<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001567619-21-007310.txt : 20210331
<SEC-HEADER>0001567619-21-007310.hdr.sgml : 20210331
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20210331164050
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001567619-21-007310
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20210331
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210331
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210331

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			LONG JIM
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001845234

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-13323
		FILM NUMBER:		21794028

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5601 N. MACARTHUR BLVD.
		CITY:			IRVING
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75038

ISSUER:		

	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:			0101

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5601 N MACARTHUR BLVD
		CITY:			IRVING
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75038
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9727170300

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5601 N MACARTHUR BLVD
		CITY:			IRVING
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75038

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DARLING INTERNATIONAL INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19931223
</SEC-HEADER>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>3
<SEQUENCE>1
<FILENAME>doc1.xml
<DESCRIPTION>FORM 3
<TEXT>
<XML>
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0206</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2021-03-31</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000916540</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>DARLING INGREDIENTS INC.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>DAR</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001845234</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>LONG JIM</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>5601 N. MACARTHUR BLVD</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>IRVING</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>TX</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>75038</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>EVP Chief Admin. Officer</officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>32512</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Options (right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>18.82</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2028-01-29</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>22624</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Options (right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>21.00</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2029-01-25</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>19258</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Options (right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>28.89</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F3"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2030-01-06</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>17204</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Options granted pursuant to 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan to purchase 7,541 shares became exercisable on 1/29/2019 and 1/29/2020 and 7,542 shares became exercisable on 1/29/2021.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Options granted pursuant to 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan to purchase 6,419 shares became exercisable on 1/25/2020 and 1/25/2021 and 6,420 will become exercisable 1/25/2022.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Options granted pursuant to 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan to purchase 5,735 shares became exercisable on 1/6/2021, 5,735 shares will become exercisable on 1/6/2022 and 5,734 shares will become exercisable on 1/6/2023.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Jim Long</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2021-03-31</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
</XML>
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>poa_long.htm
<TEXT>
<html>
  <head>
    <title></title>
    <!-- Licensed to: Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.
         Document created using EDGARfilings PROfile <a href="https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/NRW6CJZQxCBKn3qUpOgiX?domain=7.4.0.0">7.4.0.0</a>
         Copyright 1995 - 2021 Broadridge -->
  </head>
<body style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; color: #000000;" bgcolor="#ffffff">
  <div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 6pt; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">POWER OF ATTORNEY</div>
  <div><br>
  </div>
  <div style="font-size: 12pt;">Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of <font style="font-weight: bold;">Brad Phillips, John Sterling</font> and <font style="font-weight: bold;">Martijn van Steenpaal</font>, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful
    attorney-in-fact to:</div>
  <div><br>
  </div>
  <div style="font-size: 12pt;">(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Darling Ingredients Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), Forms
    3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;</div>
  <div><br>
  </div>
  <div style="font-size: 12pt;">(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5,
    complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and</div>
  <div><br>
  </div>
  <div style="font-size: 12pt;">(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the
    best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
    conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.</div>
  <div><br>
  </div>
  <div style="font-size: 12pt;">The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
    necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby
    ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.&#160; The undersigned
    acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
    Exchange Act of 1934.</div>
  <div><br>
  </div>
  <div style="font-size: 12pt;">This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
    undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.</div>
  <div><br>
  </div>
  <div style="font-size: 12pt;">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 31st day of March, 2021.</div>
  <div><br>
  </div>
  <div><br>
  </div>
  <table style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; width: 100%; text-align: left; color: #000000;" id="z4d721f915e62478a9566c21d325f9e9d" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

      <tr>
        <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: top; border-bottom: 2px solid black;">
          <div style="font-size: 12pt;">/s/ Jim Long</div>
        </td>
        <td style="width: 70%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: top;">
          <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: 18pt;">(signature)</div>
        </td>
        <td style="width: 70%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
      </tr>

  </table>
  <div><br>
  </div>
  <div><br>
  </div>
  <div style="font-size: 12pt;">Print Name: Jim Long</div>
  <div><br>
  </div>
</body>
</html>
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
</SEC-DOCUMENT>
