Darling Ingredients Fbo Local 2326 UAW 401(k) match, vesting and fees

Plan year 2024 filingDarling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan · Plan 040 · EIN 36-2495346Updated Oct 2026

What Darling Ingredients Fbo Local 2326 UAW's 401(k) plan says about matching contributions

The Company is required to make matching contributions equal to 25% of participant pretax deferrals, up to a maximum of 6% of compensation. Participant catch-up contributions are included in the calculation of matching contributions. The Company is required to perform an annual true-up for these contributions. For the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company’s matching contributions totaled $1,697,933.
From the independent auditor's report attached to the plan year 2024 Form 5500, page 35. Open page 35 of the filing (PDF) ↗

Quoted directly from the filing. Plan terms may have changed; check your current Summary Plan Description.

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$138,863
Average account balance
6,051
Participants (end of year)
$237M
Plan assets (end of year)
0.13%
Admin expenses ÷ assets

Plan features

Indented passages are quoted word for word from the audit report; plan terms may have changed since, so check your current Summary Plan Description.

Employer matchQuoted from the filing aboveAudit report, p. 35 ↗
Automatic enrollment
The Plan includes an automatic enrollment provision whereby newly eligible participants automatically defer at a 3% pre-tax rate unless an affirmative election is made to the contrary.
Audit report, p. 34 ↗
Roth contributions
Participants may also elect to make after-tax “Roth” deferrals into the Plan.
Audit report, p. 34 ↗
Loans
The Plan allows participants to borrow amounts from the vested portion of their accounts. The minimum loan is $1,000 and is limited to the lesser of 50% of the vested account balance or $50,000, less the highest outstanding loan in the previous 12 months. The loans are secured by the balance in the participant’s account. Loans carry interest at the prime rate plus 2%, as defined. Loan terms may not exceed five years, unless for the purchase of a primary residence. Interest payments are a part of the borrowing participant’s own account. Participants may have a maximum of one loan outstanding at a time. Effective January 1, 2023, participants are limited to a maximum of two loans outstanding at a time.
Audit report, p. 36 ↗
RecordkeeperPrincipal Life Insurance CompanySchedule C ↗
Independent auditorThe Cj Cpa Group, PLLC (unmodified opinion, limited scope)Schedule H ↗
Plan type and status401(k) · ActiveForm 5500 ↗
Late participant contributionsReported on the filingSchedule H ↗

All rows are from the plan year 2024 filing; plan features from its audit report.

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How the plan compares

Plan year 2024 medians for 1,619 defined-contribution plans in manufacturing with 1,000 to 4,999 participants.

Darling Ingredients Fbo Local 2326 UAW: employer contribution per participant$909
Peer median$2,413
Darling Ingredients Fbo Local 2326 UAW: average balance$138,863
Peer median$86,456
Darling Ingredients Fbo Local 2326 UAW: admin expenses ÷ assets0.13%
Peer median0.12%

Admin expenses are the plan's reported administrative expenses divided by its assets; they do not include fund expense ratios.

Plan history

Plan assets went from $179M at the end of plan year 2021 to $237M at the end of plan year 2024.

$179M2021$148M2022$225M2023$237M2024
End-of-year figures from each plan year's Form 5500 filing for the Darling Ingredients Fbo Local 2326 UAW plan.
Plan yearParticipantsAssetsEmployer contributionsPer participantAdmin expense ratioMatch formulaFiling
20246,051$237M$1.6M$9090.13%Quoted in the audit report, p. 35 ↗Form 5500 ↗
20232,103$225M$15.8M$9,2930.14%Not publishedForm 5500 ↗
20221,370$148M$7M$5,2020.23%Not publishedForm 5500 ↗
20211,671$179M$6.9M$4,1870.25%Not publishedForm 5500 ↗

Other Darling Ingredients Fbo Local 2326 UAW plans (5)

Each plan files its own Form 5500. Figures are from each plan's latest filing.

Darling Ingredients 401(k) Fbo Local 2326 Uaw

Plan 037 · EIN 36-2495346 · plan year 2025 filing
$45,023
Average account balance
31
Participants (end of year)
$1.4M
Plan assets (end of year)
0.08%
Admin expenses ÷ assets

Plan features

Match, vesting and enrollment details have not been published from this plan's audit report yet. The figures below come from the structured filing.

Plan type and status401(k) · ActiveForm 5500 ↗

Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried Employees' Retirement Plan

Plan 001 · EIN 36-2495346 · plan year 2024 filing
$105,474
Average account balance
769
Participants (end of year)
$81.1M
Plan assets (end of year)
0.54%
Admin expenses ÷ assets

Plan features

Match, vesting and enrollment details have not been published from this plan's audit report yet. The figures below come from the structured filing.

RecordkeeperPrincipal Life Insurance CompanySchedule C ↗
Independent auditorThe Cj Cpa Group, PLLC (unmodified opinion, limited scope)Schedule H ↗
Plan type and statusPension (defined benefit) · FrozenForm 5500 ↗

Darling Ingredients Inc. Hourly and Bargaining 401(k) Savings Plan

Plan 004 · EIN 36-2495346 · plan year 2025 filing · terminated
—
Average account balance
0
Participants (end of year)
$0
Plan assets (end of year)
<0.01%
Admin expenses ÷ assets

Plan features

Match, vesting and enrollment details have not been published from this plan's audit report yet. The figures below come from the structured filing.

RecordkeeperPrincipal Life Insurance Company2024 Schedule C ↗
Independent auditorThe Cj Cpa Group, PLLC (unmodified opinion, limited scope)Schedule H ↗
Plan type and status401(k) · Terminated (final filing)Form 5500 ↗
Late participant contributionsReported on the filingSchedule H ↗

The recordkeeper is from the plan year 2024 filing, the latest that names one. The other rows are from the plan year 2025 filing.

Darling Ingredients Inc. Hourly Employees' Retirement Plan

Plan 008 · EIN 36-2495346 · plan year 2025 filing · terminated
—
Average account balance
0
Participants (end of year)
$0
Plan assets (end of year)
1.47%
Admin expenses ÷ assets

Plan features

Match, vesting and enrollment details have not been published from this plan's audit report yet. The figures below come from the structured filing.

RecordkeeperPrincipal Life Insurance CompanySchedule C ↗
Independent auditorThe Cj Cpa Group, PLLC (unmodified opinion, limited scope)Schedule H ↗
Plan type and statusPension (defined benefit) · Terminated (final filing)Form 5500 ↗

Darling Ingredients Retirement Income Plan for Union Employees

Plan 031 · EIN 36-2495346 · plan year 2025 filing · terminated
—
Average account balance
0
Participants (end of year)
$0
Plan assets (end of year)
1.57%
Admin expenses ÷ assets

Plan features

Match, vesting and enrollment details have not been published from this plan's audit report yet. The figures below come from the structured filing.

RecordkeeperPrincipal Life Insurance CompanySchedule C ↗
Independent auditorThe Cj Cpa Group, PLLC (unmodified opinion, limited scope)Schedule H ↗
Plan type and statusPension (defined benefit) · Terminated (final filing)Form 5500 ↗

Common questions

Does Darling Ingredients Fbo Local 2326 UAW match 401(k) contributions?

The audit report attached to the Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan's plan year 2024 Form 5500, page 35 says: “The Company is required to make matching contributions equal to 25% of participant pretax deferrals, up to a maximum of 6% of compensation. Participant catch-up contributions are included in the calculation of matching contributions. The Company is required to perform an annual true-up for these contributions. For the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company’s matching contributions totaled $1,697,933.” Plan terms may have changed; check your current Summary Plan Description.

When is the Darling Ingredients Fbo Local 2326 UAW 401(k) match vested?

The vesting schedule for the Darling Ingredients Inc. Salaried 401(k) Savings Plan is not in the data published so far. Your Summary Plan Description states it.

Who manages the Darling Ingredients Fbo Local 2326 UAW 401(k)?

The recordkeeper listed on Schedule C of the plan year 2024 filing is Principal Life Insurance Company. The plan administrator is Darling Ingredients Inc..

I left Darling Ingredients Fbo Local 2326 UAW. How do I find my old 401(k)?

Your account stays in the plan until you move it. Contact the plan administrator (Darling Ingredients Inc., (972) 717-0300) or the recordkeeper, Principal Life Insurance Company. The Darling Ingredients Fbo Local 2326 UAW old 401(k) page lists the contacts from every plan filing. Find an old Darling Ingredients Fbo Local 2326 UAW 401(k)

Data from the public Form 5500 annual reports Darling Ingredients Fbo Local 2326 UAW filed with the U.S. Department of Labor (plan years 2021 and 2022 and 2023 and 2024 and 2025) and, where noted, the attached independent auditor's report. Plan terms may have changed since the filing; check your current Summary Plan Description. PlanFacts is not affiliated with Darling Ingredients Fbo Local 2326 UAW. Not financial advice. Report a correction · Methodology