Rule 424(c)
Reg. No. 333-46932
INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC.
SUPPLEMENT TO PROSPECTUS DATED OCTOBER 16, 2000
The 1,907,000 shares of IFF's Common Stock in column (B) are covered by this
Prospectus and are, or may be, offered by IFF's directors or officers who, at
the time of such offering, will have acquired these shares upon the exercise of
options granted since October 1, 2000 under the 2000 Stock Option Plan for
Non-Employee Directors or the 2000 Stock Award and Incentive Plan, or as a
result of an annual grant of 1,000 shares of Common Stock made to each
non-employee director on October 1, 2001. The shares of Common Stock shown in
column (A) below include 714,002 of shares of Common Stock which the named
directors and officers of IFF have (or will have as of 60 days after that date)
the right to acquire under stock options granted by IFF.
Common Stock Which
May be Sold
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(A) (B)
Shares under
Options or
Awards Granted
since October 1,
2000 which may
Common Stock be offered for
Owned as of the Selling
December 31, Shareholder's
Name Position with IFF Within the Past Three Years 2000(1) Account
---- ------------------------------------------------------- ------------ ----------------
Richard A. Goldstein.... Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
since June 2000 510,000 801,000
D. Wayne Howard......... Executive Vice President, Global Operations since
September 2000 0 115,000
Carlos Lobbosco......... Executive Vice President, Global Business Development
since September 2000; Vice President prior thereto;
Director 75,501 288,000
Julian W. Boyden........ Executive Vice President since November 2000 0 100,000
Stephen A. Block........ Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
since February 2000; Senior Vice President, Law &
Regulatory Affairs, and Secretary from May 1999 to
February 2000; Vice President, Law & Regulatory
Affairs, and Secretary prior thereto 61,432 187,500
Douglas J. Wetmore...... Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since
September 2000; Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer from April 1998 to September 2000;
Controller prior thereto; Director 32,667 154,500
Gail S. Belmuth......... Vice President, Corporate Communications since June
2001 0 25,000
Clint D. Brooks......... Vice President, Research and Development since
October 2000 0 85,000
Steven J. Heaslip....... Vice President, Global Human Resources since
September 4, 2001 0 23,000
William S. Kane......... Vice President, Human Resources from September 1999
to August 31, 2001 0 100,000
Margaret Hayes Adame.... Director 15,000 4,000(2)
Gunter Blobel........... Director 0 4,000(2)
J. Michael Cook......... Director 2,000 4,000(2)
Peter A. Georgescu...... Director 2,000 4,000(2)
Arthur C. Martinez...... Director 3,000 4,000(2)
Henry P. van Ameringen.. Director 8,053,705 4,000(2)
William D. van Dyke, III Director 7,299,493 4,000(2)
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(1) See page 4 of IFF's Proxy Statement for 2001 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
which is incorporated by reference herein for a further description of the
shares of IFF's Common Stock beneficially owned by Messrs. van Ameringen
and van Dyke. Their percentage of beneficial ownership stated in the proxy
statement will remain unchanged after the sale of the shares in column (B)
above.
(2) Includes 1,000 share stock award granted September 11, 2001 effective
October 1, 2001.
This supplement is dated December 26, 2001