dar-2015.5.13-8K


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
 
FORM 8-K
       
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)
May 13, 2015

DARLING INGREDIENTS INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
 
 
 
Delaware
001-13323
36-2495346
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

251 O’CONNOR RIDGE BLVD., SUITE 300, IRVING, TEXAS
75038
 
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)
 
 
 
 
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
(972) 717-0300


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Item 1.01.
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On May 13, 2015, Darling Ingredients Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to its Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of January 6, 2014 (the “Credit Agreement”), among the Company, as borrower, the other subsidiary borrowers party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, the lending institutions party thereto and the other agents party thereto.
The Amendment was executed to remove the previously existing requirement under the Credit Agreement that the maximum total leverage ratio under one of the financial covenants must continue to step down over the life of the loans thereunder. After giving effect to the Amendment, the maximum total leverage ratio shall remain 5.0 to 1.0 for the duration of the loans under the Credit Agreement.
The summary set forth above is not intended to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amendment attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1.
    
Item 9.01.          Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)           Exhibits.

10.1
 
First Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of May 13, 2015, among the Company, as the parent borrower, the other subsidiary borrowers party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and certain lenders party thereto.
 
 
 


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SIGNATURES

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 hereunto duly authorized.

 
 
 
 
DARLING INGREDIENTS INC.
 
 
 
 
 
Date:  May 15, 2015 
By:
/s/ John F. Sterling
 
 
 
John F. Sterling
 
 
 
Executive Vice President and
General Counsel
 



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EXHIBIT LIST

Exhibit No.
 
Description
 
 
 
10.1
 
First Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of May 13, 2015, among the Company, as the parent borrower, the other subsidiary borrowers party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and certain lenders party thereto.
 
 
 


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