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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-18-131602
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180425
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180425
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180425

FILER:

	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:		18775100

	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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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>WASHINGTON, DC 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CURRENT
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 25, 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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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">001-13323</FONT></B></TD>
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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.
below): </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) </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">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;25, 2018, Darling Ingredients Inc. (&#147;Darling&#148;) issued a press
release announcing that, on April&nbsp;25, 2018, 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 priced a private offering of &#128;515&nbsp;million in aggregate principal amount of its 3.625% unsecured senior notes due 2026 (the &#147;Notes&#148;). The Notes were priced at 100% of their face amount. The
offering is expected to close on May&nbsp;2, 2018, subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions. A copy of the press release announcing the pricing of the offering is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d570630dex991.htm">Press Release dated April&nbsp;25, 2018, announcing the pricing of a private offering of &#128;515&nbsp;
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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 Pricing of Private Offering of &#128;515 Million of Unsecured Senior Notes due 2026 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;25, 2018 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">--</FONT></FONT> 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 priced a private
offering of &#128;515&nbsp;million in aggregate principal amount of its 3.625% unsecured senior notes due 2026 (the &#147;Notes&#148;). The Notes were priced at 100% of their face amount. The offering is expected to close on May&nbsp;2, 2018,
subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The gross proceeds of the 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. </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 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 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:12pt; 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 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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