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)

May 8, 2012


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 May 8, 2012 reporting IFF's financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2012.

An audio webcast to discuss the Company's first quarter 2012 financial results and full year 2012 outlook will be held today, May 8, 2012, at 10:00 a.m. EDT.  Interested parties can access the webcast and accompanying slide presentation on the Company's website at www.iff.com under the Investor Relations 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:  The Company uses non-GAAP financial operating measures which exclude restructuring charges (including costs associated with the Company’s restructuring efforts in Europe in 2011 and costs associated with the 2011 strategic initiative in 2012).  The Company also measures sales performance on a non-GAAP basis which eliminates the effects that result from translating its international sales in U.S. dollars (“local currency”).  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 our historical and expected future results and financial condition, we believe it is meaningful for investors to be made aware of and to be assisted in a better understanding of, on a period-to-period comparative basis, financial amounts both including and excluding these identified items, as well as the impact of exchange rate fluctuations on operating results and financial condition. We believe such additional non-GAAP information provides investors with an overall perspective of the period-to-period performance of our core 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 core continuing business.  A material limitation of these non-GAAP measures is that such measures do not reflect actual GAAP amounts, restructuring charges, employee separation costs and the patent litigation settlement include actual cash outlays; and we compensate for such limitations by presenting the accompanying reconciliation 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 May

8, 2012.


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:

May 8, 2012

/s/ Kevin C. Berryman

Name:  Kevin C. Berryman

 

Title: Executive Vice President and Chief

Financial Officer

Exhibit Index

Number

Description

99.1

Press Release of International Flavors & Fragrances Inc., dated May 8, 2012