

	Year Ended January 3, 2015
	First Quarter (a), (b)			Second Quarter (a), (b)			Third Quarter (a), (b)			Fourth Quarter (b)
Net sales	$	946,292		$	1,031,283		$	978,665		$	1,000,203
Operating income	(564		)	75,485			49,925			39,662
Income from operations before income taxes	(69,296		)	50,078			27,090			73,580
Net income	(51,006		)	34,575			15,954			68,788
Net (income)/loss attributable to minority interests	(1,797		)	(1,818		)	(1,636		)	1,155
Net income/(loss) attributable to Darling	(52,803		)	32,757			14,318			69,943
Basic earnings per share	(0.32		)	0.20			0.09			0.42
Diluted earnings per share	(0.32		)	0.20			0.09			0.42


(a)	Includes sales deductions reclassified from net sales to cost of sales in the amount of approximately $14.9 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2014, approximately $24.3 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2014 and approximately $22.9 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2014 to conform to the fiscal year ended January 3, 2015 presentation.

(b)

Included in net income are $15.9 million in acquisition and integration costs in the first quarter of fiscal 2014, $4.2 million in acquisition and integration costs in the second quarter of fiscal 2014, $2.2 million in acquisition and integration costs in the third quarter of fiscal 2014 and $2.4 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014 primarily relating to the VION Acquisition and Rothsay Acquisition. Included in net income in the first quarter of fiscal 2014 is approximately $12.6 million of loss on a foreign currency forward contract, approximately $27.3 million redemption premium to payoff the 8.5% Senior Notes due 2018 early and approximately $44.8 million of costs related to the VION Acquisition inventory step-up in value. In addition, included in net income are approximately $5.0 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2014 related to the VION Acquisition inventory step-up in value. Additionally, included in the net income for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014 were the Company's portion of all tax credits recorded by the DGD Joint Venture and the Company's other processing facilities, which amounted to approximately$67.4 million.



	Year Ended December 28, 2013
	First Quarter (c)		Second Quarter (c), (d)		Third Quarter (c), (d)		Fourth Quarter (c), (d)
Net sales	$	465,657	$	443,542	$	445,130	$	447,939
Operating income	58,576		50,802		41,652		18,536
Income from operations before income taxes	52,823		42,753		45,024		23,078
Net income	32,405		26,418		27,651		22,493

Basic earnings per share	0.27		0.22		0.23		0.18
Diluted earnings per share	0.27		0.22		0.23		0.18


(c)	Includes sales deductions reclassified from net sales to cost of sales in the amount of approximately $20.2 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2013, approximately $19.9 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2013, approximately $19.3 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2013 and $19.2 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013 to conform to the fiscal year 2014 presentation.

(d)

Included in net income are $0.8 million in transaction costs in the second quarter of fiscal 2013, $8.3 million in transaction costs in the third quarter of fiscal 2013 and $14.2 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013 relating to the Terra Transaction, Rothsay Acquisition and the VION Acquisition. In addition, the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013 includes approximately $27.5 million of an unrealized gain on a foreign currency forward contract.