SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (NYSE:SXT) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (NYSE:SXT) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
ITEM 5.07

SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

At the 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Sensient Technologies Corporation (the “Company”), held on April 26, 2018, the following actions were taken:

The following Directors were each elected for a one-year term of office:

Nominee

Votes

For

Votes

Against

Abstain

Broker

Non-Votes

Hank Brown

38,171,318

175,361

180,251

1,583,858

Dr. Joseph Carleone

38,280,179

87,925

158,826

1,583,858

Edward H. Cichurski

38,273,668

96,520

156,742

1,583,858

Dr. Mario Ferruzzi

38,304,376

63,470

159,083

1,583,858

Dr. Donald W. Landry

38,178,044

163,854

185,031

1,583,858

Paul Manning

37,813,476

519,777

193,677

1,583,858

Deborah McKeithan-Gebhardt

38,269,528

69,085

188,316

1,583,858

Scott C. Morrison

38,287,778

73,031

166,121

1,583,858

Dr. Elaine R. Wedral

38,240,247

121,526

165,156

1,583,858

Essie Whitelaw

37,021,202

1,339,167

166,561

1,583,858

The compensation of the Company’s named executive officers was approved by shareholders in an advisory vote, with 37,838,318 shares voted for, 488,255 shares voted against, 200,357 shares abstaining, and 1,583,858 broker non-votes.

The shareholders also approved a proposal by the Board of Directors to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent auditors to conduct the annual audit of the consolidated financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries for the year ending December 31, 2018. The shareholders cast 39,824,553 votes in favor of this proposal, 143,522 votes against, and there were 142,712 shares abstaining.


About SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (NYSE:SXT)

Sensient Technologies Corporation is a manufacturer and marketer of colors, flavors and fragrances. The Company uses technologies at facilities around the world to develop specialty food and beverage systems, cosmetic and pharmaceutical systems, specialty inks and colors, and other specialty and fine chemicals. The Company’s segments are the Flavors & Fragrances Group and the Color Group, which are managed on a product-and-services basis, and the Asia Pacific Group, which is managed on a geographic basis. The Company’s customers include international manufacturers. The Company’s products include flavors, flavor enhancers and bionutrients; fragrances, aroma chemicals and essential oils; natural ingredients, including dehydrated vegetables and other food ingredients; natural and synthetic food and beverage colors; cosmetic colors and ingredients and pharmaceutical excipients and ingredients, and technical colors, specialty inks and colors, and specialty dyes and pigments.