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)

February 10, 2016


INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


New York

1-4858

13-1432060

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. 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


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Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition

Attached and being furnished hereby as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of a press release of International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. ("IFF" or the "Company") dated February 10, 2016 reporting IFF's financial results for the quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2015.

An audio webcast to discuss the Company's fourth quarter and full year 2015 financial results and full year 2016 outlook will be held tomorrow, February 11, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. EST.  Interested parties can access the webcast and accompanying slide presentation on the Company's website at www.iff.com under the Investor section.  For those unable to listen to the live broadcast, a replay will be available on the Company's website approximately one hour after the event and will remain available on the IFF website for one year.

Non-GAAP financial measures: In the attached press release and the referenced audio webcast, the Company uses the following non-GAAP financial operating measures: (i) adjusted earnings per share, (ii) adjusted currency neutral earnings per share; (iii) adjusted operating profit, (iv) adjusted currency neutral operating profit, (v) adjusted operating profit margin, (vi) adjusted sales and (vii) adjusted currency neutral sales. Such information is supplemental to information presented in accordance with GAAP and is not intended to represent a presentation in accordance with GAAP. In discussing the Company’s historical and expected future results and financial condition, the Company believes it is meaningful for investors to be made aware of and to be assisted in a better understanding of, on a period-to-period comparable basis, financial amounts both including and excluding these identified items, as well as the impact of exchange rate fluctuations. The Company believes such additional non-GAAP information provides investors with an overall perspective of the period-to-period performance of our business. In addition, management internally reviews each of these non-GAAP measures to evaluate performance on a comparative period-to-period basis in terms of absolute performance, trends and expected future performance with respect to our business. A material limitation of these non-GAAP measures is that such measures do not reflect actual GAAP amounts. The Company compensates for such limitations by presenting the reconciliations contained in the attached press release to the most directly comparable GAAP measure. These non-GAAP measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies.               


Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

   99.1 Press Release of International Flavors & Fragrances Inc., dated February 10, 2016.


SIGNATURE

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.

 

Dated:

February 10, 2016

/s/ Alison A. Cornell

Name:  Alison A. Cornell

 

Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


Exhibit Index

Number

Description

99.1

Press Release of International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. dated February 10, 2016