FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Dudley Sandra

(Last) (First) (Middle)
5601 N MACARTHUR BLVD

(Street)
IRVING TX 75038

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
10/13/2021
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
DARLING INGREDIENTS INC. [ DAR ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
EVP Renewables & US Spec. Ops.
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common stock 28,824
D
 
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)   (1) 02/06/2027 Common Stock 8,431 12.29 D  
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)   (2) 01/29/2028 Common Stock 5,928 18.82 D  
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)   (3) 01/25/2029 Common Stock 5,432 21 D  
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)   (4) 01/06/2030 Common Stock 5,372 28.89 D  
Explanation of Responses:
1. Options granted pursuant to the 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan to purchase 2,811 shares became exercisable on 02/06/2018 and 2,810 shares became exercisable on 02/06/2019 and 02/06/2020.
2. Options granted pursuant to 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan to purchase 1,976 shares became exercisable on 01/29/2019, 01/29/2020 and 01/29/2021
3. Options granted pursuant to 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan to purchase 1,810 shares became exercisable on 01/25/2020 and 1,811 shares became exercisable on 01/25/2021 and 1,811 shares will become exercisable on 01/25/2022
4. Options granted pursuant to 2017 Omnibus Incentive Plan to purchase 1,791 shares became exercisable on 01/06/2021 and 1,791 shares will become exercisable on 01/06/2022 and 1,790 shares will become exercisable on 01/06/2023
Sandra Dudley 10/14/2021
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Brad Phillips, John Sterling and Martijn van Steenpaal, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Darling Ingredients Inc. (the “Company”), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 11th day of October, 2021.


/s/ Sandra Dudley 
(signature)

Print Name: Sandra Dudley