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Darling Ingredients acquisitions, on the record
The businesses Darling Ingredients bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.
Deals its annual reports describe
| Business | Deal | When | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
Valley Proteins in North AmericaWord for word“In fiscal 2022 and fiscal 2023, the Company completed several acquisitions including two significant rendering operations, Valley Proteins in North America and the FASA Group in South America and a significant collagen operation, Gelnex, with processing located in South America and North America.” 10-K for 2023 | acquisition | In fiscal 2022 and fiscal 2023 | — |
FASA Group in South AmericaWord for word“In fiscal 2022 and fiscal 2023, the Company completed several acquisitions including two significant rendering operations, Valley Proteins in North America and the FASA Group in South America and a significant collagen operation, Gelnex, with processing located in South America and North America.” 10-K for 2023 | acquisition | In fiscal 2022 and fiscal 2023 | — |
GelnexWord for word“In fiscal 2022 and fiscal 2023, the Company completed several acquisitions including two significant rendering operations, Valley Proteins in North America and the FASA Group in South America and a significant collagen operation, Gelnex, with processing located in South America and North America.” 10-K for 2023 | acquisition | In fiscal 2022 and fiscal 2023 | — |
MiropaszWord for word“In January 2024, the Company used a portion of its availability under the revolving credit facility to pay for the Miropasz acquisition in the amount of €110.0 million (approximately $119.0 million USD at the exchange rate in effect on the date of the acquisition) plus or minus post-closing adjustments.” 10-K for 2023 | agreed acquisition | In January 2024 | €110.0 million (approximately $119.0 million USD at the exchange rate in effect on the date of the acquisition) |
Valley ProteinsWord for word“In fiscal 2022, Darling acquired both Valley Proteins and FASA, each of which supply additional feedstocks to DGD.” 10-K for 2024 | acquisition | In fiscal 2022 | — |
FASA GroupWord for word“In fiscal 2022, Darling acquired both Valley Proteins and FASA, each of which supply additional feedstocks to DGD.” 10-K for 2024 | acquisition | In fiscal 2022 | — |
UPI Bovinos NewCoWord for word“As of the date of this report, other than the Company’s binding offer to acquire UPI Bovinos NewCo for approximately $114 million, no decision has been made as to non-ordinary course material cash usages at this time; however, potential usages could include: opportunistic capital expenditures and/or acquisitions and joint ventures; investments relating to the Company’s renewable energy strategy, including, without limitation, potential investments in additional renewable diesel or SAF projects; investments in response to governmental regulations relating to human and animal food safety or other regulations; unexpected funding required by the legislation, regulation or mass termination of multiemployer plans; and paying dividends or repurchasing stock, subject to limitations under the Amended Credit Agreement, the 6% Indenture, the 5.25% Indenture and the 4.5% Indenture, as well as suitable cash conservation to withstand adverse commodity cycles.” 10-K for 2026 | agreed acquisition | — | approximately $114 million |
| Fiscal year ended | Cash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired) | Goodwill from acquisitions |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-12-31 | $8.5 million | $829,000 |
| 2017-12-30 | $12.1 million | $1.9 million |
| 2018-12-29 | $107.7 million | $29.3 million |
| 2019-12-28 | $1.4 million | $487,000 |
| 2021-01-02 | $29.8 million | $14.6 million |
| 2022-01-01 | $2.1 million | $201,000 |
| 2022-12-31 | $1.77 billion | $798.1 million |
| 2023-12-30 | $1.09 billion | $629.4 million |
| 2024-12-28 | $116.7 million | $66.9 million |
| 2026-01-03 | $0 | — |
Deal filings since 2016
- 2025-06-27 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2022-09-08 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2022-08-17 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2022-06-09 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2022-03-04 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2021-12-13 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2020-09-23 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2019-05-07 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2019-04-03 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2018-05-02 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2017-12-20 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2016-12-20 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Read from Darling Ingredients’s annual reports (10-K for 2026, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-03-03. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.