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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

December 3, 2015

(Date of Report/Date of earliest event reported)

SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

777 East Wisconsin Avenue

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202-5304

(Address and zip code of principal executive offices)

(414) 271-6755

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(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))

 

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ITEM 5.02

DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS.

On December 3, 2015, Sensient Technologies Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release to announce that, following the amendment of the Company’s Amended and Restated By-laws (the “By-Laws”) and Corporate Governance Guidelines described in Item 5.03 below that increased the size of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”), the Board appointed Dr. Mario Ferruzzi and Dr. Donald Landry to fill the vacancies created by the amendment, each for a term expiring at the Company’s annual meeting of shareholders in 2016. The press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

ITEM 5.03

AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OR BYLAWS; CHANGE OF FISCAL YEAR.

As noted above, on December 3, 2015, the Board amended the first sentence of Section 3.2(a) of the By-laws to provide that the number of directors of the corporation shall be twelve (12), and amended paragraph 2 of the Corporate Governance Guidelines to provide that the Board shall be comprised of 12 directors, each effective immediately.

The By-Laws and Corporate Governance Guidelines, as amended, were promptly posted on the Company’s website, www.sensient.com.

The foregoing description of the amendment to the By-Laws does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Sensient Technologies Corporation Amended and Restated By-Laws as amended as of December 3, 2015, which is filed as Exhibit 3.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

ITEM 9.01

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

The following exhibits are furnished with this Current Report on Form 8-K:

 

 

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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.

 

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