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): March
8, 2007
DARLING
INTERNATIONAL INC.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
|
Delaware
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000-24620
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36-2495346
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|
(State
or Other Jurisdiction
of
Incorporation)
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(Commission
File
Number)
|
(IRS
Employer
Identification
No.)
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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
Check
the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions (see
General
Instruction A.2. below):
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Item
2.01. Completion
of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.
On
March
8, 2007 (the “Closing Date”), Darling International Inc., a Delaware corporation
(“Darling”), completed the previously announced transaction with Trust Company
of the West, a California trust company, not in its individual capacity but
only
as trustee of the trust established pursuant to an Individual Trust Agreement,
dated as of January 31, 1987, as amended, between The Boilermaker-Blacksmith
National Pension Trust and itself (as amended, the “Trust”). Pursuant to
the terms of that certain Claim Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 12,
2006, by and between Darling and the Trust (the “Claim Purchase Agreement”),
Darling sold to the Trust all of Darling’s rights under applicable law to
enforce and collect the amount of damages awarded to Darling by an arbitral
panel pursuant to the arbitration of certain claims under a service agreement
to
which Darling was a party for a total consideration of $2.2 million in cash.
The
foregoing does not purport to be a complete statement of the rights and
obligations under the Claim Purchase Agreement and the transactions contemplated
thereby or a complete explanation of the material terms thereof. The
foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full
text
of the Claim Purchase Agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 2.1
to
Darling’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 18, 2006, and is
incorporated herein by reference.
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 INTERNATIONAL INC.
Date:
March
13, 2007 By:___/s/
John O. Muse_________________
John
O.
Muse
Executive
Vice President
Finance
and Administration