibited volatility, and can impact the cost of
feed for cattle, hogs and poultry, thus affecting available rendering feedstock and selling prices for the Company&#146;s products; reductions in raw material volumes available to the Company due to weak margins in the meat production industry as a
result of higher feed costs, reduced consumer demand or other factors, reduced volume from food service establishments, or otherwise; reduced demand for animal feed; reduced finished product prices, including a decline in fat and used cooking oil
finished product prices; changes to worldwide government policies relating to renewable fuels and greenhouse gas emissions that adversely affect programs like the Renewable Fuel Standards Program, low carbon fuel standards and tax credits for
biofuels both in the United States and abroad; possible product recall resulting from developments relating to the discovery of unauthorized adulterations to food or food additives; the occurrence of 2009 H1N1 flu (initially known as &#147;Swine
Flu&#148;), highly pathogenic strains of avian influenza (collectively known as &#147;Bird Flu&#148;), bovine spongiform encephalopathy (or &#147;BSE&#148;), porcine epidemic diarrhea (&#147;PED&#148;) or other diseases associated with animal origin
in the United States or elsewhere; unanticipated costs and/or reductions in raw material volumes related to the Company&#146;s compliance with the existing or unforeseen new U.S. or foreign (including, without limitation, China) regulations
affecting the industries in which the Company operates or its value added products (including new or modified animal feed, Bird Flu, PED or BSE or similar or unanticipated regulations); risks associated with the renewable diesel plant in Norco,
Louisiana owned and operated by a joint venture between the Company and Valero Energy Corporation, including possible unanticipated operating disruptions and issues related to the announced expansion project; difficulties or a significant disruption
in our information systems or failure to implement new systems and software successfully, including our ongoing enterprise resource planning project; risks relating to possible third party claims of intellectual property infringement; increased
contributions to the Company&#146;s pension and benefit plans, including multiemployer and employer-sponsored defined benefit pension plans as required by legislation, regulation or other applicable U.S. or foreign law or resulting from a U.S. mass
withdrawal event; bad debt write-offs; loss of or failure to obtain necessary permits and registrations; continued or escalated conflict in the Middle East, North Korea, Ukraine or elsewhere; uncertainty regarding the likely exit of the U.K. from
the European Union; and/or unfavorable export or import markets. These factors, coupled with volatile prices for natural gas </P>
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and diesel fuel, climate conditions, currency exchange fluctuations, general performance of the U.S. and global economies, disturbances in world financial, credit, commodities and stock markets,
and any decline in consumer confidence and discretionary spending, including the inability of consumers and companies to obtain credit due to lack of liquidity in the financial markets, among others, could negatively impact the Company&#146;s
results of operations. Among other things, future profitability may be affected by the Company&#146;s ability to grow its business, which faces competition from companies that may have substantially greater resources than the Company. Other risks
and uncertainties regarding the Company, its business and the industries in which it operates are referenced from time to time in the Company&#146;s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company is under no obligation to (and
expressly disclaims any such obligation to) update or alter its forward-looking statements whether as a result of changes in circumstances, new events or otherwise. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>For More Information, contact</B>: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Melissa A. Gaither, VP IR
and Global Communications </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Email: mgaither@darlingii.com </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">251
O&#146;Connor Ridge Blvd., Suite 300, Irving, Texas 75038 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Phone:
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">972-717-0300</FONT></FONT> </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Exhibit 99.2 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>DARLING INGREDIENTS INC. ANNOUNCES CASH TENDER OFFER </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>BY DARLING GLOBAL FINANCE B.V. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FOR ANY AND ALL 4.75% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2022 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">IRVING, Texas, April&nbsp;23, 2018 &#151; Darling Ingredients Inc. (NYSE: DAR) (&#147;Darling&#148; or the &#147;Company&#148;) today announced that Darling
Global Finance B.V. (&#147;DG Finance&#148;), an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company incorporated under the laws of The Netherlands, has commenced a cash tender offer (the &#147;Tender Offer&#148;) for any and all of DG Finance&#146;s
outstanding 4.75% Senior Notes due 2022 (the &#147;Notes&#148;). The Tender Offer is being made on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the offer to purchase dated April&nbsp;23, 2018 (as it may be amended or supplemented, the
&#147;Offer to Purchase&#148;) and the related notice of guaranteed delivery (as it may be amended or supplemented, the &#147;Notice of Guaranteed Delivery&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Tender Offer will expire at 3:00&nbsp;p.m., London time (10:00 a.m., New York City time), on May&nbsp;2, 2018, unless extended (such time and date, as the
same may be extended, the &#147;Expiration Time&#148;) or otherwise terminated as described in the Offer to Purchase. Holders (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) of Notes who validly tender (and do not validly withdraw) their Notes in the Tender
Offer at or prior to the Expiration Time, or who deliver to Lucid Issuer Services Limited (&#147;Lucid&#148;) a properly completed and duly executed Notice of Guaranteed Delivery at or prior to the Expiration Time, and tender their Notes at or prior
to the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery Date (as defined in the Offer to Purchase), in accordance with the instructions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, will receive in cash &#128;1,027.45 per &#128;1,000 principal amount of Notes (the
&#147;Purchase Price&#148;) validly tendered and accepted for purchase pursuant to the Tender Offer, plus accrued and unpaid interest (&#147;Accrued Interest&#148;) from the last interest payment date for the Notes to, but excluding, the settlement
date, which is expected to be May&nbsp;3, 2018 (the &#147;Settlement Date&#148;). With respect to Notes tendered and accepted for purchase, if any, pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures described in the Offer to Purchase, the Holders
thereof will receive payment of the Purchase Price for such Notes, plus Accrued Interest to, but excluding, the Settlement Date, on the Guaranteed Delivery Settlement Date (as defined in the Offer to Purchase), which is expected to be May&nbsp;8,
2018. For the avoidance of doubt, Accrued Interest will cease to accrue on the Settlement Date for all Notes accepted for purchase pursuant to the Tender Offer, including those tendered pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures. DG Finance
plans to redeem any Notes that remain outstanding after the completion of the Tender Offer. This announcement does not constitute a notice of redemption or an obligation to issue a notice of redemption. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following table sets forth the material pricing terms of the Tender Offer: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Security</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; width:72.60pt; display:inline; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="center">Common Codes/ISINs</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000">Principal&nbsp;Amount<BR>Outstanding</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000">Purchase<br>Price</TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">4.75%&nbsp;Senior Notes&nbsp;due&nbsp;2022</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">144A (Common Code/ISIN):124098645/XS1240986452</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Regulation S (Common Code/ISIN):124098475/XS1240984754</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">&#128;515,000,000</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP ALIGN="center">&#128;1,027.45(*)</TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Per &#128;1,000 principal amount of Notes. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Tendered Notes may be validly withdrawn from the Tender Offer at
any time (i)&nbsp;at or prior to the earlier of (x)&nbsp;3:00&nbsp;p.m., London time (10:00 a.m., New York City time), on May&nbsp;2, 2018, unless the Tender Offer is extended, and (y)&nbsp;in the event that the Tender Offer is extended, the tenth
business day after commencement of the Tender Offer, and (ii)&nbsp;after the 60th&nbsp;business day after commencement of the Tender Offer if for any reason the Tender Offer has not been consummated within 60 business days of the commencement of the
Tender Offer. The Tender Offer is subject to the satisfaction or waiver by DG Finance of a number of conditions as set forth in the Offer to Purchase, including the completion by DG Finance of a proposed debt financing on terms reasonably
satisfactory to DG Finance, in its sole discretion and subject to applicable law (the &#147;Debt Financing&#148;), generating net proceeds in an amount that, together with borrowings under Darling&#146;s revolving credit facility, is sufficient to
effect the repurchase of the Notes validly tendered and accepted for purchase pursuant to the Tender Offer, including the payment of any Accrued Interest and costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith. DG Finance may amend, extend or
terminate the Tender Offer in its sole discretion and subject to applicable law. </P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">DG Finance has retained BNP Paribas to serve as dealer manager for the Tender Offer. DG Finance has appointed
Lucid to serve as the tender and information agent for the Tender Offer. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For additional information regarding the terms of the Tender Offer, please
contact BNP Paribas at +44 207 595 8668. Questions regarding the Tender Offer should be directed to Lucid at +44 20 7704 0880 or email <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">darling@lucid-is.com.</FONT> Documents for the Tender Offer, including the Offer
to Purchase and Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, are available at <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">www.lucid-is.com/darling,</FONT> and may also be obtained by contacting Lucid by telephone. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">None of DG Finance or its directors, the dealer manager, Lucid or the trustee for the Notes, or any of their respective affiliates, is making any
recommendation as to whether Holders should tender any Notes in response to the Tender Offer. Holders must make their own decision as to whether to tender any of their Notes and, if so, the principal amount of Notes to tender. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This announcement is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to buy or the solicitation of an offer to sell securities. The Tender
Offer is being made solely by means of the Offer to Purchase and the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery. In those jurisdictions where the securities, blue sky or other laws require the Tender Offer to be made on behalf of DG Finance by a licensed broker
or dealer, the Tender Offer will be deemed to be made by the dealer manager or one or more registered brokers or dealers licensed under the laws of such jurisdiction. This announcement does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an
offer to buy any securities or other financial instruments that may be issued or otherwise incurred in connection with the Debt Financing. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>About
Darling </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Darling Ingredients Inc. is a global developer and producer of sustainable natural ingredients from edible and inedible <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">bio-nutrients,</FONT> creating a wide range of ingredients and customized specialty solutions for customers in the pharmaceutical, food, pet food, feed, industrial, fuel, bioenergy and fertilizer industries. With
operations in over 200 locations across five continents, the Company collects and transforms all aspects of animal <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">by-product</FONT> streams into useable and specialty ingredients, such as gelatin, edible fats,
feed-grade fats, animal proteins and meals, plasma, pet food ingredients, organic fertilizers, yellow grease, fuel feedstocks, green energy, natural casings and hides. The Company also recovers and converts recycled oils (used cooking oil and animal
fats) into valuable feed and fuel ingredients and collects and processes residual bakery products into feed ingredients. In addition, the Company provides environmental services, such as grease trap collection and disposal services to food service
establishments and disposal services for waste solids from the wastewater treatment systems of industrial food processing plants. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Cautionary
Statements Regarding Forward-Looking Information: </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This announcement contains &#147;forward-looking&#148; statements regarding the business operations
and prospects of Darling Ingredients Inc., including its Diamond Green Diesel joint venture, and industry factors affecting it. These statements are identified by words such as &#147;believe,&#148; &#147;anticipate,&#148; &#147;expect,&#148;
&#147;estimate,&#148; &#147;intend,&#148; &#147;could,&#148; &#147;may,&#148; &#147;will,&#148; &#147;should,&#148; &#147;planned,&#148; &#147;potential,&#148; &#147;continue,&#148; &#147;momentum,&#148; &#147;assumption,&#148; and other words
referring to events that may occur in the future. These statements reflect the Company&#146;s current view of future events and are based on its assessment of, and are subject to, a variety of risks and uncertainties beyond its control, each of
which could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. These factors include, among others, existing and unknown future limitations on the ability of the Company&#146;s direct and indirect
subsidiaries to make their cash flow available to the Company for payments on the Company&#146;s indebtedness or other purposes; global demands for <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">bio-fuels</FONT> and grain and oilseed commodities, which have
exhibited volatility, and can impact the cost of feed for cattle, hogs and poultry, thus affecting available rendering feedstock and selling prices for the Company&#146;s products; reductions in raw material volumes available to the Company due to
weak margins in the meat production industry as a result of higher feed costs, reduced consumer demand or other factors, reduced volume from food service establishments, or otherwise; reduced demand for animal feed; reduced finished product prices,
including a decline in fat and used cooking oil finished product prices; changes to worldwide government policies relating to renewable fuels and greenhouse gas emissions that adversely affect programs like the Renewable Fuel Standards Program, low
carbon fuel standards and tax credits for biofuels both in the United States and abroad; </P>
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possible product recall resulting from developments relating to the discovery of unauthorized adulterations to food or food additives; the occurrence of 2009 H1N1 flu (initially known as
&#147;Swine Flu&#148;), highly pathogenic strains of avian influenza (collectively known as &#147;Bird Flu&#148;), bovine spongiform encephalopathy (or &#147;BSE&#148;), porcine epidemic diarrhea (&#147;PED&#148;) or other diseases associated with
animal origin in the United States or elsewhere; unanticipated costs and/or reductions in raw material volumes related to the Company&#146;s compliance with the existing or unforeseen new U.S. or foreign (including, without limitation, China)
regulations affecting the industries in which the Company operates or its value added products (including new or modified animal feed, Bird Flu, PED or BSE or similar or unanticipated regulations); risks associated with the renewable diesel plant in
Norco, Louisiana owned and operated by a joint venture between the Company and Valero Energy Corporation, including possible unanticipated operating disruptions and issues related to the announced expansion project; difficulties or a significant
disruption in our information systems or failure to implement new systems and software successfully, including our ongoing enterprise resource planning project; risks relating to possible third party claims of intellectual property infringement;
increased contributions to the Company&#146;s pension and benefit plans, including multiemployer and employer-sponsored defined benefit pension plans as required by legislation, regulation or other applicable U.S. or foreign law or resulting from a
U.S. mass withdrawal event; bad debt write-offs; loss of or failure to obtain necessary permits and registrations; continued or escalated conflict in the Middle East, North Korea, Ukraine or elsewhere; uncertainty regarding the likely exit of the
U.K. from the European Union; and/or unfavorable export or import markets. These factors, coupled with volatile prices for natural gas and diesel fuel, climate conditions, currency exchange fluctuations, general performance of the U.S. and global
economies, disturbances in world financial, credit, commodities and stock markets, and any decline in consumer confidence and discretionary spending, including the inability of consumers and companies to obtain credit due to lack of liquidity in the
financial markets, among others, could negatively impact the Company&#146;s results of operations. Among other things, future profitability may be affected by the Company&#146;s ability to grow its business, which faces competition from companies
that may have substantially greater resources than the Company. Other risks and uncertainties regarding the Company, its business and the industries in which it operates are referenced from time to time in the Company&#146;s filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company is under no obligation to (and expressly disclaims any such obligation to) update or alter its forward-looking statements whether as a result of changes in circumstances, new events or otherwise. </P>
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