DARLING INGREDIENTS INC. (NYSE:DAR) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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DARLING INGREDIENTS INC. (NYSE:DAR) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Item 5.07.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

At the annual meeting of stockholders of Darling Ingredients Inc.
(the “Company”) held on May 9, 2017, the stockholders elected the
Company’s Board of Directors and voted upon four Board proposals
contained within the Company’s Proxy Statement dated March 29,
2017.

The Board nominees were elected with the following vote:



Nominee	For	Against	Abstentions	Broker Non Votes

Randall C. Stuewe	137,729,878		4,235,801		1,096,055	8,127,338
Charles Adair	140,889,045		1,073,281		1,099,408	8,127,338
D. Eugene Ewing	139,183,331		2,781,547		1,096,856	8,127,338
Linda Goodspeed	136,644,734		5,318,408		1,098,592	8,127,338
Dirk Kloosterboer	139,054,695		2,910,724		1,096,315	8,127,338
Mary R. Korby	138,950,369		3,015,326		1,096,039	8,127,338
Cynthia Pharr Lee	140,288,608		1,676,036		1,097,090	8,127,338
Charles Macaluso	131,769,562		10,194,315		1,097,857	8,127,338
Gary W. Mize	140,326,726		1,638,122		1,096,886	8,127,338
Michael E. Rescoe	140,874,590		1,088,126		1,099,018	8,127,338

The stockholders voted on the following proposals and cast their
votes as described below:

Board proposal to ratify the selection of KPMG LLP, independent
registered public accounting firm, as the Companys independent
registered public accountant for the fiscal year ending December
30, 2017:



For	Against	Abstentions	Broker Non Votes
150,386,463		761,144		41,465

Board proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the Companys
executive compensation:



For	Against	Abstentions	Broker Non Votes
139,615,827		1,925,013		1,520,894	8,127,338

Board proposal regarding an advisory vote on the frequency of
future advisory votes on the Companys executive compensation:



1 Year	2 Years	3 Years	Abstentions	Broker Non Votes
108,124,670		71,018		34,442,573	423,473	8,127,338

In accordance with the Boards recommendation and the voting results
on this advisory proposal, the Board has determined that the
Company will hold an advisory say on pay vote annually.

Board proposal to approve the Companys 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan:



For	Against	Abstentions	Broker Non Votes
134,189,693		7,335,701		1,536,340	8,127,338

About DARLING INGREDIENTS INC. (NYSE:DAR)
Darling Ingredients Inc., formerly Darling International Inc., is a developer and producer of sustainable natural ingredients from edible and inedible bio-nutrients. The Company offers a range of ingredients and specialty solutions for customers in the food, pet food, pharmaceutical, feed, fuel, bioenergy and fertilizer industries. The Company operates in three segments: Feed Ingredients, which includes the edible and inedible animal by-products, bakery and hides business lines; Food Ingredients, which includes the gelatin, casings and edible fats business lines, and Fuel Ingredients, which includes the biofuel and bioenergy business lines. It recycles animal by-product streams into useable and specialty ingredients, such as gelatin, tallow, feed-grade fats, meat and bone meal, poultry meal, yellow grease, fuel feed stocks, green energy, natural casings and hides. The Company also recovers and converts used cooking oil and commercial bakery residuals into feed and fuel ingredients. DARLING INGREDIENTS INC. (NYSE:DAR) Recent Trading Information
DARLING INGREDIENTS INC. (NYSE:DAR) closed its last trading session down -0.07 at 15.43 with 996,347 shares trading hands.