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Shareholder Meeting to Be Held on May 09, 2017 .

 

 
                

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        Meeting Information       
  DARLING INGREDIENTS INC.      

 

Meeting Type: Annual Meeting

      
        For holders as of: March 16, 2017       
        Date: May 09, 2017        Time: 10:00 AM CDT       
 

 

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Location:  Four Seasons Resort and Club

                  4150 N. MacArthur Blvd.

                  Irving, TX 75038

 

      
                
            

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  The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposal(s):     
 

 

1.      Election of Directors

 

 

3       Advisory vote to approve executive  compensation.

  
 

 

 Nominees

    
 

 

1A    Randall C. Stuewe

 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote 1 YEAR on the following proposal:

 

4       Advisory vote to approve the frequency of  future advisory votes on executive  compensation.

  
 

 

1B    Charles Adair

    
 

 

1C    D. Eugene Ewing

    
 

 

1D    Linda Goodspeed

    
 

 

1E    Dirk Kloosterboer

 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposal(s):

 

5       Proposal to approve the 2017 Omnibus  Incentive Plan.

  
 

 

1F    Mary R. Korby

    
 

 

1G    Cynthia Pharr Lee

    
 

 

1H    Charles Macaluso

    
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1I      Gary W. Mize

    
 

 

1J     Michael E. Rescoe

    
 

 

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2       Ratify the selection of KPMG LLP as  the Company’s independent registered  public accounting firm for the fiscal  year ending December 30, 2017.

    

 

 

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NOTE: Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.

 

       
                   
                   
                   
                      
        

 

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