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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November&nbsp;2, 2004


<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt">Washington, D.C. 20549</DIV>


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933<BR>&nbsp;<BR>


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>International Flavors &#038; Fragrances Inc.</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top">New York<BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)<BR>
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521 West 57th Street, New York, New York<BR>
(Address of principal executive offices)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">13-1432060<BR>
(IRS Employer<BR>
Identification No.)<BR>
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10019<BR>
(Zip Code)</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code (212)&nbsp;765-5500


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">International Flavors &#038; Fragrances Inc. 2000 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors<BR>
Non-Employee Director Annual Stock Grant Plan


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Dennis M. Meany, Esq.<BR>
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary<BR>
International Flavors &#038; Fragrances Inc.<BR>
521 West 57th Street<BR>
New York, New York 10019<BR>
Telephone: (212)&nbsp;765-5500<BR>
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including<BR>
area code, of agent for service)



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION
FEE
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed<BR>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Title Of Securities</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Amount<BR>
 To Be
</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Offering<BR>
 Price Per</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="4"><B>Aggregate<BR>
 Offering</B></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Amount Of</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Share (4)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Price (4)</B></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock, $0.12
1/2 par value
under the 2000
Stock Option Plan
for Non-Employee
Directors
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">444,000 Shares
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">$38.27</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">16,991,880</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock, $0.12
1/2 par value
under the
Non-Employee
Director Annual
Stock Grant Plan
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">59,750 Shares
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">$38.27</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">2,286,633</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">N/A</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">503,750 Shares
</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Includes associated Common Stock Purchase Rights.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(2)</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(p), the registration fee otherwise due in respect of
this Registration Statement has been offset in its entirety by the
registration fee previously paid by International Flavors &#038; Fragrances
Inc. in connection with its Registration Statement on Form S-3
(Registration No.&nbsp;333-46932) initially filed by IFF on September&nbsp;29, 2000,
under which an aggregate of 503,750 shares of its common stock remain
unsold under the plans.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
Statement also covers any additional shares of common stock which may be
issuable pursuant to the antidilution provisions of the plan.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(4)</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;under the Securities Act of 1933, the
proposed maximum offering price is estimated, solely for the purpose of
determining the registration fee, on the basis of the average high and low
prices of IFF&#146;s common stock on November&nbsp;1, 2004, as reported on the New
York Stock Exchange.</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">PART I


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The document(s) containing information specified by Part&nbsp;I of this Form
S-8 Registration Statement (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) have been or will be
sent or given to participants in the plan listed on the cover of this
Registration Statement (the &#147;Plan&#148;) as specified in Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) promulgated
by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). Such document(s)
are not being filed with the Commission but constitute (along with the
documents incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement pursuant to
Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II hereof) a prospectus which meets the requirements of Section
10(a) of the Securities Act.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents filed by International Flavors &#038; Fragrances Inc.
with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, are incorporated by reference, as of their respective
dates, in this Registration Statement:


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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
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    <TD>Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
31, 2003;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
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    <TD>Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods
ended March&nbsp;31, 2004 and June&nbsp;30, 2004, respectively;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(iii)</TD>
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    <TD>Current Reports on Form 8-K dated and filed September&nbsp;8,
2004 (Items 5.02, 5.03 and 9.01) and portions of Form 8-K dated and
filed October&nbsp;22, 2004 (Item&nbsp;2.05); and</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(iv)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The description of IFF&#146;s Common Stock contained in IFF&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated March&nbsp;22, 2000, as amended
by Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to IFF&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated
October&nbsp;2, 2000.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Information in Current Reports on Form 8-K furnished to the Commission,
including under Item&nbsp;9 or 12 of Form 8-K (prior to August&nbsp;23, 2004) or Item
2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K (on or subsequent to August&nbsp;23, 2004), prior, on or
subsequent to the date hereof is not being and will not be incorporated herein
by reference.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents hereafter filed by IFF pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14
and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which
deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof
from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained herein or in
a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall
be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration
Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. Copies of
these documents are not required to be filed with this Registration Statement.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Jodie Simon Friedman, Esq., Vice President (U.S.), Deputy General Counsel
and Assistant Secretary of IFF, beneficially owns 421.5 shares of IFF common
stock, holds options to purchase 56,000 additional shares of IFF common stock
and has 7,033 restricted stock units as of the date of this Registration
Statement. Ms.&nbsp;Friedman is not eligible to participate in the 2000 Stock
Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors or the Non-Employee Director Annual
Stock Grant Plan. Ms.&nbsp;Friedman has passed upon the validity of the shares of
IFF common stock offered under this Registration Statement.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On July&nbsp;24, 1986, New York substantially revised the provisions of the New
York Business Corporation Law (&#147;BCL&#148;) to permit New York corporations to extend
broader protection to their directors and officers by way of indemnity and
advancement of expenses than that previously afforded by New York law. On
October&nbsp;31, 1986, the Board amended IFF&#146;s By-laws to extend such
indemnification and advancement of expenses to its directors and officers.
Article&nbsp;II, Section&nbsp;14 of IFF&#146;s By-laws, as amended (the &#147;By-laws&#148;), provides
among other things that IFF shall indemnify a person against judgments, fines,
amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses arising out of an action or
proceeding, to which such person shall have been made a party by reason of the
fact he or she is or was a director or officer of the corporation, unless a
judgment or other final adjudication adverse to such person establishes that
his or her acts were committed in bad faith or were the result of active and
deliberate dishonesty and were material to the action so adjudicated, or that
he or she personally gained in fact a personal profit or other advantage to
which he or she was not entitled. The By-laws also require IFF to advance
litigation expenses of such director or officer upon receipt of an undertaking
to repay such advances if the director or officer is ultimately determined not
to be entitled to indemnification.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In July&nbsp;1987, New York added Section 402(b) to the BCL which permits New
York corporations, with shareholder approval, to amend their certificates of
incorporation in order to eliminate or limit the personal liability of
directors to a corporation and its shareholders for damages arising from
breaches of the directors&#146; duty. On May&nbsp;13, 1988, IFF amended its Certificate
of Incorporation by adding a new Article&nbsp;Eleventh which had been approved by
the shareholders on May&nbsp;12, 1988. Article&nbsp;Eleventh provides that no director
of IFF shall be personally liable to IFF or its shareholders for damages for
any breach of duty as a director. Article&nbsp;Eleventh does not permit elimination
or limitation of the liability of any director if a judgment or other final
adjudication adverse to him or her establishes that (i)&nbsp;his or her acts or
omissions were in bad faith or involved intentional misconduct or a knowing
violation of law or that he or she personally derived a financial profit or
other advantage to which he or she was not legally entitled, or (ii)&nbsp;that his
or her action involved (a)&nbsp;an improper declaration of any dividend or other
distribution, (b)&nbsp;an improper redemption by IFF of its own shares, (c)&nbsp;the
distribution of assets to shareholders after dissolution, without paying or
adequately providing for, with certain exceptions, known liabilities of IFF or
(d)&nbsp;the making of an improper loan to a director. Article&nbsp;Eleventh also does
not authorize any limitation on the ability of IFF or its shareholders to
obtain injunctive relief, specific performance or other equitable remedies, and
would not apply to acts or omissions which occurred prior to the filing of the
amendment to IFF&#146;s Certificate of Incorporation containing the limitation on
directors&#146; liability.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On December&nbsp;9, 1975, the Board adopted a resolution pursuant to which IFF
is obligated to indemnify, to the extent permitted by law, any director,
officer or employee of IFF against any liability arising out of claims under
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;IFF also maintains Directors and Officers Liability Insurance on behalf of its officers and directors.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1&nbsp;&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Shareholder Protection Rights Agreement, dated as of March&nbsp;21,
2000, between IFF and The Bank of New York, as Rights Agent (the
&#147;Rights Agreement&#148;) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4 to IFF&#146;s
Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated March&nbsp;22, 2000).</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1a
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">First Amendment, dated as of September&nbsp;26, 2000, to the Rights
Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4 to IFF&#146;s Report on
Form&nbsp;8-K dated September&nbsp;26, 2000).</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1b
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Letter Agreement between IFF and Wachovia Bank, National
Association (&#147;Wachovia&#148;) dated as of October&nbsp;31, 2002 appointing
Wachovia as Successor Rights Agent pursuant to the Rights Agreement
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4(a) to IFF&#146;s Quarterly Report
on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended September&nbsp;30, 2002).</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2&nbsp;&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Specimen certificate of IFF&#146;s Common Stock (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4(b) to IFF&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-3
filed on September&nbsp;29, 2000 (Reg. No.&nbsp;333-46932)).</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.3&nbsp;&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Provisions of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of IFF
that define the rights of securityholders of IFF (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10(g) to IFF&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for
the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2002).</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.4&nbsp;&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Provisions of the By-laws of IFF that define the rights of
securityholders of IFF (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3(ii) to
IFF&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2003).</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Jodie Simon Friedman.</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">15&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Not applicable.</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1&nbsp;&nbsp;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2&nbsp;&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Jodie Simon Friedman (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5).</TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney.</TD>
</TR>

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: (1)&nbsp;to file, during any
period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to
this Registration Statement (i)&nbsp;to include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; (ii)&nbsp;to reflect in the prospectus any
facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement
(or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in
the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in
the Registration Statement; notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may
be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no
more than a 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth
in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective Registration
Statement; and (iii)&nbsp;to include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or
any material change to such information in the Registration Statement,
provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished


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</DIV>

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<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">
<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">to the
Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement; (2)&nbsp;that, for the purpose of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be
deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof; and (3)&nbsp;to remove from registration by
means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered
which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of
the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">5
</DIV>

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">SIGNATURES



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of New York, and State of New York, on this 2nd day of
November, 2004.

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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3">INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS &#038; FRAGRANCES INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/  Dennis M. Meany
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">Dennis M. Meany&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">Senior Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.

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    <TD width="41%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="19%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Title
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Date</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">*<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Richard A. Goldstein</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Chairman of the Board and<BR>
Chief Executive Officer<BR>
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November 2, 2004</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">*<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Douglas J. Wetmore</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Senior Vice President and<BR>
Chief Financial Officer<BR>
(Principal Financial and<BR>
Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November 2, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">*<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Margaret Hayes Adame</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November 2, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">*<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Gunter Blobel</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November 2, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">*<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
J. Michael Cook</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November 2, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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</DIV>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="41%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="19%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">*<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Peter A. Georgescu</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November 2, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">*<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Alexandra A. Herzan</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November 2, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">*<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Henry W. Howell, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November 2, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">*<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Arthur C. Martinez</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November 2, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">*<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade>
Burton M. Tansky</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">November 2, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="25%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">*By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD align="right" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Jodie Simon Friedman
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" colspan="2">Attorney-In-Fact</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Exhibit No.</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Description of
Exhibit</B><HR size="1" width="19%" noshade></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1&nbsp;&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Shareholder Protection Rights Agreement, dated as of March&nbsp;21,
2000, between IFF and The Bank of New York, as Rights Agent (the
&#147;Rights Agreement&#148;) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4 to IFF&#146;s
Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated March&nbsp;22, 2000).</TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1a
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">First Amendment, dated as of September&nbsp;26, 2000, to the Rights
Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4 to IFF&#146;s Report on
Form&nbsp;8-K dated September&nbsp;26, 2000).</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1b
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Letter Agreement between IFF and Wachovia Bank, National
Association (&#147;Wachovia&#148;) dated as of October&nbsp;31, 2002 appointing
Wachovia as Successor Rights Agent pursuant to the Rights Agreement
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4(a) to IFF&#146;s Quarterly Report
on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended September&nbsp;30, 2002).</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2&nbsp;&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Specimen certificate of IFF&#146;s Common Stock (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4(b) to IFF&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-3
filed on September&nbsp;29, 2000 (Reg. No.&nbsp;333-46932)).</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.3&nbsp;&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Provisions of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of IFF
that define the rights of securityholders of IFF (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10(g) to IFF&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for
the quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2002).</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.4&nbsp;&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Provisions of the By-laws of IFF that define the rights of
securityholders of IFF (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3(ii) to
IFF&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2003).</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Jodie Simon Friedman.</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">15&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Not applicable.</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1&nbsp;&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2&nbsp;&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Jodie Simon Friedman (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5).</TD>
</TR>

<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Powers of Attorney.</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 2, 2004
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
New York
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
521 West 57th Street, New York, New York
(Address of principal executive offices)
13-1432060
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
10019
(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code (212) 765-5500
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. 2000 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors
Non-Employee Director Annual Stock Grant Plan
Dennis M. Meany, Esq.
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.
521 West 57th Street
New York, New York 10019
Telephone: (212) 765-5500
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION
FEE
Proposed
Maximum
Proposed
Maximum
Title Of Securities
Amount
To Be
Offering
Price Per
Aggregate
Offering
Amount Of
To Be Registered (1)
Registered (2)(3)
Share (4)
Price (4)
Registration
 Fee(2)
Common Stock, $0.12
1/2 par value
under the 2000
Stock Option Plan
for Non-Employee
Directors
444,000 Shares
$38.27
$
16,991,880
N/A
Common Stock, $0.12
1/2 par value
under the
Non-Employee
Director Annual
Stock Grant Plan
59,750 Shares
$38.27
$
2,286,633
N/A
Total:
503,750 Shares
Aggregate Registration Fee:
N/A
(1)
Includes associated Common Stock Purchase Rights.
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 457(p), the registration fee otherwise due in respect of
this Registration Statement has been offset in its entirety by the
registration fee previously paid by International Flavors & Fragrances
Inc. in connection with its Registration Statement on Form S-3
(Registration No. 333-46932) initially filed by IFF on September 29, 2000,
under which an aggregate of 503,750 shares of its common stock remain
unsold under the plans.
(3)
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
Statement also covers any additional shares of common stock which may be
issuable pursuant to the antidilution provisions of the plan.
(4)
Pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act of 1933, the
proposed maximum offering price is estimated, solely for the purpose of
determining the registration fee, on the basis of the average high and low
prices of IFF's common stock on November 1, 2004, as reported on the New
York Stock Exchange.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The document(s) containing information specified by Part I of this Form
S-8 Registration Statement (the "Registration Statement") have been or will be
sent or given to participants in the plan listed on the cover of this
Registration Statement (the "Plan") as specified in Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated
by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). Such document(s)
are not being filed with the Commission but constitute (along with the
documents incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement pursuant to
Item 3 of Part II hereof) a prospectus which meets the requirements of Section
10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.
with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, are incorporated by reference, as of their respective
dates, in this Registration Statement:
(i)
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
31, 2003;
(ii)
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods
ended March 31, 2004 and June 30, 2004, respectively;
(iii)
Current Reports on Form 8-K dated and filed September 8,
2004 (Items 5.02, 5.03 and 9.01) and portions of Form 8-K dated and
filed October 22, 2004 (Item 2.05); and
(iv)
The description of IFF's Common Stock contained in IFF's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated March 22, 2000, as amended
by Amendment No. 1 to IFF's Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated
October 2, 2000.
Information in Current Reports on Form 8-K furnished to the Commission,
including under Item 9 or 12 of Form 8-K (prior to August 23, 2004) or Item
2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K (on or subsequent to August 23, 2004), prior, on or
subsequent to the date hereof is not being and will not be incorporated herein
by reference.
All documents hereafter filed by IFF pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14
and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which
deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof
from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained herein or in
a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall
be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration
Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any
subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. Copies of
these documents are not required to be filed with this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
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Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Jodie Simon Friedman, Esq., Vice President (U.S.), Deputy General Counsel
and Assistant Secretary of IFF, beneficially owns 421.5 shares of IFF common
stock, holds options to purchase 56,000 additional shares of IFF common stock
and has 7,033 restricted stock units as of the date of this Registration
Statement. Ms. Friedman is not eligible to participate in the 2000 Stock
Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors or the Non-Employee Director Annual
Stock Grant Plan. Ms. Friedman has passed upon the validity of the shares of
IFF common stock offered under this Registration Statement.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
On July 24, 1986, New York substantially revised the provisions of the New
York Business Corporation Law ("BCL") to permit New York corporations to extend
broader protection to their directors and officers by way of indemnity and
advancement of expenses than that previously afforded by New York law. On
October 31, 1986, the Board amended IFF's By-laws to extend such
indemnification and advancement of expenses to its directors and officers.
Article II, Section 14 of IFF's By-laws, as amended (the "By-laws"), provides
among other things that IFF shall indemnify a person against judgments, fines,
amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses arising out of an action or
proceeding, to which such person shall have been made a party by reason of the
fact he or she is or was a director or officer of the corporation, unless a
judgment or other final adjudication adverse to such person establishes that
his or her acts were committed in bad faith or were the result of active and
deliberate dishonesty and were material to the action so adjudicated, or that
he or she personally gained in fact a personal profit or other advantage to
which he or she was not entitled. The By-laws also require IFF to advance
litigation expenses of such director or officer upon receipt of an undertaking
to repay such advances if the director or officer is ultimately determined not
to be entitled to indemnification.
In July 1987, New York added Section 402(b) to the BCL which permits New
York corporations, with shareholder approval, to amend their certificates of
incorporation in order to eliminate or limit the personal liability of
directors to a corporation and its shareholders for damages arising from
breaches of the directors' duty. On May 13, 1988, IFF amended its Certificate
of Incorporation by adding a new Article Eleventh which had been approved by
the shareholders on May 12, 1988. Article Eleventh provides that no director
of IFF shall be personally liable to IFF or its shareholders for damages for
any breach of duty as a director. Article Eleventh does not permit elimination
or limitation of the liability of any director if a judgment or other final
adjudication adverse to him or her establishes that (i) his or her acts or
omissions were in bad faith or involved intentional misconduct or a knowing
violation of law or that he or she personally derived a financial profit or
other advantage to which he or she was not legally entitled, or (ii) that his
or her action involved (a) an improper declaration of any dividend or other
distribution, (b) an improper redemption by IFF of its own shares, (c) the
distribution of assets to shareholders after dissolution, without paying or
adequately providing for, with certain exceptions, known liabilities of IFF or
(d) the making of an improper loan to a director. Article Eleventh also does
not authorize any limitation on the ability of IFF or its shareholders to
obtain injunctive relief, specific performance or other equitable remedies, and
would not apply to acts or omissions which occurred prior to the filing of the
amendment to IFF's Certificate of Incorporation containing the limitation on
directors' liability.
On December 9, 1975, the Board adopted a resolution pursuant to which IFF
is obligated to indemnify, to the extent permitted by law, any director,
officer or employee of IFF against any liability arising out of claims under
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
IFF also maintains Directors and Officers Liability Insurance on behalf of its officers and directors.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
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Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Description of
Exhibit
4.1
Shareholder Protection Rights Agreement, dated as of March 21,
2000, between IFF and The Bank of New York, as Rights Agent (the
"Rights Agreement") (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4 to IFF's
Report on Form 8-K dated March 22, 2000).
4.1a
First Amendment, dated as of September 26, 2000, to the Rights
Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4 to IFF's Report on
Form 8-K dated September 26, 2000).
4.1b
Letter Agreement between IFF and Wachovia Bank, National
Association ("Wachovia") dated as of October 31, 2002 appointing
Wachovia as Successor Rights Agent pursuant to the Rights Agreement
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(a) to IFF's Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2002).
4.2
Specimen certificate of IFF's Common Stock (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4(b) to IFF's Registration Statement on Form S-3
filed on September 29, 2000 (Reg. No. 333-46932)).
4.3
Provisions of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of IFF
that define the rights of securityholders of IFF (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10(g) to IFF's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
the quarter ended June 30, 2002).
4.4
Provisions of the By-laws of IFF that define the rights of
securityholders of IFF (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(ii) to
IFF's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003).
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Opinion of Jodie Simon Friedman.
15
Not applicable.
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2
Consent of Jodie Simon Friedman (included in Exhibit 5).
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Powers of Attorney.
Item 9. Undertakings.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: (1) to file, during any
period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to
this Registration Statement (i) to include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; (ii) to reflect in the prospectus any
facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement
(or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in
the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in
the Registration Statement; notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may
be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no
more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth
in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration
Statement; and (iii) to include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or
any material change to such information in the Registration Statement,
provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(ii) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished
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to the
Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement; (2) that, for the purpose of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be
deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof; and (3) to remove from registration by
means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered
which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of
the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of New York, and State of New York, on this 2nd day of
November, 2004.
INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC.
By:
/s/  Dennis M. Meany
Dennis M. Meany
Senior Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
*
Richard A. Goldstein
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
November 2, 2004
*
Douglas J. Wetmore
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer)
November 2, 2004
*
Margaret Hayes Adame
Director
November 2, 2004
*
Gunter Blobel
Director
November 2, 2004
*
J. Michael Cook
Director
November 2, 2004
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*
Peter A. Georgescu
Director
November 2, 2004
*
Alexandra A. Herzan
Director
November 2, 2004
*
Henry W. Howell, Jr.
Director
November 2, 2004
*
Arthur C. Martinez
Director
November 2, 2004
*
Burton M. Tansky
Director
November 2, 2004
*By:
/s/ Jodie Simon Friedman
Attorney-In-Fact
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LIST OF EXHIBITS
Exhibit No.
Description of
Exhibit
4.1
Shareholder Protection Rights Agreement, dated as of March 21,
2000, between IFF and The Bank of New York, as Rights Agent (the
"Rights Agreement") (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4 to IFF's
Report on Form 8-K dated March 22, 2000).
4.1a
First Amendment, dated as of September 26, 2000, to the Rights
Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4 to IFF's Report on
Form 8-K dated September 26, 2000).
4.1b
Letter Agreement between IFF and Wachovia Bank, National
Association ("Wachovia") dated as of October 31, 2002 appointing
Wachovia as Successor Rights Agent pursuant to the Rights Agreement
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(a) to IFF's Quarterly Report
on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2002).
4.2
Specimen certificate of IFF's Common Stock (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4(b) to IFF's Registration Statement on Form S-3
filed on September 29, 2000 (Reg. No. 333-46932)).
4.3
Provisions of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of IFF
that define the rights of securityholders of IFF (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10(g) to IFF's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
the quarter ended June 30, 2002).
4.4
Provisions of the By-laws of IFF that define the rights of
securityholders of IFF (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(ii) to
IFF's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003).
5
Opinion of Jodie Simon Friedman.
15
Not applicable.
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2
Consent of Jodie Simon Friedman (included in Exhibit 5).
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Powers of Attorney.