Summary of Significant Accounting Policies


(a)	Basis of Presentation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Darling and its consolidated subsidiaries. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.


(b)	Fiscal Periods

The Company has a 52/53 week fiscal year ending on the Saturday nearest December 31. Fiscal periods for the consolidated financial statements included herein are as of September 28, 2013, and include the 13 and 39 weeks ended September 28, 2013, and the 13 and 39 weeks ended September 29, 2012.


(c)	Revenue Recognition

The Company recognizes revenue on sales when products are shipped and the customer takes ownership and assumes risk of loss. Certain customers may be required to prepay prior to shipment in order to maintain payment protection related to certain foreign and domestic sales. These amounts are recorded as unearned revenue and recognized when the products have shipped and the customer takes ownership and assumes risk of loss. The Company has formula arrangements with certain suppliers whereby the charge or credit for raw materials is tied to published finished product commodity prices after deducting a fixed processing fee incorporated into the formula and is recorded as a cost of sale by line of business. The Company recognizes revenue related to grease trap servicing and industrial residual removal in the fiscal month the trap service or industrial residual removal occurs.


(d)	Reclassifications

Certain immaterial prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.


(e)	Earnings Per Share

Basic income per common share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of common shares including non-vested and restricted shares outstanding during the period. Diluted income per common share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period increased by dilutive common equivalent shares determined using the treasury stock method.



	Net Income per Common Share (in thousands, except per share data)
	Three Months Ended
			September 28, 2013						September 29, 2012
	Income		Shares		Per Share		Income		Shares		Per Share
Basic:
Net Income	$	27,651	118,208		$	0.23	$	37,172	117,678		$	0.32
Diluted:
Effect of dilutive securities:
Add: Option shares in the money and dilutive effect of non-vested stock			690						792
Less: Pro forma treasury shares			(418	)					(296	)
Diluted:
Net income	$	27,651	118,480		$	0.23	$	37,172	118,174		$	0.31




	Net Income per Common Share (in thousands, except per share data)
	Nine Months Ended
			September 28, 2013						September 29, 2012
	Income		Shares		Per Share		Income		Shares		Per Share
Basic:
Net Income	$	86,474	118,156		$	0.73	$	101,968	117,531		$	0.87
Diluted:
Effect of dilutive securities:
Add: Option shares in the money and dilutive effect of non-vested stock			688						844
Less: Pro forma treasury shares			(296	)					(326	)
Diluted:
Net income	$	86,474	118,548		$	0.73	$	101,968	118,049		$	0.86

For the three months ended September 28, 2013 and September 29, 2012, respectively, 331,367 and 207,890 outstanding stock options were excluded from diluted income per common share as the effect was antidilutive. For the three months ended September 28, 2013 and September 29, 2012, respectively, 55,465 and 100,615 shares of non-vested stock were excluded from diluted income per common share as the effect was antidilutive.

For the nine months ended September 28, 2013 and September 29, 2012, respectively, 284,787 and 211,890 outstanding stock options were excluded from diluted income per common share as the effect was antidilutive. For the nine months ended September 28, 2013 and September 29, 2012, respectively, 59,853 and 111,675 shares of non-vested stock were excluded from diluted income per common share as the effect was antidilutive.