On May 17, 2017, Darling Ingredients Inc. (the Company) will
deliver an investor presentation that includes the material
attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K (this Current Report)
as Exhibit 99.1. The information contained in this Current Report,
including Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished to Item 7.01, and the
information contained therein shall not be deemed filed for
purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or
otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section.
Furthermore, the information contained in Exhibit 99.1 shall not be
deemed to be incorporated by reference into the filings of the
Company under the Securities Act of 1933.

This Current Report, including Exhibit 99.1, contains
forward-looking statements regarding the business operations and
prospects of the Company, including its Diamond Green Diesel joint
venture, and industry factors affecting it. These statements are
identified by words such as believe, anticipate, expect, estimate,
intend, could, may, will, should, planned, potential, continue,
momentum, assumption, and other words referring to events that may
occur in the future. These statements reflect the Companys 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’s direct and indirect
subsidiaries to make their cash flow available to the Company for
payments on the Company’s indebtedness or other purposes; global
demands for bio-fuels 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 Companys 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 (RFS2), low carbon fuel standards (LCFS) and tax
credits for biofuels both in the Unites States and abroad; possible
product recall resulting from developments relating to the
discovery of unauthorized adulterations to food or food additives;
the occurrence of Bird Flu including, but not limited to H5N1 flu,
bovine spongiform encephalopathy (or “BSE”), porcine epidemic
diarrhea (“PED”) 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 Companys
compliance with the existing or unforeseen new U.S. or foreign
regulations (including, without limitation, China) 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 Companys 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’s results of operations. Among other
things, future profitability may be affected by the Companys
ability to grow its business, which faces competition from
companies that may have substantially greater resources than the
Company. The Companys announced share repurchase program may be
suspended or discontinued at any time and purchases of shares under
the program are subject to market conditions and other factors,
which are likely to change from time to time. Other risks and
uncertainties regarding the Company, its business and the
industries in which it operates are referenced from time to time in
the Companys filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The Company cautions readers that all forward-looking statements
speak only as of the date made, and the Company undertakes no
obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a
result of changes in circumstances, new events or otherwise.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.