-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, JsOnvEMN8QXCv6vCUJJzlGhN/ocVPmwKcZ2yI+ndFhHJpX0GqscLl6XUsgLdaN2F gq8Dul2TdSsA9/kP2QAUag== 0001125282-03-005437.txt : 20030930 0001125282-03-005437.hdr.sgml : 20030930 20030930123906 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001125282-03-005437 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20030930 GROUP MEMBERS: D. E. SHAW &CO.,L.L.C. GROUP MEMBERS: D. E. SHAW &CO.,L.P. GROUP MEMBERS: D. E. SHAW LAMINAR PORTFOLIOS, L.L.C. GROUP MEMBERS: DAVID E. SHAW FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: DE SHAW LAMINAR PORTFOLIOS LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001263972 IRS NUMBER: 010577802 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 120 W 45TH STREET STREET 2: TOWER 45, 39TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10036 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: DARLING INTERNATIONAL INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000916540 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: FATS & OILS [2070] IRS NUMBER: 362495346 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0103 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-46534 FILM NUMBER: 03916902 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 251 O CONNOR RIDGE BLVD STREET 2: STE 300 CITY: IRVING STATE: TX ZIP: 75038 BUSINESS PHONE: 9727170300 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 251 OCONNOR RIDGE BLVD STREET 2: #300 CITY: IRVING STATE: TX ZIP: 75038 SC 13G/A 1 b327308_sch13g-a.txt AMENDMENT NO. 1 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13G Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. 1) * Darling International Inc. -------------------------- (Name of Issuer) Common Stock, par value at $0.01 par value per share ---------------------------------------------------- (Title of Class of Securities) 237266101 --------- (CUSIP Number) September 11, 2003 ------------------ (Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement) Check the following box to designate the rule pursuant to which the Schedule is filed: [ ] Rule 13d-1(b) [X] Rule 13d-1(c) [ ] Rule 13d-1(d) *The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page. The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes). EXPLANATORY NOTE This Amendment No. 1 amends the original Schedule 13G filed with the Commission on September 22, 2003 ("Original Filing") to correct certain typographical errors in the Item 4 - OWNERSHIP section of the filing; "3,907,607 Shares" has been corrected to be "3,902,607 Shares" in all instances. CUSIP No. 237266101 ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) D.E. Shaw Laminar Portfolios, L.L.C. 01-0577802 ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) [_] (b) [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. SEC USE ONLY ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware ________________________________________________________________________________ NUMBER OF 5. SOLE VOTING POWER SHARES -0- _________________________________________________________________ BENEFICIALLY 6. SHARED VOTING POWER OWNED BY 3,902,607 _________________________________________________________________ EACH 7. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING -0- _________________________________________________________________ PERSON 8. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH 3,902,607 ________________________________________________________________________________ 9. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 3,902,607 ________________________________________________________________________________ 10. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 11. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9) 6.3% ________________________________________________________________________________ 12. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* CO CUSIP No. 237266101 ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) D.E. Shaw & Co., L.P. 13-3695715 ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) [_] (b) [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. SEC USE ONLY ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware ________________________________________________________________________________ NUMBER OF 5. SOLE VOTING POWER SHARES -0- _________________________________________________________________ BENEFICIALLY 6. SHARED VOTING POWER OWNED BY 3,902,607 _________________________________________________________________ EACH 7. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING -0- _________________________________________________________________ PERSON 8. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH 3,902,607 ________________________________________________________________________________ 9. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 3,902,607 ________________________________________________________________________________ 10. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 11. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9) 6.3% ________________________________________________________________________________ 12. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* PN CUSIP No. 237266101 ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) D.E. Shaw & Co., L.L.C. 13-3799946 ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) [_] (b) [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. SEC USE ONLY ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware ________________________________________________________________________________ NUMBER OF 5. SOLE VOTING POWER SHARES -0- _________________________________________________________________ BENEFICIALLY 6. SHARED VOTING POWER OWNED BY 3,902,607 _________________________________________________________________ EACH 7. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING -0- _________________________________________________________________ PERSON 8. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH 3,902,607 ________________________________________________________________________________ 9. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 3,902,607 ________________________________________________________________________________ 10. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 11. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9) 6.3% ________________________________________________________________________________ 12. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* CO CUSIP No. 237266101 ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) David E. Shaw ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) [_] (b) [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. SEC USE ONLY ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION United States ________________________________________________________________________________ NUMBER OF 5. SOLE VOTING POWER SHARES -0- _________________________________________________________________ BENEFICIALLY 6. SHARED VOTING POWER OWNED BY 3,902,607 _________________________________________________________________ EACH 7. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING -0- _________________________________________________________________ PERSON 8. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH 3,902,607 ________________________________________________________________________________ 9. AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 3,902,607 ________________________________________________________________________________ 10. CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* [_] ________________________________________________________________________________ 11. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9) 6.3% ________________________________________________________________________________ 12. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* IN Item 1. (a) Name of Issuer Darling International Inc. (b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices 251 O'Connor Ridge Blvd., Suite 300 Irving, TX 75038 Item 2. (a) Name of Person Filing D. E. Shaw Laminar Portfolios, L.L.C. D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P. D. E. Shaw & Co., L.L.C. David E. Shaw (b) Address of Principal Business Office or, if none, Residence The business address for all filers is: 120 W. 45th Street, Tower 45, 39th Floor New York, NY 10036 (c) Citizenship D. E. Shaw Laminar Portfolios, L.L.C. is a limited liability corporation organized under the laws of the state of Delaware. D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P. is a limited partnership organized under the laws of the state of Delaware. D. E. Shaw & Co., L.L.C. is a limited liability corporation organized under the laws of the state of Delaware. David E. Shaw is a citizen of the United States of America. (d) Title of Class of Securities Common stock, par value $0.01 par value per share (e) CUSIP Number 237266101 Item 4. Ownership. (a) Amount beneficially owned: D. E. Shaw Laminar Portfolios, L.L.C.: 3,902,607 Shares D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P.: 3,902,607 Shares D. E. Shaw & Co., L.L.C.: 3,902,607 Shares David E. Shaw: 3,902,607 Shares (b) Percent of class: D. E. Shaw Laminar Portfolios, L.L.C.: 6.3% D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P.: 6.3% D. E. Shaw & Co., L.L.C.: 6.3% David E. Shaw: 6.3% (c) Number of shares to which the person has: (i) Sole power to vote or to direct the vote: D. E. Shaw Laminar Portfolios, L.L.C.: -0- D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P.: -0- D. E. Shaw & Co., L.L.C.: -0- David E. Shaw: -0- (ii) Shared power to vote or to direct the vote: D. E. Shaw Laminar Portfolios, L.L.C.: 3,902,607 Shares D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P.: 3,902,607 Shares D. E. Shaw & Co., L.L.C.: 3,902,607 Shares David E. Shaw: 3,902,607 Shares (iii) Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: D. E. Shaw Laminar Portfolios, L.L.C.: -0- D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P.: -0- D. E. Shaw & Co., L.L.C.: -0- David E. Shaw: -0- (iv) Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: D. E. Shaw Laminar Portfolios, L.L.C.: 3,902,607 Shares D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P.: 3,902,607 Shares D. E. Shaw & Co., L.L.C.: 3,902,607 Shares David E. Shaw: 3,902,607 Shares David Shaw does not own any shares directly. By virtue of David Shaw's position as President and sole shareholder of D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc., which is the general partner of D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P., which in turn is the investment adviser of D. E. Shaw Laminar Portfolios, L.L.C., and by virtue of David Shaw's position as President and sole shareholder of D. E. Shaw & Co. II, Inc., which is the managing member of D. E. Shaw & Co., L.L.C., which in turn is the managing member of D. E. Shaw Laminar Portfolios, L.L.C., David Shaw may be deemed to have the shared power to vote or direct the vote of, and the shared power to dispose or direct the disposition of, the 3,902,607 shares owned by D. E. Shaw Laminar Portfolios, L.L.C., constituting 6.3% of the outstanding shares and, therefore, David Shaw may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of such shares. David Shaw disclaims beneficial ownership of such 3,902,607 shares. Item 10. Certification By signing below, each of D. E. Shaw Laminar Portfolios, L.L.C., D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P., D. E. Shaw & Co., L.L.C., and David Shaw certify that, to the best of such reporting person's knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having such purposes or effect. SIGNATURE After reasonable inquiry and to the best of their knowledge and belief, the undersigned certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. A Power of Attorney, dated February 5, 2001 granted by David E. Shaw in favor of Stuart Steckler, has been previously filed. Dated: September 30, 2003 D. E. Shaw Laminar Portfolios, L.L.C. By: D. E. Shaw & Co., L.L.C., as managing member By: /s/ Stuart Steckler -------------------------------- Stuart Steckler Managing Director D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P. By: /s/ Stuart Steckler -------------------------------- Stuart Steckler Managing Director D. E. Shaw & Co., L.L.C. By: /s/ Stuart Steckler -------------------------------- Stuart Steckler Managing Director David E. Shaw By: /s/ Stuart Steckler -------------------------------- Stuart Steckler Attorney-in-Fact for David E. Shaw -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----