0001140361-20-011702.txt : 20200515 0001140361-20-011702.hdr.sgml : 20200515 20200515083036 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001140361-20-011702 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SD PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 13p-1 1.01 20191231 FILED AS OF DATE: 20200515 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20200515 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000310142 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: INDUSTRIAL ORGANIC CHEMICALS [2860] IRS NUMBER: 390561070 STATE OF INCORPORATION: WI FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SD SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-07626 FILM NUMBER: 20880766 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 777 EAST WISCONSIN AVENUE CITY: MILWAUKEE STATE: WI ZIP: 53202-5304 BUSINESS PHONE: 4142716755 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 777 EAST WISCONSIN AVENUE CITY: MILWAUKEE STATE: WI ZIP: 53202-5304 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: UNIVERSAL FOODS CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 SD 1 formsd.htm SD
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM SD
Specialized Disclosure Report

SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Wisconsin
1-7626
39-0561070
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

777 East Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
53202-5304
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)

John J. Manning, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary, (414) 271-6755
(Name and telephone number, including area code, of the person to contact in connection with this report.)

Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule pursuant to which this form is being filed, and provide the period to which the information in this form applies:

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Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2019.

SECTION 1 – CONFLICT MINERALS DISCLOSURE

ITEM 1.01
Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report

Conflict Minerals Disclosure

This is the Conflict Minerals Disclosure of Sensient Technologies Corporation (“Sensient”) for the calendar year ended December 31, 2019, in accordance with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).  Please refer to Rule 13p-1, Form SD, and the Exchange Act Release No. 34-67716 for definitions of the terms not otherwise defined herein.

Sensient is a manufacturer and marketer of colors, flavors, and fragrances, including specialty food and beverage systems, cosmetic and pharmaceutical systems, inkjet and specialty inks and colors, and other specialty and fine chemicals. Sensient conducted a good faith reasonable country of origin inquiry to determine the origin of any conflict minerals necessary to the functionality or production of products manufactured by Sensient, or contracted to be manufactured by Sensient, for the calendar year ended December 31, 2019.

Sensient’s good faith reasonable country of origin inquiry included:


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Reviewing and implementing certain practices outlined in the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas (OECD 2011), an internationally recognized due diligence framework.


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Conducting an internal review of Sensient’s products to determine which products contain necessary conflict minerals, including any purchased raw materials that contain necessary conflict minerals.


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Conducting a supply-chain survey with direct suppliers of materials containing necessary conflict minerals to determine the source of such conflict minerals.

Based on the good faith reasonable country of origin inquiry described above, Sensient has determined that a limited number of its products contain raw materials that contain trace amounts of a necessary conflict mineral.  Sensient has no reason to believe that these conflict minerals may have originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country.

This Conflict Minerals Disclosure is also available on the Corporate Governance section of Sensient’s website, www.sensient.com.

ITEM 1.02
Exhibit

None.

SECTION 2 – EXHIBITS

ITEM 2.01
Exhibits

None.

SIGNATURES

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 duly authorized undersigned.

 
SENSIENT TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
  
     
 
By:
/s/ John J. Manning
  
       
 
Name:
John J. Manning
  
       
 
Title:
Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary
  
       
 
Date:
May 15, 2020