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Cautionary Statement Regarding Unaudited Pro Forma
Financial Information
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The unaudited pro forma financial information (Unaudited Pro Forma Financial
Information) presented in the Financial Section pages of this presentation was prepared by Darling management and is based upon (i) Darling
audited financial statements for the fiscal years ended December
29, 2012 and December 28, 2013, respectively, (ii) Darling unaudited financial
statements for the nine months ended September 28, 2013 and September 27,
2014, respectively, (iii) VION Ingredients audited financial statements for the year
ended December 31, 2012 as prepared under Dutch GAAP, but including a US GAAP reconciliation footnote, (iv)
VION Ingredients unaudited
condensed consolidated and combined interim financial statements
for the twelve months ended December 31, 2013 and nine months ended September 28,
2013, respectively as prepared under Dutch GAAP, but including a US GAAP
reconciliation footnote; (vi) the Rothsay audited statement of assets acquired and liabilities assumed and the related statement of net revenues and direct costs and operating expenses
for the fiscal year ended
December 29, 2012 and (vii) Rothsay unaudited statement of assets acquired and
liabilities assumed and the related statement of net revenues and direct costs and operating expenses for the nine months ended September
28, 2013.
Darling is presenting the Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information for
informational purposes only. Darling believes that the Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information was prepared in good faith and on a reasonable
basis based on the best information available at the time of its
preparation. The Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information, however, is not
fact. The Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information was not intended to be used
as predictive of future performance. It was not prepared in compliance with
the requirements of GAAP, the published guidelines of the SEC regarding pro forma information, or the guidelines established by the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants for preparation and presentation of pro
forma financial information. Darlings independent public auditor has not audited or reviewed the Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information. The
inclusion of the Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information in this presentation
should not be regarded as a representation that Darling or any of its officers, affiliates, advisors, or representatives consider the Unaudited Pro
Forma Financial Information to be a reliable prediction of future events or results,
or a representation that actual results would have been comparable had the Transactions occurred on the dates indicated, and the information
should not be relied upon as such.
Darling acquired Rothsay on October 28, 2013 and VION Ingredients on January 7,
2014. Neither Rothsay nor VION Ingredients had been operated as a stand-alone business prior to the respective acquisitions, but rather as
divisions of their respective parent entities. Management does not believe that the
Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information is necessarily indicative of future
performance of Darling, and in fact, actual performance may
differ significantly (either better or worse) from the performance indicated in the
Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information due to (i) the challenges inherent in integrating the businesses of Darling, Rothsay and VION
Ingredients, (ii) changes to Darlings operations and strategy that may have
been implemented or may be implemented in the future as a result of the Transactions or otherwise, and (iii) numerous other potential risks and
uncertainties, including, but not limited to, those set forth under Risk
Factors in the Form 10-K of Darling International Inc. (predecessor
by name change to Darling) for the year ended December 28, 2013, which was filed
with the SEC on February 26, 2014. Investors are cautioned not to rely on the
Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information as a measure of future performance. There can be no assurance that the results indicated in
Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information would have been realized had the
Transactions taken place on the dates assumed in the Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information or that actual results
for the combined entity
will not be materially different. Pro forma information is inherently reliable and
should not be used as the basis for an investment decision. Darling does not undertake to revise or update the Unaudited Pro Forma Financial
Information, even if some or all of the assumptions utilized in preparing the
information proves to be wrong. ASSUMPTIONS
The key assumptions that were used to prepare the Unaudited Pro Forma Financial
Information includes, but is not limited to the following: 1.
The Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information is not intended to
and in fact does not comply with Regulation S-X Article 3;
2.
The Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information assumes that the acquisitions of
Darling Ingredients International and Rothsay occurred on January 1, 2012, and have been presented herein on a combined basis.
Thus, the presentation effectively combines the historic financial information
(unless as otherwise noted below) of the respective businesses and does not eliminate any net sales and the profit related thereto for any
transactions between Darling Ingredients Inc. and Darling Ingredients International
(formerly known as VION Ingredients), or Darling Ingredients Inc. and Rothsay for periods prior to the respective acquisition dates;
3.
For periods prior to January 7, 2014, the Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information
for Darling Ingredients International is based on the companys underlying Dutch GAAP financial statements, which have been
converted to US GAAP taking into account all known and material Dutch
US GAAP adjustments;
4.
For periods prior to January 7, 2014, the Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information
for Darling Ingredients International does not reflect the application of purchase accounting in accordance with ASC 805 and hence,
the recognition of Darling Ingredients Internationals assets and liabilities
assumed at their respective fair values. Thus, there is no non-cash inventory step-up adjustment for any financial period presented that
excludes the nine months ended September 27, 2014;
5.
For periods prior to October 28, 2013, the Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information
for Rothsay is based on the Rothsay statement of assets acquired and liabilities assumed and the related statement of net
revenues and direct costs and operating expenses, which were prepared under US
GAAP; 6.
For periods prior to October 28, 2013, the Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Information
for Rothsay does not reflect the application of purchase accounting in accordance with ASC 805 and hence, the recognition of
Rothsays assets and liabilities assumed at their respective fair values.
Thus, there is no non-cash inventory step-up adjustment for any financial period presented that excludes the three months ended December 28,
2013;
7.
No procedures were performed by management to ensure that the Unaudited Pro Forma
Financial Information for Darling Ingredients International or Rothsay for the Third Quarter 2013 reflects an appropriate cut-off
with respect to sales transactions, expense accruals, payroll, or other similar
income statement items that could have an impact on the net sales and Pro
Forma Adjusted EBITDA presented herein; 8.
Prior to the acquisition by Darling Ingredients Inc. neither Darling Ingredients
International Inc. nor Rothsay prepared segment financial information in
accordance with segments reflected in the Unaudited Pro Forma Financial
Information reflected herein; therefore, the allocation of SG&A costs to the respective segments for periods prior to the respective acquisition were based upon the allocation methodology utilized for Q3 2014;
9.
The foreign currency translation rate for net sales and Pro Forma Adjusted EBITDA
was based on the average rate for each of the respective periods presented. |