Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On May 3, 2023, International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (the "Company") held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders. At the Annual Meeting, (i) eleven 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 2023 was ratified; (iii) the compensation of the Company's named executive officers was approved in an advisory vote; and (iv) the Company's stockholders recommended by advisory vote, a one year frequency for future advisory votes on executive compensation. Each of these proposals is described in detail in the Company's Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 23, 2023 (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 2024, 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:



                                                                         Broker
                                    For        Against      Abstain    Non-Votes
Kathryn J. Boor                 218,915,468   1,557,520     188,033    11,998,394
Barry A. Bruno                  219,130,735   1,364,136     166,150    11,998,394
Frank K. Clyburn, Jr.           219,644,862    848,287      167,872    11,998,394
Mark J. Costa                   219,454,028   1,039,948     167,045    11,998,394
Carol Anthony (John) Davidson   219,121,879   1,374,175     164,967    11,998,394
Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.          203,968,043   16,527,832    165,146    11,998,394
John F. Ferraro                 213,466,666   7,027,311     167,044    11,998,394
Christina Gold                  201,841,815   16,061,913   2,757,293   11,998,394
Gary Hu                         210,656,525   9,835,188     169,308    11,998,394
Kevin O'Byrne                   219,938,112    549,687      173,222    11,998,394
Dawn C. Willoughby              218,773,733   1,722,432     164,856    11,998,394

The proposal to ratify the Audit Committee's selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for 2023 received the following votes:



    For        Against     Abstain
220,846,300   11,678,074   135,041


The advisory proposal to approve the compensation paid to the Company's named executive officers in 2022, as disclosed in the Proxy Statement, received the following votes:



    For        Against     Abstain   Broker Non-Votes
196,559,195   23,864,597   237,229      11,998,394



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The vote, on an advisory basis, on the frequency of votes on executive compensation, as disclosed in the Proxy Statement, received the following votes:



  1 Year      2 Years    3 Years    Abstain
218,284,010   63,556    2,173,749   139,706


Based upon the results of the advisory proposal on the frequency of votes on executive compensation set forth above, and consistent with its recommendation, the Company's Board of Directors has determined that advisory votes on executive compensation will be submitted to shareholders on an annual basis until the next required vote on the frequency of such votes.

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