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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) April 30, 2009
DARLING
INTERNATIONAL INC.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
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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)
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(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
5.02.
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Departure
of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.
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On April
30, 2009, the Board of Directors of Darling International Inc. adopted a new
compensation policy that provides that the Company will not provide U.S. federal
income tax gross-up payments to any director or executive officer in connection
with any employment agreement or incentive plan entered into after April 30,
2009. The new policy does not apply to any agreement with an
executive officer that is currently in place.
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: May
1, 2009 By:___/s/ John O. Muse
__________
John O. Muse
Executive Vice President
Finance and
Administration