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Form 8-K
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): May 6, 2022 (May 4, 2022)

 

 

INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

New York   1-4858   13-1432060

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

521 West 57th Street

New York, New York

   10019
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 765-5500

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

☐

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

☐

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

☐

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

☐

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

  

Trading

Symbol(s)

  

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common Stock, par value 12 1/2¢ per share   IFF   New York Stock Exchange
1.75% Senior Notes due 2024   IFF 24   New York Stock Exchange
1.800% Senior Notes due 2026   IFF 26   New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company  ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

 

 

 

Item 5.07.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On May 4, 2022, International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (the “Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders. At the Annual Meeting, (i) fourteen individuals were elected to serve as directors of the Company; (ii) the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2022 was ratified; and (iii) the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved in an advisory vote. Each of these proposals is described in detail in the Company’s Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 25, 2022 (the “Proxy Statement”). The final results for the votes regarding each proposal are set forth below.

The individuals elected to the Company’s Board of Directors for terms expiring at the Annual Meeting in 2023, as well as the number of votes cast for, votes cast against, abstentions and broker non-votes with respect to each of these individuals are set forth below:

 

     For      Against      Abstain      Broker
Non-Votes		  

Kathryn J. Boor

      214,765,241        425,190        77,254        10,866,281  

Edward D. Breen

      178,375,858        36,780,480        111,347        10,866,281  

Barry A. Bruno

      214,304,352        834,955        128,378        10,866,281  

Frank Clyburn

      214,642,303        538,774        86,608        10,866,281  

Carol Anthony Davison

      214,107,845        1,078,560        81,280        10,866,281  

Michael L. Ducker

      214,036,445        1,110,811        120,429        10,866,281  

Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.

      199,362,343        13,435,340        2,470,002        10,866,281  

John F. Ferraro

      210,747,683        4,397,910        122,092        10,866,281  

Christina Gold

      199,474,573        15,615,110        178,002        10,866,281  

Ilene Gordon

      214,685,284        471,893        110,508        10,866,281  

Matthias J. Heinzel

      214,513,839        633,250        120,596        10,866,281  

Dale F. Morrison

      208,760,269        6,385,603        121,813        10,866,281  

Kåre Schultz

      210,141,184        5,005,880        120,621        10,866,281  

Stephen Williamson

      214,094,233        1,051,895        121,557        10,866,281  

The proposal to ratify the Audit Committee’s selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2022 received the following votes:

 

For

  

Against

  

Abstain

211,433,022   14,612,084   88,860

The advisory proposal to approve the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers in 2021, as disclosed in the Proxy Statement, received the following votes:

 

For

  

Against

  

Abstain

  

Broker
Non-Votes

200,700,803   14,389,613   177,269   10,866,281

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC.
By:  

/s/ Jennifer Johnson

Name:   Jennifer Johnson
Title:   Executive Vice President and General Counsel

Date: May 6, 2022