UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 3
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Contrarian Capital Advisors, L.L.C.
411 West Putnam Avenue
Suite 225
Greenwich, Connecticut 06830
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
November 17, 1999
3. IRS Reporting Person
(Voluntary)
4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Darling International Inc.
(DAR)
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all
applicable)
( ) Director (X) 10% Owner ( ) Officer (give title
below) (X) Other*
(specify below)
6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
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 Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security 2. Amount of 3. Ownership 4. Nature of Indirect
Securities Form: Beneficial Ownership
Beneficially Direct(D) or
Owned Indirect(I)
Common Stock 1,654,479** (I) General Partner
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Investment Manager
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Table II -- Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
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1.Title of 2.Date Exer- 3.Title and Amount 4.Conver- 5.Ownership 6.Nature of
Derivative cisable and of Securities sion or Form of Indirect
Security Expiration Underlying Exercise Derivative Beneficial
Date Derivative Security Price of Security: Ownership
(Month/Day/ --------------- Deri- Direct(D) or
Year) Title Amount or vative Indirect (I)
--------------- Number of Security
Date Expira- Shares
Exer- tion
cisable Date
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EXPLANATION OF RESPONSES:
* The Reporting Person is an investment adviser registered under
Section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and has voting
power and investment power with respect to securities in its
clients' accounts. A Managing Member of the Reporting Person is
a member of the Board of Directors of Darling International Inc.
** These securities are owned by investment advisory clients of
Contrarian Capital Advisors, L.L.C. ("CCA"). CCA disclaims any
beneficial ownership of any such securities except to the extent
of its pecuniary interest therein. Nonetheless, the entire
amount of securities held by the investment advisory clients of
CCA is reported herein.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
CONTRARIAN CAPITAL ADVISORS, L.L.C.
By: /s/ David E. Jackson
_____________________________
David E. Jackson, Managing Member
DATE
April 27, 2000
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