4 1 0001.txt FORM 4 -------- ----------------------------- FORM 4 OMB APPROVAL -------- ----------------------------- ----- Check this box if no longer OMB Number: 3235-0287 subject to Section 16. Form 4 Expires: September 30, 1998 ----- or Form 5 obligations may Estimated average burden continue. SEE Instruction 1(b). hours per response .... 0.5 ------------------------------ UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (Print or Type Responses) - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* MWV Employee Retirement Plan Group Trust - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) c/o Morgens, Waterfall Vintiadis & Co., Inc. 10 East 50th Street - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) New York, NY 10022 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Darling International, Inc. DAR - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Statement for Month/Year 9/00 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) 9/96 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) [ ] Director [X] 10% Owner [ ] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below) - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) [ ] Form filed by One Reporting Person [X] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- TABLE I--NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Title of Security 2.Trans- 3. Trans- 4. Securities Acquired (A) (Instr. 3) action action or Disposed of (D) Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) (Month/ (Instr. 8) -------------------------- Day/ ----------- Amount (A) or Price Year) Code V (D) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock, par value $.01 per share 9/00 P 26,500 (A) $6,625 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5. Amount of 6. Ownership 7. Nature of Securities Form: Direct Indirect Beneficially (D) or Indirect Beneficial Owned at End (I) (Instr. 4) Ownership of Month (Instr. 4) (Instr. 3 and 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 94,939 (D)(1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. [FN] * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, SEE Instruction 4(b)(v). (Over) SEC 1474 (7-96) Page 1 of 2 FORM 4 (continued) TABLE II - DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Title of Derivative 2. Conver- 3. Transac- 4. Transac- 5. Number of Security (Instr. 3) sion or tion Date tion Code Derivative Exercise (Month/ (Instr. 8) Securities Price of Day/ ------------ Acquired (A) Deriv- Year) Code V or Disposed ative of (D)(Instr. Security 3, 4, and 5) ------------- (A) (D) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Option $3.45 9/96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6. Date Exer- 7. Title and Amount 8. Price of 9. Number of cisable and Ex- of Underlying Derivative Derivative piration Date Securities Security Securities (Month/Day/ (Instr. 3 and 4) (Instr. 5) Beneficially Year) ------------------- Owned at ------------------ Amount or End of Month Date Expira- Title Number of (Instr. 4) Exer- tion Shares cisable Date ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Imm. 11/29/03 Common 1680(3) 1 Stock ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10. Ownership 11. Nature of Form of Indirect Derivative Beneficial Security: Ownership Direct (D) or (Instr. 4) Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (D)(2) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Explanation of Responses [FN] (1) The Reporting Person may be considered part of a group consisting of the following direct owners: Phoenix Partners, L.P. (254,442 shares), Betje Partners, L.P. (88,830 shares), Endowment Restart LLC (1,228,661 shares), Morgens Waterfall Income Partners, L.P. (226,173 shares), Phaeton International(BVI),Ltd. (177,729 shares), MWV Employee Retirement Plan Group Trust (94,939 shares), Restart Partners, L.P. (857,590 shares), Restart Partners II, L.P. (1,694,418 shares), Restart Partners III, L.P. (1,402,437 shares), Restart Partners IV, L.P. (873,282 shares) and Restart Partners V, L.P. (150,000 shares). Each Reporting Person hereby disclaims that it has a beneficial interest in the securities owned, directly or indirectly, by any other entity. (2) The Reporting Person may be considered part of a group consisting of the following direct owners: Phoenix Partners, L.P. (6,498 options), Betje Partners, L.P. (2,322 options), Endowment Restart LLC(38,114 options), Morgens Waterfall Income Partners, L.P. (7,014 options), Phaeton International(BVI),Ltd. (4,620 options), MWV Employee Retirement Plan Group Trust (1,680 options), Restart Partners, L.P. (26,603 options), Restart Partners II, L.P. (52,562 options), Restart Partners III, L.P. (43,500 options) and Restart Partners IV, L.P. (27,087 options). Each Reporting Person hereby disclaims that it has a beneficial interest in the securities owned, directly or indirectly, by any other entity. (3) 3 for 1 split, 11/10/97 **Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Note: File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, SEE Instruction 6 for procedure. /s/ Bruce Waterfall 2/14/01 ------------------------------------ -------- By: Bruce Waterfall, Attorney-in-Fact **Signature of Reporting Person Date Page 2 of 2